The Farm Report: May 18

No. 3 Stanford captured its fifth consecutive conference title on Saturday, sweeping the 2026 ACC Women’s Rowing Championship held on Lake Wheeler in Raleigh, N.C. Stanford led the way with 132 points and was joined on the podium by No. 8 Virginia with 118 points and No. 6 California with 108 points.

The Cardinal swept all championship regatta races for the second straight year, becoming the first ACC team since Virginia (2015–16) to sweep all championship regatta races in back-to-back seasons. 

Following their dominant performance, Stanford’s varsity eight crew was named ACC Crew of the Year. Farwell Family Director of Women’s Rowing Derek Byrnes was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.

The ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded on Saturday evening with Stanford track & field capturing four conference crowns and a host of all-conference performances at Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park. The Cardinal finished third in the team standings with 85 points, trailing only Clemson (99) and Duke (96). The Stanford men finished in 15th place, tallying 11 points.

Alyssa Jones headlined the weekend with ACC titles in both the long jump and high jump, while also adding bronze medals in the 100 meters and 4x400 relay. Jones was named the Women’s Field Most Valuable Performer, adding to her indoor honor earlier this season to sweep the award across both ACC championship meets.

Juliette Whittaker delivered the most dramatic victory of the championships, overtaking NC State’s Sadie Engelhardt with an impressive final kick to win by just three hundredths of a second in the women’s 1500m final.  Whittaker closed the gap with a 1:01.10 in the last 400 meters, crossing the line at 4:14.11 for her first career conference title in the event.

Brandy Atuatasi had a breakthrough performance in the discus, shattering her lifetime best with a 55.77m throw to capture the ACC title in the discus.

Hosting one of the regionals of the NCAA Women’s Golf Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, Stanford women’s golf secured its spot in the 2026 NCAA Championship by winning the NCAA Stanford Regional. The final round concluded on Wednesday at Stanford Golf Course, with the Cardinal breaking its own women’s course team scoring record in the process.

While the final spots for the NCAA Championship were on the line, four Stanford Cardinal were jockeying for an individual victory. At one point on the back nine, Paula Martín Sampedro, Andrea Revuelta, Kelly Xu, and Meja Örtengren were all within one stroke of each other, with Martín Sampedro sitting atop the leaderboard. 

Taking a one-stroke lead onto 18, Revuelta locked it up with an incredible finish. She landed in the bunker after her second shot, but that did not spell disaster. She holed out from the bunker, with an incredible chip-shot that landed in the hole to finish with her second consecutive 65 (-6), finishing at 12-under over the week.

Stanford became the first team in at least the last 20 years to have all five of its golfers in the top ten at an NCAA Regional, per College Golf Data. Other Stanford records on Wednesday include the women’s course scoring record (-42) and the largest margin of victory in program history (38 strokes).

No. 6/5 Stanford’s storybook season hit its end on Thursday as the Cardinal battled hard in a grudging 14-11 loss to the No. 2-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels ending its season in its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals. 

Stanford ends the 2025-26 campaign with numerous records as the Cardinal claimed a program-best 17 wins while making it out of the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the first time in program history. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Following the loss, four Cardinal were tabbed as ILWomen/Nike Lacrosse DI Media All-Americans, the organization announced on Friday. The four honorees were Kate Bellissimo, Aliya Polisky, Annabel Frist, and Jordyn Case.

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After earning the program’s seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, Stanford Softball’s season came to a close at the Stillwater Regional, falling to hosts No. 15 Oklahoma State 11-5 in the Regional Final. 

The Card fell to the Cowgirls twice in the tournament but earned two wins over Princeton to punch their ticket to the Regional Final. In Game 1 against the Tigers,  The Cardinal bats belted seven doubles in the game, and four Stanford pitchers combined to limit Princeton to just one earned run on six hits.

The next day, after falling to the loser’s bracket following a morning loss to OSU, the Card again topped the Tigers, winning 13-5 to punch their ticket to the Regional Final.

Needing two wins over the hosts, Stanford came up short in game 1. However, the Card finishes the year 39-15 overall, setting a new best for conference wins with 18 in the inaugural season at Stanford Softball Stadium.

Closing out the regular season, Stanford baseball split its final week before postseason, posting a 2-2 record in four total games against Bay Area rivals St. Mary’s and Cal.

In a midweek matchup against the Gaels, Stanford wrapped up the home portion of the 2026 slate on Tuesday. The Card scored six runs over the first two innings and eventually held on to defeat Saint Mary’s 7-6 in a nonconference game from Sunken Diamond.

Then, in a thriller against the Golden Bears, freshman Brock Ketelsen threw out the potential game-tying run at the plate for the final out in the bottom of the ninth as Stanford held on to defeat California 7-6 on Thursday.

Ketelsen, who took over as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the eighth, fielded a single off the bat of Carl Schmidt with runners at first and second and delivered a strike to the plate to cut down Hideki Prather for the game’s final out. However, Cal responded with wins in the next two games to take the series.