The Farm Report: November 3, 2026

On Saturday, the Cardinal took down USC. No. 2 Stanford improved to 16-2 on the season and 3-1 in MPSF play, beating the No. 4 Trojans 17-13 at Avery Aquatic Center. The two squads entered the fourth tied at 11-11, but a late surge carried the Card to a win.

Stanford added another top-ranked win to the team’s NCAA résumé on Sunday, beating No. 1 UCLA for the second time this season to move to 17-2 and 4-1 in MPSF play. The 11-8 win came just one day after beating No. 4 USC to cap a 2-0 MPSF weekend.

Led by Lizzy Andrew and Ipar Kurt, No. 18 Stanford swept California, 25-17, 25-19, 25-23, Friday, in the Big Spike at Maples Pavilion.

Stanford (14-8, 7-5 ACC) hit .387 as a team while holding Cal (16-7. 6-6 ACC) to a .255 clip. The Cardinal finished with 51 kills, 51 digs and seven aces.

Star Horlock’s three-point night and a stout defensive outing provided the difference as the Cardinal Field Hockey team secured a win on Senior Night, dispatching No. 17 Cal in the regular season finale, 2-1. With the win, Stanford ends the regular season with a 2-6 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference while boasting a 7-3 record at Varsity Turf. 

Leading 1-0 at halftime, No. 13 Stanford scored three second-half goals to run away with a 4-1 victory over visiting NC State in ACC play on Thursday night from Cagan Stadium.

With the victory, Stanford improved to 10-3-2 overall, including 4-3-1 in the ACC. NC State dropped to 10-5-2 and 3-5-1 in the conference.

No. 7 Stanford crowned five individual champions on Sunday as it opened the season at the Princeton Open at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Winning titles for the Cardinal were fifth year Daniel Cardenas (157), junior Collin Guffey (174), sophomore Angelo Posada (197) and freshmen Slava Shahbazyan (184) and Siraj Sidhu (133).

Stanford put 11 wrestlers into the quarterfinals, finishing with 13 placewinners overall. Up next, the Cardinal travels to CSU Bakersfield for its first dual of the season on Friday, Nov. 13.

Stanford women’s golf claimed another individual medalist on Tuesday, with Meja Örtengren winning her second consecutive tournament, taking first at the 2026 Nanea Invitational. She defended her title from one year ago, closing out the fall portion of the schedule in style.

There are times when you’re on as a golfer, and everything seems to fall. That’s the kind of run Örtengren is on, as she put together one of the best tournaments in program history. She shot 201 (-18), the lowest a Cardinal has shot on a par-73 and just one stroke in relation to par away from the program record set by Rose Zhang at the 2023 NCAA Pullman Regional.

Julia Flynn and Paul Bergeron’s All-ACC performances highlighted a strong morning for the Stanford cross country teams as the Cardinal competed at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Cross Country Championships on Friday. Both harriers led the way for the Cardinal as their respective No. 1 scorers in Stanford’s third running at the conference championships.

On the men’s side, Bergeron led the way for Stanford, claiming an All-ACC performance with a 20th place finish overall while leading the Cardinal to a fifth-place finish overall. 

On the women’s side, Julia Flynn continued her dominance on the course, placing 15th overall for an All-ACC honor while snatching another personal-best time. The fifth year blazed through the course in 19:34.9, smashing her previous best time of 19:50.9 set at Wisconsin’s Nuttycombe Invitational this season.

The Cardinal finished a pair of regattas in the top four this weekend, taking second at the Yale Women’s and fourth at the Open ACC Final.

At the Open ACC Final, Reade Decker and Callie Hammond took third in the A boat with 54 points. The B boat featured Freddie Parkin, Estella Morris and Lucas Woodworth, finishing eighth with 80 points.

Meanwhile, Stanford took second at the Yale Women’s regatta. The team tied with first-place Yale with 118 points, taking second on the tiebreaker.