This week's live Stanford TV, radio and webcast schedule listed below
April 27, 2011
STANFORD, Calif. -
Track and Field
The Payton Jordan Invitational has developed into the premier distance meet in the country, and will take place Sunday, on the first day marks can be used as qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. Last year, Chris Solinsky shattered the American record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 26:59.60, making him the first non-African to break 27 minutes. The race also featured a collegiate record by Liberty’s Sam Chelanga, (27:08.39) who was among 11 runners under 28:00. In 2009, Stanford’s Chris Derrick broke the American junior record in the 5,000 with a 13:29.98.
Solinsky returns this year (racetime 9:55 p.m.), as does Derrick in the 5,000 (9 p.m.). Among the top women is Shalane Flanagan, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the 10,000 (9:18 p.m.). Field events begin at noon and running events at 3:45 p.m. The top sections of the distance races begin at 5:02 p.m. and last through 10:30 p.m. Men's Ranking: No. 23 (USTFCCCA). Women's Ranking: Unranked.
Baseball
Stanford (20-14) heads to the desert to take on Arizona State (29-9) this weekend in a key Pac-10 series. Arizona State is 11-4 in the Pac-10 after a sweep of Cal in Berkeley, while the Cardinal, following its series victory over No. 11 UCLA, is 5-7. Both teams are ranked in the Top 25 and likely headed to postseason play, but a series victory for the Cardinal could put it back into the hunt for the conference title. Stanford is leading the conference in hitting in conference games at .288. Zach Jones has driven in 17 runs, second-best in the conference. Also, freshman Brian Guymon is getting extended playing time in right field and at designated hitter. Ranking: No. 21 (Baseball America).
Women’s Basketball
Former Cardinal All-Americans Jayne Appel and Candice Wiggins will attend the USA Basketball Senior National Team training camp from May 10-12 in Las Vegas. They are among the 24 players who will be at the camp.
Football
Wayne Lyons, one of the top defensive backs in the nation who signed a letter of intent to attend Stanford next fall, has been named one of 25 recipients of the 13th annual “Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year,” which honors excellence in athletics, leadership and community service. Lyons, who attends Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the other recipients were selected from a pool of more than 40,000 applicants. Preliminary judging was conducted by a qualified group of educators and coaches who selected 75 finalists, three from each of the 25 Milk Prize regions. Finally, a group of celebrity judges including Andy Roddick, Lindsey Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Dara Torres and Chauncey Billups selected the final winners. The award is sponsored by the Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) and USA TODAY.
Men’s Golf
Stanford will play host to the Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championships this weekend at Stanford Golf Course. Teams will play 36 holes on Friday with the tee times scheduled for 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on holes Nos. 1 and 10. Saturday’s third round will commence at 9 a.m. while Sunday’s final round will tee off at 8 a.m. Teams will also play a practice round on Thursday, April 28 starting at 9 a.m. Two of the top players in collegiate golf – Stanford’s Andrew Yun and UCLA’s Patrick Cantlay -- also will be featured in the field. Yun, who has one tournament title among his five top-5 finishes this year, is second in the Golfweek rankings. Cantlay, a freshman, is currently ranked third by Golfweek after winning three events this season.
Washington has captured the team title each of the past two seasons. Cal senior Eric Mina is expected to be in the field to defend the individual title he won last year at the Karsten Course in Tempe, Ariz. The Cardinal will be in search of its first conference title since 1994. Ranking: No. 20 (Golfweek/Sagarin).
Women’s Golf
Sophomores Kristina Wong and Sally Watson earned spots on the Pac-10’s all-conference team, which was announced earlier this week. Wong, who has five top-10 finishes this year, earned second-team honors, while Watson was an honorable mention selection.
Stanford will try to earn a spot in the NCAA Championship field through the Central Regional, to be held at the Warren Course in South Bend, Ind., May 5-7. The Cardinal will be joined in the field by UCLA, Duke, LSU and Arkansas, to name a few. The top eight teams from each region advance to the NCAA Championships in Bryan, Texas. Ranking: No. 28 (Golfweek/Sagarin).
Lacrosse
A mark of how far Stanford has come: It loses a game and still moves up in the rankings. Stanford lost at No. 5 Northwestern, 12-11, but tied the score with two minutes left before the Wildcats scored with 23 seconds left. Northwestern is regarded as the nation’s strongest program on an annual basis with five NCAA titles and six championship appearances in the past six seasons. Their two most recent previous meetings were one-sided – 17-9 in the first round of the 2006 NCAA tournament and 18-11 at home in 2010. Now a school-record No. 6 in the rankings, Stanford enters the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament as the six-time defending champion and holders of a 15-game winning streak in the event, dating back to the 2005 season. Ranking: No. 6 (IWLCA).
Rowing
Stanford's crew teams play host to California in the annual Big Row, to be held Saturday at Redwood Shores, beginning at 10:10 a.m., in a series that began in 1902. The men will be competing for the Schwabacher Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the varsity 8 race. The women will compete for the Lambert Cup, awarded to the winner of the varsity 8 race. Men's Ranking: No. 11 (U.S. Rowing). Women's Ranking: No. 2 (U.S. Rowing).
Sailing
Stanford will head to nationals in at least two divisions and possibly three for the second consecutive year. The Cardinal won the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference's women's title for the seventh consecutive season, giving it a free pass into the finals on the Hood River in Oregon. The team title also was won by the Cardinal, sending it into the finals. Stanford's coed team will head to the national semifinals in Long Beach, and with a top-nine (out of 18) finish, will secure a berth at the national finals. Stanford's coed team is ranked No. 10 nationally, and the women are No. 8 for the highest rankings for the two teams in recent memory. Stanford also has won all three PCCSC titles -- team, women's and coed -- in each of the past two years under John Vandermoer. Coed ranking: No. 10 (Sailing World). Women's Ranking: No. 8 (Sailing World).
Softball
The Cardinal plays host to the Washington Huskies this weekend for its final Pac-10 Conference home series. Stanford will honor its two seniors, Ashley Chinn and Melisa Koutz, prior to Sunday's game at noon. The Cardinal and Huskies are tied for fifth in the conference with 6-6 records. Ranking: No. 13 (NFCA).
Men’s Tennis
All eyes at this weekend’s Pac-10 Championships in Ojai, Calif., will be on Bradley Klahn, who two years ago as a freshman became the fourth player in school history to win both the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships in the same year. As a sophomore, Klahn was the singles runner-up and reached the semifinals in doubles with fellow junior Ryan Thacher. Meanwhile, Stanford climbed two spots in the national rankings to a season-best No. 6. Riding a 10-match winning streak -- its longest winning streak since a similar stretch in 2003 -- the Cardinal (18-5, 5-1 Pac-10) will likely be awarded hosting duties for its first and second matches of the NCAA Tournament thanks to its recent surge. Ranking: No. 6 (ITA).
Women’s Tennis
With the regular season in the books, the Pac-10 Championships serve as the final tune-up before the NCAA Tournament begins in two weeks. It's another week away from dual-match competition for No. 1 Stanford (23-0, 8-0 Pac-10), which has not played a dual since defeating California, 5-2, on April 16 to capture the Pac-10 title. Meanwhile, Stanford's entire dual-match singles lineup is nationally-ranked: Hilary Barte (No. 3), Nicole Gibbs (18), Mallory Burdette (20), Kristie Ahn (25), Stacey Tan (60) and Veronica Li (121). Ranking: No. 1 (ITA).
Men’s Volleyball
Stanford’s loss to Long Beach State in the first round of the MPSF tournament on Saturday at Maples Pavilion seemed like a season-ending defeat. But, upon closer inspection, the Cardinal has a strong argument for the sole at-large spot in the four-team NCAA tournament, May 5-7, in State College, Pa., regardless of what happens in the rest of the MPSF tournament, which continues through Saturday. However, this is all under the assumption that top-seeded USC wins the MPSF event.
Other contenders for the at-large spot include MPSF semifinalists Long Beach State, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara, as well as first-round loser BYU. Under the criteria set forth for inclusion by the NCAA, Stanford has favorable comparisons with each one, even despite Long Beach’s 3-0 record over the Cardinal this season. Stanford and BYU are mostly even in the comparisons, but Stanford is hoping its 2-0 head-to-head advantage over the Cougars will be sufficient. The tournament selection announcement is Sunday. Ranking: No. 6 (AVCA).
Women’s Water Polo
Stanford completed a perfect regular season with a No. 1 ranking and begins the MPSF tournament on Friday as the No. 1 seed at San Jose State. The team is 23-0 overall and went 7-0 in the MPSF. Stanford is going for its fifth MPSF Tournament title, and first since 2006. The Cardinal opens with No. 8 seed Arizona State in quarterfinal at 1:30 p.m. Ranking: No. 1 (CWPA).
This week's media listings for live Cardinal sports:
| Sport | Matchup | Time | TV | Webcast | Radio |
| Friday | |||||
| Baseball | Stanford at Arizona State | 6:30 p.m. | KZSU-FM 90.1 | ||
| Saturday | |||||
| Baseball | Stanford at Arizona State | 6:30 p.m. | KZSU-FM 90.1 | ||
| Sunday | |||||
| Baseball | Stanford at Arizona State | 12:30 p.m. | KZSU-FM 90.1 | ||
| Tuesday | |||||
| Baseball | Stanford at San Jose State | 6 p.m. | KZSU-FM 90.1 |