November is here, and for Cardinal basketball fans, that means seeing the powerhouse women’s basketball team back on the court. They started the season off on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in a debut game against Dominican University, which Stanford won 126-53. The team features a number of household names in college women’s basketball, with three new … [Read more…]
No. 5 women’s volleyball (20-3, 13-1 Pac-12) celebrated another triumphant weekend at home, with back-to-back 3-1 wins against No. 8 Washington State (19-6, 9-5 Pac-12) on Friday evening and University of Washington (14-11, 5-9 Pac-12) on Sunday afternoon. These matches marked Stanford’s last against the Washington schools as conference opponents — the Cardinal will compete … [Read more…]
This weekend, No. 19 Stanford men’s soccer (8-3-5, 2-2-5 Pac-12) competed in two big matchups against the San Diego State Aztecs (6-6-5, 0-6-3 Pac-12) on Thursday and the UCLA Bruins (7-3-5, 4-0-4 Pac-12) on Sunday. The Cardinal needed to win both games to keep their Pac-12 championship hopes alive, which would also secure them a … [Read more…]
Things might finally be looking up for Stanford men’s basketball. Coming off a disappointing 14-19 (7-13 Pac 12, 10th) season — where Stanford missed the NCAA Tournament for the eighth year in a row — the Cardinal were looking for any spark that might change their fortunes. And they may have found just that. Despite … [Read more…]
With Stanford students, parents and wrestling enthusiasts watching in the bleachers at Taube Tennis Center, Stanford wrestling (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) defeated the Duke Blue Devils (0-3, 0-0 ACC), winning every matchup of the dual meet. While wrestling matches are traditionally silent as the wrestlers hand fight, the Saturday afternoon crowd held gasp after gasp in … [Read more…]
With less than six minutes left, senior kicker Joshua Karty scored a 31-yard field goal, allowing Stanford (3-6, 2-5 Pac-12) to surge ahead and defeat Washington State (4-5, 1-5, Pac-12) in a 10-7 victory. This was the first time that Stanford has held a conference opponent to single-digit points on the road since 2012, as … [Read more…]
It is rare to see young basketball players take inspiration from someone they grew up with. But for sophomore forward Ryan Agarwal, it is not difficult to find inspiration among friends — his childhood friend, Anthony Black, was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft. Black “inspired me to know it’s … [Read more…]
Welcome to “This Week in Sports.” We are Kenneth King and Charis Charitsis from The Daily’s sports section, and we will be walking you through the major games, events and stories from the past week. Cross country Stanford dominated the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships on Friday. The men’s team finished first for a record-setting 17th … [Read more…]
The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled up to the University of Washington for the program’s final appearance in the Pac-12 championships Friday. The women’s team finished in second place, narrowly losing to Washington by just two points, and the men’s team won it all, taking back-to-back conference championships. Going into the race, the … [Read more…]
Last week — for the first time in 10 years — the prestigious World Combat Games took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This tournament features the top eight fighters globally, across each weight category, for different combative Olympic sports. One of the eight elite fighters in the karate category was Stanford’s very own Mateo Solis … [Read more…]