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…]
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…]
No. 3 women’s volleyball (15-2, 8-0 Pac-12) continued its outstanding season with a 3-0 win against USC (11-7, 5-3 Pac-12) on Friday evening and a 3-1 win against UCLA (10-8, 2-6, Pac-12) on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinal improved to 8-0 in the Pac-12 following this weekend’s victories. The Friday game started close, with both USC … [Read more…]
When Stanford won the Rose Bowl, it became a dream school for 12-year-old me. What distinguished it from the Ivy League and other schools, for me, was its willingness to pursue both academic and athletic excellence. Now, as a Stanford fan and student, I want to see this school continue to compete at the highest … [Read more…]