UPDATE: Card upset in second-round shocker

Two-seed Stanford trounced by 10-seed Florida State, 68-61
By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| What do you say when a season is cut short? When an upset brings hopes crashing to the floor with the elated dog pile of your opponents? When seniors’ jerseys catch a layer of tears before 40 minutes of sweat has dried?

UPDATE: Card steamrolls Idaho State, 96-58

By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| The Wiggins-Smith Show? Who needs a hyphen? Even better, who needs the names?

UPDATE: Men crushed in Big Dance

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| The Cardinal saved their worst game of the season for their most important game of the season.

It's Card vs. Card

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| Stanford’s dancing — by the skin of its teeth! The Cardinal, an 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament, will play six-seed Louisville tomorrow in Lexington, Ky. With a victory, Stanford would face the winner of the game between three-seed Texas A&M and 14-seed Pennsylvania on Saturday for a chance to make its first Sweet 16 since 2001.

Women in home stretch

By Christian Torres
SPORTS| After a 28-4 record, Pacific-10 Conference regular-season title (17-1 record) and Pac-10 Tournament title, the No. 5 Stanford women’s basketball team feels right at home as an NCAA two-seed — and for good reason: The Cardinal begins a long-awaited run to the elusive Final Four this Saturday in Maples Pavilion, taking on 15-seed Idaho State.

Card slides past No. 20 Trojans

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| After losing the first two of three to No. 20 Southern California, Stanford baseball needed a win last Sunday to avoid its first series sweep at home since 1997.

Men's Basketball: Top Five to Watch

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| 1. Root, root, root for the Cardinal(s)

Women's Basketball: Top Five to Watch

By Christian Torres
SPORTS| 1. Elitists again?

Krug makes a splash

By Sara Normington
SPORTS| Despite several first-place finishes and record-breaking times, the Stanford women’s swimming and diving team came up short at last weekend’s NCAA Championships, finishing in fourth behind California, Arizona and defending champion Auburn.

Softball captures Classic

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| The Stanford softball team barely pulled together a 4-3 win over San Diego State on Saturday, but the rest of the weekend was smooth sailing for the No. 12 Cardinal in the Stanford Classic.

Men leap into NCAA Championships

By Christina Nguyen
SPORTS| After a week of unwanted attention, nineteen Stanford swimmers and one diver are finally headed to the Men’s Swimming and Diving NCAA Championships, to be held on March 15-17 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Wrestlers ready to clench NCAAs

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| For Stanford wrestling, the ultimate measure of the team’s success this year comes this Thursday through Saturday, when five Cardinal wrestlers will take part in the NCAA Championships — a marked increase from the two Stanford athletes who competed last season.

Women find smooth swing

By Jack Salisbury
SPORTS| Despite injuries, a tough schedule and battling the elements, the No. 4 Stanford women’s tennis team just keeps winning.

Golden Bears sweep Card

By Carling Nguyen
SPORTS| Any spectators who had seen California play Stanford in men’s tennis last year would have wondered if it was, in fact, the same two teams playing this year.

Women tumble past No. 9 Oklahoma

By Jennifer O'Neil
SPORTS| The No. 3 Stanford women’s gymnastics team (10-2, 5-0 Pacific-10 Conference) edged out the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners on Friday, in an extremely close competition in every event.

Gymnasts land solid senior sendoff

By Danny Belch
SPORTS| The stands might not have been completely full, but the energy in Burnham Pavilion for the men’s gymnastics meet last Saturday night was felt in each and every corner of the room.

Men top UCSD after LB loss

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| Kawika Shoji may have been recruited as a setter, but as an outside hitter, the freshman has provided the Stanford men’s volleyball team with a much-needed spark.

McLain takes triple-jump title

By Mohammad Ali
SPORTS| In its final competition before spring break, Stanford track and field dominated the NCAA Indoor Championship this past weekend in Fayetteville, Ark.

Women stick it out over Colgate

By Sara Lannin
SPORTS| Last weekend came with a happy ending for the Stanford women’s lacrosse team.

Fencers first at Regional

By Andrew Shen
SPORTS| In a finish reminiscent of the Olympics, with the winner decorated with the most medals, the Stanford fencing team emerged victorious and decked in gold at the NCAA Western Regional this weekend.