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Card Takes on Battle on the Bayou

Notables

  • No. 10 Stanford travels to No. 5 LSU to compete in the Battle on the Bayou April 14-15. The Cardinal will meet the No. 5 Tigers, North Florida, Houston Christian, and Nicholls State while in the Pelican State. 
    • The Cardinal's matchup with LSU will have live streaming. Streams for each court can be found here
  • No. 10 Stanford enters the weekend in Louisiana after earning a sweep win over Oregon and falling to No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 California and RV Arizona at the 2023 Pac-12 Invitational, April 7-8. 
  • Freshman pair Kelly Belardi and Ashley Vincent broke the program record for wins as a pair in a single season Saturday with their come-from-behind victory over No. 9 California on court four. The freshman duo now owns 20 victories through just 24 collegiate matches played together.  As a duo, they sit tied for fourth on the career wins as a pair list (10 away from the top of the list).
  • Freshman Ashley Vincent leads the team in victories, currently owning 24 victories in 28 matches played. She is just one win away from setting a new Stanford record for single-season victories, matching the record with her and Vincent's victory over the Golden Bears. 
  • Stanford comes off a historic 2022 season, earning a bid to the NCAA Championships for just the second time in program history. The Cardinal saw multiple records broken in its last campaign, including:
    • Against Grand Canyon, April 24, 2022: No. 1 pair Xolani Hodel and Kate Reilly earned their 29th win as a pair and became the winningest pair in program history (as of May 2, 2022, the pair currently owns 30 wins). 
    • Against Saint Mary’s, April 24, 2022: Sophomore Kate Reilly earned her 24th individual win of the 2022 season, a new program best for wins in a single season. 
    • Against Arizona State, April 27, 2022: 
      • Stanford earns its 24th program win, the most in a single season.
      • Sophomore Maya Harvey earns her 24th win of the 2022 season, matching Reilly’s program record for single-season individual wins set on April 24, 2022. 
  • The Cardinal returns home to The Farm to close out its regular season slate with four dual matches April 21-22, meeting No. 7 Grand Canyon, No. 9 California, Pacific and Santa Clara. Stanford will celebrate its senior class after its match against Pacific (April 22, 5 PM).