Quick Sticks
- The Battle of the Bay returns to Maples Pavilion as No. 9 Stanford hosts No. 20 California Friday night for an ACC conference dual meet.
- The competition between the Cardinal and Golden Bears is set to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ACC Network Extra with Jenna Becerra and Casey Magnuson on the call. Live scoring can be found on the Virtius platform.
- In its first time competing inside Maples Pavilion during the 2026 season, No. 9 Stanford recorded a dominant victory Sunday afternoon over conference rival No. 16 Clemson, 197.075-196.300. The Cardinal improved to 2-0 in conference action with the win over the Tigers.
- Just four weeks into the season, Stanford is ranked ninth nationally and boasts top-six rankings on bars, beam, and floor. The Cardinal's average team total of 196.925 in week four of the NCAA season is the highest since at least the 1998 season, and it marks their best overall ranking at this point in the season since 2011, when Stanford was ranked No. 2.
- For the second consecutive week, senior Anna Roberts and freshman Ana Bărbosu were honored with weekly awards from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the league announced Tuesday. Roberts was named ACC Gymnast of the Week for the second straight week, while Bărbosu’s honor is her third in as many meets this season. Stanford’s decisive victory over No. 16 Clemson was guided by the duo of Roberts and Bărbosu, who tied for the all-around title with matching scores of 39.450. It marked Roberts’ second consecutive all-around crown and Bărbosu’s second all-around title in just three collegiate meets.
- Roberts leads all ACC gymnasts and is currently ranked second in the nation in the all-around competition with an average score of 39.525. Against Clemson, she also claimed the vault title with a score of 9.900, which is a half-tenth higher than any other gymnast in the meet achieved. She has a Stanford team-leading five event titles in just three meets this season and is the only ACC gymnast to hold top-10 rankings on all four apparatuses, as well as the all-around, in 2026.
- Bărbosu has quickly made her mark in NCAA gymnastics, earning at least one event or all-around title (including ties) in each meet of the 2026 season. Against Clemson, she set new career-best scores on vault (9.850), floor (9.925), and in the all-around competition (39.450), tying for the best all-around total by an ACC gymnast in this week's conference duals. While two other first-year gymnasts are among the top-10 NCAA all-around rankings, Bărbosu stands out as the only newcomer to rank within the top-10 while competing in the all-around in all her appearances this season.
- Junior Sienna Robinson is demonstrating her talent this season, winning the bars title with a new career-best score of 9.925 against Clemson, marking her third consecutive meet achieving at least one event crown. She ranks in the top-10 of the conference on all three of her events: T10 on bars (9.842 average), 1st on beam (9.900 average), and 7th on floor (9.883 average).
- Redshirt freshman Levi Jung-Ruivivar has led off on bars for the Cardinal in each of its three meets this season, setting the tone for Stanford's bars squad that ranks sixth nationally with an average team total of 49.275. She leads the conference on bars with an average score of 9.875 and is the only leadoff athlete in the ACC ranked at the top of her apparatus.