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Defending NCAA champion Stanford volleyball team picks up where it left off by Rick Eymer rad Lawson was a first team All-American last year an Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year, two-time All-American Erik Shoji is considered one of the finest liberos in the land, Spencer McLachlin returns as a fourth-year starter and Gus Ellis is back as a three-year starter. Stanford is the defending national men’s volleyball champion, returning 13 lettermen and four starters under reigning national Coach of the Year John Kosty. Yet the Cardinal, which beat visiting UC Santa Cruz, 28-26, 25-17, 25-14, Wednesday night in its season opener, was picked to finish third in the MPSF. That’s just how competitive the MPSF teams are compared to the rest of the collegiate universe. USC and UC Irvine, both members of the MPSF, are picked ahead of the fourth-ranked Cardinal. MPSF
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ished seventh. The men’s golf team reached the national quarterfinals before falling. David Chung and Sihwan Kim earned All-American honors. The Stanford field hockey team qualified for the NCAA tournament and senior Xanthe Travlos was named Stanford’s first All-American in 12 years. The women’s crew finished fourth in the NCAA meet and the synchronized swimming team was the national runnerup. We’d like to end the year in review by honoring three Stanford grads. Men’s basketball Landry Fields actually belongs as he achieved All-American status before he was drafted by the New York Knicks and, ultimately, earning a starting spot. Lauren Fleshman nearly retired after suffering a front foot injury. The Cardinal grad chose to stay with her sport and won the 5,000 meter title at the USA Outdoor Track and Field championships. As 2010 ended, perhaps the next great story of 2011 begins. The Stanford women’s basketball team shocked top-ranked Connecticut last week, 71-59, to end the Huskies’ all-time NCAA Division I winning streak (for men and women) at 90. Whether the Cardinal go on and become the top story of this new year remains to be seen. Stanford will host the NCAA men’s and women’s tennis championships this season and anything can happen at the Taube Family Tennis Center. The Stanford baseball team has the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, so good things could happen this spring for coach Mark Marquess. Nonetheless, 2010 is in the books and what a great read it has been. One can only hope that 2011 will be just as enthralling. N
member Pepperdine ranks third nationally. Stanford opens MPSF play next Friday with a pair of home matches against BYU, and the Cougars are ranked fifth in the nation. Such is life without national Player of the Year Kawika Shoji, the remarkable setter and emotional leader during last year’s run to the championship. Also gone are AllAmerican Evan Romero and Garrett Werner. Both the Trojans and Anteaters are legitimate contenders for the national crown and have the history to prove it. “It comes down to this: We need to mentally prepare for each match and learn how to focus,� Kosty said. “The bottom line is it’s a long season and we need to continually get court time to prepare for MPSF play.� The returning players, which also includes junior setter Evan Barry,
senior outside hitter Ian Connolly, junior opposite Garrett Dobbs, senior middle Max Halvorseon, junior middle Charley Henrickson, senior libero Jordan Inafuku, sophomore outside hitter Jake Kneller, junior setter Dylan Koridc and junior opposite Jake Vandermeer, were all part of a team that learned how to win and what it takes to become champions. Wrestling Stanford takes a break from its long and winding road expedition, traveling a few mile north on El Camino Real to meet host Menlo College Saturday. The 25th-ranked Cardinal (3-5) received several quality efforts last week at the Midlands Championships in Evanston. For the first time in program history, Stanford had two wrestlers place in the top four at the event. N
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