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Foley |
the women's gymnastics team
tied Alabama for third place at the NCAA championships,
held at UCLA in mid-April—the highest finish in
Stanford history. Four team members combined to earn
a program-high 15 All-America honors: five each for
Natalie Foley, ’06, and Lise Léveillé,
three for Lindsay Wing and two for Caroline Fluhrer.
The squad graduates five seniors, including Fluhrer,
Léveillé and Wing.
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Watkins |
Senior co-captain Lauren Faust and junior Hannah Luber
each scored three goals as the women’s
water polo team won the NCAA consolation match
for third place, 12-2, on May 9 at Stanford’s
Avery Aquatic Center. The No. 2 Cardinal lost its semifinal
match to third-ranked Loyola Marymount, 5-4, the day
before. Senior Wendy Watkins was named a first-team
All-American.
After clinching the Pac-10 title in late May, the No.
1 baseball team went 2-2 in the NCAA
regionals held at Sunken Diamond June 4-6. Stanford
opened the playoffs with a 10-4 win over UNLV and won
its third game, against St. John’s, 7-2. But Cardinal
pitching was no match for Long Beach State, which picked
up a 7-4 win behind standout starter Jered Weaver, and
later an 8-4 win to eliminate Stanford. The losses dashed
the team’s hopes for a sixth consecutive trip
to the College World Series. Leadoff hitter Sam Fuld
finished his career atop the Stanford record books in
runs scored and at bats, and second in hits and games
played. Sophomore infielder Jed Lowrie was named Pac-10
Player of the Year and ended the season with a .399
batting average.
The sixth-ranked softball team went
2-2 at the double-elimination College World Series in
Oklahoma in May. Both defeats came at the hands of eventual
champion UCLA. The Cardinal posted its highest-ever
Pac-10 finish with a tie for second and racked up 49
wins—the second best in school history.
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Dobson |
In late May, 26 track and field athletes
earned berths in the NCAA championships. Senior Jill
Camarena won the shot put in the NCAA West Regionals
with a throw of 16.96 meters, and junior Sara Bei won
the 5,000-meter race in 16:12.26. At the Payton Jordan
U.S. Open held on campus May 31, redshirt junior Ian
Dobson broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
with a time of 8:32.09. Results from the mid-June NCAAs
will be published in the next issue of STANFORD. |
