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Welcome to “This Week in Sports.” We are The Daily’s sports editors, Madeline Grabb and Ells Boone, and we’ll be walking you through the major games, events and stories from the past week, as well as providing a brief preview of what’s coming up this week. No. 7 Stanford softball hosted a regional this past weekend, going 3-0 and moving on to the Super Regionals for the … [Read more...] about This Week in Sports: Softball reaches Supers, Rose Zhang wins NCAA title, men’s golf reaches NCAA Championships

After five seasons on The Farm, Charlie Ekstrom has proven to be a stand-out player and helped elevate the beach volleyball program to new heights. She was a main contributor as the team scored its first-ever win in the NCAA tournament this year. She started her collegiate career strong and was named to the Pac-12 All Freshman Team (2019). A plethora of awards followed: … [Read more...] about Senior Spotlight: Charlie Ekstrom

No. 8 Stanford baseball (38-16, 23-7 Pac-12) defeated San Jose State (31-25, 18-11 MAC) 13-2 in the first game of the Stanford regional on Friday afternoon. This is the sixth straight year an NCAA regional has been hosted at Stanford, the only D-1 program for which that is the case. A quality start from senior left-hander Quinn Mathews and home runs from four different hitters … [Read more...] about Baseball kicks off regional with commanding win

After an 11-year spell which included the Cardinal’s 2017-19 three-peat of national titles, Tracy Slusser will step down from her position as associate head coach of the Stanford women’s swimming and diving program, Stanford Athletics announced Tuesday. “It has been an absolute honor to lead this program for the past 11 seasons alongside [Director of Women’s Swimming] Greg … [Read more...] about Tracy Slusser, women’s swim and dive coach, to step down

Sophomore Rose Zhang won her second individual NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on Monday. Zhang became the first woman to win multiple — and consecutive — national titles, and she tied the NCAA record for season wins. At the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., Zhang shot a near-flawless 4-under par 68, winning the four-round tournament by one stroke over USC’s Catherine … [Read more...] about Rose Zhang is first to win back-to-back NCAA Women’s Golf Championships