Stanford wrestling travels to Reno Tournament of Champions; women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer earn postseason awards; Cardinal appears in men’s and women’s gymnastics polls; men’s volleyball picked fourth in MPSF; seven softball games to be televised
After a thrilling regional competition in which the Stanford women’s gymnastics team barely qualified for NCAAs, the Cardinal entered the national tournament ranked 10th out of 12 teams competing
And while the Cardinal women were securing their chance to compete for an NCAA title, the third-ranked Stanford men’s team finished second in a four-team field at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships
The Stanford men’s and women’s gymnastics teams both picked up big wins over the weekend.
In the final regular-season meet at Burnham Pavilion of her career, senior Nicole Pechanec made sure to go out with a bang, as she won the overall competition with a career-best score of 39.450 points. She helped the No. 11 Cardinal earn its best score of the season (196.575) as well as the double victory against No. 17 Arizona (195.025) and No. 47 Cal (191.450).
For the third weekend in a row, Stanford’s gymnastics teams split one win and one loss between the men’s and women’s squads — except this time, the winners and losers swapped roles
The Stanford men’s and women’s gymnastics teams both took to the mats this weekend, with the men at home, squaring off against rival California and the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars, and the women in Texas, facing Brown and the University of Bridgeport.
Last Sunday, both the men’s and women’s gymnastics squads traveled to the East Bay, seeking important victories in hostile territory.