The No. 8 Stanford men’s golf team shot a combined 15-over-par 365 in Tuesday’s third round, falling one place to fifth in the team standings. Sophomore Patrick Rodgers, the second highest ranked golfer in the conference, failed to break par for the second consecutive day and is now sitting alone at 10th in the individual race.
With the departure of last year’s two top players, men’s tennis sophomore John Morrissey had big shoes to fill this season, leading a relatively young team against some of the toughest competition in the nation.
Following last weekend’s sweep of Oregon and San Diego State, two Stanford lacrosse players were given Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) honors on Monday.
This evening in Spokane, Wash., the Stanford women’s basketball will face Georgia in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Joining them in the Evergreen State, both the Pac-12 Conference and SEC will be doubly represented, with California and LSU due to face off on the same hardwood two-and-a-half hours later.
With a 73-40 victory over Michigan at Maples Pavilion on Tuesday, the Stanford women’s basketball team booked its place in the Spokane Regionals next weekend. Senior Joslyn Tinkle hit a career-best five three-pointer in her final game at Maples Pavilion.
No. 1 seed Stanford women’s basketball is due to face No. 16 Tulsa in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament at 2:20 pm PT in Maples Pavilion on Sunday.
![Junior forward Chiney Ogwumike (13) netted 28 points and grabbed 13 points in helping the No. 4 Cardinal dominate Washington State 72-50 in Pullman. With the victory, Stanford shares the conference title with No. 6 Cal and owns the tiebreaker over the Golden Bears for the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. [BOB DREBIN/Stanfordphoto.com]](http://www.stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Chiney-Ogwumike-Joslyn-Tinkle-Toni-Kokenis_012713_BD_02-200x100.jpg)
The Stanford women’s basketball team finished off another successful regular season on Saturday, defeating Washington State 72-50 and winning its 13th-straight conference title. Cross-Bay rival California then defeated Washington 73-60 to ensure that the Card must share the title this season.
Stanford returns home after dropping two games on a road trip to Houston last weekend to face cross-Bay rival California on The Farm tonight. The Golden Bears enter this contest undefeated after a three game sweep of Michigan in Berkeley. Stanford’s pitchers have performed well so far, but the team will need better hitting to live up to its potential.