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Jordan Wallach

Jordan Wallach is a Senior Staff Writer at The Stanford Daily. He was previously the Managing Editor of Sports, a sports desk editor for two volumes and he continues to work as a beat writer for Stanford's baseball, football and women's volleyball teams. Jordan is a junior from New York City majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science. To contact him, please send him an email at jwallach 'at' stanford.edu.

McCaffrey finishes second in 2015 Heisman Trophy voting

Sophomore Christian McCaffrey finished second in the 2015 Heisman Trophy race, as Alabama running back Derrick Henry was announced as the award’s winner on Saturday night. McCaffrey is Stanford’s fourth Heisman runner-up over the last seven years. Henry finished with 1,832 total points in the final balloting, McCaffrey finished with 1,539 total points and Clemson…

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Dec 13 2015

McCaffrey, other Heisman finalists arrive in New York

The 2015 Heisman Trophy finalists – Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, Alabama running back Derrick Henry and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson – arrived in New York on Friday ahead of Saturday's award presentation.

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Dec 11 2015

Life after Inky: Volleyball adjusts individual, team play with loss of star player

The senior class of Stanford’s women’s volleyball team had gotten used to winning. Since the start of their freshman year in 2012, all four players — Inky Ajanaku, Madi Bugg, Jordan Burgess and Brittany Howard — played a large role in the success of the program. Over their first three seasons, the Cardinal went 90-12 combined,…

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Nov 09 2015

Women's Volleyball

Women’s volleyball sweeps Oregon to start road swing

No. 8 Stanford’s women’s volleyball (16-5, 10-3 Pac-12) started its two-week road swing on the right foot on Thursday night, defeating Oregon (11-11, 5-8) in a three-set sweep in Eugene, 25-23, 25-17, 25-18. The Cardinal continued to show the offensive balance that marked their last four matches – all wins – as three players had double-digit…

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Nov 06 2015

Volleyball hits reset button against Oregon schools

After their fourth loss of the season last weekend at the hands of current No. 5 Arizona State, Stanford’s women’s volleyball team hit the reset button. A tough nonconference slate followed by a difficult start to Pac-12 play saw the Cardinal face six top-25 opponents over their first 12 matches — four of those in…

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Oct 12 2015

Women’s volleyball to face Oregon teams at home after tough road trip

Every time Stanford’s women’s volleyball team comes home to Maples Pavilion, the team gets a reprieve from its daunting road schedule. The Cardinal continue to tour the Pac-12 over the next two months, taking on the nation’s elite teams. Seven teams from the Pac were ranked in the AVCA top 25 this week, four of…

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Oct 08 2015

Women’s volleyball falls just short to USC in five-set thriller

Entering this weekend, the senior class of Stanford’s women’s volleyball team had gone 51-1 in its matches at Maples Pavilion. That only loss came at the hands of USC back on October 30, 2013. On Sunday afternoon, history repeated itself, as the Women of Troy once again took down the Cardinal at Maples Pavilion in…

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Sep 28 2015

Cardinal enter conference play after two home sweeps

For the first time since the end of August and following a two-loss road trip, No. 8 Stanford women’s volleyball team (6-2) returned to The Farm this past weekend. It was just what the doctor ordered, as the team continued its stretch of dominance at Maples Pavilion with three-set victories over No. 24 Pacific and St.…

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Sep 22 2015

Volleyball swept by No. 1 Penn State in first loss of season

In front of a sold-out crowd of 6,055 at Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team (3-1) was defeated by No. 1 Penn State (5-0), 25-21, 25-22, 25-18. It was the first time the Cardinal had lost in straight sets since a sweep at the hands…

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Sep 08 2015

No. 1 ranking at stake in the next chapter of Stanford-Penn State rivalry

The stage is set for another meeting between Stanford and Penn State. It’s the fourth matchup between the teams in the last three seasons, and unsurprisingly, the major storyline is the same. The two teams will once again battle for the No. 1 overall ranking in the nation. Though this time, the more intriguing storyline…

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Sep 05 2015

What we learned from Stanford women’s volleyball in Week One

No Inky, no problem. Stanford’s women’s volleyball team swept both Texas A&M (25-19, 25-19, 25-15) and Minnesota (25-15, 25-23, 25-18) in its opening weekend without its top two middle blockers from 2014. Here’s what we learned from the No. 2 Cardinal (2-0) in Week One: Veterans will be veterans As expected, a disproportionate number of…

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Aug 30 2015

Despite loss of Ajanaku, yin-yang of youth and experience provide hope for Cardinal

When she was at a doctor’s appointment back in June, Madi Bugg got a call from her teammate Inky Ajanaku. Earlier, Ajanaku had told her teammates that she hurt her knee while playing in the Pan American Cup with the U.S. National Team, but Bugg did not know the severity of the injury and how bad the…

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Aug 27 2015

Stanford grads Press and O’Hara poised to shine at Women’s World Cup

Stanford’s women’s soccer team endured a 27-year wait before it clinched its first national championship in 2011. But two student-athletes — Christen Press ’11 and Kelley O’Hara ’10 — were the impetus for the tides of the program to turn, guiding the Cardinal to a 95-4-4 record from 2007-10 before they eventually captured the title in 2011. Now,…

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May 19 2015

Women's Water Polo

Crucial timeout slip-up costs Bruins dearly on final possession

UCLA head coach Brandon Brooks fought back tears during Sunday’s post-match press conference as he reflected on his improperly called timeout that gave Stanford a penalty shot with 11 seconds left in regulation.

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May 10 2015

Women's Water Polo

Women’s water polo live blog: 2015 National Championship Game

Stanford takes on UCLA in a rematch of the 2014 title game, seeking its fourth title in five years.

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May 10 2015

Baseball salvages final game against Oregon, avoids sweep

A two-out rally in the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon helped the Cardinal salvage the final game of a three-game set against Oregon, and avoid a sweep at the hands of the Ducks.

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May 03 2015

Master and apprentice meet again as baseball faces Cal

When Cal baseball head coach David Esquer steps into the visitors' dugout at Sunken Diamond on Tuesday night, he’ll be looking across the field at the classic cardinal and white pullover jerseys that he donned 30 years ago.

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Apr 21 2015

Former Stanford student-athletes named to USWNT World Cup roster

Former Stanford student-athletes Kelley O’Hara ’10 and Christen Press ’11 will represent the United States at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, National Team head coach Jill Ellis announced on Tuesday. O’Hara and Press, who were teammates on the Cardinal’s NCAA College Cup runs in 2008 and 2009, were two of 23 women selected to…

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Apr 15 2015

Brennan Scarlett joins Stanford as program’s first graduate transfer

Former Cal defensive lineman Brennan Scarlett will join Stanford football as a graduate transfer for the 2015 season, Stanford Athletics confirmed on Tuesday. Scarlett had initially announced his move across the bay in a letter published in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 10. Scarlett, who will pursue a master’s degree in management science and…

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Apr 15 2015

Even after 38 years, Mark Marquess approaches a unique situation

Stanford baseball is just over the midway point of its season, and it’s fair to say that this season has been nothing short of disappointing for the team. The Cardinal’s record stands at 12-18, and they have yet to win a conference game in nine tries. In fact, both Arizona and Washington swept their first series…

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Apr 10 2015

Video: Craig Amerkhanian: The Mayor of Saw Wood City

The head coach of Stanford's men's rowing team shares his wisdom with his squad on the open water.

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Apr 01 2015

Instant recap: Stanford defeats Oklahoma, advances to eighth straight Sweet 16

Senior Amber Orrange's game-high 24 points led the Cardinal to an 86-76 win over Oklahoma at Maples Pavilion on Monday afternoon.

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Mar 23 2015

Dreadful week continues as Cardinal swept by ‘Cats

Hampered by injuries to its best players and done in by walks and errors, Stanford baseball was swept by Arizona in its Pac-12 opener this weekend. It was the Wildcats first ever sweep of the Cardinal at Sunken Diamond. “We just really got outplayed in all phases of the game for the weekend,” said head coach…

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Mar 22 2015

Cardinal standouts shine at Stanford’s NFL Pro Day

Stanford football’s 14 NFL hopefuls worked out in front of over 75 representatives from all 32 NFL teams at Pro Day on Thursday. A number of players looked to improve their draft stocks with the NFL Draft just six weeks away.

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Mar 20 2015