While the Cardinal women opened their 2019-20 tennis season with competition in Malibu at the Women’s Collegiate Classic and in Moraga at the Saint Mary’s Invitational last weekend, Stanford men’s tennis kicks things off Wednesday at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The 2018-2019 Stanford men’s tennis season ended in the third round of the 2019 Division 1 Men’s Tennis Championships with a 2-4 loss to No. 5 Virginia (23-4) in Charlottesville, putting a somewhat disappointing end to a 19-7 season. Ending the year at No. 13 nationally, Cardinal was 12-2 at home but struggled in away games, winning four of seven on the season.
This article is part of a running series The Daily sports staff will be publishing on graduating seniors.
Senior Sameer Kumar was a captain on the 2018-2019 Stanford men’s tennis team, which recently concluded its winningest season since 2001. Carrying a 3.92 cumulative grade-point average, the economics major was named Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year and helped lead the Cardinal to a No. 12 national ranking.
The No. 3 Stanford women’s tennis team (25-1, 10-0 Pac-12) defeated the No. 14 Kansas Jayhawks (21-5, 7-2 Big-12) on Friday in the Round of 16 of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis Championships. The Cardinal came out on top in a close 4-3 battle that was clinched by sophomore Janice Shin in a three-set battle with Nina Khmelnitckaia (3-6, 6-4, 6-2).
After back-to-back wins in the first and second rounds of the 2019 Division 1 NCAA Tennis Championships last weekend, the No. 3 Stanford women’s and No. 12 men’s tennis teams will both compete in the Round of 16 Super Regional this weekend. The women’s team will take on No. 14 Kansas (21-4, 7-2 Big 12)…
Seven members of the Stanford tennis program were named to the All Pac-12 teams, which was announced Tuesday on the Pac-12 News website.
After a convincing shutout win over Fresno State (18-11, 5-2 Mountain West) on Friday afternoon that saw senior captain Sameer Kumar and sophomore Timothy Sah combine for three of the Cardinal’s four match wins on the day, the No. 12 Stanford men’s tennis team (19-6, 5-3 Pac-12) blanked UC Santa Barbara (17-7, 5-0 Big West)…
No. 12 Stanford men’s tennis (18-6, 5-3 Pac-12) kicked off the NCAA tournament weekend strong with a dominating 4-0 win over the Fresno State Bulldogs (18-10, 5-2 Mountain West) at Taube Family Tennis Stadium this afternoon. The Cardinal started off strong, winning the first set in all six singles matches. Senior captain Sameer Kumar and…
