Thompson named Player of the Week

Senior midfielder Galen Thompson was named the Pac-10 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week after helping the Cardinal to a pair of road wins over Washington and Oregon State.

Thompson scored two goals and tallied two assists in the victories. He balanced out his points, scoring one goal and picking up one assist in each game.

Thompson is the team leader in shots (21), shots on goal (12) and total points (9).

It is the first time that Thompson has won the award and the eighth time it has gone to a Stanford player.

The Cardinal are back in action this Friday, when they take on Washington for the second time in a week at Mahoney Field.

By Alex Gyr

Women’s golf leads Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational

The Stanford women’s golf team took the lead at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. after shooting a second-round 297. The Cardinal lead New Mexico by one shot heading into today’s final round.

Sophomore Mari Chun leads the field with a 140, after shooting a 72 in the second day of action. She holds a six-shot lead over New Mexico’s Jodi Ewart.

Senior Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana joined Chun in the top ten, after shooting a 72 of her own. She sits eight strokes behind Chun, with a two round total of 148.

The Cardinal resume play at 8:00 am tomorrow in search of their first tournament win of the season.

By Alex Gyr

Coed sailors win at StoneyBurke

Competing in two regattas this weekend, the Stanford sailing team took the title at the StoneyBurke Invitational hosted by California and posted a fifth-place finish at the Navy Women’s Fall Intersectional.

The Cardinal’s top coed team of senior Brian Haines and sophomore Kelly McKenna came in first at the StoneyBurke Invitational while the B-team of seniors Emery Wager and Becca Levin finished fourth, after a disqualification in the final race knocked them down from second. Even so, the Cardinal held on and took the team title ahead of second-place USC. Stanford is currently ranked 10th in Sailing World’s College Rankings.

The Cardinal also sent two junior varsity teams to the StoneyBurke, which took place in the San Francisco Bay near Treasure Island. The JV1 team came in second behind Hawaii and the JV2 took fourth.

While the coed teams stayed close to home, the top-ranked Stanford women were sailing on the opposite coast at Navy’s Invitational. Six sailors went to Annapolis, competing in three divisions which all raced at the same time — seniors Caroline Young and Joanna Madsen and freshman Leigh Hammel in the A division, sophomore Taylor Grimes and senior Katherine Schlosser in the B division and junior Evan Brown in C. Despite their number one ranking, the Cardinal struggled and trailed Yale after the first day of competition. In a tight race, troubles on the second day bumped the Cardinal down to fifth.

Nevertheless, the Cardinal held on to the top spot in the polls ahead of Yale, which jumped from fourth to second in Sailing World’s rankings.

By Rebecca Harlow

Crews sweep through Wine Country

Stanford’s men’s, women’s and lightweight crews all got their season off to a strong start last weekend at the Wine Country Rowing Classic hosted by the North Bay Rowing Club and Sonoma State University.

The Cardinal men took the top two spots in the opening race of the day, and the winning trend continued throughout the day, with a Stanford boat finishing first in every race that the Cardinal competed in — 13 wins in all.

The Cardinal men posted victories in four races, the women in five, the lightweight women in their only race, and Stanford won the two mixed events.

The Cardinal will next compete at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston in two weeks.

By Rebecca Harlow