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Representatives from the Stanford and Cal women’s basketball programs congregated yesterday at the Bay Area Women’s Basketball Media Day. The Cardinal was represented by coach Tara VanDeerver, senior Candace Wiggins and junior Jillian Harmon.
“I’m just amazed that we’re already into basketball,” VanDeerver said in a GoStanford.com release. “The end of last season ended with a bad taste in a lot of our mouths. We just really want to have a good season, take it game by game.
“I’m really excited about the leadership of Candice [Wiggins] and Jill [Harmon] and the things that they do for our team. They really set a great example in terms of their toughness and their work ethic, and the experiences that both Candice and Jill have had will be very helpful for us.”
Stanford will open its season on Nov. 3 with an exhibition game against Chico State at Maples Pavilion. Its regular season will officially kick off on Nov. 9 when the team travels across the country to face Yale.
The Cardinal finished 29-5 overall and 17-1 in conference last year. The team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year before losing to Florida State.
In a recent poll featuring the coaches of the Pac-10, Stanford was picked as the favorite for the conference title for the eighth year in a row.
Cross Country in stretch run
Stanford cross country is heading down the final stretch of the season as it competes in the Pac-10 Championships in Corvallis, Ore. this Saturday.
The two-time defending national champion women’s team comes into the weekend’s event ranked No. 1 in the nation. They come into the Championships as huge favorites; the Cardinal has taken home the Pac-10 crown eleven years in a row now.
All-Americans Arianna Lambie, Teresa McWalters, Lindsay Flacks and Lauren Centrowitz will lead the Cardinal into the competition held on the campus of Oregon State University.
The men come into the Pac-10 Championships with a No. 15 national ranking, but they hope to capture their 10th conference title in the last 12 years with a strong performance on Saturday. The team will be led by the likes of seniors Russell Brown and Michael Garcia and juniors Garrett Heath and Hari Mix.
The men’s race will start at 9:30 a.m., and the women’s will start at 10:30 a.m. After this weekend, the Cardinal’s next step toward championship glory will come at the NCAA West Regional on Nov. 10, held in Eugene, Ore.