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Conquered by Troy: Water polo falls short
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Even though UCLA was the heavy favorite coming into the weekend’s NCAA Championship Tournament, the Stanford women’s water polo team still believed they could knock the Bruins off.
Card’s hopes riding high for Tourney
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The Cardinal dropped a 5-4 decision to USC in the group stages of the Stanford Invitational back in early February, keeping the Card out of the championship match.
Gauthier, now a leader, looks back on stellar career
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One single goal. Today, that is basically nothing for Stanford’s Jackie Gauthier.
Playoff time for Cardinal
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The No. 2 Stanford women’s water polo team puts its 11-game winning streak on the line this weekend when it heads to San Diego for the MPSF conference tournament.
Stanford holds off Spartans
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Before the Stanford women’s water polo team played San Jose State last weekend, Cardinal coach John Tanner said that the main thing he was looking for in the game was consistency from his team.
Spartans present tough test
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The No. 2 Stanford women’s water polo team will make the short trip to San Jose this weekend for what will be its final regular season game of the year, a conference match-up with San Jose State.
Clean sweep
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In any sport, a team’s rivalry game and senior day are often the two most emotional matches of the season.
Stanford readies for the “Big Splash”
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The end of the regular season is often a difficult time for sports teams to concentrate.
Moving on?
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As anyone who has ever played competitive team sports can tell you, there is almost nothing worse than missing a game due to injury.
Card gets two wins on road
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The offensive output slowed down, as it inevitably would. After averaging almost 17 goals per game over their last three matches, the Stanford women’s water polo team had 13 and eight in their two games this weekend. But the Cardinal defense came up big to help the team defeat both Cal State-Northridge and No. 3 USC, securing another SoCal sweep and extending the team’s current win streak to a season-high eight games.
Under the surface
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On the surface, water polo does not seem to be an extremely physical sport.
Taking All Comers
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After beating the Claremont schools on March 9, the Stanford women’s water polo team had a 15-day lay-off before its next game.
No. 2 Stanford edged by top-ranked Bruins
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Coming into this past weekend, it was easy to tell that the No.
No. 1 Bruins loom in SoCal swing
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The Stanford women’s water polo team will travel to Southern California this weekend, where they will play four games in three days.
Card Holds Court
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In the world of collegiate squash, the Stanford women’s team is still very much a figurative baby.
Team effort leads to two wins for Card
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Stanford water polo takes weekend games from ASU and SDSU.
Bruins top Card in 2 OT
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The script was almost perfect: it was the tournament championship game, and the No. 2 Stanford women’s water polo team was neck-and-neck with the No. 1 team in the country, UCLA.
Women face UCSD, loaded field at Irvine
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The Stanford women’s water polo team will hit the road for the first time this season when it travels to Irvine for this weekend’s Irvine Invitational Tournament.
Trying MPSF slate ahead
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In many college sports, teams can go through an entire season without truly earning their ranking.
Cardinal keeps it going
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One game was a blowout from the beginning; the other needed a third period run to put it out of reach.
Card ready for home showdown
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After playing four games in two days at last weekend’s Stanford Invitational, the Stanford women’s water polo team certainly has a much lighter schedule for this weekend, with two matches in two days.
Water polo wins three of four at Invitational
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While a third place showing in the team’s own tournament might be considered a let-down — especially for a team with serious title aspirations like the No. 3 Cardinal — that was certainly not the case here.
Lottich playing pro ball in Japan
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I’d like to think that I’m fairly similar to Matt Lottich ‘04. We both came to Stanford from Chicago, we both played three sports in high school and we both bought Slingboxes so we could follow our beloved (yet increasingly woeful) Chicago sports teams while away from home. That’s where the similarities in our paths diverge, though.
Cardinal ruggers growing quickly
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If you recall last week’s feature about Stanford’s ice hockey team, you will remember that hockey’s overall lack of popularity on the West Coast has made it very difficult for the club to challenge for titles.
Freeze frame
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Unless you’re a Canuck, chances are the sport of hockey is fairly underappreciated in your home town.
Shootout gimmick has to go
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I can’t really complain about going home to Chicago last week for Thanksgiving Break.
Svoboda: Out with offensive mascots
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It was a tragic death. Thousands of people gathered tearfully to see their hero for the final time, and thousands more who were unable to attend had him in their thoughts.
Svoboda: The seven deadly fans
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Upon first glance, it would seem like being a sports fan is quite easy.
Cubs fans know real sorrow
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I really didn’t want to write this article, I swear.
Alive, but still not kicking
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After a thrilling conclusion to the regular season that saw the last two playoff spots decided on the final day of matches, Major League Soccer kicks off its playoffs tonight with the Chicago Fire hosting D.C.
It ain't so bad at Stanford
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A couple of weeks ago, I participated in one of my first Stanford traditions (not counting the insanity that is Band Run) when I went to the Activities Fair.