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For junior Kristie Ahn, the long road back to health just reached its conclusion. Not able to participate in the NCAA tournament two years and playing just three matches last year, Ahn reached the pinnacle of college tennis on Tuesday night.
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Stanford women's rowing earned an at-large bid to the NCAA rowing championships, it was announced Tuesday. It will be the Cardinal's fifth straight team appearance at the event.
]]> For years, Stanford grad Emilee O'Neil had no plans to play competitive soccer again, which makes the recent turn of events all the more surprising. O'Neil, the former Emilee Shim, is a rookie. Make that a 30-year-old rookie for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League, a first-year eight-team professional circuit that began play in April.]]> Boys' 400 relay -- Bellarmine 42.00, St Francis 42.00, Palo Alto 42.31, Santa Cruz 42.84, Piedmont Hills 43.14, Aragon 43.16, Palma 43.19, Wilcox 43.21, Menlo-Atherton 43.23, Los Altos 43.23.]]> Stanford roundup

It was, without adding much hyperbole, one of the greatest comebacks in Stanford and NCAA women's tennis tournament history. Freshman Krista Hardebeck, down a set and facing match point at 1-5 in the second, came all the way back to win and send the No. 12 Cardinal into the national championship match.]]> Menlo School senior Andrew Buchanan and Sacred Heart Prep junior Bradley Knox have extended their prep seasons to the fullest following Monday's NCGA/CIF Boys Golf Championships at Diablo Grand Resort in Patterson. ]]> The nationally No. 10-ranked Stanford women's golf team put together a string of three straight tournament titles this spring. The Cardinal, however, can top that by winning one more.]]> Gunn High coach PattiSue Plumer probably said it best following a roller coaster day for local athletes at the Central Coast Section track and field semifinals on Saturday at Gilroy High.]]> Sunday's Cardinal corner

The Stanford baseball team took care of some much-needed business over the weekend, completing a Pac-12 sweep of host California to get itself back over the .500 mark in conference play.
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Krista Hardebeck recovered from a first-set loss to record a 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles, clinching Stanford's 4-1 victory over Georgia on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA women's team tennis tournament in Illinois.]]> CCS baseball

It was nearly an improbable day for three local baseball teams in the Central Coast Section quarterfinals on Saturday. But, two out of three certainly wasn't bad.]]> Saturday's Stanford roundup

The Stanford men's golf team faltered on the final day of the NCAA Columbus Regional and failed to qualify for the national championship tournament.
]]> Mark Appel tied Stanford's career strikeout record, Wayne Taylor hit two home runs, and the Stanford baseball team held off host California, 9-8, in a Pac-12 Conference game Friday night.]]> NCAA tournament roundup

Sophomore Ellen Tsay put an end to a five-hour marathon Friday, helping the 12th-ranked Stanford women's tennis team take some revenge on USC, as he recorded the clinching point in the Cardinal's 4-3 victory over the Trojans in the Round of 16 at the NCAA tournament at Illinois.]]> Of local note
JLS wrestlers win another title

Former St. Ignatius head coach Paul Felton will be the new girls water polo coach at Menlo-Atherton High, replacing veteran Chris Rubin. ]]> 2013 CCS Baseball Playoffs
Division I
Saturday's quarterfinals
Mitty (18-11) vs. San Benito (22-6) at Hartnell College, 11 a.m.
Homestead (18-13) vs. Serra (25-6) at Sacred Heart Prep, 11 a.m.
Palo Alto (17-15) at Bellarmine (25-6) , 2 p.m.
Valley Christian (18-11) at St. Francis (26-4), 11 a.m.
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For some, the semifinals of the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships is just a mere stepping stone to the finals. For others, it's a much different story.]]> Cardinal corner

Sophomore Cassandra Roulund is one of six Stanford softball players with a batting average over .300. The 13th-ranked Cardinal (37-19) hits .302 as a team. Stanford's rate of success will be tested when it meets Tulsa (42-14) on Friday in the first round of the double-elimination Lincoln Regional of the NCAA Tournament.]]> Natalie Dillon was determined to attend Stanford University since she first laid eyes on the place at age five. Playing tennis for the 12th-ranked Cardinal was another story in itself.]]> Stanford sophomores Leah White and Hanna Winter, along with freshman Kayla Bonstrom, were named to the Louisville Slugger All-West Region second team as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday.]]> Palo Alto, Menlo School and Sacred Heart Prep all advanced in the Central Coast Section baseball playoffs on Wednesday, but Menlo-Atherton couldn't make it a clean sweep while suffering a season-ending loss.]]> Stanford roundup
Cardinal softball has 10 on All-Pac-12

Stanford sophomore Kristian Ipsen was one of four divers to punch their ticket to Barcelona for the 2013 FINA World Championships, as spots on the 1-meter were up for grabs Wednesday on the first day of the World Championships Trials in Tallahassee, Fla.]]> Cardinal corner
Gibbs is first team all-Pac-12

Former Stanford All-American Ryan Hall, a two-time Olympic marathoner, will highlight the field for the 102nd Bay to Breakers on Sunday in San Francisco.]]> The seventh annual Bay Area Senior Games will wrap up this weekend with a host of activities at local venues. This event is a tuneup for the upcoming Summer National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio.]]> Stanford's baseball troubles continued on Tuesday night as Tommy Nance twirled a shutout and scattered six hits to steer visiting Santa Clara to a 3-0 nonconference win. The complete-game effort was flanked by six strikeouts Tuesday as the Broncos handed the Cardinal its sixth straight loss.]]> CCS baseball and softball

Central Coast Section championship games in baseball and softball will be played on Saturday, May 25. With the exception of schools like St. Francis, Bellarmine or Mitty, getting to the final games will be most difficult.]]> Former Stanford great and NBA star Mark Madsen is moving on. The Cardinal assistant has accepted the head coaching position of the Los Angeles D-Fenders and will be introduced Tuesday at a press conference.]]> Gunn High junior Cadence Lee pinned down the third national title of her wrestling career by winning the FILA Cadet 108-pound division at the Body Bar Women's National Freestyle Championships during the weekend in Lakeland, Fla.]]> Three local high school girls earned gold medals in rowing and trips to the national championships following successful efforts at the USRowing Southwest Junior District Championships earlier this month at Lake Natoma near Sacramento.]]>