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When the Stanford women's volleyball season ended in the NCAA championship game in December, senior Bryn Kehoe bid farewell. As it turns out, it wasn't much of a goodbye because Kehoe has been reunited with three of her teammates.

Kehoe and freshman Alix Klineman have been added to the U.S. National Team training roster and will join Cardinal teammates Cynthia Barboza and Foluke Akinradewo on the 18-player roster at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Kehoe and Klineman were among 10 players selected from an invitation-only tryout held at the training center earlier this month. Based on their performances with the U.S. National Team last summer, Barboza and Akinradewo were given spots last November. Many of the 18 players will arrive within the week, and Barboza will join the team in March.

Kehoe recently was named the Collegiate Volleyball Update National Setter of the Year during the annual awards were announced last week. Kehoe, a first-team All-American, led the nation in assists in 2007 with 14.40 per game.

Kehoe and the other U.S. Women's National Training Team athletes will compete for tournament roster spots this summer. Team USA earned its berth into the 2008 Olympic Games by finishing third at the FIVB World Cup in November.

"This group of young players will have a chance to train as a group under our system for a few months and getting used to international volleyball rules," said U.S. head coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. "These players will have the opportunity to compete for roster spots this summer at the FIVB World Grand Prix and Olympic Games. At the very least, if they do not make the Olympic Games roster, they will have gained valuable experience for the future with our program."

Klineman and Texas' Juliann Faucette are the two youngest players on the roster, having just completed their freshman seasons. Akinradewo, Klineman and Barboza account for three of the seven players with collegiate eligibility remaining for the 2008 season.

Once Barboza arrives in mid-March, Stanford will have four players part of the U.S. Women's National Training Team, the most of any school in the nation.

That number will grow when former Stanford stars Logan Tom and Ogonna Nnamani finish up their professional seasons and return to Team USA in mid-May.

Men's volleyball

Sixth-ranked Stanford split two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches over the weekend, beating visiting USC, 30-28, 30-26, 26-30, 30-17, and losing to No. 2 Pepperdine, 30-20, 30-23, 20-30, 30-20, on Saturday.

Sophomore Evan Romero recorded 19 kills in the win over the Trojans, while senior Matt Ceran added a double-double, with 18 kills and 12 digs.

Junior Cameron Christoffers came off the bench and provided a big spark in Stanford's third game victory over the Waves, recording six kills on seven attacks. Romero, Ceran each finished the match with 14 kills.

Stanford (2-2, 5-2) travels to Cal State Northridge on Thursday for a 7 p.m. first serve.

Women's gymnastics

Fifth-ranked Stanford opened its Pac-10 season with a 194.600-194.125 victory over visiting Arizona on Sunday.

The Cardinal (1-0, 1-1) got outstanding performances from freshman Danielle Ikoma and senior Stephanie Gentry on vault, each earning 9.825 scores.

Stanford travels to UCLA for a meet on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Men's gymnastics

With David Sender and Sho Nakamori off training with the United States Olympic team, top-ranked Stanford fell to No. 5 California, 347.250-346.750, on Friday in Berkeley.

Freshman Alex Buscaglia was the Cardinal's top performer, earning wins in vault (15.750) and floor exercise (15.550) and tying for first (14.900) in high bar.

Freshman Alex Lieberman added a first place finish on the parallel bars (15.150).

Stanford hosts the Stanford Open on Friday, beginning at 7 p.m. at Burnham Pavilion.

Women's soccer

Stanford sophomore Kelley O'Hara and Cardinal freshman Christen Press were added to the Under-20 women's national team, which will compete in the Under-20 Women's World Cup beginning Nov. 20 in Chile.

O'Hara is the only returnee from the team which competed in the 2006 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

The Pac-10 is represented by nine players on the 26-player squad. Five are still in high school.

"We have selected and invited players that have shown the desire to represent their country," United States coach Jillian Ellis said. "This initial camp (which began on Saturday) will feature a lot of evaluation."

Women's tennis

Stanford freshman Carolyn McVeigh made an impressive run at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Indians Well, advancing to the singles title match.

No. 25 Riza Zalameda defeated the 58th-ranked McVeigh, 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday's singles final.

McVeigh beat Georgia Tech's No. 1 player Maya Johansson, 6-4, 6-2, in the quarterfinals before upsetting defending champion Lindsey Nelson, 6-2, 6-1, in the semifinals on Saturday.

McVeigh and sophomore Lindsay Burdette lost in the doubles semifinals to eventual champions Tracy Lin and Zalameda.

Men's tennis

Ted Kelly and Blake Muller advanced to Monday's doubles final at the Sherwood Cup in Westlake Village with a 9-8 victory over the second-seeded team from Baylor on Sunday.

The Stanford duo was to play Baylor's fourth-seeded team of Attila Bucko and Denes Lukacs for the title.

Track and field

Myles Bradley won the 60-meter hurdles and Graeme Hoste won the pole vault as the Stanford men's and women's teams opened their indoor season at the UW Indoor Preview in Seattle on Saturday.

On the women's side, Shataya Hendricks, the defending national champion in the triple jump and an All-American in the long jump, won the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.57.

Stanford's Brittni Dixon-Smith and Lauren Stewart tied for first place in the long jump.

Stanford entered three teams in the distance medley, sweeping the top three spots. The Stanford 'A' team, comprised of Arianna Lambie, Idara Otu, Madeline Duhon, and Katie Harrington won the race with a time of 11:34.22.

Stanford competes at the Blue and Orange Classic on Saturday, hosted by Boise State.

Wrestling

Seniors Josh Zupancic and Tanner Gardner led Stanford to a split of its first two Pac-10 matches on Friday, both at UC Davis.

The Cardinal (1-1, 7-2) lost to Boise State, 21-15, and then rebounded with a 30-9 win over the host Aggies.

Zupancic upset the top-ranked wrestler in the Pac-10, before working for a decisive technical fall in his second match. Gardner picked up two wins, including his 14th pin of the year.

Stanford hosts Cal State Northridge on Thursday at 7 p.m.