from the Palo Alto Weekly and the Palo Alto Online staff
 Stanford women hold on to lead in NCAA swimming
After the morning prelims on the second day of the women's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, it appeared that Stanford would lose its hold on first place by evening's end. Quite the contrary. (Friday, 8:15 PM)
 Gerhart pitcher perfect for Stanford softball
Cardinal corner
Jones comes through in the clutch
Freshman Teagan Gerhart pitched a six-inning perfect game and Shannon Koplitz provided the offensive firepower as the Stanford softball team beat visiting Santa Clara, 8-0, Friday as part of the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic.
(Friday, 9:46 PM)
 Iowa, Rutgers, Stanford women basketball coaches are 'reunited' at Maples
NCAA women's tournament notebook
Iowa vs. Rutgers, Saturday 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Stanford vs. UC Riverside, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Iowa women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder used Whiffle ball as a motivating tool when her young Hawkeyes were struggling with a 1-6 Big 10 record (8-10 overall). Rutgers' coach C. Vivian Stringer still holds Iowa in high regard after spending 12 years coaching there.
(Friday, 5:59 PM)
 Stanford women splash into first at NCAA swimming
There were no American or collegiate records set by the Stanford women's swim team on the first day of the NCAA Championships at Purdue University on Thursday. But, that didn't matter because the Cardinal achieved something even better. (Thursday, 6:48 PM)
Mayer's 7 RBI paces Menlo's 24-3 baseball win
Thursday's prep roundup
Menlo had its hitting shoes on Thursday as the Knights pounded out 23 hits in a 24-3 nonleague baseball victory over visiting Hillsdale. Menlo sophomore left fielder Dylan Mayer led the Knights by driving in a career-high seven runs on three hits, including his first career home run in the third. He followed that blast with a grand slam in the fourth. (Friday, 12:28 PM)
 Stanford women open their NCAA hoop hopes at home
The nationally No. 2-ranked Stanford women's basketball team begins its journey toward what head coach Tara VanDerveer hopes will be a berth in the NCAA Final Four when the Cardinal welcomes UC Riverside, Rutgers and Iowa to a sub-regional this weekend at Maples Pavilion. (Thursday, 5:04 PM)
 Stanford wrestler pulls upset at NCAA Championships
Stanford sophomore Nick Amuchastegui upset third-seeded Nick Marable of Missouri for the second straight year in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday in Omaha, Neb. Amuchastegui will move on to tonight's second round. (Thursday, 11:33 PM)
 Palo Alto baseball remains tied for first place in division race
Wednesday's prep roundup
The Palo Alto baseball team remained tied for first place in the SCVAL De Anza Division by rallying for a 5-2 victory in eight innings over host Los Altos on Wednesday. The Vikings got two monster homers in the game, the second of which wrapped up the victory. (Thursday, 9:54 AM)
• Castilleja's Albanese, Paly's Jenks just perfect (Tuesday, 8:09 PM)
• Softball set for weekend action at home (Wednesday, 12:26 PM)
• Stanford's 'Big 3' all named Wooden finalists (Tuesday, 10:51 PM)
• Eackles and Harvey share MVP honor in the WBAL (Tuesday, 3:20 PM)
• SHP's Reed McConnell tops All-WBAL basketball team (Tuesday, 2:25 PM)
• Stanford women all set for NCAA swim title bid (Tuesday, 9:55 AM)
• No. 2 Stanford women will be a No. 1 for NCAA opener (Monday, 5:10 PM)
• Palo Alto youth hoop team in national tourney (Monday, 4:45 PM)
• Stanford women make some history with Pac-10 basketball title (Sunday, 10:21 PM)
• Menlo grad reaches Division III Final Four (Sunday, 12:15 PM)
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