Stanford men avenge tennis loss Stanford men avenge tennis loss (April 11, 2003)by upending No. 4-ranked California

by Rick Eymer

The Stanford men's tennis team scored a big upset - and took a measure of revenge at the same time - in beating visiting California, 4-3, on Tuesday.

The fourth-ranked Bears gave No. 7 Stanford its first loss of the season in February when it didn't count in the conference standings.

This time, when it counted, Stanford took advantage of Sam Warburg's come-from-behind effort at No. 4 singles to record the victory.

Stanford remains unbeaten in Pac-10 play with Arizona State coming to town on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Arizona visiting on Saturday at noon.

Warburg came back in the third set after being down 4-1 to pick up a win in his singles match, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, to lift the Cardinal.

California won the doubles point and won a singles match before Stanford tied it at 2-all with wins at No. 1 and 3, respectively. KC Corkery got the Cardinal's first point with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 over Balazs Veress. Following a win by California at No. 6, David Martin tied the match with a victory at the top singles spot, 6-4, 6-2.

The Bears took a 3-2 lead with a three-set win at No. 2, but Menlo School grad James Pade retied the match when Cal's Steve Berke retired due to injury at the fifth spot.

Warburg then recorded his three-set, come-from-behind victory over Or Dekel to seal the victory.
Men's volleyball

Stanford won't have to play with any added pressure this weekend in Los Angeles. By defeating fourth-ranked Pacific, 30-25, 30-222, 27-30, 30-22, in Stockton on Tuesday, the 10th-ranked Cardinal (12-8, 15-11) clinched a spot in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs.

Stanford has won five of its last six MPSF matches to move into a tie for fourth from ninth place. The top eight teams in the 12-team MPSF qualify for the playoffs.

Senior All-American Curt Toppel led Stanford with 19 kills, five blocks, three digs and a .400 hitting percentage. Senior William Strickland added 11 kills and a match-high 14 digs, while senior Paul Bocage, sophomore Craig Buell and senior William Curtis had 10 kills apiece.

Toppel was named the MPSF Player of the Week after recording 43 kills in two wins (over Long Beach State and UC San Diego) last week. It was his second such honor.

Stanford visits UCLA today at 7 p.m., and then travels to UC Irvine on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Women's gymnastics

Stanford, which competes at the NCAA North Central Regional at the University of Utah on Saturday, placed three of its team members on the all-Pac-10 team: Natalie Foley, Lise Léveillé and Lindsay Wing.

Foley, a freshman, earned All-Conference honors for the all-around. She competed in every contest for Stanford, including the all-around in 10 meets with her best meet coming against then top-ranked UCLA, when she recorded a 39.725.

Léveillé was also named to the all-around team after scoring a 39.125 or higher in all 10 competitions and recording first-place finishes.

Wing, a junior, was an All-Pac-10 selection on beam. She was the conference beam champion with a 9.975 at the Pac-10 championships and posted the program's first perfect 10.00 on beam against Oklahoma.

Sixth-ranked Stanford will be joined by No. 8 Utah, No. 18 California, No. 20 Brigham Young, No. 21 Denver and No. 23 Minnesota at the regional with the top two teams qualifying for the NCAA championships in Nebraska beginning April 24.

Stanford reached the Super Six for the first time in school history last year.
Men's gymnastics

Ninth-ranked Stanford, which finished third in the MPSF, will compete in the NCAA championships at Temple University in Philadelphia beginning today.

Senior Marshall Erwin, junior Dan Gill and sophomore Kelly Lang are coming off conference titles in individual events. Erwin won the rings competition, Gill was victorious on the high bar and Lang is the parallel bars champion.

Team finals will be contested on Saturday.
Women's lacrosse

Stanford remained undefeated in MPLL play following a 15-8 victory over host St. Mary's on Monday.

The 16th-ranked Cardinal (3-0, 8-2) remain on the road this weekend, visiting No. 20 Northwestern on Friday and No. 15 Notre Dame on Sunday.

Senior Kim Cahill and sophomore Kelsey Twist each scored three goals and had an assists to lead Stanford past the Gaels.
Men's swimming

Stanford coach Skip Kenney was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year, his 15th such honor in his career.

Kenney led the Cardinal to its 22nd consecutive Pacific-10 championship as his swimmers won three individual titles and three relay titles. Kenney coached Stanford to a third-place finish at the NCAA championships.
Softball

Tori Nyberg and Maureen LeCocq combined on a three-hit shutout as Stanford (30-14) defeated visiting Cal Poly, 4-0, in the second game of a nonconference doubleheader to complete a sweep on Wednesday.

Dana Sorensen and Laura Severson combined for an 8-1 victory in the first game.

Nyberg (13-6) allowed three hits over 6 1-3 innings as she improved to 51-23 in her Cardinal career.

Sorensen struck out seven in three innings before giving way to Severson (4-2). Sorensen, the Cardinal career leader with 669 strikeouts, has 210 strikeouts in 129 2-3 innings this season.

Stanford travels to top-ranked Arizona today at 7 p.m. The Cardinal plays at Arizona State on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

Freshmen Lauren Lappin and Catalina Morris each went 4-for-7 in the two games against Cal Poly. Lappin leads the team with a .392 batting average while Morris is second at .352. Morris has been successful in 11 of 12 stolen base attempts this season.
Men's golf

Stanford shot a 308 in the final round of the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz on Tuesday to finish 12th overall with a score of 889. UCLA shot an 855 to take top honors.

Cardinal Kevin Blue shot a 77 in the final round and tied for 20th individually with a 219 to lead Stanford.
Women's golf

Stanford hosts the Peg Barnard Collegiate Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m. on the par 72 Stanford Golf Course.

Stanford is one of 12 teams entered in the Invitational. Defending champion Washington is joined by Hawaii, Nevada, UC Irvine, Long Beach State, Montana State, USF, Oregon State, San Jose State, Washington State and Scottish Institute.

The Invitational serves as a warm-up for several schools for the Pac-10 championships, to be hosted by Oregon State between April 24 and 26.