This week's live Stanford TV, radio and webcast schedule listed below

March 17, 2011

STANFORD, Calif. -

Women’s Swimming and Diving
Pac-10 Champion Stanford, ranked No. 1 for most of the season, will head to the NCAA Championships (March 17-19) looking for its first national title since 1998 and Stanford's 100th NCAA championship.

The Cardinal was runner-up last year to Florida, finishing 2.5 points behind. Stanford has won nine national titles and has finished either second or third another 20 times. Stanford enters the NCAA meet ranked No. 3 behind Georgia and Cal. Finals on Friday and Saturday will be shown live on ESPN3.com.

Following their performances at last week's Zone Championships in Minneapolis, Stanford will send senior Meg Hostage and freshman Stephanie Phipps to NCAAs. Hostage rebounded from an 18th-place finish in the three-meter on Day One, to finish second in the one-meter and third in the platform to secure a spot at nationals. Phipps finished third in the three-meter, securing her spot. Dr. Rick Schavone has had an All-American diver in 26 of the past 28 years and, prior to last year, 15 consecutive years with at least one All-America female diver.

Stanford will enter this week's national championships with 15 swimmers ranked in the Top 15 in the national rankings. Kate Dwelley is sixth in the 50-yard freestyle (22.04) and 100 free (48.14). The three-time 200 free champion is also 10th in her signature event (1:44.61). Freshman Maya DiRado has three top-five rankings, third in the 400 individual medley (4:02.48), foruth in the 200 IM (1:55.11) and fifth in the 200 backstroke (1:52.04). In the distances, Kelsey Ditto (sixth) and Andie Taylor (tenth) rank amongst the best milers. Stanford also could win a title in one or more of the five relays -- ranking in the top 10 in three: the 200 free (1:28.54), 400 free (3:13.84) and 800 free (7:02.19). Liz Smith, the national runner-up in the 200 breaststroke, ranks ninth, while Betsy Webb, the national runner-up in the 50 free, is 12th. Ranking: No. 3 (CSCAA). Men's Ranking: No. 2 (CSCAA).

Baseball
No. 12-ranked Stanford (6-5), following a break for finals, was to play host to a three-game series with Michigan, but the games were canceled because of expected rain. Instead, the Cardinal will not play until a Monday game at UC Davis. Though Stanford has played two home games, its first home weekend series will now be March 25-27 against Long Beach State.

Lefthander Chris Reed, after giving up seven runs in the second game of the season against No. 17-ranked Rice, has not given up a run since-- a span of four games and seven innings. He also has limited opponents to just two hits, and has an ERA of 3.86. Ranking: No. 12 (Baseball America).

Men’s Basketball
Jeremy Green has put himself in position to become Stanford’s top three-point shooter in program history. The junior guard from Austin, Texas, will enter his senior year with 228 career triples, 13 shy of matching the total of 241 established by Dion Cross (1992-96). Green already owns the single-season record, knocking down 93 treys during his sophomore season.

Women’s Basketball
A surprising statistic is that UC Davis leads the all-time series against Stanford, 7-5. The teams meet in Saturday’s first round of the NCAA tournament, at Maples Pavilion at 3:30 p.m. Because of Stanford’s sustained success, there are few teams that can claim a series lead on Stanford. Of Stanford’s all-time opponents, 18 have bragging rights. However, seven of those have only played Stanford once. By throwing those out, and any opponents with fewer than four meetings with Stanford, that leaves seven.

By winning percentage, here are those seven teams that have had the most success against Stanford: 1, Chico State 4-0 (1.000); 2, Tennessee 21-7 (.750); 3, Cal State Fullerton 9-4 (.692); 4, Sacramento State 3-2 (.600); 5, UC Davis 7-5 (.583); 6, Long Beach State 8-6 (.571); 7, San Jose State 13-10 (.565). Ranking: No. 2 (A.P., ESPN/USA Today).

Men’s Golf
Stanford is in the midst of a three-week break between tournaments before playing in the Linger Longer Invitational on March 27-29 in Eatonton, Ga. The tournament will be played at The Great Waters Golf Course at Reynolds Plantation, a Jack Nicklaus-designed 7,073-yard, par-72 layout that has been lauded in Golf and Golfweek magazines.

This is just one of several notable courses on the Cardinal schedule this season. Among others: Olympia Fields (Ill.) CC, the site of two U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships; PGA West in La Quinta (Calif.), home of the Bob Hope Classic; Islesworth (Fla.) CC, founded by Arnold Palmer and the home course of Tiger Woods; Cordevalle (San Martin, Calif.), designed by Robert Trent Jones; and Pasatiempo GC (Santa Cruz, Calif.), designed by Alister MacKenzie, who designed Augusta National and Cypress Point. Ranking: No. 15 (Golfweek/Sagarin). Women's Ranking: No. 32 (Golfweek/Sagarin).

Men’s Gymnastics
The No. 1 Cardinal was off this week and will next compete at Cal on Friday, March 25. The meet will take on special significance, since it will be the final home meet at Haas Pavilion for the Golden Bears after the program will no longer be funded due to budget restrictions. Ranking: No. 2 (GymInfo).

Women’s Gymnastics
Fifth-year senior, co-captain and top all-around competitor Allyse Ishino is expected to return for the Pac-10 Championships on Saturday after missing the past two meets because of an ankle sprain. Ishino rolled her ankle on a tumbling pass during the floor exercise in a dual meet at Arizona on Feb. 18. Ishino is expected to compete on the bars and beam at Pac-10s. For regionals, she may add vault. If Stanford reaches the NCAA’s, the hope is for Ishino to compete in all four events. Ranking: No. 3 (GymInfo).

Lacrosse
Stanford had the week off from competition, but still moved up to No. 7 in the national rankings, its’ highest in program history. The Cardinal is off again this week, but faces Cincinnati on March 22 as part of a three-game road swing that also includes Louisville and No. 12 Vanderbilt. Ranking: No. 7 (IWLCA).

Sailing
Stanford will head to Maryland and compete at two separate events-- the annual St. Mary's Women's Regatta in St. Mary's City and the Truxton Umstead Regatta in Annapolis. Coed Ranking: No. 10 (Sailing World). Women's Ranking: No. 14 (Sailing World).

Softball
The Cardinal is set to host the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic this weekend at Smith Family Stadium. The Cardinal opens the tournament on Friday against Iowa State at 6 p.m. It marks the first of 15 consecutive home games for the Cardinal, which has won 17 of its first 20 games this season. Ranking: No. 13 (NFCA).

Synchronized Swimming
Stanford will participate in the U.S. Collegiate National Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 17-19. After winning four consecutive collegiate national titles from 2005-08, the Cardinal has finished as the national runner-up the past two seasons. This year's team is coming off a West Regional title and seems focused and determined to bring a gold medal back to The Farm.

Track and Field
Elliott Heath became the first Cardinal track athlete to win an individual national title since 2008 when he captured the NCAA indoor championship in the 3,000 meters on Saturday. The last national title for a Stanford athlete was Erica McLain in the long jump in 2008. The last male champion was the 2007 indoor distance medley relay team that included Elliott’s brother, Garrett. NCAA Indoor finishes: Men, 8th; Women, 15th.

Men’s Volleyball
Saturday’s nonconference contest against Cal Baptist at Burnham Pavilion will be the first home match for Stanford libero Erik Shoji since the junior broke the Stanford all-time record for digs, covering all eras. Shoji’s 13 digs in a four-set victory at UC San Diego on March 5 gave him 982 for his career, surpassing the 976 of 1988 Olympic gold medalist Scott Fortune (1985-89). Earlier this season, Erik broke the rally-scoring-era mark (since 2001) of 836, set by his brother, Kawika, from 2007-10. Ranking: No. 3 (AVCA).

Women’s Water Polo
Top-ranked Stanford resumes play after a two-week break with a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game at Arizona State on Saturday. The Cardinal is 15-0 overall and 1-0 in the MPSF. Annika Dries, a sophomore from Laguna Beach, leads the Cardinal with 26 goals. Ranking: No. 1 (CWPA).

Wrestling
Four Cardinal wrestlers will be competing for NCAA individual titles and All-America honors this week in Philadelphia. Last season, Nick Amuchastegui finished fourth at 165 pounds to earn Stanford's first All-America honor since 2008. This year, he will attempt to become just the fourth Cardinal ever to earn multiple All-America accolades. Ranking: No. 29 (InterMat).

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