STANFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM STILL UNSURE OF LINEUP JUST DAYS BEFORE OPENER – Tara VanDerveer and Amy Tucker provided more food for thought than answers in the Cardinal women’s 100-54 victory over Vanguard in their second and final exhvition game Saturday night. Two true freshmen — forward Taylor Greenfield and guard Amber Orrange — were ...

STANFORD WOMEN MAY HAVE FRESHMAN POINT GUARD THIS SEASON – It’s been awhile since Tara VanDerveer faced so many personnel issues heading into the season, and the biggest issue is point guard, a position that might be occupied by a true freshman. The Cardinal women’s basketball team has been practicing since Oct. 4, the second ...

ELIMINATION OF BAYLOR AND GRINER BENEFITS STANFORD WOMEN – Obviously, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer is not going to admit that Texas A&M presents a better matchup for her team than Baylor would have, but it would seem the Cardinal are better off not having to face 6-8 Brittney Griner in Sunday’s national semifinals in Indianapolis. ...

STANFORD WOMEN REACH NCAA FINAL FOUR FOR 4th STRAIGHT YEAR – The Ogwumike sisters will get most of the credit for Stanford’s 83-60 win over Gonzaga in the women’s NCAA Tournament regional  finals in Spokane, Wash., on Monday, and deservedly so, based on the way they dominated the paint. But the reason the Cardinal (33-2) ...

NOW COMES THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR STANFORD WOMEN — GONZAGA IN SPOKANE – After surviving North Carolina on Saturday, Stanford faces a major challenge — facing a red-hot Gonzaga team and a red-hot Gonzaga point guard on what is essentially Gonzaga’s home court. Stanford’s ability to make the plays down the stretch enabled the Cardinal ...

STANFORD WOMEN SENIORS FINISH 63-0 AT HOME FOR THEIR CAREERS – On Nov. 28, 2007, a freshman named Kayla Pedersen was in the starting lineup for Stanford’s first home game of the 2007-2008 season.  It was a rather routine victory over San Francisco in which Pedersen hit 8 of 9 shots and sored 18 points.  ...

CAL WOMEN LOSE TO COLORADO IN WNIT — SIX HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AMERICANS ON NEXT YEAR’S BEARS TEAM – The Cal women’s basketball team’s season ended with a thud on Monday – an 81-65 road loss to Colorado in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament that was not as close as the score suggests. So you have ...

BURST BY FRESHMAN SAVES STANFORD WOMEN IN PAC-10 TITLE GAME – LOS ANGELES – Although Stanford’s experienced star power is presumed to be its ace in the hole in tight situations, it was a freshman off the bench who saved the Cardinal in the Pac-10 women’s tournament championship game. Freshman guard Toni Kokenis scored 10 ...

CAL WOMEN END PERPLEXING SEASON WITH SEMIFINAL LOSS, POSTSEASON STILL POSSIBLE  – LOS ANGELES — Cal’s 63-50 loss to UCLA in the Pac-10 semifinal on Friday at the Staples Center – a game that was not as close as the score  suggested – provided a confounding end to a perplexing season for the Golden Bears ...

STANFORD’S OGWUMIKE SISTERS DOMINATE ARIZONA IN PAC-10 SEMIFINALS – LOS ANGELES — Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer went skiing in Tahoe over the weekend, which may indicate the level of concern she had for the Pac-10 tournament. And Friday’s 100-71 Stanford victory over Arizona in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals at Staples Center substantiated VanDerveer’s confidence that ...