Heading into Saturday's regional semifinal against Oklahoma in San Antonio, Rappahahn, the only active senior on Stanford's roster, is the owner of the Cardinal record for 3-pointers made in a season with 85. She is also the all-time leader in attempts with 196. (More ...)
I'm in basketball heaven this week. And basketball hell. That's the curse of being a hard-core Stanford fan. (More ...)
By: Michelle Smith, San Francisco Chronicle
Wanting to be great is easy. Anyone can do that.
Wanting to be great, and then doing something every day to make it happen -- that's how Stanford's Candice Wiggins separates herself. (More ...)
By: Michelle Smith, San Francisco Chronicle
We have been working really hard,'' VanDerveer said Sunday of her team, likely enjoying its last day off before the home stretch of the season. "There's been great focus and so much to work on. They came in really motivated. There's been no finger-pointing, no pity parties, just a realization that we didn't get it done (against UCLA)." (More ...)
By: Scott Allen, Jackson Hole Star TribuneIf the Cardinal are to recover and make a run in March's more important tournament, Kristen Newlin will play a big role. In addition to being one of the veterans on a team that includes only two seniors, the junior forward and former Riverton star knows a thing or two about bouncing back.
"Mentally, I'm back," said Newlin, who added that she is playing almost pain-free. "There are things I know I can do now. I'm feeling much more in rhythm." (More ...)
March 9, 2006
Stanford sophomore guard Candice Wiggins has been named one of the 12 finalists in contention for the 2006 State Farm Wade Trophy, announced today by the State Farm Wade Trophy Committee along with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). (More ...)
See also 2006 Wade Watch Report
By: Michelle Smith,San Francisco ChronicleIt was not the end of the world, not even the end of an era.
Stanford's 85-76 overtime loss to UCLA on Monday night in the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament might have been, in actuality, the best thing that could have happened. (More ...)
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By: Blair Critchlow, Stanford Daily
March 9, 2006
Tara VanDerveer has led Stanford teams to the postseason for longer than some of her current players have even been alive. In fact, it was this legacy of consistent excellence that attracted many members of the current team to the Farm. (More ...)
By Michelle Smith, Chronicle Staff Writer
By Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News
We've come to expect the Pac-10 women's tournament to be a Stanford coronation. HP Pavilion is a secondary Cardinal home court. Stanford has won every tournament final it has played there. The net-cutting scissors seem to be issued to the Cardinal before the tournament starts.
Oops. Someone forgot to tell UCLA. (More ...)
By Mike Terry, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The only thing that hadn't happened in five years of women's Pacific 10 Conference tournaments was overtime in the championship game. That occurred Monday night. And the surprise was it was UCLA that forced the extra session against the bigger, deeper Stanford Cardinal. (More ...)
By the end of the Pac-10 tournament Monday night, Stanford's single-season 3-point shooting record might have a new owner -- or two.
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Stanford received a multitude of honors today, as the league's 10 head coaches voted and chose sophomore guard Candice Wiggins as the 2005-06 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year and Tara VanDerveer as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
Junior center Brooke Smith was selected to the All-Pac-10 team. Forward Jillian Harmon was picked for the Pac-10 All-Freshman team, while Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was an honorable mention selection for the All-Freshman team. (More ...)
