This Week in Stanford Sports -- Oct. 31-Nov. 6

Monday, October 31
Men's Golf -- The Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle, All Day, San Martin, CA
After finishing seventh at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational in Florida, the men began their last fall tournament with an opening round eighth place finish in San Martin.

Tuesday, November 1
Women's Golf -- Rainbow Wahine Invitational, All Day, Kapolei, HI
After an extremely disappointing Stanford Intercollegiate tournament in mid-October, the Stanford women headed out to the islands and rebounded with a third place finish at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.

Men's Golf -- The Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle, All Day, San Martin, CA
Hoping to comeback from a sub-par opening round performance, the men finished the day in seventh place overall in San Martin.

Wednesday, November 2
Women's Basketball -- vs. UC San Diego (Exhib.), 7PM, Maples Pavilion
The fifth-ranked women's basketball team opened up exhibition play in Maples with a 106-56 win over the Tritons of UCSD.

Men's Golf -- The Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle, All Day, San Martin, CA
The men couldn't recover completely from their opening round placement, coming out of CordeValle with a sixth place finish at the Gifford Collegiate Championship.

Thursday, November 3
Field Hockey -- vs. Appalachian State, 1:30PM, Varsity Field Hockey Turf
The field hockey team looks to grab the automatic bid from the NorPac tournament, beginning with an opening round visit from Appalachian State.

Women's Volleyball -- @ Colorado, 6PM PT, Boulder, CO
Cardinal volleyball makes its first trip to Boulder to visit the Buffs as conference mates in the first match of the weekend versus the Mountain schools.

Men's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
The men travel to the Empire State to one of the tennis capitals of the US to compete in the ITA National Indoor Championships.

Women's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
In a rare trip with the men, the women travel to Flushing Meadows as well to compete on the women's side of the same championship.

Friday, November 4
Men's Soccer -- vs. San Diego State, 7PM, Cagan Stadium
The men begin their last homestand at Cagan with a match against the Aztecs at Cagan, hoping to avoid a finish at the bottom of the Pac-12.

Men's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
Women's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
Day two of the ITA National Indoor Championships begins in New York for both the men and the women.

Field Hockey -- NorPac Semifinals, TBA, Varsity Field Hockey Turf
The Semifinals of the NorPac tournament take place at Stanford with the Cardinal hoping to advance past Appalachian State and into the semis and final match.

Women's Swimming & Diving -- Florida/Michigan, 6AM/12PM PT, Ann Arbor, MI
The women travel up north to Michigan to take part in a rare collegiate tri-meet with the Gators and Wolverines.

Men's Swimming & Diving -- Trojan Diving Invite, All Day, Los Angeles, CA
Stanford's divers head down to LA to take part in USC's Trojan Diving Invite for an all-day meet.

Sailing -- ICSA Singlehanded Nationals, TBA, Chicago Yacht Club
The Sailing team goes to the Windy City to take part in the ICSA Singlehandeds for Day 1 of competition.

Saturday, November 5
Softball -- vs. San Francisco State (DH), 12PM, Smith Family Stadium
Stanford's softball stars take part in a doubleheader against San Francisco State as part of the final weekend of fall softball play.

Men's Water Polo -- @ Long Beach State, 12PM PT, Long Beach, CA
After falling to USC last weekend, the men head back south to Long Beach to take on the 49ers.

Football -- @ Oregon State, 12:30PM PT, Corvallis, OR
The football team regroups after a tough 3OT victory last weekend in Los Angeles by travelling to Corvallis and taking on the Beavers of OSU.

Women's Volleyball -- @ Utah, 1PM PT, Salt Lake City, UT
The women conclude their trip to the mountains by taking on the Utes in Salt Lake and hope to regain at least a portion of the league lead heading home.

Wrestling -- @ Northwestern, 1PM PT, Chicago, IL
After showcasing their talents to the public last weekend, the wrestlers go up to Chicago and take on the 'Cats for its first match of the season.

Women's Basketball -- vs. Vanguard (Exhib.), 2PM, Maples Pavilion
The women showcase their efforts again in exhibition at Maples with a game against Vanguard.

Women's Soccer -- vs. California, 7PM, Cagan Stadium
After securing the Pac-12 championship last weekend, the women hope to end their 2011 regular season with another undefeated conference season after taking on the Cal Golden Bears on Senior Night.

Men's Basketball -- vs. Ryerson (Exhib.), 7PM, Maples Pavilion
Stanford Athletics has a packed evening Saturday night with the men also showing off their abilities against Ryerson in an exhibition game.

Men's Swimming & Diving -- Trojan Diving Invite, All Day, Los Angeles, CA
The divers take part in Day two of the Trojan Diving Invite hoping to come away with successful results.

Women's Swimming & Diving -- Florida/Michigan, 6AM/12PM PT, Ann Arbor, MI
The women complete the final day of their tri-meet against Florida and Michigan.

Men's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
Women's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
Both the men and the women compete on the third day of the ITA Indoor championships.

Sailing -- Freshman Intersectional, Team Race Scrimmage (vs. UCSB), ICSA Singlehanded Nationals; TBA, TBA, TBA; Connecticut College, CT, Santa Barbara, CA, Chicago Yacht Club
The sailing team splits again this weekend with regattas in Connecticut, Santa Barbara, and day two of competition in Chicago.

Field Hockey -- NorPac Championship, TBA, Varsity Field Hockey Turf
The field hockey team hopes to end their season on a high note with the NorPac championship and an automatic bid to NCAA Postseason play with a win on Saturday afternoon.

Sunday, November 6
REMINDER: Clocks fall back an hour Sunday morning in the U.S. as Daylight Saving Time ends.
Wrestling -- @ North Central College/Northern Illinois, 10AM PST/12PM PST, Dekalb, IL
Wrestling continues its trip to Illinois with consecutive meets against North Central College and NIU before returning back to campus.

Softball -- vs. Santa Clara (DH), 11AM, Smith Family Stadium
The softball team ends their fall season with a doubleheader against the Broncos from Santa Clara.

Men's Water Polo -- @ UC Irvine, 12PM PST, Irvine, CA
The Cardinal takes on the Anteaters in the final game of their SoCal tour.

Men's Soccer -- vs. UCLA, 1PM, Cagan Stadium
The men close out the regular season soccer schedule at Cagan with a Pac-12 match against the Bruins to honor the seniors.

Sailing -- Freshman Intersectional, Team Race Scrimmage (vs. UCSB), ICSA Singlehanded Nationals; TBA, TBA, TBA; Connecticut College, CT, Santa Barbara, CA, Chicago Yacht Club
The sailing team finishes its weekend with the split races in Connecticut, California, and Chicago.

Men's Crew -- Newport Autumn Rowing Festival, All Day, Newport Beach, CA
The crew team goes down south to take part in the annual Newport Autumn Rowing Festival.

Men's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
Women's Tennis -- ITA National Indoor Championships, All Day, Flushing Meadows, NY
The men and the women wrap up the ITA Indoor nationals Sunday, hoping to bring home some championship trophies.

There's a lot happening in Stanford Athletics this weekend, including the regular season end of home games for both the men and women at Cagan Stadium, so make sure and check out GoStanford.com for the most up-to-date information about all these events and more.  As always, if you're in the area, come out and support Stanford!