Stanford Men at Nationals- Boston, Mass Feb 25th-27th

The Stanford mens team finished the season ranked 24th, after losing all three of their matches at the Collegiate mens nationals in Boston. The Cardinals were beaten 8-1 by Amhurst in their opening match. # 2 Chris Baldock was the only team winner. In the first round consolation they were up against Colby. Although this was much closer than the previous days match with Amhurst, they still lost to Colby 7-2. Trent Hazy #5 won his match 3-1, and Chris Baldock #2 somehow managed to come back from  9-1 down in the fifth game to win his match 3-2. That was Chris's second five set win in two days. A great effort! In their second consolation match the boys were up against Hamilton College. This was a real heartbreak loss for the team. The went down by 5-4. Stanford #9 Chang Yea held a match ball at 2-0 & 10-9 in the third game, but couldn't quite convert and ended up losing in five very close games. The four team winners were- #1 Sam Gould, #2 Chris Baldock, #3 Tyler Strand & #7 Derek Rowley.