Arizona State, Arizona in Aim – Stanford Cardinal

– The Cardinal hits the road for the first time in conference action, traveling to No. 17 Arizona State on Friday, March 29 and to No. 7 Arizona on Sunday, March 31. 
– Stanford is 10-4 this season with wins over Saint Mary’s, Memphis, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, UC Davis, California, UNLV, USC, Oregon and Washington. The Cardinal is 2-0 in the Pac-12, tied for first with Arizona and California. Arizona State is undefeated at 1-0, but had its match with USC suspended.
– Stanford moved to 33rd in the latest ITA Rankings. Nishesh Basavareddy (23), Samir Banerjee (51) and Neel Rajesh (89) are included in the latest ITA singles rankings, while the duo of Max Basing and Nico Godsick is ranked No. 21.
– Samir Banerjee leads the team with 12 singles wins this season, while Nishesh Basavareddy is 6-1 with all six wins in the top position. Max Basing (8), Neel Rajesh (9), Kyle Kang (9) and Hudson Rivera (9) also have at least eight dual wins each this season.
– Stanford holds a winning record at each singles slot in dual play: No. 1 (9-2), No. 2 (9-3), No. 3 (5-4), No. 4 (8-2), No. 5 (6-4), No. 6 (10-0).
– The Cardinal is 59-5 all-time against the Sun Devils and is 74-3 against the Wildcats. Stanford has won seven of the last eight against Arizona State and 14 of the last 15 against Arizona.
– The Cardinal’s 12-man roster is loaded with talent: former No. 1 Arthur Fery, last year’s ITA National Champion Nishesh Basavareddy, Max Basing (ranked as high as No. 4 last year), Banerjee (last year’s Pac-12 Freshman of the Year), three highly-touted freshmen and a series of veteran players with high-level collegiate experience.
– Fery and Basavareddy have seen tremendous success on the ATP Challenger Tour, with both players reaching their first tournament championship match in October. Fery has jumped into the top 300 in the world rankings at No. 266, while Basavareddy has risen more than 600 spots this season to No. 439.
– Stanford was represented in five collegiate tournaments this fall, with Banerjee posting a team-best six singles wins including a berth in the round of 16 at the ITA Fall National Championships. Hudson Rivera (3), Kyle Kang (2) and Neel Rajesh (2) also scored multiple singles wins in the fall, while Banerjee and Aryan Chaudhary combined for a pair of doubles wins.
– Stanford men’s tennis wrapped up another strong season under head coach Paul Goldstein a year ago, winning 16 dual matches and advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals for the third…