No. 2 National Seed – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford earned the No. 2 national seed and will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, beginning on Friday, May 3 against Massachusetts at 1 p.m. 

The most decorated program in college history and the winningest program on The Farm, Stanford has won 20 of the possible 41 NCAA championships. Stanford owns a 166-22 all-time record in the postseason since the NCAA Tournament went to its present format in 1982. The Cardinal has won 22 national titles overall in school history, also claiming the 1978 AIAW crown.

The Cardinal (22-2, 8-1) is hosting the first two rounds for the 24th time since the NCAA adopted its present format in 1999. Stanford will face the champions of the Atlantic 10, Massachusetts (15-7, 4-1). The winner of that match will face the winner of No. 31 LSU (15-10, 6-7) and No. 35 Baylor (17-12, 7-6) on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. Stanford has won 110 of its last 117 matches at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

First- and second-round competition features four teams playing in a single-elimination format. The winner of each site advances to super-regional competition May 10 or 11. Each super-regional site will feature two teams playing a single-elimination format. The super-regional winners advance to the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where the eight teams will compete for the national championship May 17-19.

Despite Stanford’s profile as the most storied program in the history of the sport, this is only the third time over the last 15 tournaments that Stanford has entered NCAA’s seeded higher than No. 5 (the Cardinal was No. 1 in 2011 and No. 3 in 2019). In addition to its 20 NCAA championships, the Cardinal has been a runner-up seven times and has never lost in the first two rounds of the tournament at home.