STANFORD ROUNDUP: Stanford's Gould is National Coach of the Year in U.S. tennis

Cardinal men's soccer team hosts Santa Clara tonight after opening season with 5-0 win over St. Mary's

Dick Gould's lengthy resume as coach of the Stanford men's tennis team is quite impressive. And it just got even better.

Gould, who guided his squad to a 28-0 record and fourth straight NCAA team title this spring, has been named 1998 National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Tennis Association.

Gould is one of 40 national coaches of the year in 39 Olympic and Pan American sports now eligible for United States Olympic Committee Coach of the Year honors. That award will be announced Sept. 19 at a dinner in Houston, Texas.

This past season proved to be the best in Gould's 32 years at Stanford. The 28 wins was the most ever for the Cardinal in a single season while the fourth straight NCAA team crown was his 16th overall, the most ever in collegiate tennis history. Stanford ended the season with a streak of 39 straight dual-match wins, dating to 1997, plus 24 shutouts in 28 matches.

Men's soccer

Nationally No. 6-ranked Stanford (1-0) goes after its second win of the season when the Cardinal plays host to Santa Clara tonight (7 p.m.) at New Maloney Field.

Stanford opened its season Tuesday with a 5-0 nonconference win over host St. Mary's in Moraga. Redshirt junior T.K. Inbody scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the Cardinal.

Stanford scored quickly, with Inbody booting home a goal with just 1:23 gone in the match. Less than a minute later, sophomore Corey Woolfolk made it 2-0.

The Cardinal will play host to San Jose State on Monday at 7 p.m.

Women's volleyball Head coach Don Shaw said his team would struggle early, and he was right. The Cardinal opened the season Tuesday with a 15-9, 15-2, 5-15, 15-8 loss to host UC Santa Barbara.

Stanford was without junior All-America Kerri Walsh, who sat out the entire contest--presumably to rest her chronic right-shoulder injury.

Shaw saw some good performances from two of his freshmen--Tara Conrad, and Sara Sandrik. The 6-foot-3 Conrad had a team-high 15 kills and hit .360 while Sandrik added 12 kills, 13 digs and hit .318. Junior Sarah Clark added 12 kills and 10 digs, but hit only .133 with six errors in 45 attempts.

The setter tandem of sophomores Lindsay Kagawa and Robyn Lewis combined for 55 assists, but had only two kills total as each split playing time equally.

--Keith Peters

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