[81alum]

We are a younger team with more raw talent than any Stanford team in quite some time.  Combine that with Vanderveer's track record of creating more improvement from the beginning of the year to the end than any other coach--and you can conjure up some very optimistic scenarios for the end of this season.

But we are far from being the No. 2 team right now, and whether we get there or not this season will depend on many variables.  So I don't put much stock in that ranking other than to say people do have some rational basis for optimism about our team's future development.

[81alum]

We are a younger team with more raw talent than any Stanford team in quite some time.  Combine that with Vanderveer's track record of creating more improvement from the beginning of the year to the end than any other coach--and you can conjure up some very optimistic scenarios for the end of this season.

But we are far from being the No. 2 team right now, and whether we get there or not this season will depend on many variables.  So I don't put much stock in that ranking other than to say people do have some rational basis for optimism about our team's future development.