01-14-2026, 10:40 AM
Stanford played yesterday without 3 of its top players - Samir Banerjee, Kyle Kang and Nico Godsick. All 3 were important contributors to Stanford's ACC championship and the run to the national semifinals last season. They played at 1, 2 and 5 singles respectively.
Banerjee played all fall in pro events and national team events. As far as I know, he has not declared yet that he is a professional. But he has not played a match for Stanford all year.
Kang did not play at all in the fall. Godsick has not played in a Stanford match since September. I don't know what is going on with either of them. Injuries?
Stanford did bring in some talented players for this season. Alex Chang is a grad transfer from Cal where he was 2nd team all Pac 12 in 2024. He is currently Stanford's top ranked player. Freshman Jagger Leach was the #1 recruit in the country. He did not play at all in the fall for Stanford. Yesterday was his first Stanford match.
We'll see who plays as the schedule ramps up over the next few weeks.
Banerjee played all fall in pro events and national team events. As far as I know, he has not declared yet that he is a professional. But he has not played a match for Stanford all year.
Kang did not play at all in the fall. Godsick has not played in a Stanford match since September. I don't know what is going on with either of them. Injuries?
Stanford did bring in some talented players for this season. Alex Chang is a grad transfer from Cal where he was 2nd team all Pac 12 in 2024. He is currently Stanford's top ranked player. Freshman Jagger Leach was the #1 recruit in the country. He did not play at all in the fall for Stanford. Yesterday was his first Stanford match.
We'll see who plays as the schedule ramps up over the next few weeks.
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-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000