By Eric Olson / The Associated Press
After missing the NCAA Tournament the last two years, Stanford looks primed to give Stagg High graduate Mark Marquess a big send-off to retirement after 41 years as head coach.
The Cardinal (30-13, 13-8) are in position for their best Pac-12 finish since 2008. At No. 12 in the RPI, they’re in line to play at home in the NCAA regionals.
“I wouldn’t have imagined,” Marquess said Monday, “that this year’s team would play as well as we have.”
Stanford returned much of its everyday lineup and the core of its pitching staff.