Monday, November 26, 2012

Long Beach State at Stanford, 25 November 2012

Scott Uyeno

Scott posts 48 shots a flickr set with lots of intense under-the-basket action like this of Chiney doing her thing:

plus perimeter shots:

Click through for lots more action with Taylor, Toni, Jos, Amber, Bonnie.

Baranduin Briggs

Real Life™ caused a delay in getting Baranduin's pics to their smugmug gallery—hey, nobody's paying us to do this, ya know—but they are up with lots of action. We'll tease with a couple of rebounds:

Check out pics #26-27, of Mikaela creatively getting out of trouble, and the sequence #7-8-9.

Dave Cortesi

We got almost no in-game shots this time, but posted pictures of Morgan Clyburn's pregame kids' clinic and Chiney's post-game talk to a smugmug gallery including this one of Morgan leading a defensive drill:

Friday, November 23, 2012

Hawaii and UTM, 17 and 18 November 2012

After the excitement of the Baylor game on Friday the following two games seemed somewhat routine. But we kept snapping pics, at a slower rate.

Hawai'i

For the game with the Rainbow Wahine, or "The 'bows" as their fans call them, Baranduin posts 49 shots to this smugmug gallery including a very characteristic Payne move:

How characteristic is it? Well, we posted a modest 7 shots to our smugmug gallery including:

That's not the same shot! The defending player is different in the two pictures.

University of Tennessee-Martin

This final game of the weekend was fairly intense and Baranduin caught a lot of good action in to be seen in this gallery. Here are two; click through for lots more:

We posted a few shots to a smugmug gallery with some action, and a few shots of the awards ceremony:

And so back to Maples, where possibly we'll get pictures from more of you?

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Stanford v. Baylor, 16 November 2012

At least two fan photographers attended this game at the University of Hawaii to witness the biggest Cardinal win since beating UConn last year.

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin positioned herself behind the Stanford bench and, despite being "too excited in the second half to focus" posted 80 shots to this smugmug gallery. The first-half shots in Baranduin's trademark monochrome portray the intensity of the Cardinal defense, as here:

...or here:

The second half yielded fewer action shots but she was well placed for the celebration at the end of the game:

Click through to the gallery for many more of high-intensity action, jubilation and a charming pre-game shot of Kate Paye.

Dave Cortesi

We posted 31 pics to a smugmug gallery including this of "Game Over!"

You may have seen these as the gallery link was included in Marian's story of the game. If not, click through to the gallery for game action, Dana leading cheers, and nice post-game portrait shots.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Stanford at Santa Clara, 11 November 2012

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin shot from the south end of the cozy Leavey Center and put 51 shots in this smugmug galler, including a ton of terrific action shots. We'll tease with this one of a levitating E. Payne:

...and this of a flying T. Greenfield:

Michael Li

Michael shot from the east side, and posts to a flickr set including this one of Mikaela Ruef defending:

Click through for Toni levitating and other action.

David Cortesi

We shot from high up on the west side and posted 13 shots to a smugmug gallery including this one of Jos Tinkle taking advantage of not one, but two screeners:

Click through to the gallery for more levitators and Kiran's first college bucket.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Fresno State at Stanford, 9 November 2012

Scott Uyeno

Scott posts 52 shots to a flickr set. A number of his first-half shots from the south end show how tough the Bulldog defense was, as here:

(Yes, that's a foul, but the refs blew very few whistles in this game.) But in the second half he gets a look at Stanford defense:

Michael Li

Michael posts 20 shots from what looks like a new vantage for him, the SW corner, in a flicker set, including this of Toni finishing one of her two breakaways:

Click through for shots of tip-off, more action, and of Giants mascot Lou Seal interacting with fans.

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin posts 72 shots to a smugmug gallery many telling what a scrappy, physical game this was, with bodies flying all over the place:

Click through for more toppling athletes, Lou Seal, and (#56) a moment of "pure Chiney" and (#66) Denia's personal fan club bares all.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Vanguard at Stanford, 3 Nov 2012

Not a lot of pics exposed at this game.

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin posts 52 shots to a smugmug gallery with lots of action from the South end including this selection of first-half blocks:

And this nice shot of Denia working a held-ball call:

Dave Cortesi

We put a handful of shots in our smugmug gallery. Unable to find A.P. or other press photos, Marian used most of the best ones in her game story but not this of Sara shooting a three:

Friday, November 2, 2012

Corban at Stanford, 1 Nov 2012

Photographers turned out even for the first exhibition game.

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin says she's still fiddling with white balance and focus, but posted 50 shots to a smugmug gallery including this of Sara James in mid-drive:

Click through for more action and team-goofing-around and fan shots.

Scott Uyeno

Scott shot as in the past from the North end and posted 38 pictures to his flickr set including this one of freshman Tess Picknell going for a block:

Dave Cortesi

We took advantage of the small crowd of an exhibition game to shoot from the floor seats, and posted a handful of shots to a smugmug gallery including Bonnie shooting one of her seven(!) treys.