In the last 18 months, Stanford lost Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Sadie Englemann. But don’t blink, the Cardinal is still the team to beat.

Last season, Stanford won its last three tournaments and captured its third national championship. To start this season, the Cardinals have done the same, winning three straight tournaments and winning three match play events in the NB3 Match Play at Twin Warriors.

The six straight wins are the longest in program history. Stanford’s previous longest winning streak was five, which it did around its 2022 national championship and at the start of the 2022-23 season. It is also the longest active streak in the country.

Last week, Stanford capped its fall with a victory at the Nanea Invitational in Hawaii, where Megha Ganne earned the second victory of her collegiate career.

The strength of this Stanford team is its depth. The Cardinal has six players in the top 76 of the NCAA golf rankings, four of them are freshmen. One of them, Meja Ortengren, leads the way at No. 13, while sophomore standout Paula Martin Sampedro is No. 18. Freshmen Leigh Chen (No. 30) and Nora Sundberg (No. 40 ) are also in the top 50.

Ganne wasn’t even ranked in the last update, although that will change on Wednesday when new rankings drop.

Depth is a good problem for Stanford coach Anne Walker, who will head into the spring looking to build on a record winning streak as she chases title No. 4.

Aside from Stanford, Arkansas has won three of its four tournaments and is in second place. South Carolina, USC and Texas round out the top five.