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Season Ends in MPSF Semis

Card falls in four to No. 5 USC

Box Score

MALIBU, Calif. – No. 13 Stanford’s run in the MPSF Tournament came to an end on Friday as it fell 25-23, 23-25, 22-25, 19-25 to No. 5 USC in the semifinals at Firestone Fieldhouse.

Playing in its third match in three days, (6) Stanford was held to .192 hitting as a team – its third-lowest output of the season. No. 2 seed USC (21-6), playing in its first match of the tournament, hit .297 and racked up 17.0 blocks.

Opposite Moses Wagner led Stanford with 16 kills and three blocks, while outside hitter Theo Snoey added 13 kills, four digs, three blocks and an ace. The pair combined to score 59 percent of Stanford’s points in its three MPSF Tournament matches.

Setter Theoren Brouillette recorded 37 assists, four blocks, two digs and a kill. Freshman libero Evan Porter anchored the defense with a match-high seven digs and a pair of assists.

Middle blocker Reed Wainwright registered a career-high nine kills on a .300 attack percentage to go with two blocks and an ace. The freshman averaged 1.15 blocks per set in his first postseason tournament.

Freshman Kaumana Carreira hit .429 with three kills, three blocks and an ace. Sophomore Nate Clinton chipped in with five kills, five digs, two blocks and an ace.

USC was led by outside hitters Jack Deuchar and Dillon Klein. Duechar notched a match-high 17 kills on .419 hitting and four blocks, while Klein posted 16 kills on .400 hitting, seven blocks, four digs and two aces. The Trojans snapped a five-match losing streak to the Cardinal.

Stanford finishes the season 13-15 overall after reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament for a fourth consecutive year – the longest such streak in program history.