March 5, 2005
Santa Barbara, Calif. - Stanford could not rebound from losing the first two games 33-31, in route to a 3-1 loss against the No. 5 ranked UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. The loss brings the Cardinal to 8-10 (7-8 MPSF) heading into another road trip next week.
The Cardinal was paced by Kevin Hansen's 57 assists and 13 digs. Offensively, the Cardinal was balanced with Ben Reddy leading the charge with 16 kills, followed by Craig Buell and David Vogel with 15 and 14 kills respectively. Chris Ahlfeldt added 4 block assists and two solos.
The Cardinal will return home to regroup before heading back south to face Pepperdine and USC in MPSF contests.