| LINESCORE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | ||
| Stanford (4-9, 3-6) | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| UC San Diego (1-12, 0-9) | 23 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 1 |
| STAT COMPARISON | ||
|---|---|---|
| STAN | UCSD | |
| Kills | 55 | 43 |
| Attack pct. | .281 | .144 |
| Assists | 51 | 42 |
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Digs | 55 | 46 |
| Blocks | 10.5 | 9.0 |
LA JOLLA, Calif. – Behind junior Madison Hayden’s 21 kills, the Stanford men’s volleyball team snapped a five-match losing skid by defeating UC San Diego, 25-23, 22-25, 25-13, 25-18, Saturday, at RIMAC Arena in La Jolla, California. The Cardinal moves to 4-9 overall and 3-6 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, while the Tritons drop to 1-12 and 0-9 in the conference.
Hayden finished 21-6-47 to hit .319, while also tallying six digs, five blocks and two aces. Junior middle blocker Conrad Kaminski added 12 kills on a .550 attack percentage, while Spencer Haly finished with eight kills and seven blocks.
Freshman setter Kyle Dagostino controlled the offense, which hit 281 as a team, totaling 47 assists and 12 digs for a double-double. Freshman libero Evan Enriques finished with a match-high 14 digs. Junior Alex Stephanus also got in on the action, recording nine kills and four digs.
Stanford came out on fire, hitting .519 in the opening set. The Cardinal registered 16 kills while committing just two errors. After a hard fought second set which went to the Tritons, Stanford led the entire third set. The Cardinal finished off UCSD with 18 kills in the fourth set and a sideout percentage of 83.
Tanner Syftestad led UC San Diego with 16 kills, five blocks and four digs. Kirill Rudenko added eight kills and 10 digs for the Tritons, who are still looking for their first MPSF victory.
Stanford returns to The Farm next week for its next seven matches. First up, the Cardinal plays host to No. 5 UC Irvine on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. PT in Maples Pavilion.