| LINESCORE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| No. 10 CSUN (13-13, 6-13 MPSF) | 19 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 1 |
| No. 4 Stanford (18-3, 16-3 MPSF) | 25 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| STAT COMPARISON | ||
|---|---|---|
| CSUN | STAN | |
| Kills | 47 | 66 |
| Attack pct. | .171 | .356 |
| Assists | 44 | 60 |
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Digs | 38 | 45 |
| Blocks | 8.0 | 13.5 |
STANFORD, Calif. – The fourth-ranked Stanford men’s volleyball team held on to the top spot in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Wednesday, with a 25-19, 28-30, 25-23, 25-18 win over No. 10 CSUN in Maples Pavilion.
Stanford (18-3, 16-3 MPSF), which has already clinched a top 4 seed and hosting duties for the MPSF quarterfinals (April 16), hit .356 as a team and anchored in on defense with 13.5 blocks and 345 digs. CSUN (13-13, 6-13 MPSF) was held to a .171 team hitting percentage, while posting 8.0 blocks and 38 digs.
Having won the opening set in all 21 matches this year, the Cardinal was firing on all cylinders in the first. Hitting .469, Stanford recorded 18 kills on 32 swings with just three errors, while the Matadors registered just eight kills on .143 hitting. For the match, Stanford posted a team season-high 66 kills.
The second set was close throughout and had 19 tie scores and six lead changes before the Matadors evened the match with a 30-28 win. CSUN led for much of the third set as well, but the Cardinal went on an 8-2 run to close it out and take a 2-1 lead in the match. Stanford sealed the win by hitting .450 in the fourth set while holding CSUN to a .100 clip.
Senior Madison Hayden turned in his second double-double of the season with a match-high 20 kills and 11 digs. Senior middle blocker Conrad Kaminski also notched a double-double, the second of his career, with 12 kills on 20 errorless swings (.600) and a season-high tying 10 blocks. Redshirt junior Gabriel Vega added 16 kills on .517 hitting, six digs and tied his career-best with five blocks.
Senior setter James Shaw matched his season-high with 54 assists, while going 5-0-8 (.625) offensively and tacking on five blocks and four digs. Freshman outside hitter Jordan Ewert finished with nine kills and seven digs, while redshirt sophomore Kevin Rakestraw totaled four kills, three blocks and tied his career-high with three digs. Sophomore libero Evan Enriques reached the double-digit dig mark for the ninth time this season, collecting a match-high 13.
CSUN was led by junior outside hitter Jakub Ciesla’s 14 kills and 11 digs. Senior Dan Starkey chipped in with 11 kills, while sophomore Josiah Byers recorded nine kills on .533 hitting and four blocks, including three solo.
Stanford wraps-up its regular season home schedule on Saturday, April 2 as it hosts No. 5 Long Beach State at 7 p.m. The Cardinal’s four seniors will be honored in a ceremony following the match at Maples Pavilion.