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Women's Volleyball

Regular Season Concludes


No. 2 Stanford (26-1, 18-0 Pac-12) at Arizona State (14-16, 5-13 Pac-12)
Wednesday • 4 p.m. PT
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No. 2 Stanford (26-1, 18-0 Pac-12) vs. California (15-14, 7-11 Pac-12)
Saturday • 7 p.m. 
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SENIOR NIGHT: Saturday marks the final regular season match at Maples Pavilion for Stanford's four seniors - Tami Alade, Courtney Bowen, Payton Chang and Alexis Froistad. Fans are encouraged to stick around after the match for the Senior Night ceremony on the court. 

PROMOTIONS: In honor of Senior Night, the first 200 kids in attendance can receive a free puzzle featuring the four Cardinal seniors. Stanford will also be holding a sock exchange. Fans can bring a new pair or pack of socks to be donated to the homeless and receive a free pair of Stanford socks at the marketing table (promotion is limited to one pair of Stanford socks per donation). Fans will also have postmatch court access as a thank you for their support all season long!

SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE: Arizona State is coming off a four-set upset of No. 14 USC on Sunday. The Sun Devils are 5-13 in Pac-12 play and rank second in the conference with 16.47 digs per set. Senior Alyse Ford is 10th in the league with 3.63 kills per set. The outside hitter was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 6.00 kills per set against the LA schools last week. Junior libero Courtney Leffel anchors the Sun Devil defense with 4.51 digs per set, good for sixth in the Pac-12.

THE SERIES WITH THE SUN DEVILS: Stanford is 70-5 all-time against Arizona State. The Cardinal has won five in a row against the Sun Devils. ASU's most recent win came on Oct. 2, 2015, a four-set win in Tempe.

SCOUTING CALIFORNIA: Cal has won three of its last five matches, including an upset over No. 18 Washington State in Pullman last week. The Golden Bears are 7-11 in Pac-12 action and are sixth in the league with a .237 hitting percentage. Sophomore Mima Mirkovic leads the team with 3.45 kills and 3.08 digs per set. Redshirt freshman middle blocker Lauren Forte is third in the Pac-12 with 1.27 blocks per set and eighth with a .342 attack percentage. 

THE SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN BEARS: Stanford holds a 74-11 lead in the all-time series against Cal. The Cardinal has won 13 in a row against the Golden Bears, including a sweep in Berkeley earlier this season. Cal's last win over Stanford was a four-set victory on Nov. 25, 2011.
 


NATIONAL POLL: Stanford remained No. 2 in the AVCA Coaches Poll again this week, receiving 15 first-place votes. The Cardinal began the season at No. 1 for the first time since 2002. BYU stayed at No. 1, while Stanford is followed by Minnesota, Illinois and Texas in the top 5. Six Pac-12 squads are ranked.

LAST WEEK: Stanford picked up a pair of ranked wins, defeating No. 18 Washington State in four sets in Pullman and sweeping No. 20 Washington in Seattle. Senior middle blocker Tami Alade hit .692 and averaged 2.57 blocks per set in the two matches. Junior libero Morgan Hentz posted 4.43 digs per set and racked up 17 digs in the sweep over the Huskies.

HOME SWEET HOME: Dating back to 2016, Stanford's 31-match home winning streak is the longest in the nation. The Cardinal went a perfect 11-0 in its regular season home matches in 2017, and is 12-0 in 2018. Under head coach Kevin Hambly, Stanford has only dropped 10 sets at Maples Pavilion. Over the past six seasons, the Cardinal is 83-8 (.912) at home. 

BY THE NUMBERS: The 2017 season marked Stanford's 37th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance. The Cardinal is one of only two programs in the nation to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA Championship began in 1981 (Penn State is the other). Stanford has won more NCAA Tournament matches (119), made more Final Four appearances (21) and been in the national championship match (15) more times than any other program in the nation. Its seven NCAA titles also ties Penn State for the most by a Division I team.

SENIOR CLASS FINALIST: Middle blocker Tami Alade is one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award. The award recognizes student-athletes who have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. Fan voting is open now! Click here to vote for Tami.
 


CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: The Cardinal won its 18th Pac-12 title outright on Nov. 9 with a 3-0 win over Oregon State. It was the program's 21st conference championship overall and second straight. It marked the 30th top-2 standing in Pac-10/12 play in the past 33 seasons. Stanford has claimed nine of the past 13 Pac-12 titles.

TOP 25 WINS: Stanford is the only Division I women's volleyball program to have 15 wins against teams ranked in the AVCA top 25 this season. Stanford is 15-1 against ranked opponents in 2018.

PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12: Stanford led the conference with four Preseason All-Pac-12 selections - Audriana Fitzmorris, Jenna Gray, Morgan Hentz and Kathryn Plummer. Fitzmorris, Hentz and Plummer are repeat honorees, while Gray earns the nod for the first time.

ALL-AMERICANS: The Cardinal returns five AVCA All-Americans to its 2018 roster. Jenna Gray, Morgan Hentz and Kathryn Plummer were all first team picks as sophomores, while Audriana Fitzmorris earned a spot on the second team. Senior Tami Alade landed on the honorable mention list. Stanford's five players on the first and second teams in 2017 were a program-best. The selections brought Stanford's total AVCA All-America award count to 95 honors spread over 40 players. It marked the fifth straight season in which the Cardinal had produced at least four All-Americans.
 


PAC-12'S TOP HONOR: In 2017, Kathryn Plummer became the 15th Cardinal player and first since Alix Klineman in 2010 to be named the Pac-12 Player of the Year after leading the conference in kills (4.66) and points per set (5.39). She was also the first conference player to win Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons since Stanford's Bev Oden in 1989 and 1990.

SETTER OF THE YEAR: Jenna Gray was the second Stanford player to earn Pac-12 Setter of the Year honors since the award began in 2011, joining Madi Bugg who took home the honor three times (2013, 2014, 2015). The Shawnee, Kansas native paced the league and was fourth nationally in 2017 with 12.04 assists per set, and had the Cardinal hitting .319 as a team - the third-best mark in the nation.

LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Morgan Hentz was the first Cardinal player to be named the Pac-12 Libero of the Year since the award's inception in 2011. She led the team with 4.08 digs per set in 2017, upping that mark to 4.39 digs per set in NCAA Tournament matches, and had just 15 reception errors on the season.
 


CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: The Cardinal clinched its 17th Pac-12 title on Nov. 15 with a 3-0 win over USC. It was the program's 20th conference championship overall and first since 2014. It marked the 29th top-2 standing in Pac-10/12 play in the past 32 seasons. Stanford has claimed eight of the past 12 Pac-12 titles.

1,000 KILLS CLUB: At Howard on Aug. 27, junior Kathryn Plummer became the 19th Stanford player to register 1,000 career kills just half way through her collegiate career. Only two Cardinal players have reached the 2,000 career kills milestone - Ogonna Nnamani (2,450) and Alix Klineman (2,008).
 


1,000 DIGS CLUB: JuniorMorgan Hentz became the 18th Stanford player since 1986 to register 1,000 career digs, doing so against No. 18 UCLA on Nov. 16. Gabi Ailes (2007-10) holds the career record at Stanford with 2,147 digs, the fifth-most in Pac-12 history.

CARD IN EUROPE: In June, the Cardinal embarked on a 12-day European Tour, including stops in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy. The Cardinal played matches versus the Slovenia National Team, twice, the Slovenia U19 National Team and the Serbian U19 Team while in Slovenia. Stanford also played the Croatian Federation Team and Italy's Menca's U17 National Team. Freshmen Holly Campbell and Mackenzie Fidelak, and outgoing senior Merete Lutz joined the team on the tour. The trip was the Cardinal's first international journey since visiting China in 2011.
 


HEAD COACH KEVIN HAMBLY: Kevin Hambly was named the head coach of the Cardinal on Jan. 30, 2017 after spending eight seasons at the helm at Illinois. The 2011 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year, Hambly led the Illini to six NCAA regional appearances and the 2011 national title match. He coached 12 AVCA All-Americans to 19 honors during his time at Illinois, and has added six more at Stanford.