Notables
- No. 7 Stanford heads to Los Angeles (USC and UCLA hosts) for the Pac-12 South Tournament this weekend, meeting Pac-12 opponents No. 16 Washington, No. 4 USC, RV Arizona State, and Utah March 4-5 with two matches televised by the Pac-12 Networks. The Cardinal first takes on the No. 16 Huskies and No. 4 USC at Merle Norman Stadium Saturday, televised on Pac-12 Networks, and then travels to Mapes Beach Sunday to take on Arizona State and Utah.
- Live Scoring:
- The Cardinal kicked off its home campaign in style, recording two wins over Portland and Saint Mary's Wednesday at the Beach Volleyball Stadium. With the two victories, head coach Andrew Fuller earned his 99th and 100th career wins as the head coach of the Cardinal.
- Freshman pair Kelly Belardi and Ashley Vincent have made noise in Stanford’s lineups, going 8-0 (7-0 on court four, 1-0 on court three) in so many matches this season. The duo secured four top-10 wins in its first eight matches, including two victories over No. 1 UCLA's No. 4 pair.
- The weekend before, Stanford opened its season in Hawaii, earning second place at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic hosted at Queen's Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii. Throughout the three-day tournament, the Cardinal only recorded losses to No. 1/1 UCLA, topping No. 9/10 Hawai'i twice, and both Stephen F. Austin and Saint Mary's once. At the conclusion of the tournament, fifth-year Charlie Ekstrom earned the tournament's best blocker award.
- Stanford comes off a historic 2022 season, earning a bid to the NCAA Championships for just the second time in program history. The Cardinal saw multiple records broken in its last campaign, including:
- Against Grand Canyon, April 24, 2022: No. 1 pair Xolani Hodel and Kate Reilly earned their 29th win as a pair and became the winningest pair in program history (as of May 2, 2022, the pair currently owns 30 wins).
- Against Saint Mary’s, April 24, 2022: Sophomore Kate Reilly earned her 24th individual win of the 2022 season, a new program best for wins in a single season.
- Against Arizona State, April 27, 2022:
- Stanford earns its 24th program win, the most in a single season.
- Sophomore Maya Harvey earns her 24th win of the 2022 season, matching Reilly’s program record for single-season individual wins set on April 24, 2022.
- Next up, the Cardinal heads back to Southern California to compete in the Battle for Los Angeles, March 11-12. Stanford will meet No. 8 LMU, No. 13 Florida Atlantic, No. 4 USC, and RV Cal Poly at the two-day tournament