Notables
- No. 3 Stanford kicks off its spring break with two Monday matinee matches against Bay Area foes Monday, welcoming the University of San Francisco and Saint Mary's to The Farm. The Cardinal takes on the Dons and Gaels at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.
- Both matches will be televised on Pac-12 Networks with Greg Mescall on play-by-play and Nicole Branagh as analyst.
- Live Stats
- No. 3 Stanford beach volleyball returned home on Friday for some much better weather than its most previous set of home matches. With temperatures in the low 70s and plenty of sunshine, fans were treated to the Cardinal beating both North Florida, 5-0, and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, 4-1,with the Card running its record to 12-2.
- The Cardinal has spent the entire 2024 season as one of the top three teams in the nation according to the AVCA Coaches Poll. This is largely in part to its leadership by three of the winningest players in program history— Kate Reilly (second, 79 wins), Maya Harvey (tied-for-third, 73 wins), and Xolani Hodel (fourth, 72 wins). All three are members of the 2019-20 signing class (first played during the 2021 season), largely regarded then as the most decorated incoming freshman class to come to The Farm since the inception of the program. Since 2021, the Cardinal has recorded three back-to-back-to-back 20+ win seasons (each growing the program's record win total for a single season) and three consecutive appearances to the NCAA Championships.
- The Cardinal’s lineup also boasts four powerhouse first-year players— Ruby Sorra, Clara Stowell, Brooke Rockwell, and Chloe Hoffman— three of whom (Sorra, Rockwell, Hoffman) have seen playing time in every single match this season.
- More than half of Stanford’s pairs in all matches this season have come from players in their first or second years playing collegiate beach volleyball. In fact, there is not a single pair that has played this season for the Cardinal that has not featured an underclassman as one of its two members.
- Stanford embraces the spring in spring break and heads back into action quickly, traveling to Baton Rouge, La. to compete in the Death Volley Invitational March 29-30. The Cardinal meets three top-10 foes and all ranked opponents in Louisiana, with matchups scheduled against host No. 8 LSU, No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Florida State, and No. 16 FAU.