Notables
- No. 5 Cardinal is set to clash with three top-seven opponents at the Center of Effort Volleyball Challenge April 11-12 hosted by No. 3 Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
- Stanford has three scheduled matches in SLO, and will compete in a fourth depending on results of the first three matches (1st/3rd/5th/7th place match).
- Live scoring for each match will be available on Cal Poly's Statbroadcast feed.
- Stanford posted a 4-1 record over its five-match week, April 2-6. The Cardinal opened the week making quick work of San Francisco, sweeping the Dons, 5-0, at Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium. At the Best in the West tournament, Stanford picked up two 5-0 sweeps of North Florida and Washington while topping Long Beach State 3-2. The team's only loss of the weekend came at the hands of then-No. 7 USC as the Cardinal fell to its MPSF foe 4-1.
- Senior Taylor Wilson and sophomore Ruby Sorra look to make history in San Luis Obispo. The duo is just one win away from setting a new Cardinal record for most career wins as a pair, currently sitting at 37 (tied with Ashley Vincent and Kelly Belardi).
- Wilson is also making her way up the Stanford career individual wins rankings, currently sitting fifth all time with 79 career wins. The Cardinal's record for wins in a career is 97, set by Kate Reilly last season.
- The 2024 season cemented Stanford beach volleyball’s position as one of the best programs in the country, guided by its best-ever record and countless wins over top-ranked teams from across the nation. The Cardinal made its fourth consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championship, earning the second-highest at large bid behind UCLA, and won its first-round match at the national title chase 3-0, just the second national championship tournament victory in program history.
- The nation and conference both celebrated the Cardinal’s incredible 2024 season, as Stanford tabbed seven conference honors, four all-America selections and two top-flight awards. Then-freshman Brooke Rockwell was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was also selected as a member of the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team with partner senior Xolani Hodel and fellow freshman Ruby Sorra. Junior Taylor Wilson was named to the all-conference second team. Rockwell was also part of the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and was joined by Sorra. Rockwell is the Cardinal's first conference player yearly award winner since 2017, when Kathryn Plummer won the same award. Stanford's three first-team selections and two pairs (Hodel and Rockwell, Wilson and Sorra) earning honors both marked new program-bests.
- For the first time in program history, four members of the Stanford beach volleyball program were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Teams. Rockwell and Hodel were each named to the All-America First Team while Wilson and Sorra each earned second-team honors. Hodel became a four-time all-American with this year's honor, selected to the first team last year and the second team in 2021 and 2022, while Rockwell, Sorra, and Wilson each earned their first all-American recognition. Rockwell was the lone freshman on this year's first team and her and Sorra made up half of all freshmen selected as All-Americans in 2024.
- Sorra and Wilson, alongside Belardi and Hoffman, each were honored as AVCA 2024 Top Flight award winners. The Top Flight program, now in its sixth year, recognizes beach pairs who compete in at least 15 matches together at a specific flight and win at least 75% of their matches.
- Stanford's momentum for the future continues to be bright with a youth-dominated program and a strong recruiting class joining as freshmen for the 2025 season. Joining the Cardinal on The Farm this season are Charlotta Bell, Indigo Clarke (sister of junior Phoenix Clarke), Babi Gubbins, Elena Fisher, Avery Jackson, Ofure Odigie and Logan Tusher.
- Next up, Stanford goes on its final road trip of the regular season, traveling to San Luis Obispo, Calif. to compete in Cal Poly's Center of Effort tournament April 12-13. The Cardinal is set to meet host No. 6 Cal Poly, No. 5 Florida State and No. 7 USC over the two-day event.