Notables
- No. 3 Stanford competes in the first-ever MPSF Beach Volleyball Championship April 23-25. taking on No. 1 UCLA, No. 5 USC, No. 9 California, No. 13 Grand Canyon, No. 19 Washington and Oregon in Huntington Beach, Calif. to battle for the league title.
- The schedule for the tournament follows a double-elimination style bracket:
- Wednesday, April 23 (All Matches Live Streamed on B1G+)
- 9:30 am---Match 1: No. 3 seed USC vs. No. 6 seed Washington
- 11:00 am---Match 2: No. 2 seed Stanford vs. No. 7 seed Oregon
- 12:30 pm---Match 3: No. 4 seed California vs. No. 5 seed Grand Canyon
- 2:00 pm---Match 4: Losers--Lowest Remaining Seeds
- Thursday, April 24 (All Matches Live Streamed on B1G+)
- 9:30 am---Match 5: Winner Match 4 vs. Loser Day 1-Highest Remaining Seed
- 11:00 am---Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. No. 1 seed UCLA
- 12:30 pm---Match 7: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
- 2:00 pm---Match 8: Winner Match 5 vs. Loser Match 6
- 3:30 pm---Match 9: Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7
- Friday, April 25 (All Matches Televised on Big Ten Network and live streamed on B1G+)
- 8:45 am—Match 10: Loser Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8
- 10:00 am---Match 11: Loser Match 9 vs. Winner Match 10
- 12:00 pm---Match 12: Winner Match 9 vs. Winner Match 11 (Championship)
- 8:45 am—Match 10: Loser Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8
- Wednesday, April 23 (All Matches Live Streamed on B1G+)
- Links for live scoring for each match will be shared when they are available. All three days of matchups will be live-streamed on B1G+ and all of Friday's competition will be additionally broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
- No. 3 Stanford celebrated its outstanding senior class with four wins over No. 9 California (4-1), No. 19 Washington (5-0), Santa Clara (5-0) and UC Davis (4-1) April 18-19 at Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium. The Cardinal improved to 27-8 heading into postseason play, boasting an impressive 15 wins over top-20 opponents.
- Senior Taylor Wilson and sophomore Ruby Sorra continue to grow their school-record career pairs win record, currently sitting with 40 wins as a duo. Through 19 matches played together this season, the pair has 15 wins bolstered by a 6-3 record at the ones and a 9-1 record at the twos.
- With four wins over the weekend, Wilson moved into Stanford's top-three rankings for career individual wins. The Santa Barbara, Calif. native holds 84 career victories, tied for third-best in program history. After Stanford's final weekend of regular season action, junior Kelly Belardi is tied with '23 graduate Charlie Ekstrom for fifth-most wins all time with 82 career victories, while fifth-year Emmy Sharp is seventh all-time with 80 career wins. The Cardinal's record for wins in a career is 97, set by Kate Reilly last season.
- When it comes to single-season individual wins, three Cardinal are inching closer to bettering their own marks in Stanford's record books. With 26 wins apiece, both Belardi and junior Chloe Hoffman look to best their 28 wins earned in 2024 (tied for the third-most in a single season in program history) in the final matches of the 2025 season. Wilson, who sits with 24 wins on the season, looks to top her career-best 25 wins in a single season in postseason action. Eight members of the Stanford program have totaled more than 20 wins this season:
- In seven of eight losses this season, Stanford's ones pair's result has mirrored the overall match decision. The Cardinal has only lost once when Stanford's ones pair has won-- the first match of the 2025 season, a 3-2 loss to then-No. 7 LMU.
- The Cardinal wraps up its 2025 campaign at the NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. May 2-4. Stanford looks to qualify for the tournament for the fifth consecutive season with an automatic bid (league championship winner) or as an at-large selection.