STANFORD, Calif. - No. 13 Stanford (9-12, 2-6 MPSF) remains on the road this week, traveling to the Galen Center to face No. 3 USC (19-3, 7-1 MPSF) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on B1G+.
LAST TIME OUT: Stanford dropped a pair of MPSF matches on the road at No. 7 BYU last week, falling in straight sets on Thursday and four on Friday. Opposite Moses Wagner and outside hitter Theo Snoey each registered 3.43 kills per set to lead the team. The Cardinal hit a combined .275 in the two matches and averaged 3.07 blocks per set as a team - well above its 1.98 season average.
COACHES POLL: Stanford was picked to finish sixth in the MPSF by the league’s coaches. UCLA, which received eight first-place votes, was selected to win its fourth straight MPSF regular season title. USC came in second, while BYU, which collected the final first-place vote, was third.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Moses Wagner picked up his first career MPSF Offensive Player of the Week honor on Jan. 13, and his first Defensive Player of the Week award on Feb. 24. Freshman libero Evan Porter earned the MPSF’s defensive nod after averaging 2.86 digs per set in a pair of top 15 wins at the First Point Collegiate Challenge. Theo Snoey also collected his first career weekly honor after the team split a pair of matches at No. 4 Hawaii.
2025 MPSF Weekly Selections
Jan. 13: Moses Wagner (Offensive)
Jan. 20: Evan Porter (Defensive)
Feb. 10: Theo Snoey (Offensive)
Feb. 24: Moses Wagner (Defensive)
2025 MPSF STAT LEADERS: As a team, Stanford ranks fourth in the MPSF with 11.24 assists per set and fifth in kills per set (11.87). The Cardinal is sixth in hitting percentage (.271) and blocks per set (1.98), seventh in aces per set (1.28) and eighth in digs per set (7.83).
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (MPSF)
Kills per set: Snoey - 2nd (3.98); Wagner - 10th (3.32)
Assists per set: Brouillette - 2nd (10.36)
Service Aces per set: Snoey - 9th (0.38)
Blocks per set: McFall - 8th (0.98)
Digs per set: Porter - 7th (1.75)
Points per set: Snoey - 2nd (4.58); Wagner - 9th (4.03)
INCOMING CLASS: In November, Stanford signed four high school standouts to join the Cardinal next fall. The group consists of Erik Ask (Västerås, Sweden), Jacob Little-Phillips (Winter Park, Fla.), Jack Loper (San Clemente, Calif.) and Luke Morrison (Irvine, Calif.).
LEGACY CEMENTED: Matt Fuerbringer (‘97) was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in October. He becomes the fifth men’s volleyball player to receive the prestigious honor. A member of the 1997 NCAA championship team, he was the AVCA National Freshman of the Year in 1994 and a four-time All-American. He was an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s National Team, helping lead the Americans to bronze medals in 2016 and 2024. Fuerbringer now serves as the head coach of League One Volleyball (LOVB) Madison, a U.S. women’s professional team which began its inaugural season in January.
HEAD COACH JOHN KOSTY: Stanford head coach John Kosty completed his 18th season at the helm of the Cardinal program and his 34th overall on staff in 2024. He is now 269-235 in his career. He guided Stanford to the 2010 NCAA national championship and the 2014 NCAA finals. The Cardinal has produced a first team AVCA All-America selection in nine of the 18 seasons under Kosty. Stanford has appeared in the MPSF Tournament in 15 of Kosty’s 18 seasons (missing out in 2007 and 2015. The tournament was canceled in 2020).