STANFORD, Calif. - Riding a six-match winning streak, No. 14 Stanford (9-8, 6-0 MPSF) welcomes top-ranked UCLA ( 18-0, 5-0 MPSF) to The Farm on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. in Maples Pavilion. Both matches will be streamed on B1G+.
LAST TIME OUT: Stanford swept a pair of home MPSF matches against then-No. 7 BYU, March 13-14, in Burnham Pavilion. As a team, Stanford hit a combined .324 while holding the Cougars to a .289 clip. Opposite Moses Wagner led the team with 4.56 kills on .392 hitting, 1.22 digs, 1.00 blocks and 5.33 points per set. Libero Evan Porter anchored the defense with 3.33 digs per set.
COACHES POLL: Stanford was picked to finish fourth in the MPSF by the league’s coaches. UCLA, which received four first-place votes, was selected to win the MPSF regular season title for a fifth straight year. Pepperdine and USC tied for second, garnering four and two first-place votes, respectively.
2026 MPSF STAT LEADERS: As a team, Stanford is second in the MPSF with 8.56 digs per set, and ranks fifth with a .293 hitting percentage, 11.65 kills per set, 10.95 assists per set and 2.25 blocks per set. The Cardinal is eighth in aces (1.21).
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (MPSF)
Kills per set: Wagner - 6th (3.34); Snoey - 10th (2.95)
Assists per set: Little-Phillips - 7th (8.49)
Blocks per set: Carreira - 7th (0.96)
Digs per set: Porter - 1st (2.37)
Points per set: Wagner - 5th (4.07)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Three Cardinal have combined for four MPSF weekly honors this season. Opposite Moses Wagner has been recognized by the conference for the third and fourth times, while Alex Rottman and Evan Porter earned their first career honors. Additionally, Wagner was tabbed the AVCA National Player of the Week on March 17.
2026 MPSF Weekly Selections
Feb. 2: Alex Rottman (Defensive)
Feb. 23: Moses Wagner (Defensive)
March 16: Moses Wagner (Offensive); Evan Porter (Defensive)
WELCOME BACK: After spending eight seasons as the volunteer assistant with the Cardinal (2017-24), Matt Houlihan is back on The Farm as the interim Al Roderigues Assistant Coach. He replaces Spencer Wickens, who recently left the program for an assistant women’s volleyball coaching position at the University of Minnesota.
INCOMING CLASS: In November, Stanford signed four high school standouts to join the Cardinal in the fall of 2026. The group consists of Peter Debiec (Cary, N.C.), Declan Flanagan (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Aleksey Mikhailenko (Mequon, Wis.) and Lincoln Myers (Madison, Wis.).
HEAD COACH JOHN KOSTY: Stanford head coach John Kosty completed his 19th season at the helm of the Cardinal program and his 35th overall on staff in 2025. He is now 282-246 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 19 seasons under Kosty. Stanford has appeared in the MPSF Tournament in 16 of Kosty’s 19 seasons (missing out in 2007 and 2015. The tournament was canceled in 2020).