STANFORD, Calif. – No. 14 Stanford had its six-match winning streak snapped, falling to No. 1 UCLA, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20, Friday, in Maples Pavilion.
UCLA (19-0, 6-0 MPSF) hit .373 as a team, while holding Stanford (9-9, 6-1 MPSF) to a .164 clip. It was the first loss in conference for the Cardinal, which finished with 6.5 blocks, 19 digs and three aces.
Outside hitter Alex Rottman led Stanford with eight kills, four digs, a block and an ace. Opposite Moses Wagner added seven kills and three blocks.
Freshman setter Jacob Little-Phillips dished out 21 assists and tallied two digs and an ace. Sophomore libero Evan Porter collected a match-best six digs.
Outside hitter Nate Clinton registered six kills on .300 hitting, five digs, two blocks and an ace. Middle blocker Luke McFall chipped in with five kills on a .375 attack percentage and a block, while sophomore Kaumana Carreira had three kills on .400 hitting and a team-high four blocks.
Senior Theoren Brouillette and sophomore David Wolff subbed in in both the second and third sets for Wagner and Little-Phillips, respectively. Brouillette posted six assists and a digs, while Wolff had a kill and a block.
UCLA was led by senior middle blocker Cameron Thorne, who had a match-high 10 kills on .750 hitting, two blocks and two aces. Opposite David Decker added six kills, four digs, three aces and two blocks.
Stanford and UCLA meet again on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Maples Pavilion. The match will be streamed on B1G+.