STANFORD, Calif. - No. 23 Stanford (14-8, 7-5 ACC) continues ACC action on the road, traveling to Miami (11-10, 9-3 ACC) on Friday at 4 p.m. PT and Florida State (13-10, 7-5 ACC) on Sunday at 10 a.m. PT. Both matches will be streamed on ACCNX.
SERIES AGASINT THE HURRICANES: Stanford is 1-1 all-time against Miami. Stanford defeated Miami in four sets last season on The Farm. The Hurricanes outlasted the Cardinal in five sets in 2024 in Miami.
SERIES AGASINT THE SEMINOLES: Stanford is 3-0 all-time versus Florida State. The Cardinal defeated the Seminoles in four sets in both previous meetings as ACC opponents. Stanford is making its second trip to Tallahassee in 2026.
LAST TIME OUT: Stanford split a home-and-home against rival Cal with each team sweeping on its home court. Junior Lilly Wagner stepped in at setter as sophomore Logan Parks missed both matches due to injury. Middle blocker Lizzy Andrew paced the team with 3.33 kills on .472 hitting, 0.67 aces, 1.33 digs, 1.17 blocks and 4.92 points per set.
50 YEARS OF WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ON THE FARM: Stanford welcomed home its alumnae on Oct. 16 to celebrate 50 years of women's volleyball on The Farm. Included in the celebration were recognitions of the first varsity team (1976) as well as anniversaries of the 1996, 2001 and 2016 national championship teams.
POY WATCH LIST: Lizzy Andrew and Logan Parks were two of 30 players named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List. Andrew was an AVCA Second Team All-American and All-ACC First Team performer in 2025, ranking fifth nationally with a .447 attack percentage. Parks was the AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year, collecting AVCA All-America honorable mention honors and an All-ACC Second Team nod. Last season, she set the Cardinal to a .299 team hitting percentage – good for third in the ACC and seventh nationally.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Five different Cardinal have been recognized with six ACC weekly honors this season. Combining with its Pac-12 selections, the Cardinal now boasts 199 weekly awards all-time, including 32 Offensive, 45 Defensive, 9 Setter and 40 Freshman.
2026 ACC WEEKLY SELECTIONS
Aug. 31: Julia Blyashov (Defensive)
Sept. 7: Lizzy Andrew (Defensive)
Sept. 21: Jordyn Harvey (Offensive); Logan Parks (Setter)
Oct. 5: Logan Parks (Setter)
Oct. 26: Ella Andrews (Freshman)
BY THE NUMBERS: Stanford has won more NCAA titles (9), more NCAA Tournament matches (143), made more Final Four appearances (23) and been in the national championship match (17) more times than any other program in the nation. The Cardinal has qualified for 44 of the 45 NCAA Tournaments all-time.
HISTORIC STREAK: Stanford is the all-time leader with 139 NCAA team championships (71 men, 68 women), and 173 national championships overall. The Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, capturing at least one NCAA team championship for 50 consecutive seasons in a streak that dates back to the 1976-1977 season.
LEGACY CEMENTED: Inky Ajanaku (2012-16) was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 25. She is the 15th women's volleyball player selected and the first since Alix Klineman in 2021. A four-time All-American, Ajanaku led Stanford to the 2016 NCAA championship and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. A Honda Award recipient in 2016, she was a two-time Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year.
COACHING EXCELLENCE: Kevin Hambly became the seventh head coach in Division I women’s volleyball to lead a school to back-to-back NCAA titles. Hambly is now 242-55 (.815) in his 10th season on The Farm, mentoring 16 AVCA All-Americans to 32 awards and nine Academic All-Americans (12 awards).
THE HAMBLY FILE: Kevin Hambly coached 12 AVCA All-Americans to 19 honors during his time at Illinois and has now mentored 28 All-Americans to 51 awards. He is the third head coach to lead Stanford to a national championship. The three-time conference coach of the year became the first Cardinal head coach (any sport) to win an NCAA title in one of his first two seasons on The Farm since 2005.