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Brittany Howard Season 2012
PositionOH
Height6-3
ClassFreshman
HometownLos Altos, Calif.
As a Senior (2015) |Â Match-By-Match Statistics
- AVCA All-America third team
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 30)
- Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge All-Tournament team
- Started all 30 matches as an outside hitter
- Finished her career with 3,638 attempts, ranked eighth all-time in school history
- Averaged a career-high 3.05 kills and 3.56 points per set, along with 1.98 digs and 0.63 blocks
- Tallied 10 double-doubles on the year
- Totaled 12 kills on a .478 attack percentage and three blocks in the season opener versus Texas A&M (Aug. 28)
- Hit a match-high .462 (14-2-26) and recorded two solo blocks in the Pac-12 opener at Cal (Sept. 22)
- Registered 16 kills and a season-high five blocks in a win at No. 14 Arizona (Sept. 30)
- Collected her 1,000th career kill at Arizona State (Oct. 2), becoming the 17th player in school history to accomplish that feat
- Had 17 kills on .429 hitting and tied her season-best with five blocks versus No. 25 Oregon (Oct. 11)
- Recorded her 1,000th career dig at Utah (Oct. 16), becoming just the 10th Cardinal player to amass 1,000 career kills and digs
- Turned in a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs, hitting a season-high .565 at Oregon (Nov. 5)
- Tallied a season-high 15 digs to go with 10 kills for a double-double at No. 3 Washington (Nov. 12)
- Hit .550 and posted 12 kills and 10 digs in a sweep over Utah (Nov. 20)
- Recorded her 10th double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs on Senior Night versus Cal (Nov. 25)
- Poured in a career-high 22 kills on .404 hitting in a five-set win at No. 13 UCLA (Nov. 27)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Junior (2014) | Match-By-Match Statistics
- Final Four All-Tournament Team
- All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention
- Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
- Tallied a career-high five assists against No. 9 Illinois (Sept. 7)
- Posted a season-high three aces in a sweep over Cal (Sept. 23)
- Had 14 digs in a sweep over Oregon State (Oct. 4)
- Recorded 11 kills, including the 700th of her career, and two solo blocks at No. 18 Arizona State (Oct. 12)
- Registered a season-high six blocks in a win over No. 17 UCLA (Oct. 24)
- Turned in her first double-double of the season with 14 kills and 11 digs at Oregon State (Oct. 31)
- Posted a season-high 16 digs and her 200th career block against No. 20 Arizona State (Nov. 5)
- Collected a season-high 16 kills and nine digs against No. 16 Arizona (Nov. 7)
- Hit a season-high .450 (10-1-20) to go with six digs and five blocks at No. 18 UCLA (Nov. 13)
- Tied her season-high with six blocks against CSU Bakersfield in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5)
- Turned in her second double-double of the year with 12 kills and 10 digs against Michigan State (Dec. 6)
- Totaled 14 kills and 12 digs for her second straight double-double in the regional semifinal win over Oregon State (Dec. 12)
- Recorded a team-high 13 kills, nine digs and three blocks in the NCAA semifinal loss to Penn State (Dec. 18)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Sophomore (2013) | Match-By-Match Statistics
- All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention
- Played in 111 sets, averaging 2.74 kills, 2.65 digs and 0.71 blocks per set
- One of five Cardinal players who averaged at least 2.72 kills per set
- Recorded a double-double with 14 kills and a season-high 17 digs at then-No. 6 Texas (Sept. 8)
- Hit a career-best .800 (8-0-10) in a sweep over Air Force (Sept. 12)
- A season-high four assists against Colorado (Oct. 12)
- Led the team with 12 kills and a career-high seven blocks against UCLA (Nov. 1)
- Recorded her 500th career kill at Utah (Nov. 10)
- 11 kills and tied her season-high with 17 digs against Oklahoma (Dec. 6) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Freshman (2012) | Match-By-Match Statistics
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Nov. 5 & Nov. 12)
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 12)
- 2.36 kills and 2.73 digs per set
- Eight double-doubles on the season
- Seven kills and eight digs in her collegiate debut against Saint Mary's (Aug. 24)
- 12 kills and 19 digs for her first collegiate double-double at Penn State (Aug. 31)
- Went 12-0-29 for a .414 attack percentage versus USC (Oct. 10)
- Collected 21 digs in a five-set win over UCLA (Oct. 12)
- 12 kills and a career-high 31 digs, tying for the third-most in program history in a single match, against Washington (Nov. 8)
- Hit .316 with nine kills, six digs and two blocks in her first NCAA appearance against Jackson State (Nov. 30)
High School
- A 2012 graduate of Mountain View High School in Mountain View, Calif.
- Captained her team as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Team reached the semifinals of the state championships in 2009
- A three-time team MVP, she was listed at No. 12 on PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Ace list
- A 2011 ESPN and PrepVolleyball High School All-American
- A four-time Santa Clara Valley Athletic League first team selection and the league MVP in 2011
- A first team all-state pick in 2010 and 2011
- A four-time all-county and all-area performer, she was the San Jose Mercury News Freshman of the Year in 2008 and Sophomore of the Year in 2009
- A 2008 PrepVolleyball National Freshman of the Year finalist
- A three-time first team All-Daily News pick
- She is the all-time career kills leader at MVHS
- A four-time MVHS scholar-athlete, she was a first team PrepVolleyball High School Academic All-American in 2011
Club Competition
- Played for Vision Volleyball Club from 2005-12
- A three-time USAV Junior National/Olympic medalist
- A two-time USAV Junior National/Olympic all-tournament selection
- 13-time USAV Junior National/Olympic Qualifier medalist
- Seven-time USAV NCVA regional champion
National Team Experience
- Secured a bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Cup in the Dominican Republic with the U.S. National TeamÂ
- A member of the U.S. Youth National Team
- A gold medalist at the 2010 NORCECA championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala
- A Women's International Junior Division gold medalist at the 2010 High Performance Championships in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
- Attended the 2009 USA Youth National Holiday Camp in Colorado Springs and competed at the High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. With the USA A1 Select Team
- Won a silver medal at the 2008 USA A1 Select Team at the High Performance Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
Personal
- Daughter of Steve and Eileen Howard
- Has an older brother, Brad, and a younger sister, Chloe
- Steve played basketball at Saint Mary's (1978-79) and the University of the Pacific (1980-82)
- Eileen was a three-time AVCA All-American middle blocker at the University of the Pacific (1981-84), and was a member of the U.S. National Team (1985-86)
- Brad played men's volleyball at Princeton
- Full name is Brittany Anne Howard
Career Highs
Kills | 22, at UCLA (11/27/15) |
Attempts | 62, vs USC (10/30/13) |
Aces | 4, vs. Army (9/13/13) |
Digs | 31, vs. Washington (11/8/12) |
Assists | 5, vs. Illinois (9/7/14) |
Blocks | 7, vs. UCLA (11/1/13) |
Hitting Percentage | .800 (8-0-10), vs. Air Force (9/12/13) |
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Conference Awards
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AVP Tour
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National Awards
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All-Time Roster
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Single Match Records
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All-Americans
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Career Records
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NCAA Tournament History
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Four Tabbed All-Americans
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Seniors Reflect
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Cardinal Fights Off Cougars
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Cardinal Downs Devils
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Hodson, Cardinal Soar in Win
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Stanford Falls To USC
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Stanford, USC Clash in Maples
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Big Spike Goes to Cardinal
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Stanford Outlasts Duke
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Stanford Falls at UNC
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Card Swept in 1 vs. 2 Matchup
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Embracing the Challenge
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Season Finale Comeback
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Stanford Tops Santa Clara
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Cardinal Calms Gaels
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Cardinal Tops Tigers
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Two Fall in Finals
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Stanford Splits on Day Two
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Stanford Edges Oregon
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Cardinal Sweeps Warriors
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Sand Trapped
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Stanford Blanks San Jose State
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Three Reach Semis
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Saturday's Tournament Results
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Cardinal Wins Opener
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Season Ends in Semifinal
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OKC Bound
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Sweet 16 Bound
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Block Stops Bakersfield
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For the 16th Time
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Errors Costly in First Loss
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Cardinal Stays Undefeated
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Cardinal Avoids First Loss
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Stanford Sweeps Oregon
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Stanford Tops Oregon State
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20-0
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Raising the Roof
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Boukather Powers Card in Win
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Comeback Tops Colorado
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Stanford Defeats ASU in Four
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Hot Hitting Stifles Cats
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Still Perfect
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Cardinal Fights Off Ducks
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Stanford Silences Cougars
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Cardinal Claims Big Spike
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Stanford Downs CSUN
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Stanford Blanks Eagles
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Cardinal Overpowers Toreros
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Stanford Holds Off Penn
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Firing on All Cylinders
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Comeback Halts Illini
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Cardinal Too Much for Cyclones
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Season-Ending Win
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Stanford Edges Santa Clara
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Cardinal Splits in Stockton
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Stanford Falls to Saint Mary?s
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Cardinal Sweeps Spartans
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Stanford Nabs First Win
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Stanford Tournament Results
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Stanford Falls at Home
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Bracket Results
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Card Drops Openers
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Season Ends in Lexington
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Cardinal Joins the Elite
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Sweet Sixteen Bound
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Stanford Claims Big Spike
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Cardinal Sweeps Wildcats
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Dunning Nabs 800
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Not in Our House
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Stanford Holds Off OSU
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Block City
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Stanford Powers Past Utah
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Rocky Mountain Sweep
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Back on Track
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Comeback Falls Short
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Stanford Buries Beavers
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Stanford Blanks Oregon
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Stanford Falls in Five
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Cardinal Tames Cougars
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Cardinal Rolls Over Colorado
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Stanford Shuts Down Utah
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Stanford Swept at USC
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Cardinal Downs UCLA
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Cardinal Claims Big Spike
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Stanford Blanks Cal Poly
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Cardinal Nabs Two Wins
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Stanford Sweeps Air Force
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Errors Cost Cardinal
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Stanford Falls to Florida
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Cardinal Downs Tigers
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Home Sweet Home
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Cardinal Tops Santa Clara
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Card Defeats Sac State
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Stanford Takes Out USF
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Sand Volleyball Outlasts Pacific, 3-2
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Sand Volleyball Sweeps Santa Clara
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Sand Volleyball Splits at Sacramento State Tournament
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Sand Volleyball Downs Santa Clara in Program Debut
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Stanford Falls in Regional Final to Michigan
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Stanford Advances to Berkeley Regional with Win over WKU
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Stanford Sweeps Jackson State, Faces Western Kentucky in Second Round
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Cardinal Concludes Regular Season with Sweep at Cal
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Stanford Takes Out Colorado on Senior Night
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Cardinal Clinches Pac-12 Title, Defeats UCLA
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Cardinal Falls in Four at USC
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Late Rally Seals Victory for Stanford Over Washington
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Third Straight Sweep, Cardinal Tops WSU
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20 in a Row, Stanford Sweeps No. 2 Oregon
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Stanford Extends Win Streak to 19 with Sweep at OSU
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Cardinal Captures 18th Straight, Tops ASU 3-1
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Stanford Tops Washington State in Five
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Cardinal Wins 15th Straight, Outlasts Washington
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Stanford Wins Five-Set Thriller Over UCLA
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Dominant Defense Blanks USC
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Stanford Outlasts Oregon in Five
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Freshmen Power Stanford Past ASU
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Stanford Takes Out Arizona, 3-1
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Stanford Holds Off Utah
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Cardinal Holds Off Loyola in Stanford Invitational
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Stanford Downs Santa Clara, 3-0
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Cardinal Swept by Jiangsu in Exhibition
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Stanford Tops Florida in Big Four Classic
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Cardinal Falls in Five at Penn State
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Stanford Falls at Hawaii, 3-1
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Stanford Blanks Albany, 3-0
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