[PositiveAttitude]

Blyashov Harvey was negative for the match.  Not often do you see that.  And, I mean, the same setter propelled Blyashov to a .436 hitting average.  Maybe she's just struggling setting the oppo position.  Hard to believe that was it last season or two seasons ago when we played Duke we dominated them so thoroughly that I thought we were playing against a high school team.  Four sets, and two of the ones we won went beyond 25 points.

BC

While I think the coaching staff have identified things to work from this game, I think we shouldn't attribute the difference in score from 2025 to this year solely on Stanford's performance.

As they say the other side gets a vote, and these aren't your 2025 Blue Devils. Last year, Duke visited Maples in the middle of a 14 game losing streak that lasted till the end of the year. Everyone else was beating Duke like they were high schoolers.

This year, they have a new head coach and an outside hitter transfer from Purdue, and they are getting much better results than last year. They are 5-4 in ACC and 13-6 overall so far, compared to their 2025 record of 2-18 in ACC and 5-26 overall.

So I think it's a combination of Stanford having things to improve on, plus much improved opposition.

[PositiveAttitude]

Blyashov Harvey was negative for the match.  Not often do you see that.  And, I mean, the same setter propelled Blyashov to a .436 hitting average.  Maybe she's just struggling setting the oppo position.  Hard to believe that was it last season or two seasons ago when we played Duke we dominated them so thoroughly that I thought we were playing against a high school team.  Four sets, and two of the ones we won went beyond 25 points.

BC

While I think the coaching staff have identified things to work from this game, I think we shouldn't attribute the difference in score from 2025 to this year solely on Stanford's performance.

As they say the other side gets a vote, and these aren't your 2025 Blue Devils. Last year, Duke visited Maples in the middle of a 14 game losing streak that lasted till the end of the year. Everyone else was beating Duke like they were high schoolers.

This year, they have a new head coach and an outside hitter transfer from Purdue, and they are getting much better results than last year. They are 5-4 in ACC and 13-6 overall so far, compared to their 2025 record of 2-18 in ACC and 5-26 overall.

So I think it's a combination of Stanford having things to improve on, plus much improved opposition.