[Viking_Guy]

At the break, Stanford up 2-0 on the Nittany Lions and their 109-match winning streak.  The Cardinal was the last team to beat PSU in 2007.

But Alix Klineman and Co came to play tonight.  In the first set, a thriller that went 28-26, Klineman had 10 kills and an ace.  In the second, PSU fell apart after an early Stanford run put them up 8-3, then 14-6, with the Lions having spent both of their timeouts.  A balanced attack and the Lions\' offensive woes led to a 25-12 throttling.  PSU\'s top three attackers have 14 kills and 11 errors on 47 attacks, for a .063 hitting percentage; as a team they\'re hitting .129.  The Cardinal as a team through the first two games? .450.

Now, Stanford has won the first two games against PSU and been beaten in the past.  Lots will depend on coming out strong in game 3, and not letting up, nor letting Russ Rose come up with an answer.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

At the break, Stanford up 2-0 on the Nittany Lions and their 109-match winning streak.  The Cardinal was the last team to beat PSU in 2007.

But Alix Klineman and Co came to play tonight.  In the first set, a thriller that went 28-26, Klineman had 10 kills and an ace.  In the second, PSU fell apart after an early Stanford run put them up 8-3, then 14-6, with the Lions having spent both of their timeouts.  A balanced attack and the Lions\' offensive woes led to a 25-12 throttling.  PSU\'s top three attackers have 14 kills and 11 errors on 47 attacks, for a .063 hitting percentage; as a team they\'re hitting .129.  The Cardinal as a team through the first two games? .450.

Now, Stanford has won the first two games against PSU and been beaten in the past.  Lots will depend on coming out strong in game 3, and not letting up, nor letting Russ Rose come up with an answer.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

23-15 Card in set 3.  Another quick start, and the lead just keeps growing.  Not below 5 points since 11-6.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

23-15 Card in set 3.  Another quick start, and the lead just keeps growing.  Not below 5 points since 11-6.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

And that\'s the match, 25-18. Stanford ends PSU\'s winning streak with a straight-set victory, the last two sets in rather beatdown fashion, ending the match on a Cassidy Lichtman kill.

For the match: Klineman 16 kills, Lichtman with 12.  As a team hitting .389 while holding the Lions to .091.  Getting contributions from all 6 hitters, with Browne, Carly Wopat, Rachel Williams and Hayley Spelman providing the balance to Lichtman and Klineman.  Too many service errors, but on the whole a great team effort.

Congratulations to the Card!  And to a different #1 team for the first time in nearly 3 years!

VG

[Viking_Guy]

And that\'s the match, 25-18. Stanford ends PSU\'s winning streak with a straight-set victory, the last two sets in rather beatdown fashion, ending the match on a Cassidy Lichtman kill.

For the match: Klineman 16 kills, Lichtman with 12.  As a team hitting .389 while holding the Lions to .091.  Getting contributions from all 6 hitters, with Browne, Carly Wopat, Rachel Williams and Hayley Spelman providing the balance to Lichtman and Klineman.  Too many service errors, but on the whole a great team effort.

Congratulations to the Card!  And to a different #1 team for the first time in nearly 3 years!

VG

[fullmetal]

Stanford wins, 25-18 :)  Good start to the season!

[fullmetal]

Stanford wins, 25-18 :)  Good start to the season!

[CompSci87]

SportsCenter led off with the WVB story right after the Stanford/UCLA game.

However, it was kind of a sad contrast between the announcer talking so fast over the WVB story that you could barely understand what he was saying -- to minimize the time spent, apparently -- and the two guys starting a leisurely chat after that about how awesome the day\'s football game highlights were going to be.

[CompSci87]

SportsCenter led off with the WVB story right after the Stanford/UCLA game.

However, it was kind of a sad contrast between the announcer talking so fast over the WVB story that you could barely understand what he was saying -- to minimize the time spent, apparently -- and the two guys starting a leisurely chat after that about how awesome the day\'s football game highlights were going to be.

[Redrum]

I saw the same ESPN piece and I thought it got very prominent play on a weekend dominated by college ball ( ESPN\'s self-inflicted "Monster Saturday")  and ^%&@# MLB  baseball .   But they led off with...volleyball!   Not too bad.  How often does that happen on ESPN?  Even a little cleverness in the story angle =  the nation\'s longest win streak comes to an end (with the hook that it had nothing to do with either football or  ^%&@# MLB baseball. )  Sure, they hurried on, but we got to see video of some action and the celebration.   Not too bad for volleyball.

[Redrum]

I saw the same ESPN piece and I thought it got very prominent play on a weekend dominated by college ball ( ESPN\'s self-inflicted "Monster Saturday")  and ^%&@# MLB  baseball .   But they led off with...volleyball!   Not too bad.  How often does that happen on ESPN?  Even a little cleverness in the story angle =  the nation\'s longest win streak comes to an end (with the hook that it had nothing to do with either football or  ^%&@# MLB baseball. )  Sure, they hurried on, but we got to see video of some action and the celebration.   Not too bad for volleyball.