RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-14-2025
And the 4s, Hoffman and Tusher, are the AVCA national Pair of the Week:
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/04/14/hoffman-and-tusher-named-avcacbvb-national-pair-of-the-week
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paloalto - 04-15-2025
Today's AVCA poll: UCLA #1, TCU #2, Stanford #3.
Stanford came close to beating UCLA this past weekend. If they had, Stanford probably would be ranked #1 because UCLA beat TCU.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
BobK - 04-15-2025
Thanks. Has Stanford ever been ranked higher ?
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-15-2025
(04-15-2025, 01:12 PM)BobK Wrote: Thanks. Has Stanford ever been ranked higher ?
I had to go check.
They were #2 the first two weeks last year:
https://www.avca.org/polls-awards/polls/?_season=2024&_divisions=national-collegiate-womens-beach&_weeks=week-1
I hope they are peaking a the end of the season.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-18-2025
SCU beat UCD 3-2.
Now UW vs. UCD, still in the first set, so I'd guess they are behind schedule already.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-18-2025
Stanford won easily at the 2s, 4s, and 6s. 1s, 3s, and 5s underway. May make up some of the delay if they continue to dominate.
ETA:
Spoke too soon. Stanford up 4-0, but the 3s are going to a third set. Then Cal vs. UW, which could also run long.
Cal/UW started about 3:45.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
paloalto - 04-18-2025
Stanford up 2-0 against Cal. Taking a long time to get the other the matches started.
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johnbar - 04-18-2025
Stanford won 4-1.
I watched the 6s on court 3 for a while; Clarke & Sharp started out hot, but Cal caught up and won it 2-0.
Switched back to court 1, where the 2s went three sets, that was a fun one.
Only loss (that counted) was the 5s, which also went 3. Gusarova & Stowell were leading, I think 9-7, but Cal tied it and wen up by a point or two. Tied again 13-all, but Cal got the next two points, to finish the dual. (About 7:50pm)
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/04/18/no-3-stanford-cruises-past-santa-clara-downs-no-9-cal-in-friday-doubleheader
Senior Day tomorrow, part of Cardinalpalooza.
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johnbar - 04-19-2025
Stanford swept UW 5-0.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-19-2025
Stanford rested some starters again, getting most of the seniors involved vs. UCDavis. Stanford won 4-1, losing the 5s.
Doucet & Turner won the first set easily, 21-11. But then lost the second and third. Nice senior night ceremony followed.
Some alumnae there, like Charlie Ekstrom and Kate Reilly.
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/04/15/no-3-stanford-wraps-up-regular-season-on-the-farm
I assume Stanford will be the #2 seed in the MPSF tournament starting Wednesday, behind UCLA.
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johnbar - 04-20-2025
Stanford is the #2 seed in the MPSF Championship, taking on #7 Oregon on Wednesday at 11:00 am PDT.
https://mpsports.org/tournaments/?id=45
Streamed on B1G+; final day also on Big Ten network
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johnbar - 04-22-2025
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/04/21/no-3-cardinal-heads-to-inaugural-mpsf-championship
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
BobK - 04-23-2025
Stanford just beat # 7 seed Oregon 4-0 in the league tournament game 1
Stanford plays next tomorrow
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
paloalto - 04-23-2025
Thursday match at 12:30pm: Stanford vs USC
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-23-2025
(04-23-2025, 12:18 PM)BobK Wrote: Stanford just beat # 7 seed Oregon 4-0 in the league tournament game 1
Stanford plays next tomorrow
I thought this was a typo, since play-to-decision should be 3-0. But I see they consider the 5s and 2s to have ended simultaneously, so it really is 4-0.
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/04/23/no-3-cardinal-cruises-past-oregon-in-mpsf-opener
ETA: a Bruin poster on volleytalk says Friday's matches stream on the FoxSports app, not B1G+, despite what the MPSF website says. I don't see Friday's matches listed on either B1G or Fox networks' websites.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
paloalto - 04-23-2025
If true, that's a bummer about Friday matches. I have B1G network on cable. Every MPSF beach volleyball program I checked states Friday's matches will be televised on B1G network and B1G+. After my bad experience with trying to access B1G+ after paying for a subscription, it wouldn't surprise me that incorrect information is being sent out by the B1G network.
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johnbar - 04-23-2025
To clarify, the claim is the Friday matches will air on B1G Cable Network (like it says), but the streaming will be on FoxSports, not B1G+.
I just started my B1G+ subscription and have had no problem. I don't get B1G on cable.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
johnbar - 04-24-2025
Stanford vs. USC: Stanford won the first set on 1-4.
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
BobK - 04-24-2025
Stanford up 2-0 and …
And beat USC 3-0
Stanford plays ucla who beat cal at 3.30
https://mpsports.org/tournaments/?id=45#:~:text=April%2023rd%20%2D%2025th%2C%202025,Winner%20Match%207
The schedule
RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball -
paloalto - 04-24-2025
What happened to USC today? In the three completed matches they got destroyed by Stanford. I wasn't expecting that.