[RuralFan]

A first look at the Stanford/Washington box score makes it hard to know how Stanford lost. Stanford out hit Washington .331 to .288. Stanford out dug Washington 54 to 53 and the teams were tied with 11 blocks each. So what happened?

Washington did a much better job serving.  Washington had 4 service aces and only 3 service errors, while Stanford had only one ace and had 10 services errors.  Washington serving netted one point, while our serving lost nine. I guess that might have been fine if our serving constantly forced Washington out of system.  I don't have any statistics, but I just didn't see Washington forced out of system.

Also Stanford was frequently close or tied in the first half of each set, but Washington often won the final points. Even the set Stanford won, holding on at the end was difficult.  Why is a mystery to me.

[RuralFan]

A first look at the Stanford/Washington box score makes it hard to know how Stanford lost. Stanford out hit Washington .331 to .288. Stanford out dug Washington 54 to 53 and the teams were tied with 11 blocks each. So what happened?

Washington did a much better job serving.  Washington had 4 service aces and only 3 service errors, while Stanford had only one ace and had 10 services errors.  Washington serving netted one point, while our serving lost nine. I guess that might have been fine if our serving constantly forced Washington out of system.  I don't have any statistics, but I just didn't see Washington forced out of system.

Also Stanford was frequently close or tied in the first half of each set, but Washington often won the final points. Even the set Stanford won, holding on at the end was difficult.  Why is a mystery to me.