[Mick]

Not meant to be.  USC wins 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 22-25, 19-25)

BC

Too bad. Really good season, and (like a lot of young teams) they came on late. And Stanford is a young team. They started and played Frosh libero Evan Porter of Punahou for 105 sets (and their only backup libero is also a frosh, Kai Schmitt, who played 73 sets). The starting middles were both freshmen, Reed Wainright (65 sets) and Kaumana Carreira (83 sets). The backup middles were Junior Luke McFall (47 sets) and Soph. Gray Mandelbaum (25 sets).

One starting OH was Soph Nate Clinton (84 sets). Backup OHs were Carson Kneisl (55 sets) and Ignacio Brito (52 sets).

The rising seniors are Setter Theoren Brouillette (105 sets), OH Theo Snoey (98 sets) and the Opposite (RH) Moses Wagner (103 sets). Theo's backup, Frosh Ryan Gant almost didn't play at all, 15 sets. If Theo goes down...  Snoey and Wagner were second-team all-MPSF, their first all-conference honors. Evan Porter made the all-frosh team. Snoey led the MPSF with 4.09 kills/4.64 points per set, ranked 10th with .33 aces per set. Porter was fourth in MPSF in digs and improved steadily throughout the season with 17 digs versus #3 USC late in the season.

Also a senior next year is Alex Rottman who remains on the roster, but didn't play at all, so if he returns will be a RS Junior. 

At any rate, the team doesn't graduate anyone, and they added four recruits for this fall, and have two commits for Fall, 2026.

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Stanford's overall statistics were middling. As a team, they hit .281, sixth in the nine-team MPSF, and their defense gave up a .273 overall hitting percentage, also sixth in the MPSF. UCLA and USC led the MPSF in both categories with .367/.351 on offense and .226 and .243 on defense.

Stanford finished seventh in blocks (1.96 per game) and eighth in service aces (1.28 per game). USC led in blocks, 2.76 per game and UCLA led in aces with 1.91 per game. Stanford was eighth in digs at 7.89 per game, USC led the conference with 8.77 per game.

It is interesting to note that Stanford had its best statistical matches late in the season against USC (70 assists, 2nd most all season in the MPSF for a five-set match) and 63 sets, most in a four-set match against USC the next night.

As a team, Stanford didn't finish in the top three in any category. Some thoughts, worth what you paid for them:
- Theo Brouillette was second in the conference in assists per game, the team as a whole was fourth. So when someone else had to set (basically broken plays), the setting was substandard.
- With two frosh middles and a 6'3" setter, it isn't surprising that Stanford finished low in the conference in blocking. On a per-set basis, Stanford's only top-10 blocker was frosh MB Reed Wainwright. He was also third on the team in hitting percentage, right behind the other frosh MB. All that's great, but their attempts per set were quite low, indicating that maybe Stanford isn't the best passing team in the conference. And it all starts with passing. Soph OH Nate Clinton might have played more if he didn't have the most serve receive errors on the team, 0.45 per set. He did tie Snoey with 1.22 digs per set, right behind Wagner at 1.33 digs per set, best of the non-liberos.

Hope they all play a lot of beach volleyball this summer. That's where you sharpen your sword in all those categories.

Men's Volleyball 2025 Cumulative Statistics - Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website

25mvb-stats (PDF) - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

[Mick]

Not meant to be.  USC wins 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 22-25, 19-25)

BC

Too bad. Really good season, and (like a lot of young teams) they came on late. And Stanford is a young team. They started and played Frosh libero Evan Porter of Punahou for 105 sets (and their only backup libero is also a frosh, Kai Schmitt, who played 73 sets). The starting middles were both freshmen, Reed Wainright (65 sets) and Kaumana Carreira (83 sets). The backup middles were Junior Luke McFall (47 sets) and Soph. Gray Mandelbaum (25 sets).

One starting OH was Soph Nate Clinton (84 sets). Backup OHs were Carson Kneisl (55 sets) and Ignacio Brito (52 sets).

The rising seniors are Setter Theoren Brouillette (105 sets), OH Theo Snoey (98 sets) and the Opposite (RH) Moses Wagner (103 sets). Theo's backup, Frosh Ryan Gant almost didn't play at all, 15 sets. If Theo goes down...  Snoey and Wagner were second-team all-MPSF, their first all-conference honors. Evan Porter made the all-frosh team. Snoey led the MPSF with 4.09 kills/4.64 points per set, ranked 10th with .33 aces per set. Porter was fourth in MPSF in digs and improved steadily throughout the season with 17 digs versus #3 USC late in the season.

Also a senior next year is Alex Rottman who remains on the roster, but didn't play at all, so if he returns will be a RS Junior. 

At any rate, the team doesn't graduate anyone, and they added four recruits for this fall, and have two commits for Fall, 2026.

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Stanford's overall statistics were middling. As a team, they hit .281, sixth in the nine-team MPSF, and their defense gave up a .273 overall hitting percentage, also sixth in the MPSF. UCLA and USC led the MPSF in both categories with .367/.351 on offense and .226 and .243 on defense.

Stanford finished seventh in blocks (1.96 per game) and eighth in service aces (1.28 per game). USC led in blocks, 2.76 per game and UCLA led in aces with 1.91 per game. Stanford was eighth in digs at 7.89 per game, USC led the conference with 8.77 per game.

It is interesting to note that Stanford had its best statistical matches late in the season against USC (70 assists, 2nd most all season in the MPSF for a five-set match) and 63 sets, most in a four-set match against USC the next night.

As a team, Stanford didn't finish in the top three in any category. Some thoughts, worth what you paid for them:
- Theo Brouillette was second in the conference in assists per game, the team as a whole was fourth. So when someone else had to set (basically broken plays), the setting was substandard.
- With two frosh middles and a 6'3" setter, it isn't surprising that Stanford finished low in the conference in blocking. On a per-set basis, Stanford's only top-10 blocker was frosh MB Reed Wainwright. He was also third on the team in hitting percentage, right behind the other frosh MB. All that's great, but their attempts per set were quite low, indicating that maybe Stanford isn't the best passing team in the conference. And it all starts with passing. Soph OH Nate Clinton might have played more if he didn't have the most serve receive errors on the team, 0.45 per set. He did tie Snoey with 1.22 digs per set, right behind Wagner at 1.33 digs per set, best of the non-liberos.

Hope they all play a lot of beach volleyball this summer. That's where you sharpen your sword in all those categories.

Men's Volleyball 2025 Cumulative Statistics - Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website

25mvb-stats (PDF) - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation