Double Dose of the Large Spike – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – No. 5 Stanford (23-4, 14-2 ACC) will tackle rival California (7-19, 4-12 ACC) twice this week. The Cardinal welcomes the Golden Bears to Maples on Wednesday at 7 p.m. earlier than touring to Berkeley on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches shall be streamed on ACCNX.

SERIES AGAINST THE GOLDEN BEARS: Stanford is 86-12 all-time in opposition to Cal. The Cardinal has gained 9 straight in opposition to the Golden Bears, together with sweeps in each conferences in 2024. Cal’s most up-to-date win got here on Feb. 12, 2021 – a five-set victory in Berkeley.

LAST TIME OUT: Stanford cut up a pair of prime 10 matches at residence final week, outlasting then-No. 3 Pittsburgh in 5 units earlier than falling to then-No. 10 SMU in 4. Outside hitter Julia Blyashov led Stanford in opposition to Pitt with a career-high 20 kills on .349 hitting and a career-best 4 blocks. It was the primary five-set win of the season for Stanford and the four-hundredth profession win for Kevin Hambly, The Montag Family Director of Women’s Volleyball. Hambly has notched 222 of his 400 wins on the helm of the Cardinal program.

SENIOR LEADER: Outside hitter Elia Rubin is the one returning All-American on the Cardinal roster in 2025. Last season, she turned the twenty third participant in program historical past to register 1,000 profession kills. She led the crew in 2024 and ranked third within the ACC in factors per set (4.54) and was fourth within the convention in kills per set (3.93). Rubin is at the moment third on Stanford’s profession aces record with 140. In the rally-scoring period to 25, Rubin broke the varsity file for profession aces on Nov. 8 in opposition to Duke.

HOME SWEET HOME: In 9 seasons beneath Kevin Hambly, Stanford is 111-14 at Maples Pavilion, together with 20-2 within the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal gained 32 in a row at residence to start Hambly’s tenure at Stanford. The Cardinal is 25-2 at residence within the final two seasons.

COACHES’ PICK: In its second season within the ACC, Stanford was picked to complete third by the league’s coaches. Combining with its Pac-12 historical past, Stanford has completed within the prime 4 in league play in 39 of the previous 40 seasons, and the highest 3 in 37 of 40 campaigns.

BY THE NUMBERS: Stanford has gained extra NCAA titles (9), extra NCAA Tournament matches (141), made extra Final Four appearances (23) and been within the nationwide championship match (17) extra occasions than some other program within the nation. The Cardinal has certified for 43 of the 44 NCAA Tournaments all-time.

STATISTICAL RANKINGS: The Cardinal paces the convention in assists (13.30) and kills (14.11) per set, rating eighth and thirteenth within the NCAA, respectively. Stanford is third within the ACC with a .299 assault proportion, sixth in aces (1.65) and blocks (2.51), and seventh in digs (13.60).

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (ACC)
Hitting proportion: Lizzy Andrew – 2nd (.441); Erika Sayer – fifth (.394)
Assists per set: Logan Parks – third (9.85)
Service Aces per set: Elia Rubin – fifth (0.38)
Digs per set: Spencer Etzler – sixth (3.85)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Stanford has collected seven ACC participant of the week honors in 2025. Combining with its Pac-12 alternatives, the Cardinal now boasts 193 weekly awards all-time, together with 31 Offensive, 43 Defensive, 7 Setter and 39 Freshman.

2025 ACC WEEKLY SELECTIONS
Aug. 25: Spencer Etzler (Defensive & Freshman)
Sept. 15: Logan Parks (Co-Setter); Erika Sayer (Freshman)
Sept. 22: Erika Sayer (Freshman)
Sept. 29: Logan Parks (Freshman)
Oct. 13: Spencer Etzler (Defensive)

COACHING EXCELLENCE: Kevin Hambly turned the seventh head coach in Division I girls’s volleyball to guide a faculty to back-to-back NCAA titles. Hambly is now 222-45 (.828) in 9 seasons on The Farm, mentoring 14 AVCA All-Americans to 29 awards and 7 Academic All-Americans (9 awards).

THE HAMBLY FILE: Kevin Hambly coached 12 AVCA All-Americans to 19 honors throughout his time at Illinois and has now mentored 26 All-Americans to 48 awards.  He is the third head coach to guide Stanford to a nationwide championship. The two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year turned the primary Cardinal head coach (any sport) to win an NCAA title in one among his first two seasons on The Farm since 2005.