Card Beats Bruins – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – Led by Erika Sayer and Jordyn Harvey, No. 4 Stanford defeated UCLA, 25-18, 21-25, 25-8, 25-16, Sunday, in Maples Pavilion.

Stanford (9-2) hit .310 as a staff, totaling 53 kills, 9 aces, 46 digs and 9.0 blocks. UCLA (6-4) was held to .113 hitting, its second-lowest output of the season.

Sayer registered a match-high 13 kills on .611 hitting and a team-best 5 blocks. Harvey notched her third double-double of the 12 months with 10 kills and 10 digs. The junior hit .429, tallied three blocks and put down a season-high 4 aces.

After dropping the second set, Stanford stormed again within the third, holding the Bruins to simply eight factors – the bottom by a Cardinal opponent this season. Stanford recorded 14 kills on 22 swings with only one error to hit .591 within the body.

Setter Logan Parks managed the offense with 38 assists and had three kills, six digs and two blocks. Libero Spencer Etzler racked up a match-high 11 digs to go along with 4 assists and two aces.

Outside hitter Elia Rubin completed with 9 kills, six digs, three blocks, three assists and two aces, whereas Julia Blyashov chipped in with eight kills. Middle blocker Lizzy Andrew totaled eight kills and 4 blocks.

Senior defensive specialist Anna Pringle tied her career-high with eight digs and tallied an ace and two assists. Koko Kirsch added two digs and an help, whereas Ipar Kurt had two kills and a digs coming off the bench within the third.

UCLA was led by exterior hitter Cheridyn Leverette who tallied 10 kills and 4 digs. Eliana Urzua and PK Kong every had 9 kills for the Bruins. Stanford has received 5 straight over the Bruins, eading the all-time collection 58-39.

Up subsequent, Stanford begins ACC play on the highway at Virginia on Saturday and Virginia Tech on Sunday.