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Card falls to LBSU, but not without a fight
The sixth-ranked Stanford men’s volleyball team saw its season come to a close in a three-set defeat to No. 2 Long Beach State (23-7, 18-6… Continue Reading »
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Card tops Cal Baptist, but can’t keep up with BYU on Senior Night
No. 8 Stanford men’s volleyball wrapped up its home slate for the season, concluding the regular season with a weekend split in a victory over… Continue Reading »
M. Volleyball: Card comes up short in five-set MPSF final, loses shot at NCAA tournament berth
The Stanford men’s volleyball team’s bid for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) tournament championship came up just short on Saturday night, as the Cardinal fell to fourth-seeded UC-Irvine in five tight sets, 20-25, 25-27, 25-21, 25-21, 15-12 in the championship match.
M. Volleyball: MPSF semi against BYU crucial for NCAA hopes
The second-seeded Stanford men’s volleyball team is in Los Angeles tonight for the semifinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) tournament, needing two more wins to garner an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament
M. Volleyball: Card clinches No. 2 seed in MPSF tournament
The No. 5 Stanford men’s volleyball team (20-6, 17-5 MPSF) dominated the third-ranked UCLA Bruins (22-7, 16-6) in straight sets, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18, to lay claim to the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament and, in the process, complete the team’s best conference record since the national championship season of 1997.
M. Volleyball: No. 5 Cardinal hosts UCSB and UCLA on senior night
The emotions promise to run high in Maples Pavilion this weekend, as the seniors on the Stanford men’s volleyball team will play their final two matches at home and have a chance to end their storied careers in style. The fifth-ranked Cardinal (18-6, 15-5 MPSF) will take on the UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos (7-17, 5-15) on Friday night before squaring off against No. 3 UCLA (21-6, 15-5) on Saturday in a match that has major conference tournament seeding ramifications.
M. Volleyball: Card staves off Northridge comeback
Much to the relief of the raucous home crowd, the No. 5 Cardinal (18-6, 15-5 MPSF) prevailed against the ever-resilient No. 12 Cal State-Northridge Matadors (11-16, 7-13) in five epic sets, 25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 19-17.
M. Volleyball: Men’s team hopes to move up in conference standings
Despite a 9-2 conference road record that includes wins over No. 4 BYU and No. 2 UC-Irvine, the Cardinal (16-6, 13-5) finds itself in fifth place in the conference standings as a result of its home struggles. The team is just 4-3 at home in league play. To complete the task at hand, the team will have to defeat the Long Beach State 49ers, a team Stanford has struggled with in recent memory. Despite outlasting the 49ers in five sets the last time these two squads met, Stanford had lost the previous three meetings with LBSU.