Despite losing to No. 6 Arizona State, senior Brittany Howard (above) had a strong performance with 8 kills and 7 digs. Howard registered her 1,000 career kill during the game and is 11 digs away from becoming only the 10th Stanford player to reach four digits in both kills and digs. (DON FERIA/ isiphotos.com)

What you missed in Stanford sports over the weekend

The Daily Sports Staff

By: The Daily Sports Staff

Several Stanford teams took the field, court and pool over the weekend to start or continue conference play. Here’s a summary of the weekend’s festivities brought to you by The Daily’s sportswriters. Click on each hyperlink to be directed to the recap of the game.

On Saturday No. 18 football crushed Arizona 55-17 in another impressive performance by the offense.
No. 3 men’s soccer took on rival Cal on Sunday, winning its first conference game and its eighth game in a row.
No. 5 women’s soccer earned two more wins against Pac-12 teams, one shutout victory against Arizona State and the other an overtime win against No. 17 Arizona
No. 8 women’s volleyball fell to Arizona State in four sets on Friday, its fourth loss of the season. Senior Brittany Howard did, however, record her 1,000 career kill in the match.
No. 10 field hockey notched its first win against an America East opponent at UC Davis on Friday.
After beating the Trojans earlier this season, No. 2 men’s water polo lost in overtime to USC on Saturday to start MPSF play.