| LINESCORE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F | |
| No. 11 Stanford (3-1, 1-1 MPSF) | 25 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 |
| No. 1 BYU (3-1, 1-1 MPSF) | 16 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
| STAT COMPARISON | ||
|---|---|---|
| STAN | BYU | |
| Kills | 56 | 56 |
| Attack pct. | .295 | .289 |
| Assists | 54 | 55 |
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Digs | 39 | 34 |
| Blocks | 12.0 | 14.0 |
Box Score
PROVO, Utah – For the second straight night, the No. 11 Stanford men’s volleyball team went the distance with top-ranked BYU. However, it was the Cougars prevailing Saturday with a 16-25, 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 15-10 win in front of more than 4,800 fans at Smith Fieldhouse.
Stanford, which lost for the first time in 2016, hit .295 for the match, and recorded 12.0 blocks and seven aces. The Cardinal is now 3-1 on the year and 1-1 in the MPSF. BYU, which hit .289, moves to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in league play.
Just like Friday, the Cardinal came out on fire and won the opening set, hitting .478 and registering an 88 sideout percentage. It was déjà vu for both teams as the Cougars won the next two before a back-and-forth fourth set went to Stanford.
Tied 9-9 in the fifth, which had seven tie scores and three lead changes, attack errors by seniors Madison Hayden and James Shaw gave the Cougars the lead for good. The Cardinal hit .000 (6-6-20) in the final frame.
Shaw controlled the offense all night for the Cardinal, posting a double-double with 46 assists and a career-high 16 digs. He also tallied six blocks, five kills and two aces. Hayden finished with a team-high 13 kills and seven digs.
Conrad Kaminski and Kevin Rakestraw were solid all night in the middle for Stanford as neither committed a hitting error. Kaminski finished 11-0-14 to hit .786, while Rakestraw went 11-0-16 for a .688 clip. Kaminski also notched a match-high nine blocks, while Rakestraw’s 11 kills were a career-high.
Redshirt junior Gabriel Vega also finished with 11 kills for the Cardinal, while freshman Jordan Ewert totaled five kills, four digs and two aces. Sophomore libero Evan Enriques had nine digs and two assists.
BYU’s Ben Patch led all players with 25 kills on a .409 attack percentage. Brenden Sander added 14 kills and four blocks. No other Cougar player had more than five kills.
Up next, the Cardinal returns to The Farm for its home openers against UC San Diego on Friday, Jan. 22 and No. 4 UC Irvine on Saturday, Jan. 23. Both matches will start at 7 p.m. PT in Burnham Pavilion.
