Women’s volleyball primed for top-25 Pac-12 showdown

Nov. 5, 2014, 2:10 p.m.

Entering the final month of the regular season undefeated through 22 matches, the No. 1 Cardinal are off to their best start since winning 27 consecutive matches to begin their 1991 season. Last Sunday, the Card knocked off the No. 12 Oregon Ducks — the third highest ranked Pac-12 school in the AVCA Coaches’ Poll — in a clean 3 set sweep.

Madi Bugg (left) and Merete Lutz (right) currently lead the Pac-12 in two statistical categories. (KAREN AMBROSE HICKEY/stanfordphoto.com)
Madi Bugg (left) and Merete Lutz (right) currently lead the Pac-12 in two statistical categories. (KAREN AMBROSE HICKEY/stanfordphoto.com)

Stanford players currently lead the nation in two individual statistical categories to this point, with junior setter Madi Bugg averaging 12.07 assists per set and sophomore middle blocker Merete Lutz, who redshirted her freshman year, hitting .468 thus far.

Tonight, the No. 20 Sun Devils arrive at Maples for a rematch of the teams’ Oct. 12 match in Tempe, which Stanford won in four sets. Coming off of a five-set loss to Colorado on Sunday, ASU enters its road trip looking for its first win over the Cardinal since 2000 to avoid falling under .500 in conference play.

The Sun Devils are led by junior outside hitter Macey Gardner, who had a match-high 14 kills against the Cardinal earlier this season and ranks sixth in the Pac-12 with 4.13 kills per set.

First serve is set for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Maples Pavilion.

Contact Jordan Wallach at jwallach ‘at’ stanford.edu. 

 

Jordan Wallach is a Senior Staff Writer at The Stanford Daily. He was previously the Managing Editor of Sports, a sports desk editor for two volumes and he continues to work as a beat writer for Stanford's baseball, football and women's volleyball teams. Jordan is a junior from New York City majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science. To contact him, please send him an email at jwallach 'at' stanford.edu.

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