#15 UCLA Snaps 7-Game Losing Streak to #14 Stanford

Match Stats

• #15 UCLA def. #14 UCLA 3-1 (17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22)
• UCLA moves to 15-4 (6-3 Pac-12); Stanford falls to 11-6 (5-4 Pac-12)
• Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (UCLA hosted)

The Stanford women are continuing to fall apart after 4th loss in their last 6 games when they lost to the #15 UCLA Bruins on the road on Friday evening. Stanford had defeated UCLA in the teams’ previous 7 matchups.

UCLA hit .260 on the match to Stanford’s .240, which is only the 4th time this season they’ve been outhit – a testament to their impressive defense than anything. The Cardinal are 0-4 in those matches.

Stanford still out-blocked the Bruins 11-3 but a combined 34 kills from the Bruins’ star outside hitters Jordan Anderson (15/306, .306) and Torrey van Winden (19/36, .417) revitalized the home team late in the game.

Van Winden’s kills by set:

• Set 1 – 3 kills
• Set 2 – 4 kills
• Set 3 – 5 kills
• Set 4 – 7 kills

UCLA never led in set 1, going down 8-2 early, but a 9-0 run in the middle of set 2 turned the tide and the Bruins would win the next 3 sets to take the victory.

The Bruins not move into a three-way tie for 3rd-place in the Pac-12, while Stanford falls into a three-way tie for 6th. Last year, the Pac-12 sent 7 teams to the NCAA tournament. That means that the Cardinal are suddenly on the qualifying bubble, though a tough out-of-conference schedule that included wins over top-25 teams Minnesota, Illinois, and Penn State.

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Courtesy UCLA Athletics:

LOS ANGELES – Freshman Torrey Van Winden tied a career high with 19 kills, adding a .417 hitting percentage and nine digs, as the 15th-ranked Bruins defeated #14 Stanford for the first time since 2011 to snap a seven-match losing streak to the Cardinal. Set scores were 17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22.

The Bruins (15-4, 6-3 Pac-12), behind the setting of junior Ryann Chandler (28 assists, five digs, three aces) and freshman Kylie Miller (19 assists, 11 digs), hit .260 for the match. In just three sets, senior Jordan Anderson posted 15 kills, while senior Jennie Frager added 11 with a .409 hitting percentage. Senior Taylor Formico notched 20 digs and seven assists, sophomore Zana Muno added 13 digs and junior Reily Buechler posted six kills.

UCLA never led in set one, dropping eight of the first 10 points of the match. The advantage for Stanford (11-6, 5-4 Pac-12) got as high as nine at 21-12, as the visitors took the opener 25-17. Frager and Van Winden both had three kills, while Formico added seven digs, as the Bruins were out-hit .289 to .167.

The Bruins scored the first two points of set two, dropped the next four and then netted nine in a row to go in front 11-4. Buechler had three kills during the 9-0 run, while Frager and Muno each had a kill and teamed up for a block. Stanford got as close as three at 13-10 and 14-11, but the Bruins began to pull away with a 7-1 run to go ahead by a set-best nine at 21-12. UCLA had three aces during the run, two from Chandler and one by Van Winden, who also chipped in with two kills. On UCLA’s first set point, an Anderson kill closed out a 25-17 victory. Van Winden had four kills, Anderson and Buechler each added three and Formico tallied five digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Cardinal .281 to .152.

Despite three ties, the Bruins never trailed in set three. UCLA raced out to a 9-3 lead on three Anderson kills, a Buechler kill and ace, kills by Felix and Van Winden and two Cardinal errors. Stanford came back to even things up at 12- and 13-all, but the Bruins scored four in a row on back-to-back Anderson kills and consecutive hitting errors for Stanford to go ahead 17-13. The Cardinal were unable to get back to even, closing to within one at 21-20. However, the Bruins got four of the last five of the third behind kills by Frager and Muno and back-to-back spikes from Anderson to wrap up a 25-21 win. Anderson had nine kills in an error-free 15 swings, while Van Winden posted five kills. Formico added six digs. The Bruins out-hit the Cardinal .293 to .243.

Set four featured 15 ties and three lead changes, with the biggest lead for each team being three. With the Cardinal ahead 17-16, three in a row for the Bruins on a kill by Frager, a solo block from Anderson and a Buechler ace gave the home team their first lead since 5-4. Despite two more ties at 19- and 20-all, the Cardinal could not grab the lead back. A kill by Anderson and back-to-back from Van Winden put the Bruins ahead 23-20. The teams sided out from there, as a Stanford attack error finished up a 25-22 win. Van Winden paced the Bruins with seven kills, Frager added four and Anderson posted three, as the Bruins out-hit the Cardinal .293 to .263.

The Bruins take their three-match winning streak to the John Wooden Center on Sunday when they host California at 12 p.m. Live audio and video will be available at UCLABruins.com.

Courtesy Stanford Athletics:

LOS ANGELES – In a battle of two 5-3 teams in the Pac-12, No. 15 UCLA came out on top of No. 14 Stanford, Friday, 17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22, at Pauley Pavilion.

The Bruins (15-4, 6-3 Pac-12) snapped a seven-match losing streak to the Cardinal (11-6, 5-4 Pac-12) dating back to 2011. UCLA out hit Stanford .260 to .240. The Cardinal is now 0-4 on the season when being out hit by its opponents.

Playing without its kills and blocks leader Inky Ajanaku, who sustained an injury during warmups, the Cardinal struggled to make up for those points after it won the opening set.

Freshman setter Jenna Gray controlled the offense with a career-high 41 assists. She also tallied career-bests four kills and two blocks. Freshman libero Morgan Hentz matched her career-best with a match-high 27 digs.

Freshman outside hitter Kathryn Plummer led the Cardinal with 16 kills, 11 digs and two aces for her team-best fourth double-double of the year. Freshman middle blocker Audriana Fitzmorris tallied 14 kills on .444 hitting and five blocks, while redshirt junior outside hitter Ivana Vanjak finished with nine kills and two blocks.

Redshirt junior opposite Merete Lutz added seven kills and three blocks for Stanford, while senior Kelsey Humphreys collected 10 digs, three assists and an ace. Starting in place of Ajanaku, sophomore Tami Alade had a match-high six blocks to go with three kills.

Torrey Van Winden had a match-best 19 kills on .417 hitting and nine digs for UCLA. Jordan Anderson, who sat out the first set, totaled 15 kills on .306 hitting, while Jennie Frager finished with 11 kills on a .409 attack percentage.

Up next, Stanford heads across town to take on No. 25 USC on Sunday, Oct. 23. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. on ESPNU.