SEATTLE – The 19th-ranked Huskies put up a huge fight without some of its big guns today, but 8th-ranked Stanford (16-4, 11-1 Pac-12) rallied from down 2-1 to hold off the Huskies (16-6, 8-4 Pac-12) in front of a season-high 4,897 fans at Alaska Airlines Arena. Senior setter Ella May Powell broke the UW career service aces record during the fourth set with the 157th ace of her career.
The Cardinal came out swinging and took the first set, 25-18, but then the Huskies slowed down Stanford’s attack and easily won set two, 25-19, before pulling out a tight third set, 25-23, to go in front. But Stanford responded with another 25-18 set win to force a fifth. Washington never got its footing in the fifth, as Stanford won nine of the first ten points to run away with a 15-5 finale.
Stanford now has a two game lead in the conference with eight games to go, leading Oregon by two, and the Huskies, USC, and Washington State by three games. The Cardinal or the Huskies have won or shared the past ten Pac-12 titles.
Presenting the Husky with the most aces in Washington history, Ella May Powell ??
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Washington hit .250 overall for the match but Stanford finished at .333. In the three sets won by Stanford, the Cardinal hit over .400, while UW held them…
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