STANFORD, Calif. – In a complete team effort, No. 5 Stanford swept Wake Forest, 26-16, 26-17, 25-12, Sunday, at Maples Pavilion.
Stanford (11-2, 3-1 ACC) hit a season-best .468 as a team, while holding Wake Forest (10-5, 2-2 ACC) to a .104 clip. The Cardinal limited itself to just two hitting errors for the entire match.
Setter Kami Miner evenly distributed the Cardinal offense as four players had seven or more kills. The senior finished with 25 assists, five digs, two blocks, a kill and a season-best four aces.
Defensive specialist Anna Pringle registered a match-high seven digs. Libero Elena Oglivie and defensive specialist Maylssa Cawa chipped in with six digs apiece.
Freshman Taylor Yu had three assists and four digs in two sets played. Graduate student Charity McDowell made her Maples debut, notching two kills in the third set.
Wake Forest was led by outside hitter Sahara Maruska’s nine kills and three digs. Sunday was the first meeting between the Cardinal and Demon Deacons.
Stanford remains on The Farm next week, playing host to Syracuse on Friday at 7 p.m. and Boston College for its Pink Match on Saturday at 7 p.m.
