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Eighth-ranked Stanford crushed No. 19 Washington in the fifth set of their match Sunday and in doing so all but wrapped up the Pac-12 championship.
Purdue broke its four-match skid, and conference leaders kept winning, including Pittsburgh, Florida, Houston Creighton, Liberty and Rice.
The recaps and top performances follow.
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PAC-12: After winning Sunday, Stanford (16-4, 11-1) not only holds a two-game lead in the standings, the Cardinal plays seven of its eight remaining matches against teams in the bottom two thirds of the field. No. 18 Oregon is alone in second at 15-5, 9-3, followed by Washington (16-6, 8-4), USC (16-7, 8-4) and Washington State (15-7, 8-4). Colorado is alone in sixth at 15-7, 7-5, followe by Utah (13-10, 6-6).
Stanford won at Washington 25-18, 19-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-5 and in the fifth set, the stats were staggering: The Cardinal had eight kills with one error in 15 attacks and two aces. Washington went 0 for 13 with four errors. For the match, Stanford hit .340. Elia Rubin led with 21 kills and had an ace, two blocks and eight digs. Kendall Kipp had four of her 20 kills in the fifth set and hit .349 to go with an assist, five digs and three blocks. Caitie Baird had 20 kills, hit .370, and had an assist, two aces, 12 digs and five blocks. Kami Miner had three kills in seven errorless tries, 47 assists, two aces, three blocks and 11 digs. Elena Oglivie had 20 digs, nine assists and an ace.
Claire Hoffman led Washington with 20 kills, two assists, an ace, three blocks and nine digs. Shannon Crenshaw added 12 kills, an assist and 13 digs …
Oregon swept at Arizona State as the Ducks hit .357. Brooke Nuneviller had 20 kills with one error in 37 attacks, three assists, an ace and nine digs. …
Washington State hit .388…
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