For the second time in a week, the No. 15@@http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca_coaches@@ Oregon volleyball team beat a top-five opponent. After stunning then-No. 1 UCLA@@see previous@@ in five sets last weekend, the Ducks shocked No. 5 Stanford@@see ncaa link above@@ 23-25, 25-20, 25-14, 22-25, 15-9 at Maples Pavillion@@http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-maples.html@@ in Palo Alto on Friday night.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
It was Oregon’s (19-8, 12-7 Pac-12)@@http://www.pac-12.org/SPORTS/Volleyball/Standings.aspx@@ first road win over Stanford (20-6, 14-6 Pac-12)@@http://www.pac-12.org/SPORTS/Volleyball/Standings.aspx@@ in program history.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
The upset victory served as a coming out party for Duck freshman Liz Brenner,@@roster@@ who shattered her previous career high by posting 31 kills and hitting .651.@@see previous@@ Brenner’s showing will go down as one of the better single-game performances in recent Oregon volleyball history.
Brenner did have help. Alaina Bergsma@@roster@@ and Ariana Williams@@roster@@ tallied 14 kills apiece,@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@ and setter Lauren Plum@@roster@@ had 60 assists for the Ducks.@@see previous@@ Middle blocker Carly Wopat@@box score roster@@ led Stanford by hitting .692 and notching 18 kills,@@changed from 19: http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@ while outside hitter Rachel Williams@@box score roster@@ had 21 kills and hit .308.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Oregon outhit the Cardinal .292-.234, and outblocked Stanford 11.0-10.0.@@changed from 20.0, double check: http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4287&SPID=234&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205335697&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
The Ducks will return to action at 7 p.m. tomorrow night when they visit No. 3 Cal.@@old news@@