Beavers Fall to No. 2 Stanford in Three

Friday, November 3

Stanford, Calif.

7:00 PM

Oregon State

16-9, 6-7Pac-12

Stanford

20-2, 13-0Pac-12

Oregon State

Stanford

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

November 03, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Athletic Communications

STANFORD, Calif. – Mary-Kate Marshall knocked down a match-high 12 kills, but it wasn't enough for Oregon State, as the Beavers fell to No. 2 Stanford in three sets.

The Beavers fell to 16-9 overall, and 6-7 in Pac-12 play, while the Cardinal raised their record to 20-2, 13-0. Set scores were 25-18, 25-14, and 25-16.

"We played well at the beginning of the first and third sets," head coach Mark Barnard said. "Stanford is big and they're good. They are the defending national champions and it showed tonight. Basically we played as well as they allowed us."

Despite trailing two sets to none at intermission, Oregon State continued to fight in the third keeping things close to the midway point. Back-to-back-to-back kills from Marshall, then Haylie Bennett and Marshall again tied the set at 13-13. But Stanford used a five point run to pull away from the Beavers and eventually take the match.

Bennett tallied nine kills without an error to help the offense and middle blocker Kory Cheshire was also errorless in the match producing four kills. Grace Massey led the Beavers with nine digs and Kayla Ellis added seven.

"Haylie Bennett and Kory (Cheshire) were our two standouts today. They both had stretches where they really helped us and we need those two playing well for us to be at our best."

Game Notes: Mary-Kate Marshall led the Beavers with a match-high 12 kills … it is the 23rd match out of 25 that Marshall has led the team in kills.

Next Up: The Beavers are back in action Sunday afternoon at California beginning at 1 p.m.

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