Beavers Fall to No. 2 Stanford in Three

Friday, November 9

Stanford, CA

7:00 PM

Oregon State

11-17, 1-15Pac-12

Stanford

24-1, 16-0Pac-12

Oregon State

Stanford

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

November 09, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Athletic Communications

STANFORD, Calif. – Playing on back-to-back nights in the Bay Area, Oregon State fell to No. 2 Stanford at Maples Pavilion Friday evening.

The Beavers lost by scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-21 to fall to 11-17 overall and 1-15 in the Pac-12. The Cardinal improved to 24-1, 16-0.

In the first set, Oregon State swiftly fell behind 10-2 but used a flurry of kills from Amy Underdown Maddie Goings accompanied by a block by Maddy Gravley and Daniela Vargas to cut the score to 16-11. The Cardinal again pushed the lead out but several sideouts and a 4-0 run late in the set highlighted by back-to-back blocks by Gravley closed the gap again. Following a Stanford timeout and four straight set points, the Cardinal took the set 25-20.

Oregon State held serve early in the second stanza using aces by Grace Massey and Kayla Ellis and a kill by setter Maddie Sheehan to keep the game close at 6-6. Shortly after, the Cardinal went on a 6-0 run to open a lead at 15-8. The teams traded points to the 21-13 mark, when OSU again used a quick four-point run featuring an ace by Goings and a block by Underdown and Lindsey Schell to pull within four at 21-17. Stanford went on to score the final four points of the set to win it, 25-17, and take the two set lead at intermission.

The Beavers continued to fight in the Set 3 leading 5-3 as Goings recorded a pair of kills and Underdown added an ace. The teams traded sideouts with nine ties to the 13-13 point. The Beavers used back-to-back kills by Schell and Vargas to take the lead 15-13 at the media timeout. However, Stanford returned from the break with five straight points registering two blocks during the surge. Trailing 21-17, the Beavers rallied for three in a row to make it a one-point game at 21-20 forcing timeout by the Cardinal. Once again, Stanford came out of the timeout with a burst scoring four of the final five points to win the set, 25-21, and seal the match.

Game Notes: Amy Underdown led the Beavers with nine kills … Maddie Goings tallied a team-best 11 digs … Maddy Gravley registered a team-high five blocks while Daniela Vargas added three.

Next Up: Oregon State returns to Corvallis for three of its final four matches. Next week the Beavers host Utah on Friday at 7 p.m. on Pac-12 Network. OSU then has Colorado at Gill Coliseum on Sunday at 11 a.m.

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