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From Bay Area Volleyblog reader W.E.:

We went to the 1-2 game in Berzerkeley last night. Good stuff, electric atmosphere even though the intros with the lights out and swooping spotlight was a little much.

Stanford couldn't take Cal's consistent pressure. Cal’s hitters [Tarah Murrey,Shannon Hawari & Adrienne Gehan] recovered from early timing issues with new setter Elly Barrett, and kept the fires lit outside. Cal’s slide worked well until about halfway through the fourth set. Barrett had a lot of success with setter dumps [4 kills on 4 attempts.]

Cal also seemed to have the better libero [Robin Rostratter, 29 digs]. Overall, Stanford lacked punch. Cal’s experience showed.

Cal setter Elly Barrett dumps against Stanford's Jessica Walker
(goldenbearsports.com)

The Haas Pavilion paid attendance was 3,854.