Tuesday, September 13, 2011

#1 Cal tops #2 Stanford; Utah wins

The Cal Bears, playing at home, won the final three sets to defeat Stanford 3-1. Cal's big hitter, Tarah Murrey, had 18 kills but hit just .157; the Bears hit just .264 for the match.

Stanford committed an astonishing 31 hitting errors to hit just .103 over four sets; Rachel Williams had 12 of those errors to go with her team-leading 15 kills. Undefeated Cal has now won 5 of its previous 7 matches against Stanford. It was Stanford's first loss of the season.

In Boulder, Utah swept Colorado in three sets. The Utes hit .275 to the Buffs' .161.

And in Eugene, the Ducks beat Cal Poly 3-0, in the league's final nonconference match of the preseason. The Pac-12 went 80-20 against nonleague competition.

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