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- No. 10 Stanford wraps up its 2023 regular season dual-match slate with four home matches at Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium. The Cardinal welcomes No. 7 Grand Canyon and No. 9 California for two top-10 matchups Friday at 12 and 4 p.m., before hosting Santa Clara and Pacific on Saturday at 1 and 5 p.m. Stanford's senior class will be celebrated after its match with Pacific Saturday evening.
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- The Cardinal returns to action after its time in Baton Rouge, La. competing in the Battle on the Bayou. Stanford earned its first top-five victory of the season with a 3-2 win over No. 5 LSU, as well as a 4-1 win over University of North Florida. The trip was ended early Saturday after a loss to Houston Christian, canceling Stanford's scheduled matchup with Nicholls State due to inclement weather in the Baton Rouge area.
- Freshman pair Kelly Belardi and Ashley Vincent broke the program record for wins as a pair in a single season Saturday, April 8 with their come-from-behind victory over No. 9 California on court four. The freshman duo now owns 22 victories through just 27 collegiate matches played together. As a duo, they sit fourth on the career wins as a pair list (8 away from the top of the list).
- Freshman Ashley Vincent leads the team in victories, currently owning 26 victories in 31 matches played. The Atlanta, Ga. native set a new program record for wins in a single season in Louisiana when she topped both North Florida and LSU. She, partner Belardi, and senior Maddi Kriz are the only three Cardinal with 20-or-more individual wins so far this season.
- Stanford's 2023 squad has continued its success from the previous two seasons, breaking many of the program records set in '22. Below are two records, one recently broken that was set in 2022, and one that could fall before the end of the weekend.
- Ashley Vincent topped sophomore Kate Reilly's record set in 2022 (April 24, 2022) for individual wins in a season, topping North Florida for her 25th individual victory and LSU for her 26th.
- The Cardinal won 24 games in 2022, and are just three wins away from setting a new program record for wins in a season (currently sits at 22 victories).
- The Cardinal kicks off postseason action on its home courts Wednesday through Friday, April 26-28, hosting the 2023 Pac-12 Championships on The Farm at the Stanford Beach Volleyball Season. Stanford's seeding for the tournament is set to be released Sunday.