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Stanford women hold on to first place in Pac-12  

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Despite hitting a season-low, the No. 2 Stanford women's volleyball team claimed its second consecutive five-set win, topping No. 5 Washington, 10-25, 28-26, 10-25, 26-24, 15-7, Friday at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash.

The Cardinal won its 15th straight match and is 17-2 overall and 9-0 in the Pac-12. The Huskies, who lost their first match at home this season, fell to 16-2 and 7-2 in the conference.

Junior middle blocker Carly Wopat led Stanford with 15 kills and two blocks. Freshman middle blocker Inky Ajanaku added nine kills and four blocks, while rookies Jordan Burgess and Brittany Howard combined for 16 kills and 34 digs. Sophomore Morgan Boukather finished with seven kills.

Cardinal freshman setter Madi Bugg finished with 37 assists and six digs. The Cardinal hit a season-low .110 as a team, while the Huskies finished with a .194 attack percentage.

The Cardinal forced a fifth set by winning the fourth, 26-24. Stanford took command of the set 16-11, but a 5-0 run by UW tied it at 16. From there, it was back and forth on the scoreboard until the Cardinal finally came out on top. Stanford hit .231 in the set, which had 11 tie scores and four lead changes. Burgess, Howard and Wopat all registered four kills in the set for Stanford. Vansant led UW with nine kills and three digs.

Stanford sealed the win with a 15-7 victory in the fifth set. The Cardinal hit .400 and limited the Huskies to a .091 clip in the set. Stanford pulled out a 5-1 lead and never looked back. Ajanaku led the team with three kills, while Boukather pitched in with two. Vansant finished with 24 kills and 14 digs for Washington.

Stanford wraps-up the first half of conference play on Sunday at Washington State. The Cardinal and Cougars square off at 11 a.m. on the Pac-12 Networks in Pullman, Wash.

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