Stanford grad student-athlete Madeleine Gates recorded a season-high nine blocks, including two solo, in helping the fifth-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team beat visiting Oregon, 25-18, 25-12, 28-26 in a Pac-12 Conference match Sunday.
Audriana Fitzmorris had 10 kills to lead the Cardinal (16-4, 10-2), which travels to Arizona State for a conference match Thursday.
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Stanford, which has a 15-match winning streak over the Ducks, owns a two-game lead over the quintet residing in second: Cal, Washington, Washington State, Utah and UCLA. USC is a game behind.
The Cardinal hit .293 as a team and posted 13 blocks in three sets. Oregon was held to .102 hitting, tied for the third-lowest by a Stanford opponent this season. The Ducks committed 24 hitting errors, including 12 in the second set.
Gates also finished with seven kills on .353 hitting. Fitzmorris also had three blocks, while freshman Natalie Berty added seven kills and two blocks in her second career match.
Senior setter Jenna Gray tallied 28 assists, five kills on .714 hitting, four digs and two blocks. Senior libero Morgan Hentz totaled 10 digs and five assists, while defensive specialists Caitlin Keefe and Kate Formico had eight digs apiece. Keefe had a career-high two assists and put down her first ace of the year, while Formico also had an ace.
Sophomore Holly Campbell hit .600 (6-0-10) and recorded four blocks, while junior Meghan McClure turned in five kills, six digs, three blocks and three aces.
