Tuesday, November 4, 1997
Bruins lose to Cardinal, but beat Cal
RECAP Stanford’s quick sweep almost as fast as UCLA’s win over
Bears
By Jennifer Kollenborn
Daily Bruin Staff
When the unranked UCLA women’s volleyball team traveled north
this past weekend, the green rolling hills of Palo Alto with the
Cardinal perched up on top pushed the Bruins home but not after
winning to the Golden Bears at UC Berkeley.
Last Friday, Oct. 31, No. 4 Stanford (12-0 in the Pac 10, 22-0
overall) swept UCLA (5-8, 10-10) in three games 15-10, 15-11,
15-10, in only one hour and fifty minutes in front of 2,419
spectators.
The Cardinal win extended its undefeated Pac-10 winning streak
to twelve games while extending UCLA’s losing streak to five.
Stanford outhit UCLA .314 to .147 and proceeded to outblock the
Bruins 12.5 to 5.
Leading the Cardinal was Kristin Folkl, who surpassed all
players drilling 22 kills at a .354 clip. Folkl also produced on
the defensive end, blocking UCLA’s Tanisha Larkin’s kill attempt to
give the Cardinal first game. On the night Folkl had two blocks and
seven digs.
The Cardinal took control of the final game taking an 11-4 lead
after a Folkl kill. The Bruins, however, would fight back to bring
the score to 13-10 in favor of Stanford. But the Cardinal would run
off the next two points after UCLA’s Celeste Peterson’s hit went
wide. Folkl delivered the final nail in the Bruin coffin with a tip
for a kill.
Folkl wasn’t the sole focal point for the Cardinal. Also
producing for Stanford was Paula McNamee with nine kills at an
outstanding .615 clip.
UCLA’s Tamika Johnson led the Bruins, notching 10 kills hitting
for an average of.292.
But the Bruins didn’t go into hibernation. UCLA jumped back into
contention with a win over Cal (7-15, 2-11) on Saturday 15-8, 15-8,
15-13 in one hour and thirty minutes in front of a crowd of 417 in
Berkeley’s RSF Fieldhouse.
UCLA outhit the Golden Bears .209 to .074 while only outblocking
the Bears 10 to nine. Larkin led the Bruins hitting .259 and in
digs with 11. Meanwhile the Bears were led by Kellie Alva who
notched a .286 clip.
JAMIE SCANLON-JACOBS/Daily Bruin
Tanisha Larkin spikes the ball in a game played earlier this
season.