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Friday night Stanford defeated #15 ASU 15-9, 15-5, 15-11 in 1 hour 20 minutes.
The game was marred by a plethora of hitting errors on both sides and a
fair amount of service errors as well.  ASU just did not seem to put up
good blocks and, worse, they couldn't put a spike on the court.  ASU did
not hit positive until game 3.

Kristin Folkl struggled with her serves again, but she has also changed
technique.  She used to serve right at the court end line, but now serves
back about as far as Anne Wicks, all the way to outer edge of the basketball
court near the surrounding barricades.  She used this serving style for
both matches.

Stanford started out slow as well, with a lot of hitting errors by Kristin
Folkl, and hit a meager .056 in game 1 before getting rolling.

Anne Wicks had an excellent night in the middle, hitting .889 (8 kills, no
errors, on 9 swings) and picking up 3 block assists and an ace.

Game 1
  Stanford started out with a 1-0 lead but then side outs were traded back
until Stanford extended the lead 3-0.  ASU came back to make it 3-1 but
then Anne scored an ace for 4-1.  Marnie aced later to make it 5-1 and 
Stanford started to pull away.  Barbara Ifejika had a big stuff to make it
6-1 and at 7-1 ASU called time out and then sided out and scored once.
Stanford extended the lead to 8-2 but then ASU fought back, helped by
a hitting error by Kristin Folkl, and at 8-4 Stanford called time out
and then sided out and then rolled out to an 11-4 lead before Kristin had
another error to end the rally.  Christine Garner aced the Cardinal to
make it 11-5.  ASU scored again later on another error by Kristin (who
tallied 8 of them on the evening).  Stanford subbed in Denise Rotert
for Anne Wicks at 11-6 but ASU scored again, closing in to 11-7.  The
Card was not about to let ASU get closer and they rattled off a couple
of points to make it 13-8 and then ASU scored one back.  The Card made it
14-8 and ASU called time out and sided out.  Kristin picked up ANOTHER
error to make it 14-9 and then Anne Wicks returned to the game for game
point.  Kristin Folkl got some redemption with a big stuff to end game 1,
15-9.

Game 2
  ASU jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Terri Cox's service, which included one
ace, but then ended on a long serve.  Stanford fought back with Kristin
Folkl picking up two straight kills to make it 2-3 and the Cardinal 
continued to roll on to 6-3 and ASU called time out and then sided out.
Stanford widened the gap, picking up a point here and there between side
outs until they had a 9-3 lead on an ace by Barbara Ifejika.  ASU scored once
more but then the Card extended the lead to 12-4 and ASU called time out 
but could not stop the Card until 13-4.  ASU scored once again, but then
Marnie finished off ASU with a block at 14-5 and a kill for 15-5.

Game 3
  ASU finally came to life in game 3 after Stanford rolled out on them.
Kristin picked up a couple of kills for points early in the game and Stanford
was up 2-0 and then 3-0.  ASU picked up a point and then the teams traded
service errors and side outs.  Stanford scored again to make it 4-1 and
Paula McNamee entered the game for the Cardinal in place of Denise Rotert
who was in for Anne Wicks.  ASU rambled back to 4-3 but then Paula picked
up a kill for the side out.  On the next service by Stanford, ASU spiked a
ball off the top of Kristin's head and she spun to find the ball.  Well,
she got redemption and was set and got the kill for 5-3.  However, ASU
stormed back to tie it, 5-5, helped by another error by Kristin.  However,
ASU shot themselves in the foot again with service errors and the Card
opened it to 7-5 on a by a block by Paula and then a kill by Marnie.
ASU would not roll over and they tied it 7-7, helped by a shot by Marnie
that sailed way long.  Kristin picked up a back row kill to side out and the
Card started to roll back.  Stanford picked up points 9, 10, and 11 on aces
followed by side outs (Lisa, then Marnie and then Barbara).  The 13th
point came on a good rally where ASU dug a nice shot by Cary Wendell but
then had some miscommunication and the ball fell for a point.  Stanford 
was at 14-7, serving for the match when it looked like ASU had a lift, but
there was no call and they sided out.  Stanford sided out again but then
Kristin hit into the net to give ASU the serve.  Christine Garner took
advantage and aced the Card twice to make it 14-9.  Kristin Folkl continued
with her serving problems and served one way low.  ASU scored again to
make it 14-10 but Anne Wicks came up with a big swat for the side out.
ASU survived another match point and then scored again to make it 14-11.
This time it was Marnie with the big swat for the side out and then she
served a floater.  Barbara Ifejika came up with the kill and Stanford
finished off ASU 15-11.

Perry