Slideshow Merete Lutz (right) had 10 blocks and 12 kills in Stanford's four-set victory over visiting UCLA on Friday night. Morgan Boukather (3) is the other blocker. Photo by Hector Garcia Molina/stanfordphoto.com Previous Next

The top-ranked Stanford women's volleyball team threw a block party at visiting UCLA on Friday night, which proved to be successful, if not somewhat stressful.

Redshirt freshman Merete Lutz was the life of the party, recording 10 blocks to go with 12 kills as the Cardinal maintained its spotless start to the season with a 25-20, 30-28, 20-25, 27-25 victory over the Bruins in Pac-12 action.

Lutz, who also had a game-high .611 hitting percentage and leads the nation in that category, recorded half of Stanford's season-high 20 blocks in front of more than 3,000 fans at Maples Pavilion.

Stanford (9-0 Pac-12, 19-0 overall) hosts USC on Sunday at 5 p.m. The match will be carried live on the Pac-12 Networks.

"Merete's blocking has improved," Stanford junior Jordan Burgess said. "She hits some crazy angles and she's hitting deeper. She can change it up and she hits over blocks."