The Huskies are 12-0 at home this year and have won their last 39 regular-season matches at home, 45 of 47 overall including NCAA tournament matches.

The Cardinal only plays the Trojans once this year and USC won that encounter in five sets. A win in Seattle would do wonders for Stanford's RPI rating, especially if the Trojans win out. The Cardinal and UCLA also have one meeting this season.

Stanford (17-5 overall, 11-3 Pac-12) travels to Seattle to take on the Huskies this week in a match that may prove to be a battle for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. That's because the Cardinal already owns a win over No. 3 Washington and the Huskies handed first-place USC its lone loss of the year and have also beaten the Bruins.

Merete Lutz, Brittany Howard and Hayley Hodson each recorded 12 kills and the Cardinal topped the Beavers, 25-23, 25-21, 25-18, in a Pac-12 Conference match to keep pace with UCLA for third place in the conference standings, one game behind second-place Washington.

A swift dismantling of host Oregon State on Sunday allows the seventh-ranked Stanford women's volleyball to focus on what might be the defining match of the season on Thursday.

Jordan Burgess (23) goes over plans with Cardinal associate head coach Denise Corlett, also with coach John Dunning, Madi Bugg (22) and Courtney Bowen (25). Photo by Bob Drebin/stanfordphoto.com

Stanford, which leads the Pac-12 in conference only matches in attack percentage, hit .365 as a team while holding Oregon State to a .248 clip. The Cardinal also led in the digs column, 48 to 35.

It was deja vu in the first set for the Cardinal, which trailed the Beavers 17-11 before rallying to win, 25-23. Stanford also trailed Oregon 17-11 in the first set on Thursday and came back to win 25-23.

Senior outside hitter Jordan Burgess finished with five kills and tied freshman libero Halland McKenna with a match-high 11 digs. Redshirt sophomore Ivana Vanjak hit .444 with five kills and two blocks. Senior setter Madi Bugg had 39 assists and nine digs. Offensively, she was 5-0-6 for an .833 attack percentage.

Lutz produced a hitting percentage of .647 against Oregon State while Howard hit at a .400 clip. Hodson added 10 digs for her 10thy double-double. She also added three aces.

Stanford showed remarkable poise in rallying from a deficit to beat Washington at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal players will need that same grit and determination this week.

Redshirt sophomore heavyweight Nathan Butler also placed first to give the Cardinal two champions in the tournament.

True freshman Joey McKenna knocked-off returning All-American and top-ranked Evan Henderson of North Carolina to capture the 141-pound title, Sunday, at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Virgina.

In the Women's Singlehanded National Championship, Cardinal sophomore Haley Fox struggled early, but rallied with eight consecutive top eight finishes and placed ninth overall with 96 points. Georgetown's Haddon Hughes won with 30 points.

Muller recorded placed first, second, third and fourth among his 11 races en route to 66 points. Yale's Malcolm Lamphire won the event with 44 points.

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Stanford win sets up Pac-12 women's volleyball showdown