No. 9 Stanford women's volleyball opened the postseason with a convincing 25-12, 25-22, 25-20 victory over Denver in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night at Maples Pavilion.

Stanford (22-7) lived up to its billing as the tournament's No. 6 overall seed, winning for the 11th time in 12 games overall while improving to 12-4 in NCAA Tournament play over the last five seasons.

Boise State is next for the Cardinal, which has never lost a first-round match. They meet Saturday at 7 p.m.

The Cardinal hit .361 for the match but featured at least three players with double-digit kills for the first time since Nov. 12 against UCLA. Redshirt senior Inky Ajanaku totaled 12 kills on .526 hitting, while redshirt junior Ivana Vanjak and freshman Kathryn Plummer both added 11 kills. Plummer also accounted for three of Stanford's five service aces.

Ajanaku also added three of the Cardinal's 10 blocks while the trio of Plummer, freshman Jenna Gray and freshman Morgan Hentz contributed 11 digs apiece.