Senior Tami Alade delivered a career defensive night when her team needed her most. Setting a Stanford women's volleyball modern day record for blocks in a match, she helped the second-ranked Cardinal fend out a late comeback bid to beat visiting Colorado, 25-19, 25-21, 27-29, 27-29, 15-9 Friday night at Maples Pavilion.

Playing in its second five-set match of the season, and the first since a loss at BYU on Aug. 31, Stanford (21-1, 13-0) matched its season-high with 21 blocks and Alade finished with a single-match record in the rally-scoring era (2001-present) with 15 blocks. The output also tied for the second-most in program history all-time.

The Cardinal improved its nation-best home winning streak to 28 and its overall winning streak to 19. Colorado dropped to 14-11 overall and 6-8 in the Pac-12.

Alade, who also contributed eight kills on a team season best .727 hitting, helped the Cardinal hit .385 in the fifth set and .280 for the match.

Junior setter Jenna Gray dished out a career-high 62 assists to go with season-bests in kills (5) and digs (8) and blocks (6). Libero Morgan Hentz finished with 16 digs and six assists. The junior has tallied double-digit digs in all 22 matches this season.