[johnbar]

I didn't see the sweep of the Huskies, but I did watch the Cardinal beat Cal.

In the first group of matches, the 4s dropped their first set, but then bounced back to win the second and third sets fairly easily.  Not sure what made the difference.  I was primarily watching the 2s.  Cal pushed Ekstrom & Kriz, but Stanford won 24-22 and 21-15.  So Stanford was up 2-0.  Then the 1s, 3s, and 5s were up.  Again in the first set, Cal hung close, but Hodel & Reilly prevailed.  They had an easier time in the second set.  On the other courts, things didn't go as well, and both the 3s and 5s lost in two sets. 

Both Kriz and Hodel are still wearing knee braces.  Not sure how much it effects them at this point; they both played well.

Tomorrow's dual with #7 GCU should be an interesting test.

[johnbar]

I didn't see the sweep of the Huskies, but I did watch the Cardinal beat Cal.

In the first group of matches, the 4s dropped their first set, but then bounced back to win the second and third sets fairly easily.  Not sure what made the difference.  I was primarily watching the 2s.  Cal pushed Ekstrom & Kriz, but Stanford won 24-22 and 21-15.  So Stanford was up 2-0.  Then the 1s, 3s, and 5s were up.  Again in the first set, Cal hung close, but Hodel & Reilly prevailed.  They had an easier time in the second set.  On the other courts, things didn't go as well, and both the 3s and 5s lost in two sets. 

Both Kriz and Hodel are still wearing knee braces.  Not sure how much it effects them at this point; they both played well.

Tomorrow's dual with #7 GCU should be an interesting test.