12-16-2024, 12:31 PM
The team played with enthusiasm and smiles all season. They were fun to watch.
It was wonderful seeing Sami Francis finally playing healthy. She had a big year.
The team improved noticeably over the course of the season. Serve receive and blocking definitely better at the end of the season than the beginning.
Did any starters miss a match due to injury? Amazing in a sport with so much stress on joints and fingers that no one really got knocked out for an extended time.
Disappointing to lose in the regional final for the 3rd straight year. But not that surprising. Stanford was 0-4 vs. the Final Four teams except for the home win vs. Louisville (definitely the season highlight) and was 1-12 in sets in those 4 matches. Coach Hambly and the returning players should know the level of play Stanford will need to be competitive with the best in the country and reach Final Four level.
It was wonderful seeing Sami Francis finally playing healthy. She had a big year.
The team improved noticeably over the course of the season. Serve receive and blocking definitely better at the end of the season than the beginning.
Did any starters miss a match due to injury? Amazing in a sport with so much stress on joints and fingers that no one really got knocked out for an extended time.
Disappointing to lose in the regional final for the 3rd straight year. But not that surprising. Stanford was 0-4 vs. the Final Four teams except for the home win vs. Louisville (definitely the season highlight) and was 1-12 in sets in those 4 matches. Coach Hambly and the returning players should know the level of play Stanford will need to be competitive with the best in the country and reach Final Four level.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000