MINNEAPOLIS — When Stanford volleyball players said they had been waiting a year for the NCAA volleyball semifinal match, they didn’t mean a full season, even though their opponent Thursday night was the only team to beat them in 2018.
Redemption for a five-set loss at BYU in August wasn’t on their minds. What motivated the Cardinal was last year’s semifinal loss to Florida, when Stanford was the defending champion.
“This was more about a redemption match than us finding ourselves, because we felt like we just didn’t show up the first two sets last time against Florida,” Stanford coach Kevin Hambly said.