PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Notre Dame volleyball team battled hard in the first two sets at fourth-ranked Stanford, but ultimately fell Friday night, 22-25, 24-26, 14-25. The Irish are now 4-7 overall and 1-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Morgan Gaerte continued her excellent play this season, recording 13 kills on a .344 hitting percentage. She had seven of those kills in the second set alone. The sophomore has had double-digit kills in every game this season.
Grace Langer had eight blocks and five kills on the night, while Sydney Helmers and Anna Bjork both had five blocks. Notre Dame had 13.0 total blocks on the evening.
The Irish will look to bounce back Sunday at California at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.