LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. \u2013 No. 1 Stanford secured two top-10 victories Friday, besting No. 10 Long Beach State 4-1 and No. 2 UCLA 3-2 in its first day of action at the Best in the West tournament.<\/p>\n
Stanford (25-2) extended its winning streak to 13 with its victories over the Beach and Bruins.<\/p>\n
The Cardinal opened the tournament with a 4-1 victory over No. 10 Long Beach State. Long Beach State took the opening point with a 21-15, 21-18 win on court two, but the Cardinal quickly responded by winning courts one and four. Senior Kelly Belardi<\/a> and sophomore Avery Jackson<\/a> moved to 11-0 as a pair with a 23-21, 21-18 win over Gementera and Hagenah, while sophomore Indigo Clarke<\/a> and junior Clara Stowell<\/a> posted their 19th victory as a duo with a 21-16, 21-15 win on court four. Junior Chloe Hoffman<\/a> and redshirt freshman Elena Fisher<\/a> clinched the match with their 20th victory this season as a pair, defeating Gamberdella\/Lankton 21-16, 21-15. Charlotta Bell<\/a> and Logan Tusher<\/a> added Stanford\u2019s fourth point with their 20th win as a duo, defeating Standage and Edwards on court three, 21-13, 21-18.<\/p>\n Stanford next faced the Bruins for the third time this season, avenging its previous defeat on March 7 with a 3-2 victory. The Cardinal won the first two points in straight sets on courts two and five. Juniors Ruby Sorra<\/a> and Brooke Rockwell<\/a> scored the first point with a 21-18, 21-15 win over Alden\/Mathews on court two, followed by a 21-18, 22-20 victory on court five from Fisher and Hoffman. UCLA responded with two three-set wins on courts three and one to tie the contest, leaving the outcome to court four. After losing 21-17 in their first set, Clarke and Stowell stormed back with a 21-18 second-set win and took the third set decisively, 15-9.<\/p>\n The Cardinal will play two more matches Saturday at the Best in the West tournament. Stanford first faces No. 4 USC at 9:30 a.m. before concluding its Southern California road trip with a match against No. 6 Cal Poly at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n #1 Stanford 4, #10 Long Beach State 1 Order of finish: \u00a02, 4, 1, 5*, 3<\/p>\n #1 Stanford 3, #2 UCLA 2 Order of finish: 2, 5, 3, 1, 4*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. \u2013 No. 1 Stanford secured two top-10 victories Friday, besting No. 10 Long Beach State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-250958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1. Belardi\/Jackson (STAN) def. Gementera\/Hagenah (LBSU) 23-21, 21-18\u00a0
2. Hinton\/Wagdy (LBSU) def. Sorra\/Rockwell (STAN) 15-21, 18-21\u00a0
3. Bell\/Tusher (STAN) def. Standage\/Edwards (LBSU) 21-13, 21-18\u00a0
4. I. Clarke\/Stowell (STAN) def. Birch\/Phillipos (LBSU) 21-16, 21-15\u00a0
5. Hoffman\/Fisher (STAN) def. Gamberdella\/Lankton (LBSU) 21-16, 21-15\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Perez\/Boyd (UCLA) def. Belardi\/Jackson (STAN) 21-14, 19-21, 17-15\u00a0
2. Sorra\/Rockwell (STAN) def. Alden\/Mathews (UCLA) \u00a021-18, 21-15\u00a0
3. Cooper\/Fernandez (UCLA) def. Tusher\/Bell (STAN) 12-21, 21-10, 15-3
4 I. Clarke\/Stowell (STAN) def. Brower\/Williamson (UCLA) 17-21, 21-18, 15-9
5. Fisher\/Hoffman (STAN) def. \u00a0Dodd\/ Le Blanc (UCLA) 21-18, 22-20\u00a0<\/p>\n