The Gophers played their best match of the young season as they took down No. 1 Stanford. Minnesota served tough without making a lot of errors and the Gopher block was relentless. Minnesota got the win 27-25, 27-25, 23-25, 25-20.
After finding themselves down 17-14, in set one, Minnesota turned it on. Eight Gopher kills and hitting error by Kathryn Plummer over 11 points put Minnesota in front 23-19. Three points later Minnesota got to set point, 24-21. Stanford scored three consecutive points to extend the set and later saved another set point at 25-24. The Gophers finally closed it out though with back-to-back kills from Stephanie Samedy and Regan Pittman.