Final Four! USD volleyball team beats Stanford to move on to NCAA semifinals

On Thursday, the match was all tied at nine. The Toreros sent the partisan fans home unhappy, taking the final six points. Setter Alex Hoglund served the final five points.

“Alex came back there with ice in his veins and hit the serves,” said Petrie.

As they have been doing all season, the Toreros were evenly matched. While Lukes had 20 kills, Grace Frohling and Breana Edwards each had 18 and Blackwell 14. Blossom had 64 assists.

It was only USD’s fifth five-set match. The Toreros are now 5-0 in five setters.

“The fifth set is what you live for,” said Blossom. “I’m still trying to come down from above, still trying to find the words.”

Said Frohling: “I think the whole time we had this look in our eyes. We love five sets, we love pushing people.