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Stanford Defeats Santa Barbara

By MIKE HISERMAN
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Stanford earned a shot at defending national champion UCLA by defeating UC Santa Barbara, 15-13, 8-15, 15-5, 15-4, in a first-round match of the Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Assn. tournament at Cal State Northridge.

UCLA (22-4) had a first-round bye Wednesday and will play Stanford (14-6) today at 5:30 p.m. in the semifinals. It will be a rematch of last season’s title match.

Top-ranked Cal State Long Beach (25-6), champion of the WIVA’s Wilson Division, will meet USC in the other semifinal at 7:30.

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The second-ranked Trojans (23-4) defeated Cal State Northridge, 12-15, 16-17, 15-8, 15-10, 17-16.

The winner of the tournament earns a bid to the Final Four.

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Mike Hiserman

Mike Hiserman is former Sports editor of the Los Angeles Times. He wrote for the Long Beach Press Telegram and Orange County Register before joining The Times in 1982 and won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting on betting scams. Hiserman has been Sports editor of The Times’ San Fernando Valley and Orange County editions. He retired in November 2020.

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