The No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team kept quite a few streaks going with last night’s sweep of Oregon State. The Cardinal has now won four straight Pac-10 matches, 15 consecutive matches overall in 2007 and 45 against the Beavers, who have never beaten Stanford.

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Sammy Abusrur

Freshman outside hitter Alix Klineman and the Cardinal continued their winning ways last night against Oregon State, beating the Beavers for the 45th consecutive time.

Behind the error-free hitting of junior Cynthia Barboza and solid blocking across the board, the Cardinal improved to 15-0, 4-0 Pac-10, with its 30-21, 30-20, 30-25 victory over the Beavers (8-9, 1-4).

Barboza had 17 kills on 35 swings to lead the Cardinal, while junior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo had 15 and hit over .500. Oregon State’s Rachel Rourke was the top hitter on the court, with 20 kills.

Stanford got out of the gates quickly, with a four-point run including a pair of kills by Akinradewo. The Beavers continued to fall farther behind and the Cardinal built a double-digit lead at 20-10. From there, the team’s traded runs until Akinradewo sealed the win with her third kill of the game and the 1,000th of her career.

It was Oregon State jumping out to the early lead in the second, but the Cardinal quickly closed the gap. After trading leads, Stanford went ahead for good at 8-7 on an ace by freshman libero Gabi Ailes. Oregon State pulled within one, but Stanford solidified its lead with another Ailes service run. Freshman outside hitter Alix Klineman and sophomore Janet Okogbaa ended the game with a block of a Rourke attack.

Stanford wasted no time pulling ahead in the third game, going up 6-2 on the strength of four Akinradewo kills. Oregon State played their best game of the match but could not come within three down the stretch. Akinradewo and junior right side Erin Waller ended the match with a block, the Cardinal’s 15th of the match.

The Cardinal tied the best blocking total of their season with 15 — the other match with as many was a four-gamer against BYU — and Akinradewo had a team-high seven. Ailes led the team with 14 digs and notched the team’s only service ace. Barboza was second with 13 digs.

Senior setter Bryn Kehoe tallied five digs, seven digs and 44 assists, bringing her even closer to the Stanford career record of 5,003 — she is now 117 away.

The Cardinal will be back on the court tonight, visiting No. 19 Oregon who lost in four games to No. 10 Cal last night.