Cal Poly beach volleyball advances to the NCAA semi-finals for the second year in a row. Credit: Chloe Briote-Johnson / Mustang News

No. 6 Cal Poly Beach Volleyball advances to their second straight NCAA semifinal after defeating No. 3 Stanford 3-1.

The Mustangs will face off against No. 2 TCU at 11:30 p.m. in the semifinal match, premiering on ESPN2. 

Cal Poly has beaten every team left in the tournament during the season except for TCU. The Mustangs previously fell to the Horned Frogs 4-1 in the Center of Effort tournament.

Redshirt junior Ella Connor clinched the team victory on a block, taking the third point for the Mustangs in Gulf Shores.

No. 1 pair Piper Ferch and Erin Inskeep and No. 5 pair Abbey Reinard and Elise Lenahan took their matches in straight sets. 

The winner will face off tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. in the championship against No. 4 LMU, who took down the No. 1 seeded UCLA.

Ty Soria is a sports reporter for Mustang News and news reporter for KCPR. He edited sports for his high school paper and started reporting for Mustang News the summer prior to his freshman year. He joined...