Washington knocked off Stanford for the first big upset in Pac-10 conference play.

The Cardinal had a double-digit second half lead but by gave the ball away too much and allowed UW to fight back in. "I think this is the way it's going to be for us," coach Tara VanDerveer said. "We don't have a lot of room for error. We played poorly, and we were still in the game, we still had a chance to win. They out-worked us."

The home crowd was a big factor. "I mean my ears were ringing," Kayla Burt said. "I couldn't hear anything. It was such an unbelievable feeling. I think hats off to our fans. I have never been in a gym that loud in my entire career. It helped us so much."