University of Washington
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Cal Stops Husky Volleyballers
September 17, 1999 | Volleyball
Sept. 17, 1999
SEATTLE - The Washington volleyball team, which had won seven in a row over California, lost 3-1 to the Golden Bears Friday night at the Pavilion Addition, losing leads in all three games that it lost. Game scores were 17-15, 15-9, 13-15, 15-10.
The Huskies fell to 4-6 overall and 0-2 in the Pac-10 while California improved to 4-2 and 1-0.
Washington held significant leads in all four games. In the first, the Huskies served for the game at 14-8, but Cal scored seven unanswered points to eventually take a lead before winning the game.
The Huskies were led 20 kills from sophomore Lisa Underhill, a career high for her. Allison Richardson contributed 16 kills and Kristina Laffling had 13.
California was led by 20 kills, 17 digs and four service aces from Brook Coulter, who led the Pac-10 in aces last year. Both Leah Young and Laurel Kokaska had 12 kills.
The Huskies' next action is Friday, Sept. 24 at Oregon followed by a Saturday match at Oregon State.
Pac-10 Volleyball
at Pavilion Addition
California def. Washington, 17-15, 15-9, 13-15, 15-10
Kills: Cal 69 (Brook Coulter 20), UW 67 (Lisa Underhill 20), Hitting: Cal .271, UW .231, Assists: Cal 61 (Candace McNamee 52), UW 60 (Gretchen Maurer 29), Aces: Cal 10 (Coulter 4), UW 6, Digs: Cal 65 (Coulter 17), UW 61 (Kristina Laffling 12), Blocks: Cal 9 (Courtney Guerra 5), UW 9 (Paige Benjamin 6).
