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No. 8 Huskies Dispatch Matadors Again In Three
September 11, 2015 | Volleyball
SEATTLE – Sophomore Courtney Schwan's 11 kills and another strong outing from the service line helped the Husky volleyball team to a repeat performance of Thursday night's win over Cal State Northridge this afternoon. The Huskies (7-0) handled the Matadors for a second time today at Alaska Airlines Arena, winning by a count of 25-14, 25-16, 25-13, serving up nine aces and hitting .364 for the match.
Washington will wrap up its week tonight with a match against the Gaels of St. Mary's with first serve at 7 p.m.
Schwan, the Bellarmine Prep grad and high school Gatorade State Player of the Year, gathered her 11 kills on just 14 swings with one error for a .714 attack percentage, her second time this season hitting over .700 with at least 10 kills. Senior Lianna Sybeldon had a second-straight stellar line, as she hit .636 with seven kills and added five blocks. Sophomore Crissy Jones had seven kills on a .294 percentage while senior Melanie Wade had four kills, an ace, and four blocks, hitting .444. Katy Beals and Bailey Tanner each had 16 assists, and Tanner showed some great defensive skills with eight digs.
The Huskies used all 13 players on their roster for the second straight match. Beals had a team-best three service aces, with Schwan and Tanner also getting two each, as UW had nine aces to none for the Matadors. The Huskies had 41 kills to 23 for Northridge and 9.0 blocks to 6.0 for CSUN.
Melanie Wade killed a Katy Beals set to open the first set as UW grabbed the first three points. A Schwan finish from Bailey Tanner pushed the lead to five points at 9-4, and then Tia Scambray and Crissy Jones finished back to back rallies to make it 11-5. Scambray and Wade teamed up for the first Husky rejection of the day to force a Northridge timeout at 13-6. But the Huskies were the ones that responded with a run, as Beals served an ace, and then Wade teamed with Destiny Julye for a block, and Julye added another kill as the Matadors needed their second timeout at 17-6. Wade and Julye collected another rejection and then Beals floated another ace to the floor before Northridge got a sideout to snap the 8-0 Husky run. Schwan notched three kills late in the set as the Dawgs got to set point at 24-11. The Matadors staved off three set point chances before Jones put one away with a tip on the right to end it, 25-14. The Dawgs hit .419 in the first set while Northridge was at .000 with as many errors as kills. Schwan went 4-for-4 in the set with Wade adding two kills and three blocks.
The Dawgs faced a small deficit early in set two, but took four of five points to tie it up at 5-5 on a Julye kill off the block. At 9-9, the Huskies took control of the set with a 6-0 run behind the serving of Tanner. Sybeldon had back-to-back kills, and Tanner fired a pair of aces during the burst. Another 3-0 Husky run made it 19-11 with Cassie Strickland spinning in an ace and bump setting a kill by Julye. Washington closed out set two with consecutive kills set by Beals to Schwan, and a dropping service ace by Wade ended it at 25-16. The Huskies hit .308 in the set compared to .214 for the Matadors and the Dawgs served up four aces in the frame. Sybeldon killed all three of her attempts in the set.
Consecutive kills from Schwan got the Dawgs going after the intermission, then UW put together another long run, reeling off seven straight points on Schwan's service, with Sybeldon earning three blocks during the run, two assisted by Scambray and one by Jones. A Sybeldon kill to make it 9-2 forced a Northridge timeout. Beals notched an ace and then Carly DeHoog followed with a finish for a 13-5 lead. Sophomore Jade Finau subbed in and set Sybeldon for a quick kill to make it 17-8 Dawgs. Sybeldon had two more blocks, one solo, to build the lead to 21-9, and the Huskies reached match point on kills from Scambray and Jones. A last block from Scambray and Wade finished up the set and match, 25-13. The Huskies hit .355 in the final set, with Schwan collecting five kills and Sybeldon totaling five blocks to limit the Matadors to a -.143 mark in the set.
