Friday, October 21
Tempe, AZ
8:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Arizona State
Dawgs Make Desert Swing As Pac-12 Heats Up
October 19, 2016 | Volleyball
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
#7 Washington at Arizona State • 8 pm
Tempe, Ariz. • Wells Fargo Arena
Live on Pac-12 Networks (Washington & Arizona)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
#7 Washington at Arizona • 11 am
Tucson, Ariz. • McKale Center
Live on Pac-12 Networks (National)
SEATTLE - What is shaping up as one of the wildest Pac-12 races in years comes to the halfway point this weekend, with the Huskies starting a challenging road trip that will involve four matches over eight days with just one day at home to rest. Washington (16-2, 6-2 Pac-12) now has a one game lead in the Pac-12, but a full seven squads are tied for second-place just one game back. The seventh-ranked Huskies are desert bound this week, visiting Arizona State on Friday, Oct. 21, for an 8:00 p.m. match and then heading to Tucson to face Arizona on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m.
Both of the weekend's matches will be on the Pac-12 Networks, with Friday's match airing on Pac-12 Washington and Pac-12 Arizona, and Sunday's match scheduled for the national channel. The Huskies have won five straight matches after a pair of home sweeps last weekend over Utah and Colorado. UW is also 11-0 outside of Alaska Airlines Arena this year and 7-0 in true road matches, a streak that will be tested again this week and next. While the coaches poll ranking kept UW at No. 7 this week, the Huskies did move up from No. 11 to No. 7 in the latest RPI.
The Sun Devils are 8-12 overall and 1-7 in league play but did pick up their first Pac-12 win just last week in a 3-1 victory at California. Oluoma Okaro had 14 kills and hit .333 in that win, and she also hit .533 with nine kills in ASU's loss at Stanford in their last outing. Okaro averages 2.72 kills per set and is hitting .282 for the year. Cassidy Pickrell has 2.76 kills per set and Lexi MacLean adds 2.48. Okaro is also one of the toughest servers with 0.38 aces per set on the year, ranking second in the Pac-12. The Sun Devils rank 12th in the league with a .187 attack percentage and opponents are hitting .240 for the year against them. Arizona State has a new coaching staff with a distinctly purple and gold feel to it, as former Husky Stevie Mussie (2007 grad) is in her first year as Head Coach, and 2005 grad and 2016 Husky Hall of Fame inductee Sanja Tomasevic is an assistant coach, while 2009 grad, 2012 US Olympian and UW career digs leader Tamari Miyashiro is a volunteer assistant.
Arizona is one of the seven teams right on UW's heels at 5-3 in league play and 13-7 on the year overall. Arizona won both matches on its L.A. road trip for the first time in school history two weeks ago, and then beat Stanford for the first time since 2005, but was upset in five sets at Cal in its last match. But the Wildcats have rounded into form after getting healthy, as they have a trio of formidable hitters in Kendra Dahlke (4.09 kills/set), Kalei Mau (3.47 kills/set), and Katarina Pilepic (2.61 kills/set) and one of the most experienced setters in the league in senior Penina Snuka, third in the Pac-12 with 10.11 assists per set and fifth with 0.34 aces per set. Middle blocker McKenzie Jacobson is hitting .320 for the year but an even better .359 in Pac-12 play. Arizona also has a senior libero in Laura Larson who is eighth in the Pac-12 with 3.69 digs per set, and Snuka also digs 3.07 per set. The Wildcats have outhit opponents .240 to .182 on the year, and rank second to UW in aces per set with 1.41.
#7 Washington at Arizona State • 8 pm
Tempe, Ariz. • Wells Fargo Arena
Live on Pac-12 Networks (Washington & Arizona)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
#7 Washington at Arizona • 11 am
Tucson, Ariz. • McKale Center
Live on Pac-12 Networks (National)
SEATTLE - What is shaping up as one of the wildest Pac-12 races in years comes to the halfway point this weekend, with the Huskies starting a challenging road trip that will involve four matches over eight days with just one day at home to rest. Washington (16-2, 6-2 Pac-12) now has a one game lead in the Pac-12, but a full seven squads are tied for second-place just one game back. The seventh-ranked Huskies are desert bound this week, visiting Arizona State on Friday, Oct. 21, for an 8:00 p.m. match and then heading to Tucson to face Arizona on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m.
Both of the weekend's matches will be on the Pac-12 Networks, with Friday's match airing on Pac-12 Washington and Pac-12 Arizona, and Sunday's match scheduled for the national channel. The Huskies have won five straight matches after a pair of home sweeps last weekend over Utah and Colorado. UW is also 11-0 outside of Alaska Airlines Arena this year and 7-0 in true road matches, a streak that will be tested again this week and next. While the coaches poll ranking kept UW at No. 7 this week, the Huskies did move up from No. 11 to No. 7 in the latest RPI.
The Sun Devils are 8-12 overall and 1-7 in league play but did pick up their first Pac-12 win just last week in a 3-1 victory at California. Oluoma Okaro had 14 kills and hit .333 in that win, and she also hit .533 with nine kills in ASU's loss at Stanford in their last outing. Okaro averages 2.72 kills per set and is hitting .282 for the year. Cassidy Pickrell has 2.76 kills per set and Lexi MacLean adds 2.48. Okaro is also one of the toughest servers with 0.38 aces per set on the year, ranking second in the Pac-12. The Sun Devils rank 12th in the league with a .187 attack percentage and opponents are hitting .240 for the year against them. Arizona State has a new coaching staff with a distinctly purple and gold feel to it, as former Husky Stevie Mussie (2007 grad) is in her first year as Head Coach, and 2005 grad and 2016 Husky Hall of Fame inductee Sanja Tomasevic is an assistant coach, while 2009 grad, 2012 US Olympian and UW career digs leader Tamari Miyashiro is a volunteer assistant.
Arizona is one of the seven teams right on UW's heels at 5-3 in league play and 13-7 on the year overall. Arizona won both matches on its L.A. road trip for the first time in school history two weeks ago, and then beat Stanford for the first time since 2005, but was upset in five sets at Cal in its last match. But the Wildcats have rounded into form after getting healthy, as they have a trio of formidable hitters in Kendra Dahlke (4.09 kills/set), Kalei Mau (3.47 kills/set), and Katarina Pilepic (2.61 kills/set) and one of the most experienced setters in the league in senior Penina Snuka, third in the Pac-12 with 10.11 assists per set and fifth with 0.34 aces per set. Middle blocker McKenzie Jacobson is hitting .320 for the year but an even better .359 in Pac-12 play. Arizona also has a senior libero in Laura Larson who is eighth in the Pac-12 with 3.69 digs per set, and Snuka also digs 3.07 per set. The Wildcats have outhit opponents .240 to .182 on the year, and rank second to UW in aces per set with 1.41.
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