Huskies On Short End Of Another Five Setter

Friday, October 13

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 PM

University of Washington

15-4, 5-3Pac-12

Oregon State

12-7, 2-5Pac-12

Oregon State

Washington

October 13, 2017 | Volleyball

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By: UW Athletic Communications

SEATTLE – Two nights removed from a dramatic fifth set win, the Huskies found themselves on the wrong side of another five setter that came down to the final points, getting upset by Oregon State, 25-19, 21-25, 25-15, 14-25, 13-15 in front of 2,250 fans at Alaska Airlines Arena. The loss snapped a 27-match win streak for UW over Oregon State, the last loss coming in 2001.

This was the fourth match in an eight day span and the third five setter in that span for the Huskies (15-4, 5-3 Pac-12) and they ran out of gas after taking a 2-1 set lead. Oregon State (12-7, 2-5 Pac-12) had the edge in overall kills, 64-55, and had a big seven aces compared to just four for the Huskies, and OSU had eight blocks over the final two sets compared to just one for UW, although the Huskies finished with 12.0 total blocks, one more than the Beavers. OSU also had 88 digs to 73 for the Dawgs.

"I'm hoping that the people that we are after a 15-13 win and a 13-15 loss don't look too different," said Head Coach Keegan Cook. "The margins are really thin, and so I just talked about how would we behave tomorrow? How hard will we practice when you lose 13-15 versus when you win, 15-13. It's really all about plays, we need to make more plays and need to have a burning passion to learn how to make one or two more plays. This group has played a lot of volleyball and I hope that they still have a passion to learn and make one or two more plays, because in these close games that's what it takes."

Tia Scambray and Carly DeHoog each had 13 kills to lead UW, but hit just .133 and .l32, respectively. Oregon State's senior Mary-Kate Marshall had 25 kills and Maddie Goings added 19. Courtney Schwan had eight kills and hit .250 and had a career-high 21 digs, and Shayne McPherson also notched a career-best in digs with 25. Freshman Lauren Sanders had eight kills hitting .316 plus seven block assists.

Crissy Jones put away the first rally of the night for a Dawgs point. Robinson handled a tight set and DeHoog tooled the block for a 5-3 edge. The Dawgs gave up a four-point OSU run that included a pair of aces to go down one, but DeHoog tied it at 7-7 with a right side kill. A long rally was ended with a block from Jones and Sanders to make it 10-8 and then Schwan hammered crosscourt in transition and OSU swung long to make it a 4-0 run and the Beavers took time as the Dawgs led 12-8. OSU broke the run but missed its next serve and then Schwan aced the Beavers for 14-9. Hazelwood spun her first kill to the back line, and then a Schwan dig led to a Scambray kill for 17-11 Dawgs. DeHoog polished off a key rally with a slam off the block for 20-15 and OSU used its final timeout. The Beavers came out of the break with a 3-0 run to creep within two, but then hit long and the Huskies added another on a Sanders transition kill for 22-18. Hazelwood and Jones teamed for a roof to get UW to set point, and a miss wide by the Beavers ended it, 25-19. Washington hit a strong .345 in the first while OSU was held to .105 despite serving four aces in the frame. DeHoog led the Dawgs with four kills on six swings.

Kills from DeHoog and Sanders got UW started in the second set, and Sanders tied it up at 4-4 with a block of an OSU pipe attempt. Scambray took two swings and finished the second from Finau for a 7-6 lead. The lead changed hands a couple times, with DeHoog and Schwan putting two kills together and then Schwan won a joust at the net to make it 11-9 Huskies. Hazelwood had a solo block to break an 11-11 tie. Schwan painted the back line off a Finau set for 15-13. A right side finish from Jones pushed it to 16-13 and forced Oregon State into a timeout. Scambray ripped down a high set from Finau out of the break to add one more before OSU ended the run. The Beavers added two more to close within a point, but Jones hit off the block and down on the right for 18-16. Hazelwood hit an overpass despite being well off the net for 19-17, but Oregon State then scored the next three in a row to go on top, 19-20, to force a Husky timeout. DeHoog had a savvy swing from the left on a long set, taking something off and dropping it down for 20-20. The Beavers though had another 3-0 run for 20-23 before missing serve. But the Beavers dropped a tip down and then aced UW on its first set point to end it, 21-25. The Beavers were hot in the second, hitting .333, while UW hit .243.

A kill from Jones and a block from Sanders got the crowd back into it in the third as the Huskies took a 3-2 lead. A perfect running bump set from Robinson was put away by Scambray off the block for a 6-3 advantage. DeHoog and Hazelwood stuffed a Beaver swing straight down for 8-4 Dawgs. Schwan tooled the block in transition for another point to make it 10-5 Huskies and OSU took time. The Beavers got two out of the timeout but Robinson set quick to Sanders who finished for 11-7. The Beavers had a great kick save to extend a rally but Sanders and Jones still ended it for the Dawgs with a stuff for 13-8. A quick strike from Hazelwood kept the lead at five. McPherson got some help from the net for a service ace to make it 18-12 Dawgs, then Sanders and Schwan capped a big rally with a rejection for 19-12 and the Beavers called time. Oregon State got a kill in serve-receive but UW answered with a quick from Sanders for point 20. Sanders served up the first ace of her career to get the Huskies to set point, and then Scambray tipped over and down for a kill to end it, 25-15. The Dawgs hit a solid .282 in the set and held Oregon State down to just .047 and this time it was the Huskies with a couple aces and the Beavers held without.

The fourth set opened at 3-3 through the first six points, but the Huskies made consecutive errors to go down 3-6 and had to take an early timeout. UW gave up two more points before Jones got a kill to end it and make it 4-8. Washington was unable to clean things up much in the middle part of the set and two more errors made it 9-16 Beavers and the Huskies used their final timeout. Washington never made a run to close the gap, and lost the fourth set, 14-25, hitting more errors (11) than kills (9) in the set.

Oregon State carried its momentum over to the first three points of the fifth set and the Huskies took a quick timeout. OSU had another swing out of the break but Scambray had a big solo block to get UW on the board. Jones then had a crosscourt kill from the right and Scambray wiped off the block to get UW even at 3-3. Two straight kills by DeHoog on the right put the Huskies ahead for the first time at 6-5, but OSU responded with three blocks in a row and took a 6-8 lead as the teams switched sides. UW gave up a fourth point before OSU served long for 7-9. Sanders put a quick slam through the block for 9-11. Schwan had a kill and then dropped a serve short for an ace to pull UW within one at 11-12 and the Beavers took time. The Beavers won a wild rally out of the break that UW challenged saying the ball was down but to no avail, but Jones came back with a right side kill and then OSU hit wide and it was tied at 13-13, prompting OSU's finale timeout. The Beavers got a kill on their first swing from the left pin out of the timeout to set up match point. Jones had a good attempt on UW's side on the next rally, but it was dug, and eventually put down by Oregon State to finish the set and the upset, 13-15. The Huskies hit just .172 in the fifth set and OSU hit .357 with eight kills from Mary-Kate Marshall in the fifth set alone.

Washington will have no better opportunity to bounce right back than facing No. 2 Stanford in Palo Alto next Thursday in a match shown live on ESPNU.