DeHoog On Target As Huskies Sweep No. 13 UCLA

Sunday, October 29

Seattle, Wash.

11:00 AM

University of Washington

18-5, 8-4Pac-12

UCLA

13-8, 6-6Pac-12

UCLA

Washington

October 29, 2017 | Volleyball

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By: UW Athletic Communications

SEATTLE – After going the distance in their past three home matches and five of their past seven overall, the Huskies were more than pleased to stop playing after three sets Sunday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena. 14th-ranked Washington completed the season sweep of No. 13 UCLA with a three-set sweep, 25-21, 25-15, 25-23, in front of a season-high 3,297 fans.

Washington (18-5, 8-4 Pac-12) moved into a tie for second-place in the league standings with Utah with the win, and the Huskies turned away the Bruins (13-8, 6-6 Pac-12) for the 15th-straight time in Seattle. The Huskies also won for the ninth-straight time overall in the series, and with UW's 3-2 win over No. 19 USC on Friday, the Dawgs completed their first 2-0 Pac-12 weekend since the first week of conference play.

Senior Carly DeHoog, coming off a career-high 19 kills on Friday, was on the money again today, as she led the way with 10 kills without an error on 19 swings for a .526 attack percentage. For the week, DeHoog averaged 3.62 kills per set and hit .519.

Senior Courtney Schwan had nine kills and nine digs and senior Tia Scambray had seven kills and a team-high 13 digs. The Huskies used 10 blocks to limit UCLA to a .121 attack percentage, with middle blockers Lauren Sanders posting six blocks along with six kills, and Marion Hazelwood rejecting four plus seven kills.

"It was a goal after the first two sets, we said it would say a lot about us, to play three good sets in a row," said Head Coach Keegan Cook. "To sweep a Pac-12 opponent is not easy to do, and we haven't had the chance to do it that many times, so I was glad that we went out and proved that we could do it."

Sophomore libero Shayne McPherson had 10 digs but also made a big impact with her serve, as she was at the line for a 9-0 run in set two, and she also had consecutive aces in the third set.

"That's a big deal for Shayne," said Cook. "That's a kid we challenge this week to serve a little tougher, and I thought on the weekend she answered the call and put some great pressure on both teams this weekend. That's what it's all about, when they make one more play or do something they couldn't do before, those are the most exciting things to be a part of."

Schwan had UW's first kill of the match on the fourth point to make it 3-1 Dawgs in the first set. Scambray laced an ace and then Schwan put one away crosscourt in transition. Sanders got a kill off a UCLA overpass for 7-1 and the Bruins had to take the early timeout. Out of the break, Scambray capped the 7-0 run with her second ace before the Bruins got a kill to end it and make it 8-2. UCLA got two more before the Huskies posted their first block of the match, from Sanders and Jones for 9-4. Marion Hazelwood hit down an overpass off a Destiny Julye serve for 10-4. DeHoog checked in with her first kill off a Finau backset for 13-8. But the Bruins then scored three straight, two off Husky errors, as the lead shrank to 13-11 and UW called timeout. UCLA got within one, but then DeHoog had the streak-breaking kill and UW followed that three more points with a block from Scambray-Sanders, a kill by Scambray off a UCLA overpass, and then a solo block by Sanders who dunked down a Bruin tip for 17-12. Jones stuffed down a Bruin blast and then Schwan covered a bruin tip and Tanner set Scambray on the pipe and she hammered it for 19-13 Dawgs. Jones ripped down a right side set to the floor for 21-15. An epic rally with a diving dig from Schwan along the way was finally put down by DeHoog and Hazelwood with an emphatic roof. The same pair ended the next rally with a second rejection to get the Dawgs to set point at 24-17. UCLA saved three in a row and that forced a timeout from the Dawgs at 24-20. UCLA got one more off the lead but DeHoog ended it on the next point to finish things, 25-21. The Huskies had a huge seven blocks in the set to hold the Bruins to just .024 on offense, four blocks by Sanders, while UW hit .154, with three kills each from DeHoog and Sanders.

The teams went back and forth with 3-0 runs early in the second set. Julye had an ace and Hazelwood bump set Schwan for a transition kill for a 4-3 lead, but the Bruins came back with three straight to make it 4-6. Then it was three back for the Dawgs with a Hazelwood kill, and a transition blast from DeHoog bumped by Scambray. Schwan finished up the right sideline and then Scambray and Hazelwood got on a Bruins slide for a stuff for 9-7 Dawgs. Hazelwood had a couple kills and a Bruin error had it at 12-9. A couple unforced UCLA errors made it 15-9 Dawgs at the media timeout, and out of that break, DeHoog had a dig and Scambray bounced a Finau set off the floor for 16-9. UCLA then set too tight and DeHoog pushed it down to keep the streak going on McPherson's serve. A DeHoog transition kill was the ninth-straight point for the Dawgs before McPherson finally served long to end it at 19-10. But the Dawgs didn't let up, as Sanders had a quick kill from Finau, and Scambray and Schwan put down two straight to double-up the Bruins at 22-11 and force their last timeout. Hazelwood blistered one up the middle to bring the Dawgs to set point at 24-14. UCLA saved a couple but then pushed a free ball attempt long to cap it, 25-16, as Washington hit an excellent .412 in the set with 16 kills and just two errors and held UCLA to .121. DeHoog killed four of her five swings in the set.

The teams split the first four points of the third set. Hazelwood had a nice turn on a Tanner set in transition for her seventh kill to tie things at 4-4. McPherson, who did big damage in set two on her serve, got two straight aces to put UW in front at 8-6. DeHoog found open court from the right side and Sanders and Jones combined for a stuff for 11-8. But UW gave two points away on errors and that sparked a 5-0 UCLA run that forced the Huskies into a timeout down 11-13. The run hit seven points before Schwan got one off the block and out for 12-15 Bruins. Jones aced the Bruins to get one back for 14-16, but UCLA answered with a pair for 14-18 until DeHoog got the sideout from the left. Washington pulled back even with a 5-1 run helped by a handful of Bruin miscues to tie it at 19-19. The Bruins regained the lead with a kill but Scambray answered. The teams traded sideouts for four more points, with Scambray drawing a gasp from the crowd with a huge bomb for 20-all. The Dawgs inched back in front for the first time at 23-22 after a Schwan bang off the block, and UCLA called timeout. At 23-all, Scambray laid out to punch up a dig and Schwan knocked it back in play, and after an exchange above the net, Tanner set Schwan who rolled one down to reach match point at 24-23. Jones served it up and UW got an overpass that Schwan couldn't quite finish, but another Schwan swing earned a free ball for the Dawgs and McPherson bumped it to DeHoog on the right and she went up the line off the defender and out to end it, 25-23. The Huskies were actually outhit in the third set, .200 for UCLA to .157, but three aces helped make up the difference, with Scambray and DeHoog each killing three without an error in the set.

The Huskies now take one of the toughest road trips of the season, playing back-to-back days in two different states next week. First UW plays at Colorado on Friday, Nov. 3, and then turns around to play Saturday in Salt Lake City against the 12th-ranked Utah Utes.