SEATTLE – Cheridyn Leverette paced the UCLA women’s volleyball team with 16 kills at a .355 hitting percentage in a 3-1 victory over Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena Sunday afternoon.
Set scores were 25-23, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-20.
With the win, the Bruins (16-10, 8-8) reach a .500 winning percentage in Pac-12 Conference play and have now won five of their last six matches.
Middle blocker Anna Dodson matched Leverette with 18.0 points deriving from 13 kills with just one error for a .545 clip, six blocks and two service aces. Pak, who had a double-double at Washington State on Friday, put up 46 assists, four blocks and six digs in against the Huskies (14-13, 5-11).
UCLA totaled 52 kills for a .254 hitting percentage while limiting Washington to 49 at .148. The Bruins’ two-highest service ace totals of the season have now come in back-to-back matches with 11 today and 13 at Washington State. Sophomore Mokihana Tufono led the team with four aces while Dodson and Iman Ndiaye each recorded two.
The Bruins trailed 22-20 in set one when UCLA head coach Alfee Reft called a timeout. A Huskies attacking error and service error helped trim the deficit to one point, 23-22. Leverette and Desire Becker teamed up for a block that bounced past the 10-foot line and into the backrow to even the set, 23-23. Tufono’s first service ace of the match put UCLA’s first set point at the line. On the next play, Tufono prevented the Washington…
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