Dawgs Open NCAA Championships Friday Vs. TCU

THIS WEEK IN HUSKY VOLLEYBALL

(8) Washington vs. TCU • 2:30 pm PT | ESPN+ Live Stream | Live Stats
(1) Wisconsin vs. Quinnipiac • 5 pm PT | ESPN+ Live Stream | Live Stats

SATURDAY, DEC. 3

Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2 • 4 pm PT

Live streamed on ESPN+

SEATTLE — The road back to the NCAA tournament was marked by challenges for the Husky volleyball team, but that just means the Dawgs are all the more prepared when the championships begin this Friday, Dec. 2, in Madison, Wisconsin. The Huskies must travel for as long as they can keep winning, with the first round test coming against TCU at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time live on ESPN+

Washington and TCU go at it inside Wisconsin’s UW Field House with the winner moving on to round two to face the winner of No. 1-seed Wisconsin against Quinnipiac on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. Pacific. Saturday’s winner will reach the Round of 16.

Under a new tournament seeding system, the Huskies were given one of four No. 8 seeds this year. Rather than seeding only the top-16 squads as in past years, this season 32 of the total 64 teams were seeded, with four No. 1-8 seeds, to attempt to create more fairness in early round match-ups. 

Washington’s 21-consecutive NCAA tournaments streak remains fifth nationally, behind Penn State, which has made all 42 championships, Nebraska, which has made all but the first for 41 in a row, then Florida with 32 in a row, and Hawaii with 29 straight, not counting the 2020 season in which UH did not participate. Texas (19) and Kentucky (18) follow behind. In all previous 20 tournaments in the current run, the Huskies have also won their first round match, and UW has reached the Round of 16 the past four seasons, and in nine of the past ten. Washington’s most recent Final Four appearance was the 2020-21 spring season, and the Dawgs went all the way and hoisted the trophy back in 2005.

The Dawgs went 20-10 during the regular season and 12-8 in Pac-12 play, finishing fifth in the league, as the conference qualified six teams to the tournament. Four Huskies earned All-Pac-12 honors this week, with seniors Ella May Powell,