CORVALLIS, Ore. – At the end of three-straight weeks on the road, the Husky volleyball team had plenty of grit left to grind out a four-set victory over Oregon State today at Gill Coliseum. Washington had a season-high 14 blocks and got a career-high 24 digs from junior libero Lauren Bays in a tense 20-25, 25-10, 26-24, 26-24 win.
Washington (10-5, 1-3 Pac-12) outhit the Beavers (5-9, 0-4 Pac-12) by a comfortable margin, .293 to .200, but a lot of that difference came in a dominant set two win. The Huskies had to come up clutch late in sets three and four to seal the victory. The teams finished with 58 kills apiece.
Madi Endsley, Kierstyn Barton, and May Pertofsky did nearly all the offensive damage for the Dawgs. Endsley came off the bench to lead the way with 18 kills, hitting .350. Barton had 17 kills including two key kills at the end of the fourth set to give UW match point with each one. Pertofsky didn’t make one error while posting 16 kills, hitting .444.
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Bays surpassed her digs career-high by one today, adding six assists and two aces. Molly Wilson dished out 45 assists with 10 digs and a career-high four blocks. Elise Hani had six blocks and Katy Wessels had five, as UW had a 14.0 to 5.0 advantage at the net.
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