SEATTLE – Revenge was best served in five sets tonight, as Washington Volleyball got its first top-10 win since the 2021 spring season and flipped the script against the 10th-ranekd Ducks. Just seventeen days ago, Oregon had rallied back to stun the Huskies in five sets in Eugene but tonight at Alaska Airlines Arena the Dawgs earned a second chance, and this time delivered the knockout blow. The final tally was 25-21, 24-26, 20-25, 25-16, 15-10.
Oregon (16-4, 8-3 Big Ten) took a two set to one lead but the Huskies (17-4, 7-4 Big Ten) dominated set four, then built at 10-5 lead in the fifth. That was the identical lead the Huskies had back in Eugene before the Ducks scored 10 of the last 12, and the final six in a row to avoid the upset.
And if that was not enough drama, the electricity in the building immediately turned to fear when UW’s leading scorer, sophomore Kierstyn Barton, went down with an injury with the Huskies leading set five at 11-7 and had to be helped off the court. Oregon would then get within two at 11-9 before a crucial service error got UW some space. On match point, Molly Wilson went to Madi Endsley and the senior banged one down through the Ducks block to end it.
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