by LONG BEACH, Calif. – Madi Endsley and Emoni Bush had big nights on the attack, and Washington racked up a season-high 10 aces to rally past Long Beach State tonight in the Walter Pyramid. It was the fourth-straight four-set victory for the Dawgs, who reached 9-0 with one more non-conference match remaining on Friday against Pepperdine.
The Huskies dropped the opening set but dominated sets two and four, and grabbed a tight set three. Final scores were 21-25, 25-11, 25-23, 25-16 in front of 1,231 fans.
Washington hit .261 tonight and held the Beach to a .143 mark. It’s the eighth time in nine matches that the Dawgs have held their opponent under .200 attacking, and the sixth time they’ve held a team under .150.
While serving up a season-high 10 aces, UW also only surrendered one ace, a season-low. Audra Wilmes led the serving attack with four aces, and Julia Hunt also notched three aces.
Endsley and Bush both had double-digit kills while hitting over .400. Endsley finished with 13 kills on 23 swings and hit .435, while Bush had 12 kills on 25 swings and hit .400. Wilmes also added 10 kills on a .300 percentage and handled the most serves, 31, without an error.
