by SEATTLE – Washington served up a sweep of Arizona on Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena, riding nine aces and outstanding work by its outside hitters to a 25-16, 25-22, 25-15 win. The Huskies (15-5, 7-3 Pac-12) hit .405 as a team to rebound from Friday’s tough five set setback against Arizona State.
The OH trio of Emoni Bush (Wei Wai Kum First Nation), Claire Hoffman, and Audra Wilmes was nearly faultless today. Bush had 15 kills and hit .462 while firing four aces. Hoffman had 12 kills on a .375 percentage with two aces. Wilmes had her best offensive match as the starting opposite, with eight kills and no errors on a .615 percentage.
Ella May Powell had 31 assists and moved into fifth in Pac-12 history in career assists with 5,785. Lauren Bays had eight digs to anchor the back row.
The Dawgs needed their hot hitting as Arizona also made few mistakes, hitting .321. But Arizona missed 12 serves while UW missed only six, and the Wildcats had two aces to the Huskies’ nine. Washington had one more block, 4.0 to 3.0, and Arizona held an edge in digs, 34 to 26.
