Wednesday, November 23
Seattle, Wash.
7:00 PM
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Washington
25-4, 15-4Pac-12
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The Bruins scored the final nine points of the second set to even the match heading into intermission.
#8 Bruins Fall in Four at #7 Washington
November 23, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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SEATTLE, Wash. -ย Freshman Torrey Van Winden led the Bruins with 11 kills to go with eight digs, while junior Reily Buechler added 14 digs and eight kills, but #8 UCLA dropped a four-set decision to #7 Washington on Wednesday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Set scores were 11-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-25.
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Senior Claire Felix was error-free with seven kills in 15 attempts for a .467 hitting percentage, senior Jordan Anderson added nine kills and six digs, senior Taylor Formico recorded eight digs and senior Jennie Frager had five kills. The Bruins (23-6, 14-5 Pac-12) hit .125. Senior Ryann Chandler had 19 assists and seven digs, while freshman Kylie Miller posted 18 assists and five digs.
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The Bruins were routed in the opening set, dropping five of the first six points. UCLA was unable to score on its own serve, losing the opener 25-11. Buechler and Van Winden each had two kills, while Formico added three digs, as the Bruins were out-hit .600 to .000.
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Set two appeared like it was going to go Washington's way, but the Bruins staged a late comeback to even things heading into intermission. The Huskies (25-4, 15-4 Pac-12) raced out to an eight-point lead at 14-6 before the Bruins scored five straight and nine of 11 to cut their deficit to one. Buechler had two kills during the run, Anderson, Frager and sophomore Kyra Rogers posted one each and Washington committed four errors to make it 16-15. The Huskies came back with four straight and six of seven to extend their lead to six at 22-16, but the Bruins ended the set with nine in a row to steal the second 25-22. The first five points came on two kills each by Van Winden and Anderson and a UW attack error. A Felix/Van Winden block evened things at 22 and a Buechler kill gave the Bruins their first lead of the match at 23-22. Following a Husky attack error, an Anderson kill closed out the three-point win for the Bruins. Anderson paced the Bruins with five kills, Van Winden added four and Buechler recorded three kills and six digs, as UCLA out-hit Washington .200 to .132.
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In the third set, it was the Bruins who had an early lead, scoring eight of the first 11. After falling behind 3-1, UCLA scored seven straight on a Van Winden kill and ace, kills by Buechler and Anderson, combo blocks from Buechler and Frager and Anderson and Frager and a UW hitting error. Washington battled back to re-take the lead at 11-10, but the Bruins scored four of five on kills by Felix and Anderson, a Rogers/Felix block and a Buechler ace to go up 14-12. Washington re-gained the lead at 16-15, but another 4-2 Bruin run on kills by Van Winden and Rogers and two UW errors made it 19-18 UCLA. The Bruins led as late as 22-21, but the Huskies recorded the final four points to win the third 25-22. Van Winden led the Bruins with four kills, Felix had three, while Buechler added seven digs, as the Bruins were out-hit .191 to .064.
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UCLA's largest lead of set four was a pair, but Washington came on late to clinch a share of the Pac-12 title. Trailing 8-7, the Bruins scored five of seven to go ahead 12-10. Felix, Van Winden, Frager and Buechler each had kills, while UW committed an error. But it was all Washington after that, as the home squad scored 15 of the last 18 points to win the fourth 25-15. Frager had four kills, while Felix added three, as the Bruins were out-hit .469 to .200.
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The Bruins close out the regular season on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion when they host USC at 5 p.m. Prior to the match, UCLA will honor its senior class of six. The Bruins still have a chance to clinch a share of the Pac-12 title with a win over USC and a Washington loss on Saturday afternoon at Washington State.
Team Stats
UCLA
WASH
Kills
44
64
Errors
25
20
Attempts
152
142
Hitting %
.125
.310
Points
51.0
79.0
Assists
44
61
Aces
2
3
Blocks
5.0
12.0
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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