The UCLA women’s volleyball team found themselves on both ends of back-to-back sweeps this weekend.
After defeating Washington State 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 Friday, No. 12 UCLA (11-3, 1-2 Pac-10) lost to Washington 25-20, 26-24, 25-17 Saturday.
No. 10 Washington (14-1, 3-1) hit their way to a 25-20 first-set victory in the second game of UCLA’s road trip. Washington senior outside hitters Kindra Carlson and Becky Perry led the Huskies with six and four kills respectively in the opening set. After trailing 2-1, Washington took the lead and held on to it for the rest of the set. The Huskies took their biggest lead of the set at 24-19, and a Perry kill gave Washington the set-winning point.
The Huskies took the second set despite letting the Bruins get one point away from tying the match. With the set tied at 23, UCLA sophomore outside hitter Bojana Todorovic hit a kill to give the Bruins a set point, but back-to-back attack errors by junior setter Lauren Van Orden put the Huskies up 25-24. A block by Perry and junior middle blocker Lauren Barfield won the set for Washington.
Washington was comfortably ahead for the second half of the third set, and went up by eight at 21-13. A kill by sophomore outside hitter Kylin Munoz was the match-winning point. Carlson and Perry led Washington with 13 and 11 kills respectively, and the Huskies hit .331 for the match while the Bruins hit .115. Senior outside hitter Dicey McGraw led UCLA with 12 kills and Todorovic was second with nine.
UCLA pulled away late in the first set Friday after Washington State (6-7, 0-3) stayed close behind early. With the set tied at 13, UCLA went on a 5-0 run and took an eight-point lead after a block by Todorovic and freshman middle blocker Mariana Aquino. A kill from sophomore outside hitter Mari Hole finished the set.
In the second set, the Bruins went up double digits at 19-8, and their lead never dipped below seven for the rest of the set. UCLA began increasing its third-set lead when it took a 13-8 lead from a Todorovic kill, and a kill by Van Orden sealed the match. McGraw led the Bruins with 13 kills while Todorovic recorded her highest kill total of the season with 11 and also set a career-high with a .529 hitting clip.