Sources: Jim McLaughlin Leaving Washington Volleyball for Notre Dame

[this story reported by Jack Hamann and Terry Wood]

01.10.15 | 11:40AM | CLARIFICATION added to end of report regarding Coach Debbie Brown's Notre Dame departure.

Jim McLaughlin, a coach who built the University of Washington volleyball program into a national power, has told his players he is leaving to become head coach at Notre Dame.

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Pac-12 | How dominant was the Pac-12 in nonconference play?

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by Leslie Hamann

Pac-12 teams go 30-1 in final nonconference week; overall record is best of any in nation

The Pac-12 was dominant.

During the past four weeks, its teams won 5 out of every 6 matches against opponents from other conferences … a .833 winning percentage (110-22). Three teams—USC, Washington and Oregon—went undefeated.

Big preseason wins included Oregon State over Penn State, UCLA and California each with wins over Hawai’i, Washington over Purdue, and Oregon over Ohio State.

The first week of the season, Pac-12 schools lost 7 matches; the second week it lost 9. But the third week brought just 5 losses (2 each by Utah and Arizona State), and in the incredible final week, the record was 30-1, with California’s 0-3 loss to San Francisco the only blemish.

Pac-12 2012 Nonconference Results
	8/20-8/26	8/27-9/02	9/03-9/09	9/10-9/16
USC	3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	12-0
Washington	3-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	9-0
Oregon	3-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	9-0
UCLA	1-1	2-0	3-0	2-0	8-1
Arizona St	3-0	3-0	1-2	4-0	11-2
Washington St	1-2	3-0	3-0	3-0	10-2
Oregon St	2-1	2-1	3-0	3-0	10-2
Stanford	2-1	1-1	3-0	2-0	8-2
Colorado	3-0	1-2	3-0	3-0	10-2
Arizona	2-1	1-1	2-1	3-0	8-3
Utah	4-0	1-2	1-2	2-0	9-4
California	1-1	1-2	3-0	2-1	6-4
	28-7	24-9	28-5	30-1	110-22
	.800	.727	.848	.968	.833