After last weekend’s scramble—in
both the Pac-12 and nationally—the Washington Huskies have a chance to
gain ground on the conference leaders.
UCLA and USC each have
two losses; Washington, Cal and Stanford each have four. If the Huskies
can manage a sweep, they’ll inch ever closer to the top of the nation’s
toughest conference.
All five schools are nationally
ranked in the top 10: #1 UCLA, #3 Stanford, #4 USC, #7 Cal & #10
Washington. Naturally, those schools also dominate the conference team and
individual stats.
Washington leads in three team
categories: Opponent Hitting Percentage, Blocks and Service Aces. USC is tops
in Hitting Percentage and Kills. Overall, the top four in every team category
includes the Huskies, Bruins and/or Trojans:
Nationally (318 Division 1 teams),
Washington is first in blocks/set and 17th in aces/set. USC is 5th
and UCLA 13th in assists/set. The Trojans are 4th and the
Bruins are 17th in kills/set. USC is 7th in hitting
percentage. For some reason, the NCAA doesn’t report opponent hitting
percentage, but Washington is undoubtedly in the top ten, if not the national
leader. It certainly leads all other ranked teams:
