NCAA | Seattle sub-regional suggests greater NCAA respect for volleyball

Breaking with past practice, teams fly in from far away

• Michigan vs. LSU | December 6 | 5PM | Alaska Airlines Arena
• Alabama State @ #3 Washington | December 6 | 7PM

NCAA | Washington volleyball among elite in media poll

Huskies in top 3 of all national polls and RPI

• next: UCLA @ #3 Washington | November 13 | 6PM | Pac 12 Networks

NCAA | Washington volleyball still among elite of weekly RPI and polls

Huskies remain among top four in all rankings

Local athletes in NCAA D1 Tournament

Hundreds of Washington state high school girls go on to play volleyball at the next level ... well over a thousand colleges and universities compete in various divisions.

321 schools are members of the NCAA Division 1, and 64 qualified  for this season's D1 Tournament.

Here are the thirteen athletes we've identified who attended high school in Washington and are now members of tournament teams:

NAME	SCHOOL	HIGH SCHOOL	POS.	CLASS
Lauren Barfield	Washington	Newport	MB	SR
Gabby Bird-Vogel	Yale	Seattle Prep	OH	FR
Ashley Broadwell	Pepperdine	Archbishop Murphy	OH	RS SO
Anna Cesari	Washington	King’s	S	RS FR
Kelcey Dunaway	Washington	Bainbridge Island	MB	JR
Deedra Foss	Colorado State	Lakes	S	RS FR
Jane Han	San Diego	Auburn Riverside	L	RS FR
Kylin Muñoz	Washington	Monroe	OH	JR
Alexis Olgard	USC	Mead	MB	SO
Bianca Rowland	Washington	King’s	MB	SR
Stephanie Stoll	Tennessee	Issaquah	MB	RS FR
Tangerine Wiggs	Florida	Holy Names	OH	JR
Alyssa Wistrick	Middle Tenn. St.	R.A. Long	OH	SR

Kylin Munoz, Monroe HS (second from right) and Bianca Rowland, King's HS (right)
[Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann]

NCAA Round 1: Cal & Oregon both lose in 5

NCAA D1 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

First-Round Results

Thursday, December 1, 2011

[Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann]

The Cal Bears—last year’s National Runner-Up (to Penn State)—squandered a 2-1 lead and was knocked out in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament tonight by underdog North Carolina. The set scores in Malibu were 25-17, 16-25, 23-25, 25-17, 15-9.

Another Pac 12 team—Oregon—also lost in five, falling in Honolulu to Colorado State (24-26, 25-21, 25-21, 15-25, 15-10). Unofficially, Oregon’s Alaina Bergsma had 30 kills on 81 attempts (.210) in the loss. The Rams’ setter is Deedra Foss, who attended Lakes High School in Lakewood, WA. She had 49 assists, 9 digs, 8 blocks and one ace. Foss took over setting duties when Evan Sanders transferred this season to Washington.

In 2009, Colorado State upset the Washington Huskies a second round match on the Rams’ home court. In 2010, California beat Washington in Seattle in the Elite Eight.

NOTE: The NCAA has advertised that all tournament matches are being streamed free, but Hawai’i has imposed a fee to watch the matches played in Honolulu tonight.  We’ll await an explanation from the NCAA Friday.

Knoxville, TN	L	Middle Tennessee (21-12)	Sun Belt	23	27	21	18
	W	Ohio State (20-14)	Big Ten	25	25	25	25
	L	Duke (21-9)	ACC	15	25	19	16
	W	#14 Tennessee (28-3)	SEC	25	23	25	25
Lincoln, NE	L	Wichita St (20-11)	MVC	18	22	17
	W	Kansas St (21-10)	Big 12	25	25	25
	L	Jackson St (26-9)	SWAC	10	16	13
	W	#2 Nebraska (25-4)	Big Ten	25	25	25
College Station, TX	L	Dayton (25-7)	Atlantic 10	20	25	25	15	14
	W	Kentucky (27-5)	SEC	25	16	22	25	16
	L	Lipscomb (20-11)	Atlantic Sun	16	16	25	22
	W	#16 Texas A&M (23-7)	Big 12	25	25	12	25
Malibu, CA	W	North Carolina (24-8)	ACC	25	16	23	25	15
	L	California (26-7)	Pac-12	17	25	25	17	9
	L	Missouri St (22-9)	MVC	22	21	16
	W	#15 Pepperdine (23-6)	WCC	25	25	25
Honolulu, HI	W	Colorado St (23-5)	Mtn West	24	25	25	15	15
	L	Oregon (21-9)	Pac-12	26	21	21	25	10
	L	Northern Colorado (22-9)	Big Sky	21	15	15
	W	#10 Hawai’i (30-1)	WAC	25	25	25

Friday, December 2, 2011

Knoxville, TN		Ohio State (20-14)	Big Ten
round 2		#14 Tennessee (28-3)	SEC
Lincoln, NE		Kansas St (20-10)	Big 12
round 2		#2 Nebraska (25-4)	Big Ten
College Station, TX		Kentucky (27-5)	SEC
round 2		#16 Texas A&M (23-7)	Big 12
Malibu, CA		North Carolina (24-8)	ACC
round 2		#15 Pepperdine (23-6)	WCC
Honolulu, HI		Colorado St (23-5)	Mtn. West
round 2		#10 Hawai’i (30-1)	WAC
University Park, PA		Delaware (20-12)	Colonial AA
		American (23-10)	Patriot
		Liberty (20-12)	Big South
		#8 Penn St (23-7)	Big Ten
Tallahassee, FL		Cincinnati (26-9)	Big East
		Samford (24-9)	Southern
		Albany NY (21-8)	America East
		#12 Florida St (24-7)	ACC
Austin, TX		Michigan St (21-11)	Big Ten
		Arizona (19-12)	Pac-12
		Texas St (27-7)	Southland
		#1 Texas (22-4)	Big-12
Minneapolis, MN		Western Michigan (24-8)	MAC
		Washington (23-7)	Pac-12
		North Dakota St (25-8)	Summit
		Minnesota (18-11)	Big Ten
Ames, IA		Northern Illinois (28-6)	MAC
		Miami FL (25-4)	ACC
		UW-Milwaukee (25-4)	Horizon
		#4 Iowa St (22-5)	Big 12
Champaign, IL		Marquette (23-10)	Big East
		Western Kentucky (31-3)	Sun Belt
		Central Michigan (19-13)	MAC
		#3 Illinois (27-4)	Big Ten
West Lafayette, IN		Morehead St (26-7)	Ohio Valley
		#5 Purdue (27-4)	Big Ten
		Ball St (25-7)	MAC
		Louisville (23-8)	Big East
Cedar Falls, IA		Florida (24-5)	SEC
		Missouri (21-12)	Big 12
		Niagara (25-8)	MAAC
		#6 Northern Iowa (32-1)	MVC
Westwood, CA		Long Beach St (23-6)	Big West
		San Diego (27-4)	WCC
		Maryland E. Shore (24-6)	MEAC
		#9 UCLA (24-6)	Pac 12
Los Angeles, CA		Tulsa (27-6)	Conf. USA
		Oklahoma (21-11)	Big 12
		Yale (18-6)	Ivy
		#7 USC (25-4)	Pac 12
Stanford, CA		Baylor (18-14)	Big 12
		Michigan (20-12)	Big Ten
		Sacred Heart (27-7)	Northeast
		#11 Stanford (21-7)	Pac 12