College | It was an ugly volleyball match, but Washington will take it

Huskies find a way to win; DeHoog surgery ends her season

• #2 Washington def. Oregon 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 29-27, 25-21)

College | Pac-12 volleyball pushed out of prime-time Friday TV spots this week

Matches moved to Thursday … and here’s why

• #2 Washington @ #22 Colorado | Thu, Nov 13 | 5PM
• #2 Washington @ Utah | Sat, Nov 15 | 6PM

College | Top 5 reasons to see Oregon @ Washington volleyball in person this Friday

Ducks visit Seattle for first time in two years; have done damage in the past

• #11 Oregon at #2 Washington | Fri, Nov 7 | 7:30PM
• Oregon State at #2 Washington | Sun, Nov 9 | 5PM

College | Washington volleyball on record run, will fans respond?

Huskies lead Pac-12 in attendance, but next five home matches are key

• #11 Oregon at #2 Washington | Fri, Nov 7 | 7:30PM
• Oregon State at #2 Washington | Sun, Nov 9 | 5PM

College | Washington volleyball enters Bruins’ den facing history

Undefeated Huskies on same campus where longest streak ended

• #2 Washington @ #16 UCLA | Fri, Oct 31 | 6:00PM | live Internet stream

College | Washington vs. USC was a volleyball mismatch

Trojans aren’t yet able to piece together their puzzle

#4 Washington def. #19 Southern Cal 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-19)

• Texas-Pan Am @ Seattle U | Thu, Oct 2 | 6PM
• #20 UCLA @ #4 Washington | Fri, Oct 3 | 7:00PM | [no TV]
• New Mexico St @ Seattle U | Sat, Oct 4 | 1PM

Pac-12 | Two good reasons to see Washington volleyball in person this weekend

Making history and getting out of the house

• next: Utah @ #3 Washington | November 1 | 7PM | no TV
• Colorado @ #3 Washington | November 3 | 3PM | Courtney Thompson jersey retirement

Pac-12 | Volleyball power ratings for week four

Washington on top, but it's time for the Pac-12 to cut out a week of nonconference play

• #3 Washington def. Coppin State 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-18)
• next: Cal State Northridge at #3 Washington | September 20 | 7PM

National Team | #1 USA defeats #3 Japan in squeaker; Hagglund contributes

USA 3, Japan 1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23)

• next: USA vs. Japan | July 12 | 7PM | Long Beach St

Pac-12 | Competition wraps up in Italy and China

Washington now sightseeing in Rome, Pac-12 in Beijing

Pac-12 | Washington’s 2013 conference volleyball season begins on the road

Pac-12 finally releases schedule

Huskies will get “Oregon Lite” this fall

Unbalanced Pac-12 schedule cuts Northwest rivalry in half for 2013

Pac 12 | Huskies featured on Pac-12 Networks' "Top Matches"

5-set home victories against Utah and Oregon make the networks' "12 Best of  2012" List

NCAA | Olympic HS Coach wins national NCAA Volleyball Tournament bracket competition

Bremerton’s Keith Peden beats out nearly 1,000 other contestants to claim top prize 

VIDEO | “Perpetually dissatisfied” Jim McLaughlin talks about blocking

QUICK SET with Coach Jim McLaughlin for the week of October 8, 2012

Pac-12 | Washington fans get first look at Pac-12 Network volleyball coverage

Huskies attract top-line broadcast teams for Rocky Mountain Matches

• Tonight | 7:30PM (Pacific) | #2 Washington @ Utah | Pac-12 Network (Paul Sunderland and Amy Gant)
• Sunday | 2:00PM (Pacific) | #2 Washington @ Colorado | Pac-12 Network (Chris Marlow and Al Scates)

Pac-12 | Football bounces volleyball’s biggest match of the season (so far)

Pac-12 Network will not broadcast showdown of nation’s only two undefeated volleyball teams; Oregon says it will stream #2 Washington @ #2 Oregon on October 13

note: Washington and Oregon are tied for #2 in this week’s AVCA/Sports Imports coaches’ poll

Pac-12 | #1, #2 & #3 all lose … but #5 Huskies not on TV

#5 Washington @ Arizona | Saturday, September 22 | 5pm

no TV, no radio

Under the glare of television cameras, the nation’s top three teams all lost this weekend:

• #1 UCLA lost to #2 USC
• #2 USC lost to #7 Oregon
• #3 Nebraska lost to #4 Penn St

 And so … on the one hand, it might not be such bad news for #5 Washington that its 5pm (Pacific) match against Arizona will not be televised.

Washington's Lianna Sybeldon
-courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography

On the other hand, it really is not good news, because great volleyball teams should not be overlooked by the networks. If Washington can beat Arizona, the Huskies could be ranked anywhere from #2 to #4 … and there’s no way a team ranked that high—one of only three unbeaten teams in Division I!—should be left off the schedule.

With the launch of the Pac-12 Networks (P12Ns), most conference matches are now available (even as most nonconference matches were disappointingly not.) And, during this first week, the P12Ns impressively upgraded their coverage with the addition of three volleyball broadcast veterans (and former Olympians):

• Paul Sunderland’s play-by-play of the marquee USC/Oregon match was smooth and professional.
• Chris Marlowe handled Stanford’s struggle to beat Utah in Salt Lake City. Marlowe—who has called thousands of matches—knows the sport, even if he doesn’t always avoid clichés.
• Another experienced broadcaster, Holly McPeak, was part of the UCLA/Oregon State telecast. She is often a lightning rod for volleyball fans; they either love or decidedly don’t love her analysis of indoor volleyball.

Washington volleyball match against Penn State cancelled

Pac-12 Network’s schedule affects travel options & RPI

Volleyblog Seattle has learned that the University of Washington’s much-anticipated nonconference match against national power Penn State has been cancelled.

The decision to back out of the September 14-15 tournament in State College, PA coincides with this morning’s release of the final 2012 Pac-12 Network schedule.

Kaleigh Nelson attacks during
Washington's 2012 Spring Training
-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann

The television schedule moves the Huskies’ conference opener against Washington State to Tuesday, September 18. Washington head coach Jim McLaughlin decided not to risk a weekend cross-country trip just days before the start of the conference season.

“It just didn’t make sense,” McLaughlin told Volleyblog Seattle. “We can’t lose all those training days right before league play.”

Washington added a road match against the University of Portland on September 11, and will try to find one more contest that week.

The loss of the Penn State match will clearly affect the Huskies’ RPI, the strength-of-schedule number used by the NCAA tournament selection committee at the end of the season. Last season, Pac-12 teams were heavily penalized by the committee: USC—top-ranked in the coaches’ poll—was seeded 7^th; eventual National Champion UCLA was seeded 9^th. Stanford (11^th) was the only other seeded Pac-12 team.

This season, the Pac-12 eliminated two conference matches (Washington will not play Arizona at home or Arizona State in Tempe) as part of an effort to add more high-profile nonconference contests. McLaughlin scheduled Purdue (#8 in last season’s final RPI), plus Long Beach State (#41), Rice (#63) and LSU (#66). But he must now substitute Penn State (#13) with Portland (#209).

“It’s hard,” McLaughlin says. “We’re trying to upgrade our schedule, just like the NCAA told us. But it takes a lot of time and money to travel back East, and the Pac-12 now schedules its matches on almost every day of the week.”

The bulk of the matches on the just-released conference television schedule will be played Fridays and Sundays. There are also a fair number of matches on weekdays.

Washington’s home schedule includes a Tuesday match (9/18 Washington State), and two Wednesdays (9/26 UCLA & 11/21 Arizona State.) Weekday road matches include a nationally-televised Wednesday match at California (11/7) and a Pac-12 Network match at Stanford the next night (11/8).

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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON VOLLEYBALL

2012 SCHEDULE

as of June 20, 2012

DAY	DATE	LOCAL TIME	OPPONENT	LOCATION
NORTHWEST CHALLENGE
Friday	Aug 24	4:30PM	Gonzaga vs. Portland State	Seattle
		7:00PM	Boise State @ Washington
Saturday	Aug 25	10:00AM	Portland State vs. Boise State
		12:00PM	Gonzaga @ Washington
		4:30PM	Boise State vs. Gonzaga
		7:00PM	Portland State @ Washington
LSU TOURNAMENT
Friday	Aug 31	12:00PM	vs. Purdue	Baton Rouge, LA
		7:00PM	@ LSU
Saturday	Sep 1	11:00AM	vs. Rice
THE INVITATIONAL AT SEATTLE
Thursday	Sep 6	7:00PM	Seattle U @ Washington	Seattle (UW)
Friday	Sep 7	7:00PM	Long Beach State @ Washington
Saturday	Sep 8	7:00PM	Long Beach State @ Seattle U	Seattle (SU)
Tuesday	Sep 11	7:00PM	@ University of Portland	Portland
PAC-12
Tuesday	Sep 18	7:00PM	†Washington State	Seattle
Saturday	Sep 22	TBA	@ Arizona	Tucson
Wednesday	Sep 26	7:00PM	†UCLA	Seattle
Friday	Sep 28	6:00PM	†USC	Seattle
Friday	Oct 5	8:30PM	†@ Utah	Salt Lake City
Sunday	Oct 7	3:00PM	†@ Colorado	Boulder
Friday	Oct 12	TBA	@ Oregon State	Corvallis
Saturday	Oct 13	TBA	@ Oregon	Eugene
Friday	Oct 19	6:00PM	†Stanford	Seattle
Sunday	Oct 21	1:00PM	†California	Seattle
Friday	Oct 26	6:00PM	†@ USC	Los Angeles
Sunday	Oct 28	12:00PM	†@ UCLA	Los Angeles
Friday	Nov 2	6:00PM	†Colorado	Seattle
Sunday	Nov 4	11:00AM	†Utah	Seattle
Wednesday	Nov 7	TBA	‡@ California	Berkeley
Thursday	Nov 8	8:00PM	@ Stanford	Palo Alto
Friday	Nov 16	TBA	Oregon	Seattle
Saturday	Nov 17	TBA	Oregon State	Seattle
Wednesday	Nov 21	TBA	†Arizona State	Seattle
Friday	Nov 23	TBA	†@ Washington State	Pullman
			† Pac-12 Network ‡ ESPN
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Thu-Sat	Nov 29- Dec 2		NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds	TBA
Fri-Sat	Dec 7 & Dec 8		NCAA Regionals	Berkeley, CA Austin, TX Lincoln, NE W Lafayette, IN
Thu-Sat	Dec 13 & Dec 15		NCAA Championships	Louisville, KY

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2012 Pac-12 Networks Women’s Volleyball Televised Schedule

Date                       Time (PT)                Matchup                                             

Aug. 28                  7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at USC                 

Aug. 29                  7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at UCLA               

Sept. 5                   7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at Stanford  

Sept. 6                   7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at California

Sept. 12                 7:00 PM                 Pepperdine at UCLA                    

Sept. 18                 7:00 PM                 Arizona State at Arizona                        

Sept. 18                 7:00 PM                 Washington State at Washington              

Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 California at Stanford                   

Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 Oregon State at Oregon                         

Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 Utah at Colorado                                   

Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Washington State at Arizona State 

Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Oregon at USC                                     

Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Stanford at Utah                                  

Sept. 21                 8:00 PM                 Oregon State at UCLA                           

Sept. 26                 7:00 PM                 UCLA at Washington                    

Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 California at Arizona State                      

Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 Colorado at Oregon State                       

Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 USC at Washington                               

Sept. 28                 8:00 PM                 Utah at Oregon                                    

Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               USC at Washington State                        

Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               Utah at Oregon State                   

Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               California at Arizona                    

Sept. 30                 6:00 PM                 Stanford at Arizona State                       

Oct. 3                    7:00 PM                 Oregon at California                    

Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Oregon at Stanford                               

Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Arizona State at UCLA                           

Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Washington State at Colorado                 

Oct. 5                     7:30 PM                 Washington at Utah                               

Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Oregon State at Stanford                       

Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Arizona at UCLA                                   

Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Washington at Colorado                         

Oct. 7                    4:00 PM                 Arizona State at USC                   

Oct. 10                   7:00 PM                 USC at Stanford                                   

Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 Washington State at Oregon          

Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 UCLA at Stanford                                 

Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 Arizona at Utah                                     

Oct. 12                   8:00 PM                 USC at California                                  

Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 Washington State at Oregon State  

Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 UCLA at California                                

Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 Arizona State at Utah                            

Oct. 14                   4:00 PM                 Arizona at Colorado                               

Oct. 17                   7:00 PM                 Utah at UCLA                             

Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Oregon at Arizona                                 

Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Stanford at Washington                          

Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Utah at USC                                        

Oct. 19                   8:00 PM                 Oregon State at Arizona State                 

Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Colorado at USC                                   

Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Oregon State at Arizona                         

Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Stanford at Washington State                  

Oct. 21                   1:00 PM                 California at Washington                        

Oct. 24                   7:00 PM                 Arizona at Stanford                               

Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Washington at USC                     

Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Arizona at California                    

Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Oregon at Colorado                               

Oct. 26                   8:00 PM                 Washington State at UCLA                     

Oct. 28                   10:00 AM               Oregon at Utah                                    

Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Washington at UCLA                    

Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Arizona State at California                      

Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Oregon State at Colorado                       

Oct. 31                   7:00 PM                 Colorado at Washington State                 

Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 California at Oregon                     

Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 USC at Arizona State                   

Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 Colorado at Washington                         

Nov. 2                    8:00 PM                 UCLA at Arizona                                   

Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               Utah at Washington                              

Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               California at Oregon State                      

Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               USC at Arizona                                    

Nov. 4                    1:00 PM                 Stanford at Oregon                               

Nov. 8                    6:00 PM                 Washington State at California                

Nov. 8                    6:00 PM                 Arizona State at Oregon State                 

Nov. 8                    8:00 PM                 Washington at Stanford                          

Nov. 20                  TBD                       UCLA at Oregon                                   

Nov. 20                  TBD                       USC at Oregon State                   

Nov. 21                  TBD                       Arizona at Washington State         

Nov. 21                  TBD                       Arizona State at Washington                   

Nov. 21                  TBD                       Colorado at Stanford                     

Nov. 23                  TBD                       Oregon at Oregon State                         

Nov. 23                  TBD                       USC at UCLA                             

Nov. 23                  TBD                       Washington at Washington State              

Nov. 23                  TBD                       Stanford at California                   

Nov. 23                  TBD                       Arizona at Arizona State                        

Nov. 23                  TBD                       Colorado at Utah