Washington Huskies women's volleyball

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Washington Huskies
women's volleyball
Washington Huskies logo.svg
Founded1974;50 years ago (1974)
University University of Washington
Athletic director Patrick Chun
Head coach Leslie Gabriel
Conference Big Ten
Location Seattle, Washington
Home arena Hec Edmundson Pavilion (capacity: 10,000)
Nickname Huskies
ColorsPurple and gold [1]
   
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
2005
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2020
AIAW/NCAA Regional Final
1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
AIAW/NCAA regional semifinal
1979, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
1979, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Conference regular season champion
1980, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020

The Washington Huskies volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of the University of Washington in Seattle. They compete in the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, which was built in 1927 and renovated in 2000. Prior to 1988, the Washington volleyball program had seen Huskies' victories, but it has now emerged as a perennial power. The Huskies have reached the NCAA Final Four on five occasions with one national title (2005), and won multiple Pac-10/12 championships.

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Head coaching

1980's AIAW team finished 28–12 with Lisa Baughn being named the All-American.

1988 was a significant year for the Husky VB Program. This year the team made its first NCAA tournament, elite eight appearance. Behind the leadership of its first ever AVCA 1st Team All-American Laurie Wetzel (Puyallup, WA), the lady Huskies finished tied for fifth having beaten Stanford though coming up short against the UCLA Bruins.

USA National Team coach Bill Neville (UW: 1991–2000) led the program in its recruiting out of Woodinville, Washington; now, it is UW Associate Head Coach Leslie Tuiasosopo-Gabriel who has continued on as leadership of the Husky program. In these experimental years, Neville's swing hitters' offense was fashioned after the contemporaneous international men's game.

History

UW volleyball vs. Cal in a battle of national AVCA top 10 teams. Hec Ed.JPG
UW volleyball vs. Cal in a battle of national AVCA top 10 teams.

When McLaughlin took over the Washington program in 2001, the team was last in the Pac-10 Conference. In his first year at UW, he led the Huskies to an 11–16 record and a 4–14 mark in the Pac-10. The team's 11 wins in 2001 were the most for the program since 1997 (it had been '97 that UW made the NCAA Sweet Sixteen). Just one year later, the Huskies went 20–11 and made the NCAA second round. Since 2003, Washington has not won fewer than 23 matches or lost more than nine in any season. [2]

In 2004, the Huskies won their first-ever Pac-10 title, and McLaughlin earned his first AVCA National Coach of the Year honor. In his fifth year at UW in 2005, he led the program to its only national title and a 32–1 (.970) record as Washington swept all six of their matches in the tournament, [3] including top-ranked Nebraska in the final at the Alamodome in San Antonio. [4] [5] [6] McLaughlin was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and made history as the first coach in NCAA history to win a national championship in both men and women's volleyball, having led the USC men's team to a national title in 1990. [7]

In 2006, he led UW to its third straight national semifinal, but the Dawgs fell to runner-up Stanford. [8] [9]

The NCAA Championships were hosted in Seattle at KeyArena at Seattle Center in 2013. The Huskies, led by AVCA National Player of the Year and Honda Award Winner Krista Vansant, won the Pac-12 title and reached the Final Four, but they fell in straight sets in the semifinals to eventual national champion Penn State. [10] [11]

There had been 35 All-Americans and 9 Academic All-Americans since McLaughlin's deeded arrival.

A young Coach Keegan's tenure has begun with the awarding of several All-Americans moreover, significantly, in Kara Bajema (c/o 2019), Lianna Sybeldon (consensus) and Courtney Schwan (uniquely, of the PNW).

Additionally, foremost, also distinctive of the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR; Seattle-Tacoma, WA; Spokane, WA; Boise, ID), the program has been a national leading attendance draw. Their turnstile numbers consistently rank among top 10 averages. [12]

Season-by-season results

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Washington Huskies (Pac-10/12 Conference)(2001–present)
2001Washington 11–164–148th
2002Washington 20–119–9T-5th NCAA Second Round
2003Washington 23–910–8T-5th NCAA Quarterfinals
2004Washington 28–316–21st NCAA Semifinals
2005Washington 32–116–12nd NCAA Champion
2006Washington 29–515–3T-2nd NCAA Semifinals
2007Washington 27–415–32nd NCAA Second Round
2008Washington 27–6915–32nd NCAA Quarterfinals
2009Washington 24–613–5T-2nd NCAA Second Round
2010Washington 24–6910–85th NCAA Quarterfinals
2011Washington 24–815–7T-4th NCAA Second Round
2012Washington 25–714–6T-4th NCAA Round of 16
2013Washington 30–318–21st NCAA Semifinals
2014Washington 31–318–22nd NCAA Round of 16
2015Washington 32–318–2T-1st NCAA Quarterfinals
2016Washington 29–516–41st NCAA Quarterfinals
2017Washington 25–814–6T-2nd NCAA Second Round
2018Washington 20–1310–10T-6th NCAA Round of 16
2019Washington 27–715–52nd NCAA Quarterfinals
2020Washington 20–417–31st NCAA Semifinals
Pac-10/12:290–107 (.730)
Total:481–123 (.796)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notable players

Retired numbers

The program has retired two jersey numbers. [13]

NumberPlayer
3 Courtney Thompson
16 Krista Vansant

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References

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  4. ↑ "Huskers, Huskies make NCAA final". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 16, 2005. p. C5.
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