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UW women to open NCAA tournament against Penn on Saturday

Getting there was good enough last year. Not so now.

For the second year in a row, the Washington women’s basketball team has qualified for the NCAA tournament, and the team will fly cross-country for its first-round matchup against Pennsylvania on Saturday in College Park, Md. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. PT on ESPN2.

There wasn’t a whole lot of intrigue during Monday’s selection show: The Huskies had no doubt they would be in the field again, though they were nonetheless excited to see their selection as the No. 7 in the Lexington Regional become official.