Against an opponent with a considerable height advantage, the Washington volleyball team ultimately stood taller.
The fifth-seeded Huskies bounced back from a shaky second set and earned their fourth consecutive trip to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament by defeating a tall, heavy-hitting Michigan State squad in a second-round match Saturday night in front of 4,028 at Alaska Airlines Arena.
With the 25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 25-13 victory, the Huskies (30-2) advance to the Lexington, Ky., regional and will face 12th-seeded Ohio State (25-9), the Big Ten’s sixth-place team, in the round of 16 Friday.
The winner of that match will face either No.