How about this opener?
The Washington and Washington State volleyball teams opened the Pac-12 season against each other, and you just knew it was going to come down to a fifth set.
Right?
Indeed it did. Washington dominated the first two sets, the Cougars the next two.
And buoyed by the boisterous crowd at Alaska Airlines Arena, the No. 13 Huskies regained the momentum and defeated the No. 22 Cougars on Thursday night, 25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 16-25 and 15-9.
“I just told them it didn’t matter; the fourth set is just one of five,” said UW coach Keegan Cook on what he told his team after it lost the fourth set.