With the postseason heat turned up, can one of college volleyball’s hottest teams keep its cool?
Composure will be key, said senior middle blocker Lianna Sybeldon, as fifth-seeded Washington (30-2) makes its fourth round-of-16 appearance in her four seasons at UW when it faces 12th-seeded Ohio State (25-9) in a regional semifinal of the NCAA tournament Friday in Lexington, Ky.
Twice the Huskies have lost a regional semi, last year and in 2012, during Sybeldon’s three previous seasons. In 2013, the Huskies reached the Final Four before at KeyArena before suffering a lopsided loss to Penn State in a national semifinal.