After beating Arizona and Arizona State at home this weekend, the UW women’s volleyball team will enter postseason play riding an eight-match winning streak.

With the wins over the Arizona schools, the Huskies finished the regular season 24-4 and 15-3 in the Pac-10, which will guarantee them second place in the conference behind Stanford (26-3, 17-1 Pac-10).

“We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing,” McLaughlin said. “I like where the girls are at right now. [But we need to] just keep making progress.”

The Huskies have come a long way since they last faced the Arizona schools at the beginning of the season. Washington barely escaped with two five-match, nail-biting victories in September. This time around, the Huskies defeated Arizona in four sets and demolished Arizona State in three, limiting them to a .095 team hitting percentage. The Dawgs hit .295 themselves.

“We just got better swings, and we passed better,” McLaughlin said. “We won the serve and pass game, and when we do that, we can run the offense with high pressure.”

Individually, sophomore setter Jenna Hagglund moved even higher in the Husky record books. After notching 52 assists Friday and another 36 assists Saturday, Hagglund moved into fourth place.

“I’m proud of her,” McLaughlin said. “She’s done a good job. She’s worked hard.”

Senior Jessica Swarbrick capped off her Husky career with an overall hitting percentage of more than .400. In her last regular season game as a Husky, she had nine kills on 11 attempts for a whopping .818 hitting percentage.

Junior transfer Arial Salvo also had an outstanding weekend. She had 18 kills against Arizona and 11 against Arizona State. The Huskies will look to her to continue her excellent performance in postseason play.

“She’s taking good swings at the ball,” McLaughlin said. “She’s passing well. She’ll be good in the tournament.”

Looking back at the regular season, McLaughlin was happy with the progress his team has made.

“You know we’ve just made good improvement,” he said. “We’ve matured in a lot of areas. We have a lot of focus and have gotten better every day in key areas, and we have to continue to do that.”

With the NCAA Tournament only a week away, the Dawgs will look to garner a number one seed and continue their winning ways.

Reach reporter Zach Ruby at sports@dailyuw.com.