SEATTLE - Only when the pass escaped the fingers of Oregon State's Joe Halahuni late Saturday night did Washington's roller coaster season continue.

Lose, win and repeat - times three now.

"Sometimes maybe we put a little too much pressure on ourselves, like 'OK, we won, now we can go win two in a row,"' Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. "Let's just go play, forget what just happened last week and what might occur if we win or don't win. Let's go play the game, and play with great effort and great energy and passion and see what happens."

Washington's emotionally unsteady season continued with its 35-34 double overtime win over then-No. 24 Oregon State on Saturday and continued a run of alternating wins and losses this season.

By that standard, the Huskies might be in store for a rough night this Saturday in Tucson against No. 15 Arizona, the second in a string of four straight games against ranked teams. After traveling to Arizona, the Huskies return home against No. 12 Stanford then travel to No. 1 Oregon.

But Sarkisian is hoping the gutty win over Oregon State might lead to some consistency.

"We just hammered home the thought process of finish, and finishing. Not about just making a great play, it's about being attentive to your details, knowing your assignments, not making things up or trying too hard, just doing your job and focusing on the task at hand on that snap," Sarkisian said.

Since failing to convert late in their opening loss at Brigham Young, the Huskies have been stellar in their two close games decided in the final minutes. In its 32-31 upset of USC, Washington drove 61 yards on the final possession, leading to Erik Folk's game-winning 32-yard field goal as time expired.

On Saturday, Washington took a 21-0 lead, then saw Oregon State score 28 straight and hold a seven-point lead in the first overtime. Jake Locker responded with the first of his two overtime TD passes to Jermaine Kearse, the latter giving Washington a 35-28 lead in the second extra session.

After Jacquizz Rodgers scored on a 2-yard run - following a fourth-down pass interference call on Washington's Desmond Trufant that led to a premature celebration by the Huskies - the Beavers went for two. Ryan Katz's pass hit the hands of Halahuni, but he couldn't hold on as he was hit by Cort Dennison.

Then the real celebration started.

"It's kind of fun, though. You get to plan your celebration for the second one, because if you didn't like the first one, you can change it up for the second one," Sarkisian joked.

Locker and Kearse both had career days against the Beavers. Locker tied a school record with five touchdown passes, four of them to Kearse. The junior receiver set a school record with his four TD grabs and finished with nine catches for 146 yards, the best day by a Washington receiver since Reggie Williams in 2003.

Locker was bothered by a bruised thigh most of last week, but showed he was healthy on the first play of the night, a rollout pass that went for 28 yards.

"I had a long day Saturday as well to kind of just hang out and get some treatment on it and get some of the swelling out. It looked and felt great on Saturday," Locker said.

Halfway through Sarkisian's second season, Washington's 3-3 record gives the Huskies hope of matching its preseason goal of reaching a bowl game for the first time since after the 2002 season. After playing at Oregon, the Huskies close with UCLA at home, at California and at rival Washington State.

"It doesn't really affect me if they are ranked or not," Washington safety Nate Williams said. "We still have to go out and execute no matter what."