WSU VOLLEYBALL ON THE ROAD BUT ONLY EIGHT MILES AWAY
The Washington State University volleyball team (2-1) returns to the Palouse this weekend: not to its home court in Bohler Gym but for three matches at the Idaho Volleyball Classic, Sept. 4-5, in Memorial Gym in nearby Moscow...WSU plays UC Irvine (1-2) Friday, Sept. 4, at 4:30 p.m...Saturday, Sept. 5, Cougars play Seattle U (3-0) at 10 a.m. and host Idaho (0-3) at 7 p.m...Live streaming may be available along with WSU radio - check volleyball schedule page at wsucougars.com
NOTABLE:
• WSU is coming off a trip to Radford, Virginia, where the Cougs played 3 matches in 20 hours.
• Junior Kyra Holt and freshman McKenna Woodford were named to the Radford Invite All-Tournament team.
• UC Irvine defeated LSU at the American Campus Classic at Austin, Texas.
• Seattle U won the California Moten Classic title including a win over host Golden Bears, the Redhawks first win over a Pac-12 school.
• Idaho opened the season at No. 18 Hawai'i and then played two teams receiving votes in the national poll: Oregon State and Wichita State
TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2015 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-AM radio (1150 AM)…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 10th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her fifth season as WSU's head coach (55-77 at WSU, 5 years; 167-101 in career, 9 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 5...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (fifth year) and Shannon Hunt (third year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach James Dorr (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (fifth year).
TOP WSU RETURNERS
Lone senior Kate Sommer (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) has accumulated 1,532 digs in three years, second-best in WSU all-time records and only 241 digs from school record...junior OH Kyra Holt (Hercules, Calif.) is on the verge of reaching the 1,000 kills mark...Holt, the 2013 AVCA Pacific North Region Freshman of the Year as well as an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Pac-12 All-Freshman First Team selection, has 923 career kills, just 77 kills from 1,000.
NATIONALLY-RANKED WSU FRESHMAN CLASS
Eight freshmen join the Cougars this season...this class was ranked PrepVolleyball.com's 21st-best in the nation...WSU freshmen are: Olivia Coale, a 5-6 defensive specialist from Vancouver, Wash.; Haley DeSales, 6-0 outside hitter from Burbank, Calif.; Ella Lajos, 6-3 middle blocker from San Jose, Calif.; Claire Martin, 6-4 middle blocker from Tacoma, Tacoma News Tribune's 2014-15 Female Prep Athlete of the Year; Taylor Mims, 6-3 middle blocker from Billings, Mont., Montana's 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year; Jocelyn Urias, 6-3 middle blocker from Tijuana, on Mexican National Team; Katelyn Vander Tuig, 5-10 setter from Tulare, Calif.; and McKenna Woodford, 6-4 outside hitter from Chandler, Ariz., an Under Armour High School All-American, and listed at No. 62 on PrepVolleyball.com's top 100 players in the country.
Complete release in PDF attached.