Washington State University Athletics
No. 18 Volleyball Heads to Desert for Wednesday and Friday Matches
October 17, 2016 | Volleyball
No. 18 WSU HEADS TO THE DESERT FOR QUICK TURNAROUND MATCHES
The Washington State University volleyball team, 15-5 overall, 5-3 Pac-12, is ranked No. 18 in the Oct. 17 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...Cougars are in a 7-way tie for second place in the Pac-12 Conference...WSU travels to the desert schools this week for EARLY competition, playing at Tempe versus Arizona State (8-12, 1-7) Wed., Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., and at Tucson versus Arizona (13-7, 5-3) for a Fri., Oct. 21, 6 p.m. match...this will be one of the rare times when WSU will be both opponents' first match of the week...both Cougar matches will be on Pac-12 Network...announcers for the WSU-ASU match are Daron Sutton and Amy Gant...announcers for WSU-Arizona match are Krista Blunk and Don Shaw...links are at wsucougars.com.
TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2016 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM...veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 11th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (84-97 at WSU, 6 years; 196-121 in career, 10 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 4...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (sixth year) and Shannon Hunt (fourth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach Milan Vucinic (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (sixth year).
COUGAR VOLLEYBALL IN THE NATIONAL STANDINGS
The WSU volleyball team is ranked No. 18 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 8 (Oct. 17)...the highest AVCA ranking of the season was 10th in the Oct. 3 poll after three consecutive upset wins (@No. 4 UW, @No. 9 UCLA, No. 9 Stanford) over Top 10 teams...previous AVCA rankings were: No. 17 (Sept. 26) - WSU's first top 25 ranking since the 2009 season (21st was highest that year) and No. 13 (Oct. 10)...WSU's highest ranking, No. 5 (Oct. 17, 1995) when Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny and Asst. Coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt were Cougar starters)...other national rankings for Oct. 17: PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU is ranked No. 29...WSU is ranked No. 18 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 15 in the Pablo Rankings, No. 22 in the RKPI, 20th in the Massey Ratings, and 21st in the NCAA RPI.
The Washington State University volleyball team, 15-5 overall, 5-3 Pac-12, is ranked No. 18 in the Oct. 17 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...Cougars are in a 7-way tie for second place in the Pac-12 Conference...WSU travels to the desert schools this week for EARLY competition, playing at Tempe versus Arizona State (8-12, 1-7) Wed., Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., and at Tucson versus Arizona (13-7, 5-3) for a Fri., Oct. 21, 6 p.m. match...this will be one of the rare times when WSU will be both opponents' first match of the week...both Cougar matches will be on Pac-12 Network...announcers for the WSU-ASU match are Daron Sutton and Amy Gant...announcers for WSU-Arizona match are Krista Blunk and Don Shaw...links are at wsucougars.com.
TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2016 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM...veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 11th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (84-97 at WSU, 6 years; 196-121 in career, 10 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 4...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (sixth year) and Shannon Hunt (fourth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach Milan Vucinic (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (sixth year).
COUGAR VOLLEYBALL IN THE NATIONAL STANDINGS
The WSU volleyball team is ranked No. 18 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 8 (Oct. 17)...the highest AVCA ranking of the season was 10th in the Oct. 3 poll after three consecutive upset wins (@No. 4 UW, @No. 9 UCLA, No. 9 Stanford) over Top 10 teams...previous AVCA rankings were: No. 17 (Sept. 26) - WSU's first top 25 ranking since the 2009 season (21st was highest that year) and No. 13 (Oct. 10)...WSU's highest ranking, No. 5 (Oct. 17, 1995) when Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny and Asst. Coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt were Cougar starters)...other national rankings for Oct. 17: PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU is ranked No. 29...WSU is ranked No. 18 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 15 in the Pablo Rankings, No. 22 in the RKPI, 20th in the Massey Ratings, and 21st in the NCAA RPI.
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