Hailey Bethune

Volleyball Washington State Athletic Communications

No. 18 WSU Volleyball Falls in Three at No. 17 Stanford

Box Score STANFORD, Calif. -- The No. 18 Washington State volleyball team (17-6 overall, 7-4 Pac-12) lost at No. 17 Stanford (14-6, 8-4) Friday night with set scores of 25-18, 25-21, and 25-21.
 
Senior Kyra Holt led the Cougars with 11 kills, 10 digs and two blocks, her 45th double-double in her illustrious career. McKenna Woodford had six kills and two blocks while Hailey Bethune added five kills and two blocks and Casey Schoenlein had five kills and one block. Taylor Mims and Claire Martin each had four kills and Mims led the team with four blocks and Martin added three blocks. Nicole Rigoni had 20 assists and nine digs. Mims served the lone WSU ace of the night.
 
Stanford's leaders were Kathryn Plummer with 17 kills and seven blocks, Inky Ajanaku with 10 kills and three blocks, Jenna Gray with 36 assists and five blocks and Audriana Fitzmorris with seven kills and four blocks. Plummer and Gray each had one ace.
 
Stanford hit .301 for the match and held WSU to a .148 team hitting percentage. The Cardinal out-hit the Cougars 49 to 35, out-dug WSU 46-42 and won the battle of the blocks, nine to seven.
 
"I think we did some good things but I don't think we were as aggressive as we needed to be able to beat a team like Stanford and how well they are playing right now," Cougar Head Coach Jen Greeny said. "I don't think we served especially aggressive and in this conference to beat every team we have to be the aggressors. I think they set the tone and served really. We didn't pass well at the beginning but once the match went on we made some adjustments and started passing much better but that was too little too late. I thought our right sides Casey Schoenlein and Hailey Bethune did a better job tonight but we have to be more consistent. It's halfway through the Pac-12 season and teams are starting to adjust. We have to be ready to go from the get-go."
 
WSU (17-5, 5-3) travels to Berkeley to play California (8-12, 2-8* pending 10/28 match vs. No. 7 Washington) Saturday at Haas Pavilion 7 p.m.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Hailey Bethune

#20 Hailey Bethune

OH
6' 0"
Senior
Kyra Holt

#22 Kyra Holt

OH
6' 1"
Senior
Claire Martin

#12 Claire Martin

MB
6' 4"
Sophomore
Taylor Mims

#10 Taylor Mims

MB
6' 3"
Sophomore
Casey Schoenlein

#21 Casey Schoenlein

OH
6' 5"
Junior
McKenna Woodford

#5 McKenna Woodford

OH
6' 4"
Sophomore
Nicole Rigoni

#3 Nicole Rigoni

S
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Hailey Bethune

#20 Hailey Bethune

6' 0"
Senior
OH
Kyra Holt

#22 Kyra Holt

6' 1"
Senior
OH
Claire Martin

#12 Claire Martin

6' 4"
Sophomore
MB
Taylor Mims

#10 Taylor Mims

6' 3"
Sophomore
MB
Casey Schoenlein

#21 Casey Schoenlein

6' 5"
Junior
OH
McKenna Woodford

#5 McKenna Woodford

6' 4"
Sophomore
OH
Nicole Rigoni

#3 Nicole Rigoni

5' 8"
Junior
S