Box Score PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Washington State volleyball team moved to a record of 19-9 overall, 9-7 in Pac-12 action after defeating No. 25 Arizona (16-12, 8-8) Sunday afternoon in Bohler Gym. Sunday's Cougars win was notable for several reasons: WSU moved into a tie for sixth place in the conference, 19 wins is the most in the program since 2002, and it was Head Coach Jen Greeny's 200th collegiate career coaching victory. WSU won with set scores of 25-18, 27-29, 25-23, 21-25, and 15-12.
 
"I'm proud of the way we came out today. The number of wins is great but it's really for this team this year and seeing if we can finish strong," Greeny said. "We're focusing on trying to meet our ultimate goal of getting to the NCAA Tournament."
 
Leading the way for the Cougars in the statistical categories were: Kyra Holt with 17 kills, 12 digs and four blocks - her 48th double-double of her career; Casey Schoenlein with a career-high 15 kills, .419 hitting percentage, and five blocks; McKenna Woodford with 13 kills, 13 digs and three blocks; and Haley MacDonald with 30 assists and 11 digs. Claire Martin led the match with eight blocks, Taylor Mims added six blocks and Hailey Bethune contributed seven kills and four blocks. Alexis Dirige had 24 digs and Nicole Rigoni had 18 assists.
 
Arizona's Kalei Mau led the match with 31 kills and had two aces and 17 digs. Kendra Dahlke had 17 kills, two aces and 14 digs. Laura Larson led the match with 25 digs while Penina Snuka set up 60 assists. McKenzie Jacobson led the Wildcats with six blocks and Devyn Cross had four blocks.
 
WSU hit .224 for the match and held Arizona to a .156 team hitting percentage. Once again, the Cougars' blocking was instrumental in the match with 16.5 team blocks to UA'S 10. Arizona won the kills category 69 to 61 and service aces, five to four, but WSU out-dug the visitors 75 to 71.
 
"Great win for us against a very, very good Arizona team," Greeny said. "I was really happy how we battled and were able to pull out the victory. I'm very proud of this team. Kyra Holt, Casey Schoenlein and McKenna Woodford did a fantastic job especially Casey. She was big time and I liked the way she was super aggressive and it really showed in the numbers."
 
"Winning in five is always fun and especially when we've had a little rut and to get out and know that we're still pushing and still fighting is huge," Schoenlein said. "Offensively it's a mentality thing: I am just going up and going to be aggressive and swing hard on every ball. It's been helping me a lot."
 
WSU travels to the mountain states this week to play at No. 19 Utah (19-8, 10-6) Thursday at 5 p.m. PT in a match televised on the Pac-12 Network, and at Colorado (13-13, 5-11) Sunday morning at 11 a.m. PT.