WSU VOLLEYBALL'S LAST PAC-12 ROAD TRIP IS TO MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS
After a pair of wins at home, the Washington State University volleyball team is 19-9 overall, 9-7 in Pac-12, and is receiving votes in the Nov. 14 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...19 wins in a season is the most in Head Coach Jen Greeny's era, and tied for the seventh-most wins in WSU's Pac-10/12 history...this week the Cougars are tied for sixth place in the highly competitive Pac-12 Conference and fighting for an NCAA Tournament bid...WSU plays at No. 16 Utah (19-8, 10-6) Thurs., Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. PT in a match televised on the Pac-12 Network...WSU travels to Boulder to play at Colorado (13-13, 5-11* pending Nov. 18 vs. No. 8 Washington) Sun., Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. PT...announcers for the Pac-12 TV's WSU-Utah match are Thad Anderson and Amy Gant...both matches will also be broadcast on radio...video and audio links are at wsucougars.com.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (88-101 at WSU, 6 years; 200-125 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 Receiving Votes (RV) in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 12 (Nov. 14)...WSU's rankings this year by Week #: Sept. 5, 12 and 19 (#2, 3, 4) - Receiving Votes; Sept. 26 (#5) - 17th; Oct. 3 (#6) - 10th; Oct. 10 (#7) - 13th; Oct 17 and 24 (#8, 9) - 18th; Oct. 31 (#10) - 23rd; Nov. 7 (#11) - RV...the No. 17 (Sept. 26) ranking was WSU's first top 25 ranking since the 2009 season (21st was highest that year)...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 Nov. 14: WSU is ranked No. 22 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 24 in the Pablo Rankings, 40th in the RKPI, 27th in the Massey Ratings, 41st in the NCAA RPI, and 27th in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings.

COUGARS PAC-12 NOTES
> WSU's nine Pac-12 wins is the most since 2001 season (9-9/6th).
> WSU has defeated five ranked teams and four ranked Pac-12 teams: at No. 4 UW, at No. 9 UCLA, vs. No. 9 Stanford and vs. No. 25 Arizona.
> The last time WSU defeated ASU and Arizona at home and on the road was in 1991.
> Sept. 30 was  WSU's fourth win over the Cardinal all-time (61 matches), and first time since 2002 (which was a 3-1 win in Pullman). > This season's 5-0 Pac-12 start was the best conference start for the Cougars all-time. WSU went 4-0 in 1997 when Head Coach Jen Greeny and Assistant Coach Shannon Wyckoff were players.
> 2016 Cougars are nearing WSU Team Season Records for Block assists (currently 563/record from 1992 is 605) and Total blocks (currently 355/record from 1992 is 396.5)

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES (through 10/30)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (TOP 10):
Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - 6th Kyra Holt 3.77 kps (Adora Anae, Utah 4.70 kps)
Hitting Pct. - 10th Taylor Mims .319 (Elise Ruddins, USC .423)
Assists - No WSU player (Bailey Tanner, Washington 10.78 aps)
Service Aces - 7th Kyra Holt 0.25 saps (Oluoma Okaro, ASU 0.35 saps)
Digs - 9th Alexis Dirige 3.76 dps (Amanda Benson, Oregon 5.21 dps)
Blocks -  1st Claire Martin 1.53 bps & 2nd Taylor Mims 1.52 bps
Points - 4th Kyra Holt 4.42 pps (Adora Anae, Utah 5.30 pps)

TEAM STATISTICS: 
Rank in Overall Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 11th at 12.64 kps (Oregon 14.37 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 8th at .226 (Oregon .274)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .157
Assists - WSU is 11th at 11.70 aps (UCLA 13.57 aps)
Service Aces - WSU is 5th at 1.11 saps (Washington 1.47 saps)
Digs - WSU is 12th at 13.02 dps (UCLA 17.93 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 1st at 3.39 bps

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM PAC-12 CONFERENCE ONLY MATCHES
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (TOP 10):
Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - 6th Kyra Holt 3.84 kps (Adora Anae, Utah 4.68 kps)
Hitting Pct. - No WSU player (Elise Ruddins, USC .384)
Assists - No WSU player (Penina Snuka, Arizona 11.20 aps)
Service Aces - 10th Kyra Holt 0.22 saps (Chrissy Jones, Washington 0.27 saps)
Digs - 10th Alexis Dirige 3.75 dps (Amanda Benson, Oregon 5.39 dps)
Blocks - 1st Claire Martin 1.54 bps & 2nd Taylor Mims 1.53 bps
Points - 3rd Kyra Holt 4.48 pps (Adora Anae, Utah 5.17 pps)

TEAM STATISTICS: 
Rank in Conference Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 11th at 12.14 kps (Oregon 14.34 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 9th at .193 (Stanford .270)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .186
Assists - WSU is 11th at 11.38 aps (Oregon 13.77 aps)
Service Aces - WSU is 3rd at 1.00 saps (Washington 1.44 saps)
Digs - WSU is 12th at 12.92 dps (UCLA 17.39 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 1st at 3.39 bps

WSU IN NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (through 11/13):
> WSU is 1st in Team blocks per set at 3.39 bps
> WSU is 2nd in Team total blocks at 355.5
> WSU is 16th in Opponent Hitting percentage at .157

INDIVIDUALS
> Claire Martin is 6th in blocks per set at 1.53 bps
>  Taylor Mims is 7th in blocks per set at 1.52 bps
>  Taylor Mims is 9th in total blocks at 160 blocks
> Claire Martin is 26th in total blocks at 135 blocks
> Kyra Holt is 48th in total points at 464.5 points
> Kyra Holt is 59th in points per set at 4.42 pps
> Kyra Holt is 65th in total kills at 396 kills
> Kyra Holt is 75th in kills per set at 3.77 kps