NO. 25 WSU VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR FINAL PAC-12 MATCHES OF SEASON
The Washington State University volleyball team is 20-10 overall, 10-8 in Pac-12, and No. 25 in the Nov. 21 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...20 wins in a season is the most in Head Coach
Jen Greeny's era, and along with 10 Pac-12 wins, the most since 2002...Cougars are tied for sixth place in the highly competitive Pac-12 Conference and fighting for an NCAA Tournament bid...
Cougars LEAD THE NATION IN TEAM BLOCKS PER SET (3.34 bps) and IN TOTAL BLOCKS (377.5)...WSU hosts USC (18-11, 10-8) Wed., Nov. 23 in a 7 p.m. match at Bohler Gym... Sat., Nov. 26 Cougars host No. 7 Huskies (24-4, 14-4 pending 11/23 match vs. No. 9 UCLA) at 2 p.m. in Pac-12 Network TV match with announcers are Elise Woodward and Mike Dodd...Cougars seniors
Hailey Bethune,
Kyra Holt,
Haley MacDonald and
Tani Stephens will be honored pre-match.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (89-102 at WSU, 6 years; 201-126 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. 25 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 13 (Nov. 21)...WSU's rankings this year by Week # are: 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; Nov. 14 (#12) - RV...WSU's highest-ever 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. 25 in the Pablo Rankings, 27th in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, 30th in the Massey Ratings, 45th in the NCAA RPI, and 46th in the RKPI.
