Box Score PULLMAN, Wash. -- The No. 25 Washington State volleyball team fell in three sets to No. 7 Washington Saturday afternoon before 1,908 fans in Bohler Gym. UW (26-4 overall, 16-4 Pac-12), the 2016 Pac-12 Champions, found revenge from the Cougars' 3-1 win in September and defeated WSU (21-11, 11-9) with set scores of 25-20, 25-23, and 25-21.
 
For the Pac-12's fifth-place WSU team, the 21 wins ties the 1993 team for sixth-most wins in a season and the 11 conference wins is the most for a Cougar team since 2002 when WSU ended the season at 11-7, tied for third in the Pac-10.
 
The Saturday match began with a celebration of the WSU seniors: Hailey Bethune, Kyra Holt, Haley MacDonald and Tani Stephens. Holt went on to lead the Cougars with 11 kills while Bethune added five kills and one block. MacDonald had 22 assists and Tani Stephens had seven digs. Junior Casey Schoenlein had nine kills and three blocks. Sophomores McKenna Woodford (seven kills, two blocks), Taylor Mims (five kills, three blocks) and Claire Martin (four kills, four blocks) made crucial contributions. Freshman Alexis Dirige led the match with 15 digs. Holt and Dirige served the two aces in the match for WSU.
 
Washington leaders were Tia Scambray with 14 kills and four blocks, Courtney Schwan with 10 kills and nine digs, Crissy Jones with eigtht kills and four blocks, Kara Bajema with five blocks and Avie Niece with four blocks. Bailey Tanner set up 36 assists and Shayne McPherson led the Huskies with 11 digs.
 
Both teams had 41 kills and 41 digs apiece. WSU hit .174 and UW hit .257 for the match. The Huskies had four aces to WSU's two and out-blocked the Cougars 10.5 to seven.
 
"I thought at times we played really well, but when you're going up against a team as good as Washington, you just can't make that many unforced errors. And that's where I think we didn't play as well today is just hitting-wise. We had way too many unforced errors," WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said.
 
When asked about the possibility of NCAA Championship tournament participation Greeny said, "I definitely hope so. We feel like we've done a great job this season and our resume is good enough to get us in. But it always depends on what the committee thinks. I'm very proud of this team and what we've accomplished. We were picked to finish ninth in the Pac-12 and we ended up finishing fifth. And we have the most wins that we've had in a season since 2002. This group of seniors, especially, has done a fantastic job of getting Cougar volleyball back on the right track. I'm just overall really proud of this team and hopefully we can keep on playing."
 
The WSU volleyball team will have a private gathering to watch the NCAA Championship Tournament selection show Sunday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.