Box Score WACO, Texas –The Washington State volleyball team tallied its fifth consecutive sweep and eighth consecutive win Friday afternoon defeating the College of Charleston (6-4) with set scores of 25-12, 26-24, 25-22 at the Baylor Classic at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. WSU, also receiving votes in the last two consecutive AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll, moves to a 9-1 record for the season.
 
Kyra Holt had her 39th career double-double Friday with 10 kills (.214) and 10 digs, in addition to one solo block. McKenna Woodford also had 10 kills (.269) and contributed nine digs, one ace and three blocks. Taylor Mims led the match with six blocks while scoring on six kills with no errors in 10 attacks for a .600 hitting percentage and a .420 season hitting percentage which is in the top 12 nationally. Casey Schoenlein added six kills (.312) and three blocks. Hailey Bethune had four kills and three blocks and Claire Martin had three kills and four blocks. Alexis Dirige led WSU with 13 digs and added one ace. Haley MacDonald set up 22 assists and served an ace.
 
College of Charleston's Lauren Freed and Devon Rachel combined for 22 kills with Freed and McKala Rhodes each adding 14 digs. Rachel led the CofC Cougars with two aces and Allison Beckman set up 24 assists.
 
WSU, the seventh-best team nationally in blocks per set, out-blocked the maroon Cougars 11 to 2 and out-hit CofC 41 to 34. WSU, also fifth-best nationally in opponent team hitting percentage, hit .267 for the match and held CofC to a .088 hitting percentage.
 
WSU scored the first nine points of the first set and never looked back, hitting .500 for the set with 13 kills, one error on 24 attacks. The next two sets proved to be tighter battles with 10 tie scores and six lead changes before the Crimson Cougars were victorious.
 
I'm definitely happy with the results and glad that we could get it done in three," WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said. "I thought the first set was spectacular, especially hitting .500. I thought we were pretty crisp and had a lot of thing going but College of Charleston made some adjustments and we weren't quite as good in the second and third sets. Our passing broke down a little bit but I was pleased with our blocking and overall I'm pleased with the match."
 
WSU continues play at the Baylor Classic in Waco, Texas, Sat., Sept. 17, playing Virginia at 11 a.m. PT and host Baylor at 5 p.m. PT