WSU ON THE ROAD TO START PAC-12 CONFERENCE PLAY
The Washington State University volleyball team, 10-2 on the season and receiving votes in the Sept. 5, 12 and 19 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Polls, travels to Seattle to take on conference leader No. 4 Washington (10-0) Wed., Sept. 21 in a 7 p.m. match in Alaska Airlines Arena...Elise Woodward and Holly McPeak will call the WSU-UW action on the live broadcast on Pac-12 Network-Washington...Cougars then travel to Los Angeles to play No. 9 UCLA (9-1) Fri., Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion...this is the only WSU-UCLA meeting this season...links to Live Radio and Live Stats can be found at wsucougars.com.

TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2016 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM radio and/or KHTR- 104.7 FM…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 11th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (79-94 at WSU, 6 years; 191-118 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).

WSU VOLLEYBALL ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
WSU won three of four nonconference tournaments...WSU received votes on two or more ballots in the Sept. 19, 2016 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11 points which is 31st-best in points...WSU as also receiving votes in the Sept. 5 and 12 national polls...Cougars had also received votes in these past AVCA polls: Aug. 29, 2016, Sept. 21, 2015, and Oct. 12, 2015...WSU will play 10 teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the 2016 AVCA Preseason Top 25...in the Sept. 19 PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU is ranked No. 31...other Pac-12 schools in this week's  PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 are: 3. Washington, 9. UCLA, 13. Oregon, 14. Stanford, 17. Colorado, 22. Arizona, 25. USC and 36. Utah...other Cougar 2016 opponents in these rankings include: 10. Purdue and 34. Kentucky...during the 2015 season, WSU was ranked twice during the season in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50: No. 46 (Oct. 12) and No. 44 (Oct. 19)...ADDITIONALLY, in other Sept. 19 National Rankings WSU is ranked No. 30 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 15 in the Pablo Rankings, and 22nd in the Massey Ratings.

SINGING THE '16 SUPERLATIVES
> Pac-12 All-Star China Tour / Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team - Kyra Holt
> US Collegiate National Team- Europe - 12th Annual Global Challenge Champions
    Players McKenna Woodford, Casey Schoenlein, Jen Greeny, Asst. Coach
> Purdue Mortar Board Premier Champions - 3-0 win over No. 24 Kentucky
    Kyra Holt, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Hailey Bethune and Taylor Mims 
> LBSU Mizuno Invitational - WSU Undefeated
> 16 Team Blocks in 3-0 win over Northeastern - t-5th-best in WSU all-time records
> WSU wins Cougar Challenge with trio of 3-0 matches
    Hailey Bethune, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Kyra Holt, McKenna Woodford
> Baylor Classic: Kyra Holt - Best Attacker; Claire Martin - Best Blocker

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE (TOP 10):
Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - 6th Kyra Holt 3.66 kps (Adora Anae, Utah 4.73 kps)
Hitting Pct. - 6th Taylor Mims .399 (Elise Ruddins, USC .480)
Assists - No WSU player (Alyssa Jensen, California 11.54 aps)
Service Aces - No WSU player (Penina Snuka, Arizona 0.54 saps)
Digs - 7th Alexis Dirige 3.78 dps (Amanda Benson, Oregon 4.83 dps)
Blocks - 3rd Claire Martin 1.53 bps & 4th Taylor Mims 1.51 bps
    (Audriana Fitzmorris, Stanford 1.67 bps)
Points - 6th Kyra Holt 4.34 pps (Adora Anae, Utah 5.50 pps)

TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE: 
Rank in Overall Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 9th at 13.41 kps (Utah 14.44 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 5th at .280 (Oregon .312)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .110
Assists - WSU is t-11th at 12.22 aps (UCLA 13.53 aps)
Service Aces - WSU is 6th at 1.29 saps (Arizona 1.66 saps)
Digs - WSU is 11th at 13.17 dps (UCLA 18.86 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 2nd at 3.38 bps (Stanford 3.44 bps)

WSU IN NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (as of 9/19):
TEAM
> WSU is 3rd in Team blocks per set at 3.38 bps
> WSU is 4th in Opponent Hitting percentage at .110
> WSU is 8th in Team total blocks at 138.5
> WSU is 23rd in Team hitting percentage at .280
> WSU is 28th in Win/Loss percentage at .833 (10-2)

INDIVIDUALS
> Claire Martin is 13th in blocks per set at 1.53 bps
> Taylor Mims is 15th in blocks per set at 1.51 bps
> Taylor Mims is 26th in total blocks at 62 blocks
> Taylor Mims is 30th in hitting percentage at .399
> Kyra Holt is 77th in points per set at 4.34 pps
> Kyra Holt is 98th in kills per set at 3.66 kps
> Claire Martin is 117th in total blocks at 49 blocks