COUGARS VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR FIRST OF TWO WEEKS OF ACTION
The Washington State University volleyball team, 12-4 overall record and 1-3 in Pac-12 is home in Bohler Gym for only the second time in the first seven weeks of the season...WSU hosts No. 25 Colorado (12-3, 2-2) Fri., Oct. 6 at 6 p.m...WSU hosts No. 17 Utah (12-3, 3-1 pending 10/6 vs. No. 9 Washington) Sun., Oct. 8 at 11 a.m....both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with play-by-play announcer Anne Marie Anderson and analyst and former Cougars setter Camryn Irwin...links to Live Stats and and Pac-12 Network online are at the volleyball schedule page at wsucougars.com.

WSU COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her seventh season as WSU's head coach (103-108 at WSU, 7 years; 215-132 in career, 11 years)...2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year...Greeny bio on page 5...staff includes associate head coach Burdette Greeny (seventh year) and assistant coach Shannon Hunt (fifth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...technical operations Grant Schoenlein (first year), volunteer coach James Dorr (second year) and student coach Kyra Holt...Kaysie Shebenick is coordinator of operations (first year).

COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
In national NCAA DI rankings/polls for Oct 2, WSU's standings are: VolleyMob.com - 29th; PrepVolleyball.com - 30th; Massey Ratings - 30th; Rich Kern Poll - 33rd;  Pablo Rankings - 46th; RKPI - 43rd; and NCAA RPI - 42nd (9th in Pac-12)...in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Oct. 2 Poll the Cougars are not listed...WSU will play eight teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the AVCA Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll...complete poll on page 4.

SINGING THE '17 SUPERLATIVES
US Collegiate National Team- Europe: Taylor Mims, All-Tournament Team, 
    Gold Medal at 13th Annual Global Challenge
US Collegiate National Team- Thailand: McKenna Woodford
US Collegiate Natl Team- Minneapolis: Casey Schoenlein
Mexican National Team at FIVB Grand Prix: Jocelyn Urias
Cougar Challenge Tournament, Pullman, Wash., WSU 1st place
    All-Tournament Team: Taylor Mims and McKenna Woodford
Missouri St. Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational, Springfield, Mo., WSU 1st place
    All-Tournament: Taylor Mims MVP; McKenna Woodford, Ashley Brown

COUGARS MIDDLE BLOCKERS PUTTING UP GREAT NUMBERS
A pair of WSU middle blockers are dominating the Pac-12 with a combination of blocking and high percentage hitting...redshirt sophomore Jocelyn Urias and junior Ella Lajos are newcomers to the MB starting roles but have put up outstanding numbers...to date, Lajos has 96 kills with 26 errors in 207 attacks for a .338 hpct, 10th-best in Pac-12 and also contributes 1.24 blocks per set which is eighth-best in Pac-12...her 72 total blocks is fourth-best in Pac-12 and 53rd-best in NCAA...Urias has 83 kills with 21 errors in 190 attacks for a .326 hitting percentage and also has a 1.50 blocks per set average, fourth-best in Pac-12 and 18th-best in NCAA...Urias' 87 total blocks this season leads the Pac-12 and is 14th-best in NCAA...in WSU's 3-1 win at Arizona, Urias went 10k-0e-18a (.556) with four blocks and Lajos was 7k-0e-13a (.538) with two blocks.

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES (through 10/1/17)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (TOP 10) Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader):
Kills - 7th Taylor Mims 3.52 kps (Katherine Plummer, Stanford 4.73 kps)
Hitting Pct. - 10th Ella Lajos .338 (Tami Alade, Stanfod .417)
Assists - No WSU player (Jenna Gray, Stanford 11.61 aps)
Aces - No WSU player (Antzela Dempi, California 0.50 saps)
Digs - 3rd Alexis Dirige 4.29 dps (Haile Harker, ASU 5.36 dps)
Blocks - 4th Jocelyn Urias 1.50 bps & 8th Ella Lajos 1.24 bps (Marion Hazelwood, UW 1.56 bps)
Points - 7th Taylor Mims 4.09 pps (Kathryn Plummer, Stanford 5.42 pps)

PAC-12 LEADERS FROM CONFERENCE ONLY MATCHES
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (TOP 10) Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader):
Kills - No WSU player (Khalia Lanier, USC 4.44 kps)
Hitting Pct. - No WSU player (Tami Alade, Stanford .583)
Assists - No WSU player (Jenna Gray, Stanford 12.14 aps)
Aces - No WSU player (Khalia Lanier, USC 0.44 saps)
Digs - 3rd Alexis Dirige 4.38 dps (Haile Harker, ASU 5.00 dps)
Blocks - 7th Jocelyn Urias 1.19 bps & 9th Claire Martin 1.12 bps (Audriana Fitzmorris, Stanford 1.67 bps)
Points - No WSU player (Khalia Lanier, USC 5.09 pps)

TEAM STATISTICS FROM OVERALL MATCHES (Leader):
Kills - WSU is 12th at 12.17 kps (Utah 14.50 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 11th at .229 (Stanford .307)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .157
Assists - WSU is 12th at 11.10 aps (Utah 13.82 aps)
Aces - WSU is 8th at 1.10 saps (Washington 1.71 saps)
Digs - WSU is 10th at 13.31 dps (Arizona State 16.55 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 2nd at 3.16 bps (Washington 3.29 bps)

TEAM STATISTICS FROM CONFERENCE ONLY MATCHES (Leader): 
Kills - WSU is 12th at 10.50 kps (USC 15.31 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 12th at .159 (Stanford .373)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 7th at .243 (Stanford .169)
Assists - WSU is 12th at 9.62 aps (USC 14.38 aps)
Aces - WSU is 10th at 0.62 saps (USC 1.69 saps)
Digs - WSU is 10th at 12.38 dps (Utah 16.67 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 3rd at 2.66 bps (Stanford 3.29 bps)

NCAA RANKINGS (through 10/2/17)
TEAM (of 329 DI teams)
> WSU is 5th in Team blocks per set at 3.16 bps
> WSU is 24th in Team opponent hpct at .157
> WSU is 8th in Team total blocks at 183.0
INDIVIDUALS
> Jocelyn Urias is 14th in total blocks with 87
> Jocelyn Urias is 18th in blocks per set at 1.50 bps
> Ella Lajos is 53rd in total blocks at 72
> Ella Lajos is 59th in blocks per set at 1.24 bps
> Claire Martin is 77th in total blocks at 67

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