COUGARS VOLLEYBALL BEGINS SECOND HALF OF PAC-12 SEASON
The Washington State University volleyball team, 13-9 overall record and 2-8 in Pac-12, begins the second half of the conference season this weekend with a pair of matches against ranked foes in Bohler Gym...Cougars take on No. 13 UCLA (13-6, 6-4) Fri., Oct. 27 at 8 p.m...WSU hosts No. 19 USC (15-6, 7-3 pending 10/27 at No. 14 UW) Sun., Oct. 29 at 1 p.m...both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with play-by-play announcer Elise Woodward and analyst Mike Dodd...links to Live Stats 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 (104-113 at WSU, 7 years; 216-137 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 IN NCAA RANKINGS (through 10/22/17)
TEAM RANKINGS  (of 329 DI teams)
> WSU is 5th in Team total blocks at 251.0 
> WSU is 8th in Team blocks per set at 3.02 bps
> WSU is 72nd in Team opponent hpct at .178
INDIVIDUALS
> Jocelyn Urias is 9th in total blocks with 122
> Jocelyn Urias is 17th in blocks per set at 1.47 bps
> Ella Lajos is 64th in total blocks at 96
> Taylor Mims is 56th in total kills with 321
> Taylor Mims is 65th in kills per set with 3.87 kps
> Taylor Mims is 45th in points with 372.0
> Taylor Mims is 51st in points per set with 4.48 pps
> Taylor Mims is 65th in total attacks with 893
> Taylor Mims is 64th in attacks per set at 10.75 atkps