Washington State University Athletics
Sunday, October 29
Pullman, Wash.
1:00 PM
Washington State University
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Volleyball Falls in Three to No. 19 USC
October 29, 2017 | Volleyball
WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE…
PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Washington State volleyball team (14-10 overall, 3-9 in Pac-12) could not sustain the momentum from the Friday night upset win over No. 13 UCLA and fell 25-23, 25-16, 25-13 to No. 19 USC (16-7, 8-4) Sunday afternoon in Bohler Gym.
The Cougars were led by Ella Lajos' 10 kills in 16 attacks with two errors for a .500 hitting percentage. Jocelyn Urias had five kills in nine attacks with no errors (.556) and Penny Tusa had two kills on three attacks with no errors (.667) in addition to 10 assists. Casey Schoenlein had eight kills. Taylor Mims led the team with four blocks followed by Lajos and Urias with three each. Ashley Brown had 14 assists.
WSU hit .163 (35 kills - 19 errors- 98 attacks) for the match while USC hit .337 (47 kills - 13 errors - 101 attacks). The visitors tallied 39 digs to the Cougars 33, tallied nine blocks to WSU's six, and served five aces while keeping the home team at none.
WHY & HOW...
WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said, "I don't think we were real consistent with our skills. I thought we were pretty good in the first set but had some silly mistakes there. We passed pretty well in the first set and then the passing broke down a little bit. Hitting-wise, we struggled a little bit, especially our outside hitters, and that is what happens when you have to give them so many out-of-system balls. Teams are really keying on our middles and our outsides right now and we need more production out of our right sides."
On the quick turnaround, playing Wednesday and Thursday this week, Greeny said, "It's tough. Anytime you have a Sunday match and you have to turn around and travel and play Wednesday, especially back-to-back in the mountain schools where you have to fly in between. We're going to do our best to get back into practice and get some rest as well. It's a tough place to be in."
WSU senior opposite Casey Schoenlein said, "Our serve-receive and our defense and all-around know the opponent was a lot sharper Friday's match than today. We got flustered when we felt that we weren't doing our jobs and we let one point lead into the next. At this point, we need to learn from this match and we need to flush it. If we dwell on the energy of not playing our best today it's going to carry over into our Wednesday and Thursday matches. We need to focus on getting better for the short time we have and then applying it to our matches this week."
NOTES…
MARK YOUR CALENDAR…
Quick turnaround this week for Washington State (14-10 overall, 3-9 in Pac-12). The Cougars travel to the Rockey Mountains to take on Colorado (17-6, 7-5) Wed., Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. PT and flies to Salt Lake City to play No. 12 Utah (17-6, 8-4) Thurs., Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. PT.
PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Washington State volleyball team (14-10 overall, 3-9 in Pac-12) could not sustain the momentum from the Friday night upset win over No. 13 UCLA and fell 25-23, 25-16, 25-13 to No. 19 USC (16-7, 8-4) Sunday afternoon in Bohler Gym.
The Cougars were led by Ella Lajos' 10 kills in 16 attacks with two errors for a .500 hitting percentage. Jocelyn Urias had five kills in nine attacks with no errors (.556) and Penny Tusa had two kills on three attacks with no errors (.667) in addition to 10 assists. Casey Schoenlein had eight kills. Taylor Mims led the team with four blocks followed by Lajos and Urias with three each. Ashley Brown had 14 assists.
WSU hit .163 (35 kills - 19 errors- 98 attacks) for the match while USC hit .337 (47 kills - 13 errors - 101 attacks). The visitors tallied 39 digs to the Cougars 33, tallied nine blocks to WSU's six, and served five aces while keeping the home team at none.
WHY & HOW...
WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said, "I don't think we were real consistent with our skills. I thought we were pretty good in the first set but had some silly mistakes there. We passed pretty well in the first set and then the passing broke down a little bit. Hitting-wise, we struggled a little bit, especially our outside hitters, and that is what happens when you have to give them so many out-of-system balls. Teams are really keying on our middles and our outsides right now and we need more production out of our right sides."
On the quick turnaround, playing Wednesday and Thursday this week, Greeny said, "It's tough. Anytime you have a Sunday match and you have to turn around and travel and play Wednesday, especially back-to-back in the mountain schools where you have to fly in between. We're going to do our best to get back into practice and get some rest as well. It's a tough place to be in."
WSU senior opposite Casey Schoenlein said, "Our serve-receive and our defense and all-around know the opponent was a lot sharper Friday's match than today. We got flustered when we felt that we weren't doing our jobs and we let one point lead into the next. At this point, we need to learn from this match and we need to flush it. If we dwell on the energy of not playing our best today it's going to carry over into our Wednesday and Thursday matches. We need to focus on getting better for the short time we have and then applying it to our matches this week."
Claire Martin pounds one down. #GoCougs #RiseAgain pic.twitter.com/Ox1Qd0b38k
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 29, 2017
Ellas Lajos loud and clear: NOT IN OUR HOUSE! #GoCougs $RiseAgain pic.twitter.com/WuIAhhTBPM
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 29, 2017
Cameron Antoine-Dillon and Jocelyn Urias with a BIG BLOCK in BOHLER. #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/BKDEVceYP3
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 29, 2017
NOTES…
- Alexis Dirige became just the 18th player in WSU all-time to reach 900 career digs. Dirige, a sophomore libero, has 901 digs in her two seasons at WSU.
- WSU has four back-to-back matches in Pac-12 action this year but the upcoming Nov. 1-2 matches at Boulder/Salt Lake City are the only set where a flight is needed between contests.
- Attendance: 841
MARK YOUR CALENDAR…
Quick turnaround this week for Washington State (14-10 overall, 3-9 in Pac-12). The Cougars travel to the Rockey Mountains to take on Colorado (17-6, 7-5) Wed., Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. PT and flies to Salt Lake City to play No. 12 Utah (17-6, 8-4) Thurs., Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. PT.
Team Stats
USC
WSU
Kills
47
35
Errors
13
19
Attempts
101
98
Hitting %
.337
.163
Points
61.0
41.0
Assists
42
33
Aces
5
0
Blocks
9.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
4
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