COUGARS VOLLEYBALL HOSTS DUCKS AND BEAVERS IN BOHLER GYM
The Washington State University volleyball team, 13-5 overall record and 2-4 in Pac-12, is home in Bohler Gym again this weekend...WSU hosts No. 15 Oregon  (10-4, 3-3 pending 10/11 @No. 14 UW) Fri., Oct. 13 at 6 p.m...WSU hosts Oregon State (11-7, 1-6 pending 10/13 @No. 14 UW) Sun., Oct. 15 at 1 p.m....both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Oct. 13 play-by-play from Kate Scott with analyst Holly McPeak...Oct 15 play-by-play by announcer Elise Woodward and McPeak the analyst...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 (104-109 at WSU, 7 years; 216-133 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 9, WSU jumped from 42nd to 31st in the NCAA RPI (8th in Pac-12)...in ohter national rankings WSU is: PrepVolleyball.com - 24th; VolleyMob.com - 29th; Massey Ratings - 30th; Rich Kern Poll - 32nd; RKPI - 34th; Pablo Rankings - 39th;and in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Oct. 9 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
Third consecutive win vs. Arizona and only sixth win all-time at Arizona
Win over No. 25 Colorado is first win vs. ranked team in 2017 and marks first time with back-to-back wins over Colorado in 14 matches

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 114 kills with 30 errors in 242 attacks for a .347 hpct, 7th-best in Pac-12 and also contributes 1.20 blocks per set which is 11th-best in Pac-12...her 79 total blocks is fifth-best in Pac-12 and 59th-best in NCAA...Urias has 99 kills with 24 errors in 226 attacks for a .332 hitting percentage and also has a 1.55 blocks per set average, third-best in Pac-12 and 10th-best in NCAA...Urias' 102 total blocks this season leads the Pac-12 and is eighth-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...Urias has six error-free matches this season.

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