Volleyball Battles in Bohler But Loses 3-1 to No. 2 Stanford

Saturday, November 11

Pullman, Wash.

7:00 PM

Washington State University

15-13, 4-12

Stanford

22-3, 15-1

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Stanford	19	32	25	25	3
Washington State	25	30	16	21	1

Volleyball Battles in Bohler But Loses 3-1 to No. 2 Stanford

November 11, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score WSU STAN Box Score

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE…
PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Washington State volleyball team (15-13 overall, 4-12 in Pac-12) battled No. 2 Stanford (22-3, 15-1) Saturday night in front of 1,050 fans in Bohler Gym before losing with set scores of 19-25, 32-30, 25-16, 25-21.

Junior Taylor Mims led the match with a double-double of 25 kills, equaling her career-high, and 14 digs with four blocks. Ella Lajos added eight kills (.316) and led the team with six blocks. Jocelyn Urias tallied seven kills and five blocks. Alexis Dirige tied with Stanford's Morgan Hentz for the match-high of 23 digs. Penny Tusa also had a double-double with 10 assists and 10 digs. Ashley Brown and Nicole Rigoni combined for 29 assists. Dirige and Brown served the two Cougars aces.

The Cardinal out-hit WSU 62 to 53 with a .222 hitting percentage to the Cougars .169. Stanford also edged WSU in digs 79 to 70 and aces, three to two but the Cougars claimed the blocking category with 13 team blocks to Stanford's 11.

WHY & HOW...
WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said, "I'm very proud of the way we battled. I think we got out to a great start. We served extremely well in the first. Lost a heartbreaker in the second in extra points. We threw some people into the match and I thought they did a nice job and we fought until the end against a very, very good Stanford team. I'm proud of the overall effort of the team and hopefully we can just keep fighting."

"I think it was a good weekend and overall our offense was a lot better than it has been the last few weeks and that is a positive that we can carry on to our matches at the Oregon schools."

Alexis Dirige serves the dropshot Ace #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/QU1Snhje4W
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) November 12, 2017

Ella Lajos with a punishing attack. #GoCougs #RiseAgain pic.twitter.com/kWV5kF8oIy
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) November 12, 2017

Don't think Taylor Mims can hit a ball any HARDER than THIS! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/aQXWNofFV6

— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) November 12, 2017

Up close and personal with Claire Martin on the BLOCK! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/Vvr9p64aVI
— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) November 12, 2017

NOTES…

WSU led the first set from the first serve with only one tie, at 2 points.
There were 16 ties and six lead changes in the epic 32-30 second set but no ties and no lead changes in the third set.
Junior Claire Martin surpassed her Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny's 360 block assists tally tonight as Martin's four block assists gives her a career total of 362 block assists, fourth-best on WSU's all-time list. Martin's 394 total blocks is sixth-best in WSU all-time career records.
Attendance: 1,050

MARK YOUR CALENDAR…
Washington State (15-13 overall, 4-12 in Pac-12) hits the Oregon Trail for the next two contests: at Eugene Fri., Nov. 17, to play No. 16 Oregon at 3 p.m., and at Corvallis Sun., Nov. 19, to play Oregon State at 3 p.m. Both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.