WSU VOLLEYBALL SEEKING WINS ON THE OREGON TRAIL
The Washington State University volleyball team, 15-13 overall, 4-12 in Pac-12 action, is on the road to the Oregon conference members for a pair of afternoon contests...WSU plays at No. 20 Oregon (16-8, 9-7) Fri., Nov. 17 at 3 p.m...Cougars head up the road to take on Oregon State (19-9, 9-7) Sun., Nov. 19 at 3 p.m...both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks...WSU at Oregon:  play-by-play announcer Krista Blunk and analyst Don Shaw...WSU at OSU play-by-play Rich Burk and analyst Camryn Irwin....links to Live Stats and Pac-12 Network online are at the volleyball schedule page at wsucougars.com.

TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2017 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM radio…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 12th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.

WSU COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her seventh season as WSU's head coach (106-117 at WSU, 7 years; 218-141 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 11/12/17)
TEAM RANKINGS  (of 329 DI teams)
> WSU is 5th in Team total blocks at 312.0 
> WSU is 7th in Team blocks per set at 3.00 bps

INDIVIDUALS
> Jocelyn Urias is 7th in total blocks with 154
> Jocelyn Urias is 13th in blocks per set at 1.48 bps
> Taylor Mims is 43rd in total attacks with 1,175
> Taylor Mims is 43rd in attacks per set at 11.30
> Taylor Mims is 47th in points per set with 4.47
> Taylor Mims is 48th in points with 465
> Taylor Mims is 53rd in total kills with 404
> Taylor Mims is 58th in kills per set at 3.88 kps
> Ella Lajos is 58th in total blocks at 121

COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
In national NCAA DI rankings/polls for Nov. 13, WSU is 43rd in the NCAA RPI (9th in Pac-12)...in other rankings WSU is: PrepVolleyball.com - 36th; Massey Ratings - 37th; Rich Kern 37th; Pablo Rankings - 42nd; RKPI - 43rd (9th in Pac-12); Figstats - 43rd/Strength of schedule - 5th; and not listed in the AVCA Coaches Top 25, or VolleyMob.com polls...polls are 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
Wins over ranked teams in 2017: 3-1 vs. No. 25 Colorado; 3-2 vs. No. 13 UCLA