WSU VOLLEYBALL HOME TO FACE CALIFORNIA AND STANFORD
The Washington State University volleyball team, 14-12 overall record and 3-11 in Pac-12, returns to the friendly confines of Bohler Gym for contests against the Bay area teams...both California and No. 2 Stanford play at No. 13 Washington the nights before coming to Pullman...Cougars host California (13-12, 4-10) Fri., Nov. 10 and No. 2 Stanford (21-2, 14-0) Sat., Nov. 11...both matches begin at 7 p.m...WSU-Cal will be a Live Stream match...WSU-Stanford match will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with play-by-play announcer Kevin Barnett and analyst Camryn Irwin...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 (105-116 at WSU, 7 years; 217-140 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 11/5/17)
TEAM RANKINGS (of 329 DI teams)
> WSU is 5th in Team total blocks at 290.0
> WSU is 8th in Team blocks per set at 2.99 bps
INDIVIDUALS
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Jocelyn Urias is 7th in total blocks with 144
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Jocelyn Urias is 14th in blocks per set at 1.48 bps
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Taylor Mims is 50th in total attacks with 1,069
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Taylor Mims is 54th in attacks per set at 11.02
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Taylor Mims is 58th in points with 424
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Taylor Mims is 60th in points per set with 4.37
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Ella Lajos is 65th in total blocks at 111
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Taylor Mims is 70th in total kills with 366
COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
In national NCAA DI rankings/polls for Nov. 6, WSU is 42nd in the NCAA RPI (9th in Pac-12)...in other rankings WSU is: PrepVolleyball.com - 37th; Massey Ratings - 37th; Rich Kern 39th; Pablo Rankings - 46th; RKPI - 42nd (9th in Pac-12); 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
