HERE WE GO!
PAC-12 PLAY OPENS WITH NO. 7 UW IN PULLMAN, TRAVEL TO ARIZONA
The Washington State University volleyball team leaves the nonconference portion of the 2017 season with an 11-1 record and a 31st ranking in the Sept. 18 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll...Cougars open Pac-12 Conference action hosting No. 7 Washington (10-1) Wed., Sept. 20 in a 6 p.m. match in Bohler Gym...this is the first contest in the new Boeing Apple Cup Series...Elise Woodward and Camryn Irwin will call the WSU-UW action on the live broadcast on Pac-12 Networks-Washington...WSU then travels to Tucson to play Arizona (9-1) Sat., Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. in the McKale Center...this is the only WSU-Arizona meeting this season...links to Live Radio and Live Stats and Live Video are linked 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 (102-105 at WSU, 7 years; 214-129 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 the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Sept. 11 Poll the Cougars are 31st...in other national rankings for Sept. 18 include: VolleyMob.com - 26th; PrepVolleyball.com - 28th; Pablo Rankings - 30th; Rich Kern Poll - 33rd; RKPI - 47th; and Massey Ratings - 25th...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 Team: Taylor Mims MVP; McKenna Woodford and 
    Ashley Brown