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PULLMAN, Wash. -- The No. 23 ranked Washington State Cougars (15-5, 6-4 Pac-12) swept through the Bruins of UCLA (11-6, 6-4 Pac-12) inside of Bohler Gym Sunday afternoon to remain perfect on the year, when playing at home.
Set scores for the match were: 25-22, 25-20, and 25-21 in favor of the Cougars.
The opening set of this contest featured the Bruins of UCLA out in front early after building off multiple small runs to hold a 16-11 lead over WSU. The Cougars bounced right back with a 7-1 run of their own to take the lead over UCLA at 20-18 as both
Jocelyn Urias, and
Ella Lajos helped fuel the offensive attack. Washington State sealed off the set one win with another run of 4-1, capped off with a block from
Claire Martin.
The Cougars continued to feed off the earlier momentum of this match-up and jumped out to an early 9-3 lead over UCLA. Despite a few small runs from the Bruins, the Cougars continued to keep the pressure on in the second set as Urias,
Penny Tusa, and
McKenna Woodford provided some dominate offense. Jocelyn, and McKenna each would see this set victory through until the end as Urias added another ace in the contest, and Woodford tallied her fourth kill for the 25-20 victory.
Set number three of this match once again saw UCLA out in front early after the 5-0 run by the Bruins, which set the score at 12-10 overall. These two squads kept the battle close with four total ties midway through the set, until the Bruins generated another 4-0 run to lead WSU at 18-15. The Cougars built a 6-1 run of their own behind kills from Woodford, and Martin to claim a 21-19 advantage late in the set. The crowd of Bohler Gym continued to show booming support of the Cougs, as Washington State recorded three straight points to knock off the No. 20 ranked Bruins and win the match at 3-0 overall.
STAT OF THE MATCH
Jocelyn Urias finished the three-set win with a hitting percentage of .700 today, a career-high for the junior who added 14 kills, and two service aces to her stat-line against UCLA.
THE MOMENTS THAT MADE THE MATCH
NOTES
- WSU has not swept a weekend series over USC, and UCLA since 1997, defeating the then No. 7 Trojans 3-2, and beating the No. 18 Bruins 3-1.
- The last time the Cougars had swept UCLA 3-0, was in 1996 on the road in Los Angeles, and was the first time sweeping the Bruins inside of Bohler Gym.
- Washington State improves to 7-0 overall inside Bohler Gym on the season.
- McKenna Woodford added 10 kills to the offensive attack today, along with two blocks.
- Ashley Brown posted a double-double, leading the Cougars in both assists with 30, and in total digs at 21 overall.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The Cougars return to action, Wednesday, October 24 on the road against Utah inside of the Jon M. Huntsman Center with first serve scheduled for 6 p.m. PT.
