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TUCSON, Ariz.  --  The No. 22 ranked Cougars of Washington State (13-3, 4-2 Pac-12) continued its' winning streak after downing No. 21 overall Arizona on the road inside the McKale Center Sunday afternoon. 

Set scores for the match were: 20-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, and 15-13 in favor of Washington State. 

This Pac-12 battle between the Cougars and the Wildcats featured a close contest early in set number one with both squads trading points, until Arizona was able to generate a 3-0 run to push their lead out to 11-6. WSU continued to surge right back into the scoring mix as McKenna Woodford went on to lead the Cougs in the opening set with six kills, which also pushed her over 1,000 total kills in her Washington State career, becoming the 15th player all-time to do so, and joining teammate Taylor Mims. Unfortunately the Wildcats were able to create multiple small runs down the stretch in set one, as Arizona took it at 25-20 overall. 

The Cougars jumped out to a 9-6 lead in the second set of play with kills from Jocelyn Urias, and Mims to fuel the offensive attack. Arizona built a small run of their own to tie up the contest, but another 3-0 WSU run put the Cougs back into control, as multiple Wildcat errors and another Urias kill surged Washington State ahead. The Wildcats took over late in the set however, with a 7-2 run to close out the second round of action with a 25-22 set victory. 

Set number three once again saw the Wildcats building a steady lead as Arizona held multiple four point advantages early on in this set. The Cougars fought back with some explosive offense to generate a 6-2 run late, with kills from Mims, Woodford, and Urias to claim set three at 25-23 overall. 

Washington State continued to use that momentum from the previous set to claim a 10-9 lead over Arizona early in the set, after a 4-0 run, with kills from Claire Martin, Ella Lajos, and Mims gave the Cougs the advantage. Arizona started climbing back into the set and did tie up the contest late, but the Cougars held strong with a 5-1 run to end set four at 25-20 with the help from multiple Woodford kills.

The final set of this match featured the Cougars continuing to ride their momentum, and not take the foot off the gas pedal, jumping out to a 5-1 lead over the Wildcats. Arizona mounted a comeback late in the contest however to eventually tie up set five at 13-13. WSU remained focused and a kill from Woodford gave the advantage back to the Cougs, and the conference win was sealed off with a block from Urias and Woodford. 


QUOTE OF THE MATCH
"She (McKenna Woodford) had a fantastic weekend, she just played extremely well, very consistent and just did a really nice job, and her offensive numbers were off the charts this weekend," said Head Coach Jen Greeny.


THE MOMENTS THAT MADE THE MATCH

There it is, career kill number 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ for @kennabanena!! Congratulations McKenna!! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/zZkuCASOGR

— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 7, 2018

 

S5 | WSU comes out firing in set number five! | WSU 4-1 #GoCougs #RiseAgain pic.twitter.com/WhTHF4a0wm

— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 7, 2018

 

  

S4 | @29413Urias adds kill number 9 with an attack percentage of .421 overall! | WSU 19-16 #GoCougs #RiseAgain pic.twitter.com/Co6UBx2oi0

— Cougar Volleyball (@wsuvolleyball) October 7, 2018

 

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NOTES

• McKenna Woodford joined teammate Taylor Mims in the 1,000 career kills club as McKenna totaled 18 on the day.
• Ashley Brown posted a career-high in assists with 59 total, and added yet another double-double on the year with 11 digs today. 
•  Taylor Mims, and Ella Lajos each posted 17 kills to help fuel the offensive attack during the match.
• Claire Martin, and Lajos each anchored the defensive front with six blocks each. 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
WSU will continue road Pac-12 play next as the Cougars will head to California to take on Stanford in a conference match-up, Friday, October 12, inside Maples Pavilion with first serve slated for 8 p.m PT.