PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State volleyball (21-8, 13-5 Pac-12), the 25th-ranked team in the AVCA Division I women's volleyball coaches' poll for a third week in a row, gets set to host its penultimate match on the 2022 regular season against UCLA (15-12, 9-9 Pac-12) Tuesday in Bohler Gym.  Tuesday's match will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with A.J. Kanell on the play-by-play and a first serve slated for 6:04 p.m.

The Cougs are coming off of an impressive 2-0 weekend that saw them sweep Utah on Friday night before a convincing four-set win over Colorado to split the season series with the Buffaloes.  Pia Timmer averaged a team-high 4.43 kills/set last weekend and Magda Jehlarova had a season-high 16 kills on only 21 swings (16-1-21, .714) in Sunday's win over Colorado.  WSU improved to 10-1 on the season at home going into this week's final two matches in Bohler Gym.

Match Info:
>> vs UCLA (15-12, 9-9 Pac-12)  |  Pac-12 Network (A.J. Kanell PxP)
>> Tuesday, Nov. 22 // First serve: 6:04  p.m. (PST)
>> Pullman, Wash.  // Bohler Gym
>> Live Stats // StatBroadcast (wsucougars.com/sports/womens-volleyball)
>> Full notes PDF

Cougar Quick Notes:
>> The Cougs have won six of their last seven matches overall and are 20-1 this year against teams outside the top-25.
>>Washington State remained at No. 25 for a third-consecutive week in the AVCA Division I Women's Volleyball Coaches' Poll, having cracked the top-25 for the first time back on Nov. 7.
>> The Cougars rank No. 16 in the NCAA with a .281 hitting percentage as a team.  .281 (547-169-1241) would rank as the second-highest for a team in WSU history behind the 1996 NCAA Elight Eight team.
>> Washington State is 10-1 this season at home and has won 15 of 16 matches dating back to last season.
>> The Cougs are averaging a .305 hitting percentage as a team at home in Bohler while opponents are averaging just .178.
>> Magda Jehlárová (574 career blocks) is only four blocks shy of moving into second all-time at WSU in career blocks.
>> Jehlárová is 10th in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 with 1.44 blocks/set this season.
>> Pia Timmer finished last weekend with 4.43 kills/set and a .406 hitting percentage (31-5-64).  She is 11th in the Pac-12 heading into Tuesday's match with 3.37 kills/set on thee season.
>> Laura Jansen, a fifth-year transfer from Arkansas - Little Rock with over 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs, has a team-leading 3.60 kills/set at home this season.
>> If the season ended today, the Cougars' .281 hitting percentage would rank as the second-highest in WSU volleyball history and their 1.71 aces/set would rank as the fifth-most.
>> Washington State is 17-1 this season after winning the first set, are a perfect 14-0 after winning the first two and have 13 sweeps on the season.
>> The Cougars have hit .300 or better in their last three matches and six of their last seven.  WSU is 16-1 on the year when hitting over .300 as a team.
>> The Cougs' 13 blocks against Colorado on Sunday was its highest team total in Pac-12 play this season.  WSU is 11-1 in its 12 matches with 10 or more blocks as a team and are 19-1 when finishing with more blocks than its opponents.
>> Washington State leads the Pac-12 with 1.71 aces/set as a team and are 17-2 in matches in which they finish with more aces than its opponent.
UCLA Notes
>> Three of the last four Washington State wins in the all-time series against UCLA have come at home in Bohler Gym.
>> UCLA leads the series, 59-12, and is 28-8 all-time in Pullman but the Cougs are 5-6 since 2016.
>> Tuesday's will be only the third time since 2014 that the Bruins have not been ranked inside the top-25 at the time of the matchup with the Cougs.
>> UCLA won the last matchup in Bohler by winning a marathon fifth set, 20-18, last season.
>> The Bruins have won five of their last seven matches heading into Tuesday's contest and pushed 12th-ranked Oregon to a fifth set last Friday in Eugene.
>> Freshman Mokihana Tufono tied a UCLA record with eight service aces in the loss to Oregon. Elan McCall is averaging a team-high 3.11 kills/set on the season while Anna Dodson is averaging 2.57 kills/set and is ninth in the Pac-12 with a .342 hitting percentage (239-71-491).

Up Next:
The Cougars will host their regular-season finale against Apple Cup rival, No. 24 Washington (19-9), on Friday night beginning at 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Washington.  Washington State will then await the official announcement its postseason destiny in the 2022 NCAA Division Women's Volleyball Selection Show which will televised on ESPNU on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 4:30 p.m. (PST).

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