No. 4 Washington State continues to defend home court Friday vs. Utah

Friday, October 13

Pullman, WA

6:00 PM

Washington State University

Utah

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No. 4 Washington State continues to defend home court Friday vs. Utah

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Fourth-ranked Washington State will look to extend a three-match winning streak over the Utes in Bohler Gym beginning at 6 p.m.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Fourth-ranked Washington State volleyball (15-2, 5-1 Pac-12) will continue a four-match stretch of home matches this weekend as it hosts Utah (8-8, 3-3 Pac-12) on Friday night beginning at 6 p.m. in Bohler Gym. Friday's match will be streamed live for viewers on Pac-12 Plus.

Despite suffering a closely fought setback to No. 3 Stanford in four sets this past Sunday, Washington State stayed at No. 4 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, the first two-week stretch inside the top-five for the Cougs since 1995. With only two blemishes on its record through 17 matches, Washington State is still off to its best start under Head Coach Jen Greeny, the strongest open to a season through 17 matches since a 16-1 start to the 1997 season.

Match Info:
>> vs Utah (8-8, 3-3 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 1
>> OPP LAST THREE: W 3-0 at UCLA // W 3-1 at Oregon St. // L 1-3 at Oregon
>> DATE: Fri., Oct. 13 // First serve: 6:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> STREAM: WSU Live Stream // PxP: Steve Grubbs, Color: Evan Charney
>> Media Notes PDF

SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs UTAH
>> Overall: Utah leads, 12-9
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 7-3
>> In Salt Lake City: Utah leads, 9-2
>> Washington State swept last season's series with the Utes and have won the last three matchups in Bohler Gym going into Friday's contest.
>> The Cougars have gone the distance five times since the series began with Utah's addition to the conference prior to the start of the 2011 season. Utah is 4-1 in those five-set matches.
>> Washington State has swept Utah in six of its nine wins overall, including each of last season's matchups.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES
>> Magda Jehlářová (.430) and Katy Ryan (.344) each rank in the top-10 in the Pac-12 in hitting percentage heading into the fourth weekend of conference play.
>> Jehlářová is the Pac-12's active leader for her career in total blocks (679), while teammate, Iman Isanovic, is the conference's active leader in career kills (1,593).
>> Washington State saw its longest winning streak since 1997 snapped at 14-in-a-row at the hands of No. 3 Stanford in Bohler Gym Sunday.
>> Washington State volleyball poured approximately $800,000 of renovation into Bohler Gym this offseason, which included the addition of a new seating section behind the West end of Marcia Saneholtz Court.
>> Through the first nine home matches in front of the new and expanded student section, opponents have suffered from a .208 attack percentage (356-148-1001), in addition to a whopping 84 total serving errors (2.8 per set). Last season's Cougar opponents averaged 2.1 errors per set in Bohler Gym.
>> The noisy environment in Sunday's home match vs. No. 3 Stanford forced the Cardinal into 19 errors at the service line, a season-high for WSU opponents inside Bohler Gym this season.
>> Washington State stayed at No. 4 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, making it the first two-week stretch inside the top-five for the Cougs since October of 1995.
>> Julia Norville begins the week only 42 digs shy of joining the 1,000 career digs club.
>> Norville's back row mate, Karly Basham, begins the week with over 1,200 digs in her collegiate career and only 12 digs shy of reaching 1,000 for her WSU career.

RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer heads into Sunday's match only 22.5 points shy of moving into second all-time in WSU history.
>> Pia Timmer sits just 20 service aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.
>> Julia Norville begins the week only 42 digs shy of joining the 1,000 career digs club.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week just 116 digs shy of reaching 1,000 digs for her career.
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into Sunday just 77 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History.

WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> Washington State stayed at No. 4 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, making it the first two-week stretch inside the top-five for the Cougs since October of 1995.
>> This week marks the 35^th poll overall in which the Cougars have cracked the nation's top-10.
>> Washington State has appeared in 184 AVCA Top-25 polls — No. 20 all-time among Power Five schools — while finishing 13 seasons in the final top-25 poll — also ranked No. 20 all-time among Power Five schools.
>> Having appeared in the first-ever women's college volleyball media poll at No. 6 last month, WSU stayed at No. 4 in Monday's third Volleyballmag.com Super 16 Poll of the season.
>> The Cougs came in at No. 6 in the first NCAA Women's Volleyball Committee Poll of the season which was announced Monday, Sept. 25. The next NCAA women's volleyball committee poll will be released on Oct. 29 during a nationally televised matchup between USC and Oregon.
>> The Cougs came in at No. 5 in the second women's volleyball RPI release of the season, one of two Pac-12 teams to crack the nation's top five along with No. 2 Stanford.

UP NEXT:
Washington State will host another afternoon contest in Bohler Gym to close out the week as it takes on Colorado this Sunday, Oct. 15, beginning at noon on Pac-12 Mountain.

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