PULLMAN, Wash. — Fourth-ranked Washington State volleyball (17-2, 7-1 Pac-12) gets set to head back on the road this weekend as it travels to the Galen Center in Los Angeles to take on USC (11-7, 5-3 Pac-12) on Friday night beginning at 7:04 p.m., on Pac-12 Insider.  The Cougars will stay in Southern California to take on the UCLA Bruins (10-8, 2-6 Pac-12) on Sunday afternoon beginning at noon on Pac-12 Plus.

Friday Match Info:
>> vs USC (11-7, 5-3 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 2
>> OPP LAST THREE:  W 3-2 at Arizona // L 0-3 at Stanford // L 1-3 at California
>> DATE:  Fri., Oct. 20 //  First serve: 7:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Los Angeles  //  Galen Center
>> STREAM: Pac-12 Insider
>> LISTEN: Pullman Radio 1150 AM KQQQ, PxP: Steve Grubbs
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs USC
>> Overall: USC leads, 51-19
>> In Pullman: USC leads, 21-14
>> In Los Angeles: USC leads, 30-5
>> Washington State has won four of the last five matchups with the Trojans.
>> WSU rallied to take out USC in five sets on the road last season in the Galen Center.
>> Washington State is 6-4 against the Trojans since 2016 including a 4-0 record in five-set matches.
>> The Cougars are 5-2 under head coach Jen Greeny in five-set matches including a 3-2 win in Pullman back in 2013 that snapped an eight-match winning streak.
>> Washington State and USC will see each other again on Sunday, Nov. 12, in Bohler Gym beginning at noon.

Sunday Match Info:
>> vs UCLA (10-8, 2-6 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 1
>> OPP LAST THREE:  L 1-3 at Stanford // W 3-0 at Cal // L 0-3 at Arizona State
>> DATE:  Sun., Oct. 22 //  First serve: 12:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Los Angeles  //  Pauley Pavilion
>> LISTEN: Pullman Radio 1150 AM KQQQ, PxP: Steve Grubbs
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs UCLA
>> Overall: UCLA leads, 60-12
>> In Pullman: UCLA leads, 31-4
>> In Los Angeles: UCLA leads, 29-8
>> UCLA has won four-straight matches over WSU going into Sunday's contest in L.A.
>> The Bruins won the only matchup with the Cougars last season in five sets in Pullman.
>> The last win for Washington State over UCLA was a five-set win in Pullman during the Spring of 2021.
>> UCLA will make the trip to play WSU in Bohler Gym on Friday, Nov. 10, beginning at 7 p.m.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES
>> Fourth-ranked Washington State volleyball continues to soar to new heights in its porgram history after staying at No. 4 in the AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll this week for a third-consecutive week, the longest stretch inside the top-five in WSU voleyball history.
>> Washington State heads into the week with the fifth-best hitting percentage as a team in all of Division I.
>> Fifth-year middle blocker, Magda Jehlářová, ranks sixth in the nation with a .439 hitting percentage on the season.  Jehlářová is the active leader in all of Division I volleyball in career blocks with 688, and begins the week only 63 blocks from becoming the NCAA career leader during the rally-scoring era (since '01).
>> WSU has two players in the top-10 all-time in career aces — Pia Timmer is tied for third all-time with 133 while Julia Norville is 10th with 144 — while Karly Basham is (85 at WSU) also close to cracking the top-10.

WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> Washington State stayed at No. 4 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll for a third-consecutive poll, the longest stretch inside the top-five in WSU volleyball history.
>> This week marks the 36^th poll overall in which the Cougars have cracked the nation's top-10.
>> Washington State has appeared in 185 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 fourth 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 dropped one place to No. 5 in the latest women's volleyball RPI release.

RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer heads into the week 336.5 points shy of setting the all-time WSU record for career points.
>> Pia Timmer sits in a tie for third all-time at WSU in career aces and is just 18 aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.
>> Julia Norville begins the week only 24 digs shy of joining the 1,000 career digs club.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week just 107 digs shy of reaching 1,000 digs for her career.
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into Sunday just 69 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History.  With only 64 more blocks, Jehlářová will become the NCAA Divison I career leader for the rally scoring era (since 2001).

Up Next:
Washington State will be back in Bohler Gym next week as it wraps up the month of October with matches against Oregon and Oregon State, respectively.  The Cougs will see No. 8 Oregon on Fri., Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Bohler Gym, before hosting Oregon State on Sunday, Oct. 29, beginning at 2 p.m.  Both of next week's matches in Bohler Gym will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network.

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