PULLMAN, Wash. — Sixth-ranked Washington State (18-3, 8-2 Pac-12) begins the second half of its 2023 Pac-12 schedule at home in Bohler Gym this weekend as it gets set to host ninth-ranked Oregon (17-4, 7-3 Pac-12) on Friday night at 7 p.m., followed by a Sunday matchup with Oregon State (7-13, 2-8 Pac-12) beginning at 2 p.m. Both matches will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Oregon.
The Cougars are coming off of a Sunday road win in Pauley Pavilion in which they snapped a four-match losing skid to the Bruins in a four-set win to finish off a weekend split in Los Angeles. No. 9 Oregon heads into the week coming off of a four-set loss to Stanford on Sunday night.
Media Notes (PDF)
Match Info:
>> vs No. 9 Oregon (17-4, 7-3 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 1
>> OPP LAST THREE: L 0-3 vs ASU // W 3-0 at Cal // L 1-3 vs Stanford
>> RANKINGS: AVCA - 9th, RPI - 8th, Media - 8th
>> DATE: Fri., Oct. 22 // First serve: 7:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON
>> Overall: WSU leads, 39-34
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 18-17
>> In Eugene: WSU leads, 21-17
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 23-18
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 12-10
>> In five sets: Oregon leads, 4-6
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: Oregon leads, 5-14
>> The Cougars defeated No. 6 Oregon in four sets, 25-14, 20-25, 29-27, 25-23, back on Oct. 1 in Matthew Knight Arena to jump the Ducks in the national rankings the following week.
>> The Cougars and Ducks split last season's two matchups with each team defending home court. WSU won in five sets in the first meeting last season in Bohler, with the Ducks winning in four sets the second time around in Eugene.
>> Washington State has won four of the last five and seven of the last nine matches overall between the two sides dating back to the beginning of the 2019 Pac-12 season.
Match Info:
>> vs Oregon State (7-13, 2-8 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 2
>> OPP LAST THREE: W 3-2 vs Arizona // L 0-3 at Stanford // L 2-3 at Cal
>> DATE: Sun., Oct. 22 // First serve: 2:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON STATE
>> Overall: WSU leads, 50-25
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 24-11
>> In Corvallis: WSU leads, 25-13
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 22-5
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 18-15
>> In five sets: WSU leads, 11-5
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: WSU leads, 15-8
>> Washington State swept the Beavers in the first matchup back on Sept. 28 in Corvallis as Jasmine Martin returned to her home state and finished with a season-best six kills and five blocks.
>> Washington State swept both of last season's matchups with the Beavers and have won nine straight dating back to 2018.
>> Washington State has won five straight in Corvallis, a streak that also goes back to the 2018 season.
RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer heads into the week 293 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 15 aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.
>> Julia Norville begins the week only three digs shy of joining the 1,000 career digs club.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week just 90 digs shy of reaching 1,000 digs for her career, putting her over 1,000 career kills and digs in her college career.
>> With her 1,000th career dig, Timmer would become only the third all-time member of the 1,000 career kills & digs club, joining assistant coach Shannon Wyckoff (Hunt), and LaToya Harris (1999-2002).
>> Timmer is also only three kills away from moving past Meagan Ganzer for fourth all-time in WSU history, and only 19 from moving past Carrie Couturier for third all-time.
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into Sunday just 57 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History. With only 52 more blocks, Jehlářová will become the NCAA Divison I career leader for the rally scoring era (since 2001).
WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> Washington State remained in the top-10 for a sixth-consecutive week, dropping only two spots to No. 6 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll after a split weekend that included a four-set win at UCLA and a five-set loss at USC.
>> This week marks the 37th poll overall in which the Cougars have cracked the nation's top-10.
>> Washington State has appeared in 186 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.
>> WSU moved down to No. 6 in this week's Volleyballmag.com Super 16 Poll.
>> 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 this Sunday, Oct. 29 during a nationally televised matchup between Washington and Oregon.
>> The Cougs also moved down just one spot to No. 6 in the lastest NCAA RPI, a list that includes four Pac-12 teams inside the nation's top-20.
UP NEXT:
Washington State will turn around and head back on the road next week as it heads to the Bay Area to take on Stanford on Friday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m., followed by a Sunday match at Cal on Nov. 5, beginning at noon. The Cougars will then host its first set of Senior Night/Day matches in Bohler Gym the following weekend as they play UCLA on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m., followed by USC on Sunday, Nov. 12, beginning at noon.
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The Cougars are coming off of a Sunday road win in Pauley Pavilion in which they snapped a four-match losing skid to the Bruins in a four-set win to finish off a weekend split in Los Angeles. No. 9 Oregon heads into the week coming off of a four-set loss to Stanford on Sunday night.
Media Notes (PDF)
Match Info:
>> vs No. 9 Oregon (17-4, 7-3 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 1
>> OPP LAST THREE: L 0-3 vs ASU // W 3-0 at Cal // L 1-3 vs Stanford
>> RANKINGS: AVCA - 9th, RPI - 8th, Media - 8th
>> DATE: Fri., Oct. 22 // First serve: 7:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON
>> Overall: WSU leads, 39-34
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 18-17
>> In Eugene: WSU leads, 21-17
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 23-18
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 12-10
>> In five sets: Oregon leads, 4-6
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: Oregon leads, 5-14
>> The Cougars defeated No. 6 Oregon in four sets, 25-14, 20-25, 29-27, 25-23, back on Oct. 1 in Matthew Knight Arena to jump the Ducks in the national rankings the following week.
>> The Cougars and Ducks split last season's two matchups with each team defending home court. WSU won in five sets in the first meeting last season in Bohler, with the Ducks winning in four sets the second time around in Eugene.
>> Washington State has won four of the last five and seven of the last nine matches overall between the two sides dating back to the beginning of the 2019 Pac-12 season.
Match Info:
>> vs Oregon State (7-13, 2-8 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 2
>> OPP LAST THREE: W 3-2 vs Arizona // L 0-3 at Stanford // L 2-3 at Cal
>> DATE: Sun., Oct. 22 // First serve: 2:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON STATE
>> Overall: WSU leads, 50-25
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 24-11
>> In Corvallis: WSU leads, 25-13
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 22-5
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 18-15
>> In five sets: WSU leads, 11-5
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: WSU leads, 15-8
>> Washington State swept the Beavers in the first matchup back on Sept. 28 in Corvallis as Jasmine Martin returned to her home state and finished with a season-best six kills and five blocks.
>> Washington State swept both of last season's matchups with the Beavers and have won nine straight dating back to 2018.
>> Washington State has won five straight in Corvallis, a streak that also goes back to the 2018 season.
RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer heads into the week 293 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 15 aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.
>> Julia Norville begins the week only three digs shy of joining the 1,000 career digs club.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week just 90 digs shy of reaching 1,000 digs for her career, putting her over 1,000 career kills and digs in her college career.
>> With her 1,000th career dig, Timmer would become only the third all-time member of the 1,000 career kills & digs club, joining assistant coach Shannon Wyckoff (Hunt), and LaToya Harris (1999-2002).
>> Timmer is also only three kills away from moving past Meagan Ganzer for fourth all-time in WSU history, and only 19 from moving past Carrie Couturier for third all-time.
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into Sunday just 57 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History. With only 52 more blocks, Jehlářová will become the NCAA Divison I career leader for the rally scoring era (since 2001).
WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> Washington State remained in the top-10 for a sixth-consecutive week, dropping only two spots to No. 6 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll after a split weekend that included a four-set win at UCLA and a five-set loss at USC.
>> This week marks the 37th poll overall in which the Cougars have cracked the nation's top-10.
>> Washington State has appeared in 186 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.
>> WSU moved down to No. 6 in this week's Volleyballmag.com Super 16 Poll.
>> 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 this Sunday, Oct. 29 during a nationally televised matchup between Washington and Oregon.
>> The Cougs also moved down just one spot to No. 6 in the lastest NCAA RPI, a list that includes four Pac-12 teams inside the nation's top-20.
UP NEXT:
Washington State will turn around and head back on the road next week as it heads to the Bay Area to take on Stanford on Friday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m., followed by a Sunday match at Cal on Nov. 5, beginning at noon. The Cougars will then host its first set of Senior Night/Day matches in Bohler Gym the following weekend as they play UCLA on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m., followed by USC on Sunday, Nov. 12, beginning at noon.
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