PULLMAN, Wash. —  No. 9 Washington State volleyball (20-7, 10-6 Pac-12) will close the 2023 Pac-12 schedule with four matches over a seven-day span beginning Friday as they travel to Boulder, Colo., to play Colorado (14-13, 6-10 Pac-12) at 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Insider.  The Cougars will travel across the Rockies to Salt Lake City where they will play Utah (10-16, 5-11 Pac-12) on Sunday at 11 a.m. on Pac-12 Mountain.

Washington State is coming off of a reverse sweep over USC Sunday in Bohler Gym in which Iman Isanovic posted a season-high 24 kills while head coach Jen Greeny became just the second coach in program history to achieve three-consecutive 20-win seasons.  Friday's match in Boulder will kick off a final stretch of four-matches within a one-week span as the Cougs return to Pullman to host Arizona State on Wednesday, Nov. 22, beginning at noon, followed by an Apple Cup road trip to Seattle to play the Huskies on Friday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m.

Match Info:
>> vs Colorado (14-13, 6-10 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 3
>> OPP LAST THREE:  L 3-1 at Oregon // L 3-1 at Arizona State // L 3-2 at Arizona
>> DATE:  Fri., Nov. 17  //  First serve: 6:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Boulder, Colo.  //  CU Events Center
>> LISTEN: Pullman Radio KQQQ, PxP: Steve Grubbs
>> WATCH: Pac-12 Insider
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs COLORADO
>> Overall: WSU leads, 14-11
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 10-3
>> In Boulder: Colorado leads, 7-3
>> Neutral: Tied 1-1
>> Washington State has dominanted the series in recent years, winning eight of the last ten, including eight of the previous nine matchups.
>> Colorado snapped a seven-match winning streak for the Cougs last season in Bouler, the longest streak in the all-time series.
>> WSU swept the first meeting back on Sunday, Oct. 15, behind 17 kills from Pia Timmer.
>> The two teams split the first two matchups all-time prior to Colorado joining the Pac-12 in 2011.  Washington State has since earned a 13-10 edge in conference matchups since 2011.
>> The Cougars are 10-3 over the Buffaloes in Pullman including a 2-1 win under former Head Coach Cindy Laughlin back in 1991, the first meeting between the two.

>> vs Utah (10-16, 5-11 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 2
>> OPP LAST THREE:  W 3-2 at OSU  //  L 3-1 at Arizona  //  L 3-0 at Arizona St.
>> DATE:  Sun., Nov. 19  //  First serve: 11:04 a.m.
>> LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah  //  Jon M Huntsman Center
>> LISTEN: Pullman Radio KQQQ, PxP: Steve Grubbs
>> WATCH: Pac-12 Mountain
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs UTAH
>> Overall: Utah leads, 13-10
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 8-3
>> In Salt Lake City: Utah leads, 9-2
>> WSU has won three in a row which began with a sweep in the Huntsman Center in October of 2022.
>> Washington State swept the first contest in Bohler Gym back on Friday, Oct. 13.
>> Pia Timmer led the way with 10 kills, Karly Basham finished with 16 digs, and Katy Ryan had a team-leading five block assists on the night.
>> Washington State swept last season's series with the Utes, and could post back-to-back seasons sweeps for the first time since Utah joined the Pac back in 2011.
>> 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 seven of its 10 wins overall, including each of last season's matchups.

RECORD WATCH
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into the weekend only 15 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History.  With only 10 more blocks, Jehlářová will become the NCAA Division I career leader for the rally scoring era (since 2001).
>> Pia Timmer heads into the week 194 points shy of setting the all-time WSU record for career points.
>> Timmer is third all-time at WSU in career aces (141) and is just 10 aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.
>> Karly Basham and Julia Norville became the 13th and 14th members of the 1,000 career digs club, respectively, earlier this season.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week just 34 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 player to reach 1,000 career kills & digs club, joining assistant coach Shannon Hunt (Wyckoff), and LaToya Harris (1999-2002).  She would also become the only player in program history to reach 1,500 career kills and 1,000 career digs.
>> Timmer is also only 158 kills away from tying Kyra Holt (1,777) for second all-time in WSU history in career kills.

WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> WSU dropped to No. 11 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, moving down two spots from last week's poll following a split weekend in Bohler Gym.
>> Washington State has appeared in 189 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.
>> Washington State set a program record with eight-consecutive week inside the top-25 earlier this season. WSU has spent a total of 39 weeks all-time ranked inside the nation's top-10.
>> WSU also came in at No. 12 in this week's Volleyballmag.com Super 16 Poll.
>> The Cougs came in at No. 5 in the second NCAA Women's Volleyball Committee Poll of the season which was announced on Oct. 29.

IN ELITE COMPANY
>> Washington State is 15th in the NCAA and third in the Pac-12 as a team with a .283 hitting percentage this season. (as of 11/13)
>> If the season ended today, WSU would tie the program record for single-season team attack percentage at .283 (1348-435-3229) as a team going into the weekend.  The current WSU record was set by a 1996 team that featured both Jen Greeny (Stinson) and Shannon Hunt (Wyckoff).
>> The 2022 Cougars finished the season ranked 16th in the NCAA at .280 as a team, a best final ranking in team attack percentage under coach Greeny and the second-highest single-season attack percentage in WSU history.
>> WSU's .506 attack percentage vs. Tulsa was the highest of any Pac-12 team over an opponent so far this season.
>> The Cougs are a perfect 11-0 in matches with a team hitting percentage of .300 or higher, including a 7-0 mark with a collective .400 hitting percentage or better.

Up Next:
11th-ranked Washington State will face a quick turnaround as it gets set to host its home finale on Wednesday, Nov. 22, against Arizona State, beginning at noon on Pac-12 Network.  The Cougars will then travel to Seattle for their Pac-12 finale against Apple Cup rival Washington on Friday, Nov. 24, beginning at 7 p.m., on Pac-12 Washington.

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