PULLMAN, Wash. — 10th-ranked Washington State volleyball (26-7) will carry a seven-match winning streak into the second weekend of the postseason this week as it travels to the East Coast to play at top-seeded Pitt (24-7) Thursday at 11:30 a.m. PST on ESPNU.  Thursday's match in Pittsburgh will be the Cougars' first Sweet 16 match since 2018 and will be the 12th top-25 match of the season for an experienced Cougar team that is 7-4 so far against ranked teams.

Match Info:
>> vs #4 Pitt (27-4, 16-2 ACC)   |   Opp Streak: W7
>> OPP NCAA TOURNEY:  W 3-0 vs Coppin State  //  W 3-1 vs USC
>> DATE:  Thurs., Dec. 7, 2023  //  First serve: 11:30 a.m. (approx.)
>> LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Penn.  //  Fitzgerald Field House
>> TV: ESPNU, PxP: Paul Sunderland & Jennifer Hoffman
>> RADIO: Pullman Radio KQQQ, PxP: Steve Grubbs
>> Washington State Match Notes (PDF)

WSU POSTSEASON NOTES
>> Washington State is one of only 11 power-five programs and the lone Pac-12 program to reach each of the last eight NCAA Tournaments (2016-23).
>> 2023 marks the seventh time Washington State has hosted the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Pullman and the first time since a 2018 run that saw the Cougars defeat Northern Iowa and Tennessee, respectively, to advance to the Sweet 16.
>> Washington State has swept its last three first round matchups, to improve to 11-7 all-time in the NCAA first round.
>> Saturday's second round win over Dayton gives the Cougars their fifth all-time trip to the NCAA Sweet 16, their second Sweet 16 appearance under head coach Jen Greeny, and brings their all-time NCAA Tournament record back to .500 at 17-17.
>> The Cougs are 6-2 in NCAA first round matchups under Head Coach Jen Greeny following Friday's 3-0 win over Grand Canyon.
>> The Cougars are now 8-7 (.533) under coach Greeny in the NCAA Tournament after defending home court to open the 2023 NCAA postseason.
>> Head Coach Jen Greeny has been a part of 14 postseason trips for WSU, having played for the Cougars in the NCAA Tournament (1995, '96, '97)
before returning as an assistant coach for WSU's postseason runs in 2000, 2001 and 2002 as well.

WSU MATCH NOTES
>> Washington State had five players recognized on the 2023 All-Pac-12 team as Magda Jehlářová and Pia Timmer each earned first team honors, while Iman Isanovic, Katy Ryan, and Argentina Ung were each named as honorable mention selections in last week's all-conference release.
>> Jehlářová's first team selection makes her the first athlete in the conference's history to achieve five career first team honors.
>> Jehlářová and Timmer each earned first team AVCA Pacific North All-Region honors this week, while Argentina Ung was named honorable mention all-region.
>> Jehlářová surpassed UCLA's Marissa Hatchett (1989-92) for the all-time lead in career blocks last weekend and is the WSU and NCAA rally-scoring leader with 766.
>>  Timmer picked up her 150th-career ace in Saturday's win against Dayton, tying her former teammate Penny Tusa for the WSU all-time record.  Timmer is third all-time at Washington State in career kills and is only three kills shy of becoming only the third player to reach 1,700 in her career.
>>  Argentina Ung ranks 27th in the nation this season with 10.51 assists/set and has the Cougars' offense on pace to set a new all-time record with a .289 hitting percentage as a team, the 11th-best mark in the NCAA this season.
>> Ung is into the top-10 all-time at WSU in career assists (2,488) with only two seasons as a starting setter.  She has averaged 2.07 digs/set this season, to go along with 116 kills and begins the second week of the tournament only three blocks shy of 100 on the season.
>> WSU finished last Friday's NCAA first round win over GCU with a .375 team hitting percentage in a three-set win to open the postseason, improving to 14-0 this season when hitting .300 or better as a team.
>> Head coach Jen Greeny became only the second coach at Washington State to reach three-consecutive 20-win seasons, having played on the most recent team to achieve the feat back in 1995-98.  The Cougars have already reached their highest win total (26) during Greeny's tenure as head coach.

Up Next:
The winner of Thursday's contest will meet the winner of No. 2-seed Louisville and No. 3-seed Creighton in Saturday's Elite Eight for a trip to Tampa, Fla., for next week's national semifinal.1

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