PULLMAN, Wash. — Seventh-ranked Washington State will make its Oregon road trip this weekend as it heads to Corvallis, Ore., first to take on Oregon State (5-7, 0-2 Pac-12) on Thursday night beginning at 7 p.m.  Thursday's road match will be streamed live on Pac-12.com/live, and will be broadcast live for listeners on Pullman Radio KQQQ/ Moscow-Pullman 1150 AM.

The No. 7 Cougars also came in at No. 6 in the first NCAA Women's Volleyball Committee Top-10 release of the season, and No. 6 in volleyballmag.com's first-ever Super 16 Media Poll.  Washington State is 3-1 on the road to start the season after a five-set comeback win last week at Arizona, and ranks third in the entire nation with a .316 attack percentage as a team this fall.

Match Notes PDF
MATCH INFO
>> at Oregon State (5-7, 0-2 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 5
>> OPP LAST THREE:  L 1-3 at Portland State // L 0-3 at Oregon // L 0-3 at USC
>> DATE:  Thurs., Sept. 28  //  First serve: 7:00 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Corvallis, Ore.  //  Gill Coliseum
>> Radio: Pullman Radio KQQQ// PxP: Steve Grubbs

SERIES HISTORY: WSU VS OREGON STATE
>> Overall: WSU leads, 49-25
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 24-11
>> In Corvallis: WSU leads, 24-13
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 21-5
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 18-15
>> In five sets: WSU leads, 11-5
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: WSU leads, 14-8
>> 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.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL QUICK NOTES
>> WSU is off to its best start since a 13-0 start to the 2013 season and its first 11-match winning streak since a stretch of 11-straight during the 2019 season.
>> The longest win streak in program history was a 16-match winning streak to start the 1997 season.
>> At No. 7 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, Washington State remained at its highest in-season ranking since reaching No. 6 at the peak of the Cougars' 16-match winning streak in '97.
>> The Cougars are off to their best start in conference play since a 5-0 start to the 2016 season that saw them post wins over No. 4 Washington, No. 9 UCLA, No. 9 Stanford, California, and Oregon State, respectively.
>> The Cougars are off to their best start in conference play since a 5-0 start to the 2016 season that saw them post wins over No. 4 Washington, No. 9 UCLA, No. 9 Stanford, California, and Oregon State, respectively.
>> Magda Jehlářová averaged 2.25 kills/set while hitting .471 in the first weekend of Pac-12 action. Jehlářová sits atop the conference and eighth in the NCAA with a .458 hitting percentage this season.
>> Jehlářová is the Pac-12's active leader in career blocks (661) and also ranks 16th in the NCAA and second in the Pac-12 at 1.42 blocks/set this season.
>> Iman Isanovic, graduate transfer from Arizona State and a First Team All-Pac-12 selection in 2021, is the Pac-12 leader in career kills with 1,550, and leads the Cougs with 3.51 kills/set this season.
>> Isanovic is hitting at a career-best .350 clip as she joins forces with Pia Timmer who is second on the team with 3.27 kills/set. Timmer begins the weekend fifth all-time in career aces (127) and the team's leader on the season (14).
>> Setter Argentina Ung is 17th in the nation and third in the Pac-12 with 10.69 assists/set this season. She also averages 0.78 blocks/set, 1.89 digs/set and has 36 kills while hitting .354 on the season.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL MISC STORYLINES
RETURN OF THE FIVE... PLUS A FEW MORE.
>> Washington State's 2023 team features seven fifth-year players, four true seniors, and one redshirt senior.
>> The group of Karly Basham, Julia Norville, Magda Jehlářová, Weronika Wojdyla, and Pia Timmer, announced their return for a fifth season in November of 2022.
>> The Cougars then dipped into the transfer portal, adding DI veterans Iman Isanovic, Peyton Claus, Magdalena Juric, and Lana Radakovic, respectively, to their 2023 roster.

SIX ROTATIONS: EIGHT NATIONS
>> The makeup of the 2023 WSU roster is split down the middle with eight international players and eight United States natives. Current and past Cougs have consistently seen the court at the highest levels of international volleyball.
>> Magda Jehlářová (Czech Republic), Iman Isanovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina), and Argentina Ung (Mexico) have each played major impact roles on their respective senior national teams in recent years.
>> Ung has spent the past three years as  a starting setter for Mexico and won the 2022 NORCECA Final Four Tournament MVP and Best Setter awards.
>> Jehlářová and Isanovic each competed in the opening round of the 2023 CEV Women's EuroVolley Championships (Aug. 15-23) earlier this season.
>> Former Washington State volleyball players Jocelyn Urias ('15, '17-'18) and Taylor Mims ('15, '18) have also represented Mexico and the United States, respectively, on their senior national teams earlier this year.
>> Mims recently helped Team USA win a Gold Medal in the 2023 Pan American Games earlier this summer.
>> Katy Ryan was a 2022 U.S. Collegiate National Team selection while head coach Jen Greeny has also spent time as a USA Volleyball Assistant Coach.
>> Freshman Emma Barbero was a starting libero for an Italian Junior National Team that won a Junior World Championship.  She also brings playing experience from the top Italian club volleyball league, Serie A, one of the top club volleyball leagues in the world.

POSTSEASON SUCCESS
>> WSU is one of ONLY 12 Power 5 programs (13 overall) selected to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last seven seasons (2016-2023).
>> With seven-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances under 12th year WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny, WSU volleyball has sustained the longest run of postseason success in the history of Washington State Athletics team sports.
>> Coach Jen Greeny has been a part of 13 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.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
>> With so much returning and incoming talent on the 2023 roster, Washington State saw some of its highest preseason expectations in recent memory with a No. 2 selection in the 2023 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches' Poll.
>> The No. 2 preseason Pac-12 ranking was its highest preseason selection since being picked to finish second in the 1996 preseason poll.
>> The Cougs began the season at No. 21 in the AVCA Preseason Top-25, the first time cracking the preseason top-25 since 2021 (No. 18) and the third time overall under coach Greeny.
>> The Cougs began the season at No. 21 in the AVCA Preseason Top-25, the first time cracking the preseason top-25 since 2021 (No. 18) and the third time overall under coach Greeny.
>> Magda Jehlářová, Iman Isanovic, and Pia Timmer were each named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team.

WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS
>> Washington State remained at No. 7 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, the highest in-season ranking for the Cougs since reaching No. 6 during the 1997 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.
>> Washington State also appeared in the first-ever women's college volleyball media poll, coming in at No. 6 on Monday in the first Volleyballmag.com Super 16 Poll of the season.
>> The No. 7 ranking last week was the first top-10 ranking for the Cougs since reaching No. 10 during the 2016 season.
>> Washington State's highest all-time ranking was the No. 5 spot in Oct. of 1995.
>> This week marks the 33^rd poll in which the Cougars have cracked the nation's top-10.
>> Washington State has appeared in 182 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.
>> After taking down the defending national champions, Texas, on the road last week, Washington State is 3-1 this season against the AVCA Top-25 and 2-1 against the nation's top-10.

UNDER THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
>> WSU has gone 3-1 against the AVCA Top-25 this season and 2-1 against the top-10 as they look to build a postseason resume that stacks up with the top players in Division I volleyball.
>> WSU has won its last three top-25 matchups, each in four sets, holding teams to just .208 hitting in those matches.
>> Washington State has faced the 32nd-toughest schedule in the nation to this point in the season based on teams it has played so far.  The Cougs have the 14th-hardest schedule based on its remaining Pac-12 schedule.

RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer begins the week only 64 points shy of moving into second all-time in WSU history.
>> Magda Jehlářová begins the week only 96 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History.
>> Pia Timmer begins the week only 24 service aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
>> WSU's .506 attack percentage vs. Tulsa was the highest of any Pac-12 team over an opponent so far this season.
>> Washington State is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA and second in the Pac-12 as a team with a .316 hitting percentage this season.
>> WSU has tied the program record for aces in a 3-set match in each of the past two seasons.  The Cougars dropped in 14 aces vs. FDU at the 2022 Fairfield Invitational and had 14 aces in its 2023 home opener against Northwestern State.

UP NEXT:
Washington State will conclude its Oregon road trip on Sunday as it heads to Eugene to take on the sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks beginning at noon on Pac-12 Insider from Matthew Knight Arena.  The Cougars will return home next weekend as they get set to host a pair of network matches starting with California on Fri., Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., on Pac-12 Washington, before hosting Stanford on Sun., Oct. 8, beginning at noon on Pac-12 Network.

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