PULLMAN, Wash. — Following a perfect 11-0 month of September which included three top-25 wins and two wins against the nation's top-10 teams, No. 7 Washington State volleyball (13-1, 3-0 Pac-12) gets set to open the month of October with another top-10 match, this time taking on No. 6 Oregon (12-1, 2-0 Pac-12) Sunday beginning at noon.  Sunday's match from Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore., will be streamed live on Pac-12 Insider and broadcast live for radio listeners on Pullman Radio KQQQ.

Match Info:
>> at No. 6 Oregon (12-1, 2-0 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Won 6
>> OPP LAST THREE:  W 3-0 at Marquette // W 3-0 vs Oregon St. // W 3-0 at UCLA
>> DATE:  Sun., Oct. 1 //  First serve: 12:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Eugene, Ore.  //  Matthew Knight Arena
>> RADIO: Pullman Radio KQQQ// PxP: Steve Grubbs
>> Media Notes (PDF)

SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON
>> Overall: WSU leads, 38-34
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 18-17
>> In Eugene: WSU leads, 20-17
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 23-18
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 11-10
>> In five sets: Oregon leads, 4-6
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: Oregon leads, 4-14
>> 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 before the Ducks won in four on the last match inside Matthew Knight Arena last November.
>> Washington State has won three of the last four and six of the last eight meetings overall between the two sides dating back to the beginning of the 2019 Pac-12 season.
>> The Cougars have won two of the last three matches played in Matthew Knight Arena.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES
>> WSU is off to its best start since a 13-0 start to the 2013 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 last week before posting a team-high 10 kills with a .643 attack percentage in Thursday's sweep at Oregon State.
>> Jehlářová is the Pac-12's active leader in career blocks (665) 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 1,558, and leads the Cougs with 3.46 kills/set this season.
>> Isanovic is hitting at a career-best .338 clip as she joins forces this season with Pia Timmer who is second on the team with 3.13 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 began the weekend 17th in the nation and third in the Pac-12 with 10.69 assists/set 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. (as of 9/28) WSU's .506 attack percentage vs. Tulsa was the highest of any Pac-12 team over an opponent so far 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.


RECORD WATCH
>> Pia Timmer heads into Sunday's match only 60.5 points shy of moving into second all-time in WSU history.
>> Magda Jehlářová goes into Sunday just 91 blocks shy of becoming the all-time career leader in Pac-12 History.
>> Pia Timmer sits just 24 service aces shy of setting the all-time WSU career record.

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.

Up Next:
WSU 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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