PULLMAN, Wash. (October 17, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball downed Oregon State 3-1 Thursday night inside Bohler Gym.

The Cougars (11-5, 6-1 WCC) hit at a .284 clip on the night, and had eight service aces, doubling-up the four by the Beavers.

Sage Brustad led the team with 19 kills while adding six digs and an assist.

Lucie Blažková tallied eight total blocks, including four solo blocks, to go with four kills, and three aces.

Taryn Vrieling reached double-figure kills with 10 and had two aces and a block.

Italia Bernal totaled 32 assists on top of four kills, three blocks, three digs and an ace. Emma Barbero finished with 10 digs, two aces and five assists.

Katy Ryan had seven kills and two blocks, while Breccan Scheck also had two blocks to go with a pair of kills.

Early kills from Ryan and blocks from Bernal and Blažková helped the Cougs take a 10-5 lead in set one. A Blažková ace and kills from Brustad and Ryan turned into a 6-1 Cougar run to stretch out to a 16-8 lead. Another Blažková ace and kills from Vrieling and Bernal wrapped up the 25-15 win as the team hit .480 in the opening set.

OSU won set two and then took an early lead in set three before kills from Brustad put WSU out in front 10-9 as teams began trading points from there. After ties at 10-all and 11-all, the Cougs took a 2-point lead after kills from Scheck and Vrieling made it 13-11. Seven more ties later, a Barbero ace made it 21-19, and then a block by Bernal and Blažková, and a Vrieling kill gave the Cougars the 25-20 set three win.

Set four was tied at 6-6 until aces from Blažková and Bernal and a trio of Brustad kills put WSU on top 11-7. A Vrieling kill and a Blažková solo block made it 15-11 before OSU inched back to within one, 16-15. After a WSU timeout, another Blažková solo block and a kill from Brustad put it back at a 4-point game, 19-15, before Blažková's fourth solo block of the night and three more Brustad kills ended the set 25-18, and the match 3-1.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Katy Ryan

• Finished with eight points to put career total at 1,224, good for 10th all-time at WSU.
• Ryan tallied seven kills to reach 1,054 for her career and is now 199 away from the WSU all-time top-10 list.
• Ryan holds a career attack percentage of .278 (1054-382-2421), good for sixth in program history.
• She has played in 115 career matches, 14 away from entering the WSU all-time top-10 list.
• Ryan is now at 427 career sets played, 41 from entering the WSU all-time top-10 list and 73 away from 500.

NOTES

• The Cougars have won three-straight games for the third time this season.

UP NEXT
The Cougars are back on the road to play San Diego at noon on Saturday, October 19. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

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