SPOKANE, Wash. (November 13, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball won in straight sets Wednesday night at Gonzaga, 3-0.

The Cougars (15-8, 10-4 WCC) hit at a .347 clip while totaling eight blocks and eight service aces.

After seven kills in the first set, Katy Ryan led the offense with 13 kill on the night while hitting a career-high .722.

Taryn Vrieling and Sage Brustad each finished with nine kills. Brustad added three service aces, a block and seven digs, while Vrieling had two blocks and five digs.

Lucie Blažková hit .556 with five kills to go with six total blocks, an assist and two digs.

Jaden Walz tallied 19 assists, three aces, six digs and a block.

Emma Barbero had 13 digs, five assists and two aces, and Italia Bernal put up 16 assists and four digs.

Weronika Wojdyla finished two blocks and three kills, and Breccan Scheck tallied four kills.

After trading points early, a Brustad kill kicked off what would be an 8-1 run with three kills from Ryan and a block assist by Vrieling and Blažková to put the Cougs on top 18-11. Three Vrieling kills later, and WSU had extended the lead to 22-14 before kills from Brustad, Walz and Ryan capped the 25-22 set one win.

Early blocks from Blažková kept things even in set two before a couple of Walz aces, kills from Wojdyla and Vrieling, and a Brustad solo block gave the Cougars an 11-7 lead. Kills from Vrieling and Blažková created some separation as the lead stretched to 18-12, and then two kills each from Brustad and Ryan down the stretch wrapped up the 25-16 set two win.

In set three, WSU raced out to a 9-1 lead behind kills from Vrieling and Ryan, and a trio of Brustad aces. After a Barbero ace made it 11-2, two more Vrieling kills along with kills from Wojdyla and Brustad extended the lead to 15-6. The Cougars worked out to a 10-point advantage, 18-8 on a Walz ace and then 21-11 on Ryan's 13th kill of the night before a pair of Blažková blocks sealed the 25-15 set win, and the sweep.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Katy Ryan
•    Finished with 13.0 points to put career total at 1,316.5, good for 10th all-time at WSU.
•    Ryan tallied 13 kills to reach 1,137 for her career and is now 116 away from the WSU all-time top-10 list.
•    Ryan holds a career attack percentage of .282 (1137-407-2593), good for sixth in program history.
•    She has played in 122 career matches, seven away from entering the WSU all-time top-10 list.
•    Ryan is now at 450 career sets played, 18 from entering the WSU all-time top-10 list and 50 away from 500.

NOTES
•    Blažková has 32 solo blocks this season, tied for 10th most in a single-season at WSU.
•    Brustad has 37 service aces this season, five away from the WSU single-season Top-10.
•    Ryan's .722 hitting percentage was the most by a Cougar since Magda Jehlárová hit .750 on Dec. 2, 2023 against Dayton.

UP NEXT
The Cougars continue their final road stretch of the season at Portland on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m., and then Friday, Nov. 22 at Oregon State. Both matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

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