PULLMAN, Wash. (October 22, 2026) — Washington State women's volleyball fell to Colorado State 3-0, Thursday at Bohler Gym.
The Cougars (8-10, 3-5 Pac-12) finished with 34 kills and 50 digs as a team.
Naomi White led WSU with six kills and added one block assist.
Kambree Rodriguez recorded a team-high 11 digs and had one service ace.
Audrey Hollis finished with a team-best 13 assists and added six digs.
Kryssa Moerman posted four kills and a team-high four total blocks.
After Colorado State built a 5-3 lead, WSU won seven of the next eight rallies, with Livia Ward tying the set, Emerson Matthews adding back-to-back kills during Eliana Ti'a’s serve and Moerman helping push the lead to 10-6. The Cougars stayed in front through the middle of the set, getting kills from White, Hollis, Ward, Kate Hayhurst and Moerman to lead 21-17. Colorado State answered after WSU reached 22-18, taking five straight points to move ahead 23-22 before Hayhurst tied it with a kill; the Cougars went up 25-24 on a Rodriguez service ace, but Colorado State took the final three points on two kills and a service ace to win the set 27-25.
Madyn Cervellera served an ace to open the second set for WSU, but Colorado State answered with four straight points and later moved ahead 7-3 before Matthews put down a kill. Colorado State created separation with a 10-point run from 7-4 to 17-4, a stretch that included a service ace and three kills. WSU stopped that run with a Mary Healy kill and consecutive blocks involving Cervellera, Moerman and Ward to make it 17-7, but Colorado State pushed the margin back out and closed the set on kills for a 25-11 finish.
The Cougars built an early 4-1 lead in the third set, with Healy and White combining on the opening block, Healy and Moerman adding another block, and Moerman putting down a kill. After Cervellera put WSU back in front 6-5 and White later tied it at 7-7, Colorado State moved ahead 9-7 and scored four straight after White’s kill made it 9-8 to go up 13-8. Whitney Dewicki delivered consecutive kills to cut the margin to 13-10, and kills from Healy, Hayhurst and Cervellera kept WSU trading sideouts. Colorado State reached 20-15 before closing with five straight points, including a kill and a block, to take the set 25-15.
Notes
- Kryssa Moerman has recorded 4+ total blocks in three straight matches.
- Moerman has 488 career kills, 12 from 500.
- White has 486 career kills, 14 shy of 500.
- Matthews has 428 career kills, 72 away from 500.
- Hollis has 1,359 career assists, 141 shy of 1,500.
Up next, WSU volleyball hosts Texas State Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. in Pullman, Wash.
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