PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State women's volleyball defeated Oregon State 3-1 Saturday afternoon at Bohler Gym.
The Cougars (11-13, 6-8 Pac-12) paired a higher hitting percentage with a blocking advantage, finishing with 11 blocks, 49 kills and five service aces.
Mary Healy led WSU with 15 kills and 15 points while hitting .375.
Livia Ward finished with 23 assists and 11 digs.
Kryssa Moerman posted a team-high seven blocks and added four kills on 10 attacks.
Naomi White recorded nine kills while hitting .563, with one ace and four blocks.
Wazzu erased a 2-0 deficit and went ahead 5-3 on two Oregon State errors, an Eliana Ti'a ace, a Healy kill from Ward and a Whitney Dewicki kill. Ward, Moerman and Dewicki helped make it 8-4, and the Cougars later led 22-16. Oregon State cut it to 22-19 before Ti'a, an error and a Ward ace finished a 25-19 win.
OSU led 8-5 and used a four-point run to make it 15-7 after a Ward block had pulled the Cougars State within 11-7. Emerson Matthews, White, Dewicki and Healy had kills as the Cougars got within 19-15 after an OSU attack error. The Beavers closed with six straight points, including three aces and two kills, to win 25-15.
WSU moved ahead 4-1 as White supplied the opening kill and an ace around a Healy kill, before OSU pulled even at 5-5. The Cougars rebuilt a 10-7 edge, but OSU tied it 12-12 and went ahead 13-12. The Beavers led 23-22 before Healy delivered consecutive kills, and an attack error closed a 25-23 win.
The Cougs opened the fourth set with a 3-0 run behind a Ti'a/White block, a Ti'a kill from Ward and a White kill. WSU led 7-2 after consecutive OSU attack errors, but the Beavers came back to 9-9. Kate Hayhurst put down consecutive kills from Audrey Hollis to push WSU back ahead 12-9. Healy kills and a Dewicki ace helped make it 19-15, and after OSU tied it 22-22, White and Healy supplied the final three kills for a 25-22 win.
Notes
- Naomi White recorded a season-high hitting percentage of .563.
- White has recorded at least four total blocks in six consecutive matches.
- White has 135 blocks this season, building on her career-best mark (prev. 117 in 2025).
- Emerson Matthews has 453 career kills, 47 away from 500.
- Audrey Hollis has 1,488 career assists, 12 shy of 1,500.
- Eliana Ti’a has 425 career kills, 75 away from 500.
- Livia Ward has 946 career assists, 54 from 1,000.
Up next, Washington State volleyball hosts Boise State Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. in Pullman, Washington.
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