PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State volleyball (21-8, 13-5 Pac-12), the 25th-ranked team in the AVCA Division I women’s volleyball coaches’ poll for a third week in a row, gets set to host its penultimate match on the 2022 regular season against UCLA (15-12, 9-9 Pac-12) Tuesday in Bohler Gym. Tuesday’s match will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with A.J. Kanell on the play-by-play and a first serve slated for 6:04 p.m.
The Cougs are coming off of an impressive 2-0 weekend that saw them sweep Utah on Friday night before a convincing four-set win over Colorado to split the season series with the Buffaloes. Pia Timmer averaged a team-high 4.43 kills/set last weekend and Magda Jehlarova had a season-high 16 kills on only 21 swings (16-1-21, .714) in Sunday’s win over Colorado. WSU improved to 10-1 on the season at home going into this week’s final two matches in Bohler Gym.
Match Info:
>> vs UCLA (15-12, 9-9 Pac-12) | Pac-12 Network (A.J. Kanell PxP)
>> Tuesday, Nov. 22 // First serve: 6:04 p.m. (PST)
>> Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> Live Stats // StatBroadcast (wsucougars.com/sports/womens-volleyball)
>> Full notes PDF
Cougar Quick Notes:
>> The Cougs have won six of their last seven matches overall and are 20-1 this year against teams outside the top-25.
>>Washington State remained at No. 25 for a third-consecutive week in the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Poll, having cracked the top-25 for the first time back on Nov. 7.
>> The Cougars rank No. 16 in the NCAA with a .281 hitting percentage as a team. .281 (547-169-1241) would rank as the second-highest for a team in WSU history behind the 1996 NCAA Elight Eight team.
>> Washington State is 10-1 this season at home and has won 15 of 16 matches dating back to last season.
>> The Cougs are averaging a .305 hitting percentage as a team at home in Bohler while opponents are averaging just .178.
>> Magda Jehlárová (574 career blocks) is only four blocks shy of moving into second all-time at WSU in career blocks.
>> Jehlárová is 10th in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 with 1.44 blocks/set this season.
>> Pia Timmer finished last weekend with 4.43 kills/set and a .406 hitting percentage (31-5-64). She is 11th in the Pac-12 heading into Tuesday’s match with 3.37 kills/set on thee season.
>> Laura Jansen, a fifth-year transfer from Arkansas -…
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