PULLMAN, Wash. — Pia Timmer had a team-leading 15 kills and hit .462 to help Washington State volleyball (16-7, 8-4 Pac-12) dominate Cal (7-15, 0-12 Pac-12) in a 3-0 (25-6, 25-18, 25-22) sweep Sunday afternoon in Bohler Gym. Timmer’s 15 kills moved her into a tie with Brittany Johnson for 10th all-time in career kills (1,118) at WSU while the win for the Cougars was their sixth-consectuive sweep in the all-time series against Cal.
Washington State improves to 12-0 hitting over .300 as a team, finishing at .388 (42-9-85) collectively in Sunday’s win which was also the 10th sweep of the season so far for WSU. The Cougars are also a perfect 13-0 when winning the opening set and 11-0 when taking the first two as Washington State dominated play throughout Sunday’s match.
The Cougs opened the match on a 9-0 run that included four aces from Karly Basham who finished the match with a team-high five aces. Washington State never looked back as it held Cal to negative hitting (-.160) as a team en route to a 25-6 win in the opening set. WSU was a perfect 6-of-6 on sideouts and hit .435 with only a single attacking error in the opening set while Pia Timmer was able to put down four of her first five attacks for kills to start the match.
“Volleyball is interesting game because you can dominate a first set like that but the match has to reset at 0-0 and we knew that Cal was much better than we saw in that first set,” said Head Coach Jen…
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