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Cougs close regular season with Wednesday home finale vs ASU, Friday Apple Cup

Cougs close regular season with Wednesday home finale vs ASU, Friday Apple Cup


PULLMAN, Wash. — 11th-ranked Washington State (22-7, 12-6 Pac-12) heads into the final week of the season riding a three-match winning streak as it gets set to host Arizona State (25-5, 13-5 Pac-12) on Wednesday beginning at noon, followed by a trip to play at Washington (15-14, 6-12 Pac-12) on Friday beginning at 7 p.m.

WSU Match Notes (PDF)

Match Info:

>> vs #18 Arizona State (25-5, 13-5 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Won 1

>> OPP LAST THREE:  W 3-0 vs Utah // L 1-3 vs Oregon // W 3-1 vs Oregon St.

>> DATE:  Wed., Nov. 22  //  First serve: 12:04 p.m.

>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash.  //  Bohler Gym

>> WATCH: Pac-12 Network, PxP: A.J. Kannell

SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs ARIZONA STATE

>> Overall: WSU leads, 39-34

>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 23-13

>> In Tempe: ASU leads, 21-16

>> WSU has won 13 matches in a row in the all-time series and 14-of-15 dating back to the 2015 season.

>> The Cougars took both of last season’s matches without dropping a set.

>> Washington State is 17-5 under head coach Jen Greeny with only one win for the Sun Devils in Pullman during that span.

>> at Washington (15-14, 6-12 Pac-12)   |   Opp Streak: Lost 1

>> OPP LAST THREE:  L 1-3 vs UCLA // W 3-2 at Utah // L 0-3 at Colorado

>> DATE:  Fri., Nov. 24  //  First serve: 7:04 p.m.

>> LOCATION: Seattle, Wash.  //  Alaska Airlines Arena

>> WATCH: Pac-12 Network

SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs WASHINGTON

>> Overall: UW leads 73-28

>> UW leads the all-time series which dates back to the 1976 season.

>> The two teams have split the past four matchups with the Cougs winning four of the last six going back to the 2019 season.

>> 2020 saw the first break in the series’ history after both matchups were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

>> 25th-ranked Washington State swept No. 24 Washington last season in the Pac-12 season finale, jumping the Huskies in the final AVCA coaches’ poll of the season.

WSU MATCH NOTES

>>  Magda Jehlářová goes into the week only three blocks shy of becoming the NCAA career leader during the rally-scoring era (since 2001).

>> Head coach Jen Greeny became only the second coach at Washington State to reach three-consecutive 20-win seasons, having played on the most recent team to achieve the feat back in 1995-98.

>> The Cougars own the 12th-best hitting percentage in the nation going into the final week of Pac-12 play.

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