PULLMAN, Wash. (October 26, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball made it a quick one Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 sweep over the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
The Cougars (12-6, 7-2 WCC) hit a season-best .409 and recorded 15 blocks on the day compared to three from Gonzaga.
Katy Ryan led the offense with nine kills, hitting at a .444 clip, to go with four blocks.
Lucie Blažková and Italia Bernal did a little bit of everything. Blažková finished with eight kills (.438), eight blocks, four solos, and two aces, while Bernal had 24 assists, five kills, two aces, two blocks and 12 digs.
Taryn Vrieling tallied eight kills, a block and an ace, and Breccan Scheck had six kills and six blocks.
Sage Brustad finished with five kills, eight digs and a block.
Weronika Wojdyla put up a kill and a block, and Jade Warren checked in with her first point as a Cougar with a solo block.
After trading points early, the Cougs began to pull away with kills from Blažková, Brustad and Scheck to take an 8-5 lead before a Bernal kill and blocks from Ryan and Scheck helped stretch the advantage to 16-10. Kills from Vrieling and Ryan down the stretch made it 24-18 and a Blažková solo block sealed the 25-18 set one win.
Teams started out going back-and-forth again in set two before a Blažková kill and a block from Bernal and Blažková opened up a 6-1 run that was capped by a pair of Blažková aces to put WSU ahead 12-9. Kills from Bernal and…
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