SPOKANE, Wash. (November 13, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball won in straight sets Wednesday night at Gonzaga, 3-0.
The Cougars (15-8, 10-4 WCC) hit at a .347 clip while totaling eight blocks and eight service aces.
After seven kills in the first set, Katy Ryan led the offense with 13 kill on the night while hitting a career-high .722.
Taryn Vrieling and Sage Brustad each finished with nine kills. Brustad added three service aces, a block and seven digs, while Vrieling had two blocks and five digs.
Lucie Blažková hit .556 with five kills to go with six total blocks, an assist and two digs.
Jaden Walz tallied 19 assists, three aces, six digs and a block.
Emma Barbero had 13 digs, five assists and two aces, and Italia Bernal put up 16 assists and four digs.
Weronika Wojdyla finished two blocks and three kills, and Breccan Scheck tallied four kills.
After trading points early, a Brustad kill kicked off what would be an 8-1 run with three kills from Ryan and a block assist by Vrieling and Blažková to put the Cougs on top 18-11. Three Vrieling kills later, and WSU had extended the lead to 22-14 before kills from Brustad, Walz and Ryan capped the 25-22 set one win.
Early blocks from Blažková kept things even in set two before a couple of Walz aces, kills from Wojdyla and Vrieling, and a Brustad solo block gave the Cougars an 11-7 lead. Kills from Vrieling and Blažková created…
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