PULLMAN, Wash. — Fourth-ranked Washington State (18-3, 8-2 Pac-12) begins the second half of its 2023 Pac-12 schedule at home in Bohler Gym this weekend as it gets set to host ninth-ranked Oregon (17-4, 7-3 Pac-12) on Friday night at 7 p.m., followed by a Sunday matchup with Oregon State (7-13, 2-8 Pac-12) beginning at 2 p.m. Both matches will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Oregon.
The Cougars are coming off of a Sunday road win in Pauley Pavilion in which they snapped a four-match losing skid to the Bruins in a four-set win to finish off a weekend split in Los Angeles. No. 9 Oregon heads into the week coming off of a four-set loss to Stanford on Sunday night.
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Match Info:
>> vs No. 9 Oregon (17-4, 7-3 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 1
>> OPP LAST THREE: L 0-3 vs ASU // W 3-0 at Cal // L 1-3 vs Stanford
>> RANKINGS: AVCA – 9th, RPI – 8th, Media – 8th
>> DATE: Fri., Oct. 22 // First serve: 7:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON
>> Overall: WSU leads, 39-34
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 18-17
>> In Eugene: WSU leads, 21-17
>> In three sets: WSU leads, 23-18
>> In four sets: WSU leads, 12-10
>> In five sets: Oregon leads, 4-6
>> Under Head Coach Jen Greeny: Oregon leads, 5-14
>> The Cougars defeated No. 6 Oregon in four sets, 25-14, 20-25, 29-27, 25-23, back on Oct. 1 in Matthew Knight Arena to jump the Ducks in the national rankings the following week.
>> The Cougars and Ducks split last season’s two matchups with each team defending home court. WSU won in five sets in the first meeting last season in Bohler, with the Ducks winning in four sets the second time around in Eugene.
>> Washington State has won four of the last five and seven of the last nine matches overall between the two sides dating back to the beginning of the 2019 Pac-12 season.
Match Info:
>> vs Oregon State (7-13, 2-8 Pac-12) | Opp Streak: Lost 2
>> OPP LAST THREE: W 3-2 vs Arizona // L 0-3 at Stanford // L 2-3 at Cal
>> DATE: Sun., Oct. 22 // First serve: 2:04 p.m.
>> LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. // Bohler Gym
>> TV: Pac-12 Network, PxP: Greg Heister
SERIES HISTORY: WSU vs OREGON STATE
>> Overall: WSU leads, 50-25
>> In Pullman: WSU leads, 24-11
>> In Corvallis: WSU leads, 25-13
>> In three sets:…
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