PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State volleyball (14-6, 6-3 Pac-12) will look to stay perfect at home this season as it gets set to host Arizona State (10-11, 4-5 Pac-12) Sunday at 11 a.m. (PST) in Bohler Gym. The Cougars carry the momentum of a five-set home win over Arizona on Friday night in which Head Coach Jen Greeny captured her 200th career win at WSU.
Laura Jansen had her second-straight 20-kill performance with a match-high 27 kills in Friday’s win and Cougars’ libero, Karly Basham, had a team-leading 23 kills in the 11th-straight win for Washington State in Bohler Gym. The Cougs edged out Arizona State, 16-14, in a tightly contested fifth set to complete the Friday night comeback in Bohler Gym.
Match Info:
>> vs Arizona State (10-11, 4-5 Pac-12) | WSU Live stream
>> Sunday, Oct. 23 // First serve – 11:04 a.m. (PST) // Pullman, Wash. – Bohler Gym
>> Live Stats // wsucougars.com/sports/womens-volleyball
>> Full notes PDF
Cougar Quick Notes:
>> Washington State is a perfect 6-0 at home in Bohler Gym this season where they had outhit opponents .308 (248-73-569) to .155 (200-112-569) going into the weekend. WSU has won 11 straight at home in Bohler dating back to last season.
>> The Cougars improved to 3-1 in five-set matches with Friday’s win over Arizona including a pair of five-set wins at home in Bohler Gym.
>> Washington State is 9-2 against Arizona State since 2016, winning the last four matchups. WSU won both matchups over the Sun Devils last season which included a sweep on the road and five-set win at home.
>> The Cougars have won five of the last six matchups in Pullman against Arizona State.
>> Jen Greeny captured career win number 300 as a college head coach against Rider (8/26) and on Friday against Arizona, she joined her former head coach Cindy Fredrick as only the second head coach to reach career win No. 200 at WSU.
>> Laura Jansen Had a team-high 27 kills on only 54 attempts (27-7-54, .370) in Friday’s win over Arizona for her second-straight 20-kill performance and her third 20-kill night on the season. She averaged a team-high 4.14 kills/set and 2.43 digs/set in last week’s matches at Colorado and Utah.
>> Magda Jehlarova is top-10 in all major career blocking categories and surpassed the 500 career total blocks mark earlier this season vs. ninth-ranked Stanford (10/2). She moved into a tie…
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