PULLMAN, Wash. (November 7, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball defeated Pacific 3-0 Thursday night in Bohler to move to 13-8 overall and 8-4 in WCC play.
Katy Ryan and Sage Brustad each finished with a team-high 14 kills. Ryan added two blocks and three digs and Brustad had a block and four digs.
Jaden Walz finished with 34 assists and eight digs to go along with four blocks and three kills.
Lucie Blažková totaled eight blocks while adding four kills and four digs.
Emma Barbero finished with a team-high 11 digs to go with two assists, and Breccan Scheck had three blocks and three kills.
Both teams exchanged blows in the early going, with neither team being able to pull away from each other. In a first set which saw nine lead changes, it came down to the wire, but with both teams tied at 24 it was kills from Walz and Brustad that gave WSU the 26-24 win in the first set.
Pacific came out firing after their set-one loss and jumped out to an early 5-1 lead in set two. But the Cougars fought back, going on an 11-6 run to capture the lead. All throughout the early going, Washington State’s dominance up front proved to be one of the deciding factors. In the first…
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