PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State women’s volleyball returns the court this Friday and Saturday for the first time since its sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance last December as the Cougars begin their chase for a seventh-straight tournament bid at the BYU Invitational, a three-match nonconference tournament from the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah. On day one, WSU will play Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Rider of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for the first times in program history before it’s first top-25 test of the season against 10th-ranked BYU in the weekend finale on BYU TV Saturday night at 6 p.m. (PST).
Tournament Info:
>> Location: Smith Fieldhouse | Provo, Utah
>> Match 1: Fri. Aug 26, 9 a.m. (PST) vs Duke (0-0) | ’21 Record: 16-13, 7-11 ACC
>> Match 2: Fri. Aug. 26, 4 p.m. (PST )vs Rider (0-0) | ’21 record: 19-12, 14-4 MAAC
>> Match 3: Sat. Aug. 27, 6 p.m. (PST) at #10 BYU (0-0) | ’21 Record: 30-2, 18-0 WCC
>> Watch: BYU TV / BYU TV App / BYUtv.org
Cougar Quick Hits:
>> WSU finished 2021 tied for fourth in the Pac-12 at 13-7 in conference play and 20-12 overall, capped by a record sixth-straight NCAA Tournament. Jen Greeny was named the Pac-12’s Co-Coach of the Year, her second coach of the year award after also being named the top coach in 2016. Overall she has 298 total wins as a college head coach and is second in head coaching wins at WSU with a 186-157 (.542) record at her alma mater.
>> The Cougs have made the NCAA Tournament 16 times in program history – 12 have come with Greeny in the program as a player (3), assistant (3), and now head coach (6).
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