Seattle, Wash. (September 14, 2024) – After going down two sets to one, Washington State volleyball won sets four and five to take down UC Davis 3-2 Saturday night.
The Cougars (4-3, 0-0 WCC) showed their resilience once again with their third 5-set win this season.
Katy Ryan led the way with 19.5 points on 17 kills and four blocks while Sage Brustad tallied 13 kills, two blocks and two service aces along with 12 digs.
Lucie Blažková hit at a .263 clip with seven kills to go with six total blocks
Emma Barbero led the defense with 25 digs, and also served up two aces.
Italia Bernal totaled 30 assists, 10 digs and two kills.
Taryn Vrieling added six kills and an ace, while Weronika Wojdyla finished with two kills and two aces.
A solo block by Ryan opened the scoring before the Cougs stormed out to an 8-3 lead in the first set behind a Barbero service ace and kills from Bernal and Brustad. A Vrieling kill aided a 5-1 spurt to extend the lead to 13-6, and then later, back-to-back kills by Ryan made it 18-11. In the final points of the set, another Barbero ace and kills from Brustad and Blažková put WSU up 1-0 in the match with a 25-16 set-one win.
After UC Davis evened the match at 1-1, they moved out to a 16-8 lead in set three. WSU fought back hard from there and made it a one-point game, 24-23, but UC Davis would win set three to go ahead 2-1 entering set four.
A kill from Ryan and a block by both Ryan and Blažková put WSU ahead 6-5 before a Brustad kill a…
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