PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State volleyball (8-4) continues its third-consecutive road trip with eyes on capturing its first Pac-12 win of the season on Saturday at Southern Cal (8-3) beginning at 2 p.m. (PST). Fans can tune in live online via the USC Live Stream.
The Cougars have won three of the last four matchups with USC dating back to 2019 including a 3-0 road sweep in the second of two matches last season.
WSU saw a streak of three-consecutive wins in conference openers snapped in a 3-0 loss at 18th-ranked Washington on Wednesday night on the road in Seattle. The Cougs are in the midst of a nine-match stretch of away contests with their first two weeks of conference play sending them on the road. WSU will benefit from back-to-back home weekends to close both October and November, respectively.
WSU at USC Match Info:
>> Saturday, Sept. 24 // First serve – 2:00 p.m. (PST)
>> Los Angeles, Calif. – Galen Center
>> Live Stats // wsucougars.com/sports/womens-volleyball
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Cougar Quick Notes:
>> Washington State ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 with 1.95 aces/set and 82 total aces as a team. The all-time WSU record of 1.91 aces/set dates back to 1988.
>> WSU is No. 17 in the nation and third in the conference with a .285 hitting percentage going into the weekend.
>> At .285 hitting as a team, the Cougs’ current pace would rank as the highest single season all-time hitting percentage with the program record standing at .283 (1890-645-4396) from the 1996 team that finished 27-6 with a run to the NCAA Elite Eight.
>> Starting libero Karly Basham has the second most aces (20) in the conference while averaging 3.00 digs/set.
>> Magda Jehlarova ranks No. 7 in the conference in hitting (.350), having put up a line of 93-24-197 from the middle so far this season. Jehlarova is top-10 in all major career blocking categories at WSU including her 1.40 blocks/set which ranks second all-time.
>> Pia Timmer is sixth all-time in kills/set at 3.16 over 308 sets played and holds the third-highest mark since sets were shortened to the 25-point scoring system. At 974 career kills heading into the weekend, Timmer is also quickly closing in on joining the 1,000 career kills club.
>> Jen Greeny captured career win number 300 as a college head coach against Rider (8/26)…
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