PULLMAN, Wash. — Looking for its first top-10 win of the season, Washington State volleyball (15-6, 7-3 Pac-12) will hope to gain some footing in the NCAA postseason picture as it hosts eighth-ranked Stanford (14-4, 9-1) Friday night in Bohler Gym. Friday’s match, the second matchup of the season between the two teams, will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with first serve slated for 7:04 p.m.
The Cardinal are riding an eight-match winning streak heading into Friday’s matchup while Washington State looks to defend a 12-match home winning streak in Bohler Gym after a successful 2-0 weekend over the Arizona schools last week.
Match Info:
>> vs #8 Stanford (14-4, 9-1 Pac-12) | Pac-12 Network
>> Commentary // Greg Heister (PxP), Nicole Rigoni
>> Friday, Oct. 28 // First serve – 7:04 p.m. (PST) // Pullman, Wash. – Bohler Gym
>> Live Stats // wsucougars.com/sports/womens-volleyball
Cougar Quick Notes:
>> Washington State is a perfect 7-0 at home in Bohler Gym this season where they have outhit opponents .297 (354-108-827) to .169 (300-157-846) going into the weekend. WSU has won 12 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 and picked up their ninth sweep of the season Sunday against Arizona State.
>> Jen Greeny captured career win number 300 as a college head coach against Rider (8/26) and joined her former head coach Cindy Fredrick as only the second head coach to reach career win No. 200 at WSU with last Friday’s win over Arizona.
>> Laura Jansen is eighth in the Pac-12 with 3.53 kill/set and is averaging 3.78 kill/set in the Cougars’ seven home matches so far this season.
>> Magda Jehlarova is top-10 in all major career blocking categories and surpassed the 500 career total blocks mark earlier this season at Stanford (10/2) and moved into third all-time with 99 career solo blocks in Sunday’s sweep over Arizona State.
>> Jehlarova was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season after putting up 1.50 blocks/set and 1.88 kills/set against the Arizona schools last week. She currently sits at No. 19 in the nation with 1.39 blocks/set this season and is 19th in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 with 107 total blocks on the year.
>> Pia Timmer is 12th all-time at WSU in career kills (1,096) and is…
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