WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE COUGARS (12-12, 4-10 Pac-12) THIS WEEK
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WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE COUGARS (12-12, 4-10 Pac-12) THIS WEEK: @ No. 4 USC (18-4, 13-2 Pac-12) Friday, Nov. 4, Galen Center 7 p.m. @ No. 1 UCLA (20-3, 13-2) Sunday, Nov. 6, John Wooden Center, 1 p.m. Linda Chalich • Athletic Communications Asst. Dir. (Volleyball Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected] 2011 WSU VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE WSU VOLLEYBALL GOES TO LOS ANGELES TO MEET PAC-12 TOP TEAMS & RESULTS (All Times Pacific) The Washington State University volleyball team (12-12 overall, 4-10 Pac-12) travels to Los Angeles to take on a pair of highly ranked teams that are fight- AUGUST ing for the initial Pac-12 championship title...Cougars play at No. 4 USC (18- Seattle University Invite, Seattle 4, 13-2) Friday, Nov. 4 in a 7 p.m. match at the Galen Center...WSU will have a 26 W, 3-1 Santa Clara day off before meeting No. 1 UCLA (20-3, 13-2) for a Sunday, Nov. 6 match in 27 L, 2-3 Eastern Washington the John Wooden Center at 1 p.m...Bruins are playing in the Wooden Center W, 3-2 @ Seattle University due to renovations in Pauley Pavilion...Cougars opened conference play this season against the Bruins and Women of Troy...both contests will be live on SEPTEMBER radio on KQQQ 1150 AM and on the Cougars All-Access subscription inter- Portland Nike Invitational, Portland net connection. 2 W, 3-0 vs. Nevada W, 3-2 @ Portland COUGAR COACHING STAFF 3 W, 3-1 Butler First year Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny (12-12 at WSU, 124-36 in 5-year ca- L, 0-3 Texas A&M reer) is no stranger to Washington State volleyball...an outstanding student Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman and athlete at WSU, Greeny was an All-Pac-10 player and member of three 9 W, 3-0 Manhattan College NCAA teams including the 1996 Elite Eight team...also an assistant coach W, 3-2 San Francisco for three more NCAA appearances including the 2002 Elite Eight team...had 10 W, 3-1 Sam Houston State highly successful NAIA coaching career at Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) 16 L, 0-3 *No. 6 UCLA with four-year record of 112-24 (.824)...assistant coaches Pat Stangle (former 17 L, 0-3 *No. 13 USC head coach at Wyoming, former asst. coach at Washington) and Burdette 23 W, 3-2 *Arizona State Greeny (former asst. coach at LCSC)...Katie Hinrichs, coordinator of opera- 25 L, 0-3 *Arizona tions (former player at LCSC)...volunteer coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt was 30 W, 3-0 *Oregon State the first WSU player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. OCTOBER REBUILDING THE COUGAR VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM 1 L 1-3 *No. 15 Oregon • Overall record of 12-12 = six more wins than in all of 2010 season 7 L, 1-3 *Utah • Pac-12 record of 4-10 = four more wins than in 2010 season 8 W, 3-0 *Colorado • WSU has losses to nationally-ranked opponents - California (No. 4), 14 L, 0-3 *No. 7 Stanford, UCLA (No. 6), Stanford (No. 7), USC (No. 13), Oregon (No. 15 and No. 15 L, 0-3 *No. 4 California 18) Or to teams also receiving votes = Texas A&M, Arizona 21 L. 2-3 *No. 18 Oregon • 2011 Cougars = 1 senior, four returning letterwinners, 11 newcomers, 22 L, 2-3 *Oregon State only one player on 2011 team recruited by Greeny 28 L, 1-3 *Arizona • Senior Meagan Ganzer leads Pac-12/ 4th nationally with 4.91 kills per set 29 W, 3-0 *Arizona State and leads Pac-12 with 5.40 points per set/6th nationally. NOVEMBER WATCH COACH GREENY’S VIDEO INTERVIEWS 4 @ *No. 4 USC, 7 p.m. Watch Cougar Head Coach Jen Greeny’s weekly interview every Tuesday af- 6 @ *No. 1 UCLA 1 p.m. ternoon...go to www.wsucougars.com, click on the Video button at the top 11 vs. *California, 7 p.m. of the front page. 13 vs. *Stanford, 12:30 p.m. 18 @ *Colorado, 4 p.m. TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO 19 @ *Utah, 6 p.m. Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2011 22 @ *Washington, 7 p.m. season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-AM radio (1150 AM)…veteran area 25 vs. *Washington, 7 p.m. broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the sixth sea- son...these road matches are also available for listening on the internet by + Seattle Univ. Invit., Seattle purchasing a subscription through Cougar All-Access on the wsucougars. ^ Portland Invitational, Portland com website. # Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman * Pac-12 Conference Matches Home Matches are Bold WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Fri., Nov. 4 @ No. 4 USC (18-4, 13-2) Galen Center 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 6 @ No. 1 UCLA (20-3, 13-2) John Wooden Center 1 p.m. Page 2 NOTEWORTHY: ABOUT THE No. 4 USC WOMEN OF TROY (18-4 overall, 13-2 Pac-12) Location: Los Angeles, California Enrollment: 33,000 No. 4 USC is led by three All-Ameri- Web Site: www.usctrojans.com Colors: Cardinal and Gold cans: 6-3 Sr. OH Alex Jupiter (4.38 kps Arena/Capacity: Galen Center / 10,258 - 4th Pac-12, 5.23 pps - 2nd Pac-12), 6-4 Head Coach: Mick Haley (Ball State ’65) Sr, MB Lauren Williams (.387 - 1st Pac- Career Record/Years: 1,046-251-1 / 35th year 12) and 5-11 Sr, setter Kendall Bateman (11.86 aps - 1st Pac-12 and 4th nation- Record at USC/Years: 273-63 / 11th year ally)...5-9 So. libero Natalie Hagglund Assoc. Head Coach: Tim Nollan, Asst. Coach: Cookie Stevens leads Pac-12 in digs at 5.25 dps...USC’s Series Record: USC leads 40-12 (WSU streak: -4) Pac-12 losses have come to UCLA and Results from 2003 to present at Stanford...No. 1 UCLA is led by 6-3 Date -------------W/L ---------Location Score Jr. OH Rachael Kidder (4.54 kps - 2nd Oct. 3, 2003 - - - - - L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 15-30, 16-30, 12-30 Pac-12, 5.09 pps - 3rd Pac-12), 5-11 Jr. Nov. 1, 2003 -----L, 0-3 ------Pullman 16-30, 18-30, 21-30 OH Bojana Todorovic (0.39 aces per set Sept. 24, 2004 ----L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 16-30, 23-30, 25-30 - 2nd Pac-12), 5-11 Sr. setter Lauren Van Nov. 27, 2004 ----W, 3-2 ------Pullman 34-32, 30-25, 18-30, 22-30, 17-15 Orden (10.71 aps - 5th Pac-12), 5-7 Sr. li- Oct. 30, 2005 -----L, 0-3 ------Pullman 14-30, 18-30, 14-30 bero Lainey Gera (4.86 dps - 4th Pac-12), Nov. 12, 2005 ----L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 22-30, 28-30, 25-30 and 6-3 So. MB Mariana Aquino (1.03 Sept. 28, 2006 ----L, 1-3 ------@ Los Angeles 14-30, 30-24, 24-30, 27-30 bps - 9th Pac-12)...UCLA’s Pac-12 losses Oct. 27, 2006 -----L, 0-3 ------Pullman 24-30, 18-30, 15-30 have come at UW and at Arizona. Oct. 18, 2007 -----L, 1-3 ------Pullman 25-30, 30-20, 24-30, 18-30 ***** Nov. 17, 2007 ----L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 19-30, 19-30, 22-30 AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll Oct. 10, 2008 -----L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 20-25, 22-25, 19-25 October 31, 2011 Nov. 9, 2008 -----L, 0-3 ------Pullman 19-25, 22-25, 21-25 Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts. ‘11 Record Last Week 1 UCLA (41) 1457 20-3 6 Oct. 16, 2009 -----W, 3-0 ------Pullman 25-17, 28-26, 25-23 2 Nebraska (9) 1386 18-2 1 Nov. 14, 2009 ----L, 1-3 ------@ Los Angeles 26-24, 18-25, 26-28, 16-25 3 Stanford (1) 1323 17-4 5 Oct. 2, 2010 ------L, 0-3 ------Pullman 15-25, 17-25, 19-25 4 USC (5) 1306 18-4 4 Oct. 29, 2010 -----L, 0-3 ------@ Los Angeles 14-25,16-25,15-25 5 Illinois (1) 1245 21-2 3 Sept. 17, 2011 ----L, 0-3 ------Pullman 17-25, 15-25, 11-25 6 Penn State (1) 1218 17-5 8 7 California 1179 21-4 2 ABOUT THE No. 1 UCLA BRUINS (20-3 overall, 13-2 Pac-12, pending vs. No. 10 UW 11/4) 8 Hawai’i (2) 1112 24-1 7 Location: Los Angeles, California Enrollment: 39,500 9 Texas 1027 15-4 9 10 Washington 941 18-4 10 Web Site: www.uclabruins.com Colors: Blue and Gold 11 Purdue 893 20-3 11 Arena/Capacity: Pauley Pavilion / 4,500 12 Northern Iowa 843 24-1 12 Head Coach: Mike Sealy (UCLA ‘93) 13 Iowa State 735 17-4 14 14 Pepperdine 655 17-5 18 Career Record/Years: 42-12 / 2nd year 15 Minnesota 630 13-8 15 Record at UCLA/Years: 42-12 / 2nd year 16 Tennessee 578 20-3 20 Assistants: Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer, Dan O’Dell 17 Florida 542 17-5 13 18 Florida State 460 19-4 19 Series Record: UCLA leads 43-7 (WSU streak: -17) Results from 2003 to present 19 Kentucky 390 21-4 24 Date W/L Location Score 20 Oregon 372 14-7 16 21 San Diego 327 23-3 17 Oct. 25, 2003 -----W, 3-2 ------Pullman 31-29, 31-29, 30-32, 27-30, 15-7 22 Ohio State 170 16-9 23 Oct.