WASHINGTON STATE RELEASE @ USF Powerade/Asics Challenge Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, Washington State, Tulsa, UC Santa Barbara, Univ. of San Francisco

Linda Chalich • Assistant Sports Information Director (Volleyball Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected]

2010 WSU VOLLEYBALL COUGAR VOLLEYBALL TRAVELS TO THE CITY BY THE BAY SCHEDULE & RESULTS The Washington State University volleyball team takes its 2-1 record to San Francisco this weekend for the Powerade/Asics Challenge Tournament hosted by the University of San AUGUST Francisco...Cougs meet Tulsa (1-2) Friday afternoon, UC Santa Barbara (1-1) Saturday Nike Cougar Invitational, Pullman morning, and USF (0-3) Saturday night...all matches will be played in the War Memorial 27 W, 3-0 # UC Irvine Gym (capacity 5,300). 28 W, 3-1 # Weber State L, 0-3 # Idaho TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON RADIO Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2010 season LIVE in SEPTEMBER the Palouse on KQQQ-AM radio (1150 on the AM dial), or Border 104 (KHTR, 104.3 on Powerade/Asics Challenge, San Fran- the FM dial)…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball cisco for the sixth season...these road matches are also available for listening on the internet by 3 ^ Tulsa at USF, 4:30 p.m. purchasing a subscription through the Cougars All-Access button on the wsucougars.com 4 ^ UC Santa Barbara, 9:30 a.m. website. ^ San Francisco, 7 p.m. QUITE THE OPENING ACT! Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman The Washington State volleyball team has won its season-opening match 19 of the past 9 + Eastern Washington, 7 p.m. 20 years…last weekend the Cougars took a 3-0 win over UC Irvine at the Nike Cougar 10 + Montana State 7 p.m. Invitational in Pullman. 11 + Cal Poly, 8 p.m. 14 Gonzaga, 7 p.m. LAST WEEK 24 at * Oregon, 7 p.m. Three teams left the Nike Cougar Invitational with 2-1 records: WSU, Idaho and UC Ir- 25 at * Oregon State, 7 p.m. vine...Weber State went winless in three matches...Cougar Meagan Ganzer was named the tournament MVP...Oceana Bush, Rachel Todorovich, and Brittany Tillman also named to OCTOBER all-tourney team. 1 * UCLA, 7 p.m. 2 * USC, 7 p.m. ANOTHER TOUGH SCHEDULE FOR COUGS 8 at * Washington, 7 p.m. The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Div. I Coaches Top 25 Poll (Aug. 15 at * California, 7 p.m. 30), has seven WSU’s opponents ranked in the top 25, all Pac-10 schools so the Cougs 16 at * Stanford, 7 p.m. will play each twice…conference teams include No. 3 Stanford, No. 9 Washington, No. 22 * Arizona State, 7 p.m. 10 USC, No. 11 California, No. 14 UCLA, No. 18 Oregon, and No. 24 Arizona… “also 23 * Arizona, 7 p.m. received votes” in the preseason poll are non-conference opponents Cal Poly (No. 29), 29 at * USC, 7 p.m. and UC Santa Barbara (T-No. 38)…complete poll is on the second page of this release or 31 at * UCLA, 1 p.m. go to www.avca.org for the weekly Coaches Top 25 poll.

NOVEMBER PALILEO NAMED 2009 PAC-10 VOLLEYBALL COACH OF THE YEAR 5 * Washington, 7 p.m. Andrew Palileo was named Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Cou- 12 * Stanford, 7 p.m. gars to their first winning season since 2002, and garnering six league wins, the most since 13 * California, 7 p.m. 2002…inherited a program that hadn’t won more than three conference matches in a year 19 at * Arizona, 7 p.m. for four consecutive seasons…mentored the Cougars to an 18-13 overall record and into 20 at * Arizona State, 7 p.m. the 2009 NCAA Championship Tournament…only one loss came to unranked team. 26 * Oregon, 7 p.m. 27 * Oregon State, 7 p.m. COUGAR COACHING STAFF Head Coach Andrew Palileo is in his third season at WSU...returned the Cougars to the # Nike Cougar Invitational, Pullman NCAA Championship tournament in his second year...Palileo has a 30-33 overall record ^ San Francisco Asics Challenge at WSU, and a 14-year career record of 269-174…associate head coach Brian Lamppa + Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman * Pacific-10 Conference Matches (third season)...assistant coach Jennifer Fry (first season)...Kara Kiefer, coordinator of op- All Times Pacific erations (second season)...Tina Martin, volunteer coach (second season with program). WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE at USF Powerade/Asics Challenge Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, San Francisco Page 2

OPPONENT NOTEWORTHY: ABOUT THE TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (1-2 record) Friday, September 3, 4:30 p.m. Washington State sophomore middle blocker Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Conley Kipp will see her older sister, Kasey Enrollment: 4,166 Kipp, across the net this weekend. Kasey is a Colors: Old Gold, Royal Blue & Crimson senior middle blocker for UC Santa Barba- Nickname: Golden Hurricane ra. The Kipps are from Newport Beach, Calif. Web Site: www.tulsahurricane.com Head Coach: Ed Allen (Ball State ‘88) Former Cougar volleyball assistant coach Record at UT/Years: 102-34 / 4 Ken Ko is serving as a volunteer coach Career Record/Years: 467-180 / 18 for the San Francisco Dons this year. Assistant Coaches: Julia Silva, Ryan Wills Ko worked at WSU from 2004-07 and 2009 Record: 26-7 then at Univ. of Florida for two seasons. Conference: Conference USA (13-3 / 2nd) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10 / 2 Series Record: Washington State leads the series 1-0 (WSU streak +1) AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll Date W/L Location Score 2010 POLL Aug. 30, 1996 W, 3-0 Pullman 15-9, 15-6, 15-4 August 30, 2010 Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts. ‘10 Record Last Week 1 Penn State (51) 1480 3-0 1 2 Texas (5) 1398 3-0 3 ABOUT THE UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS (1-1 record) 3 Stanford (4) 1359 3-0 4 4 Hawai’i 1246 3-0 5 Saturday, September 4, 9:30 a.m. 5 Illinois 1184 3-0 6 Location: Santa Barbara, California 6 Florida 1177 2-0 13 Enrollment: 29,251 7 Nebraska 1142 1-1 2 Colors: Blue & Gold 8 Minnesota 1123 3-0 6 Nickname: Gauchos 9 Washington 1060 2-0 8 10 USC 966 3-0 10 Web Site: www.ucsbgauchos.com 11 California 882 2-0 11 Head Coach: Kathy Gregory (Cal State Los Angeles ‘68) 12 Iowa State 818 1-1 9 Record at UCSB /Years: 831-370 / 35 13 Florida State 706 3-0 15 Career Record/Years: 831-370 / 35 14 UCLA 625 2-1 16 Associate Head Coach: Jeri Estes 15 Colorado State 612 2-0 17 Assistant Coach: Dan Ahiers 16 Kentucky 467 0-2 14 2009 Record: 22-8 17 Tennessee 425 3-0 19 Conference: Big West (11-5 / 2nd) 18 Oregon 378 3-0 20 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10 / 4 19 Michigan 368 2-1 12 Series Record: UC Santa Barbara leads the series 1-0 (WSU streak -1) 20 Dayton 359 3-0 21 Date ------W/L------Location Score 21 LSU 337 3-0 23 Sept. 12-14, 1991 - - - - L, 0-3------@ Fullerton 13-15, 1-15, 9-15 22 Northern Iowa 284 3-0 24 23 Long Beach State 241 4-0 NR 24 Arizona 205 2-1 18 25 San Deigo 161 1-2 22 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO DONS (0-3 record)

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or Saturday, September 4, 7 p.m. more ballots: Ohio State 90; New Mexico 55; St. Location: San Francisco, California Mary’s 44; Cal Poly 31; Michigan State 29; Baylor Enrollment: 8,000 24; San Diego State 24; Texas A&M 19; Missouri 18; Colors: Green & Gold Pepperdine 17; Duke 15; Toledo 13; Cincinnati 12; UC Nickname: Dons Santa Barbara 12; New Mexico State 10; Wisconsin 10; President: Fr. Stephen J. Privett, S.J. Utah 9; Rice 8; Missouri State 7; Oklahoma 6 ;SMU 5; Florida International 3; Santa Clara 3. Athletics Director: Debra Gore-Mann Web Site: www.usfdons.com 11 schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of Head Coach: Gilad Doron (Temple ‘00) 23 points. Record at USF/Years: 52-26 / 3 Career Record/Years: 98-79 / 6 Assistant Coaches: Melissa Walbridge, TBA Other National Preseason Rankings 2009 Record: 13-14 August 30, 2010 Conference: (7-7 / T-4th) Rich Kern Poll: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6 / 5 1. Penn State Series Record: San Francisco leads the series 5-1 (WSU streak -1) 41. Washington State Date - - - - -W/L - - -Location- - - - - Score Volleyball Magazine Poll: Nov. 12, 1982- - L, 2-3 - - Pullman- - - - - 7-15, 15-6, 15-5, 10-15, 10-15 No poll at publication Oct. 7, 1983- - L, 2-3 - - @ San Francisco- - 15-3, 15-10, 11-15, 12-15, 15-7 Pablo Rankings (From end of 2009 season): Sept. 7-9, 1984- L, 0-2 - - @ Davis, Calif.- - 11-13, 3-11 1. Penn State Oct. 11, 1984 - - L, 0-3 - - Pullman- - - - - 10-15, 13-15, 12-15 57. Washington State Sept. 14, 2002- - W, 3-0- - @ San Francisco- - 30-24, 31-29, 30-19 Aug. 30, 2003- - L, 2-3 - - Pullman- - - - - 25-30, 30-28, 28-30, 30-28, 5-15 WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE at USF Powerade/Asics Challenge Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, San Francisco Page 3

PAC-10 CURRENT 2010 STANDINGS (through 8/29/10) CLIMBING INTO WSU RECORDS: (Nat. Ranking) Conference Overall Streak Stanford 0-0 3-0 Won 3 All-Time Career Digs Oregon 0-0 3-0 Won 3 1. Kelly Hyder, 2006-09 1773 USC 0-0 3-0 Won 3 2. Shannon Wyckoff, 1994-97 1254 Washington 0-0 2-0 Won 2 3. Kortney Jamtaas, 1999-02 1232 4. LaToya Harris, 1999-02 1178 California 0-0 2-0 Won 2 5. Cindy Baker, 1985-88 1157 Arizona 0-0 2-1 Won 2 6. Beth Welch, 1987-89 1114 UCLA 0-0 2-1 Lost 1 7. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 1070 Washington State 0-0 2-1 Lost 1 8. Jackie Albright, 2006-09 998 Arizona State 0-0 1-2 Won 1 9. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 989 Oregon State 0-0 0-3 Lost 3 10. Keri Killebrew, 1990-92 942

Oceana Bush, 2009-10 576 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10): Individual Overall Matches - rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader) All-Time Career Solo Blocks Kills - 2nd Meagan Ganzer 5.20 kps (Tarah Murrey, California 5.33 kps) 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 196 Hitting Percentage - no WSU player (Lauren Williams, USC .622) 2. Laurie VanDiest, 1984-87 125 Assists - 4th Sara Biondi 10.86 aps (Lauren Plum, Oregon 13.11 aps) 3. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 98 4. Kelly Hankins, 1990-91 88 Service Aces - no WSU player (Alex Jupiter, USC 1.14 saps) 5. Brittany Johnson, 2005-08 73 Digs - 2nd Oceana Bush 4.50 dps (Sarah Johnson, Arizona State 5.38 dps) 6. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 69 Blocks - no WSU player (Correy Johnson, California 1.83 bps) 7. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 59 Points - 4th Meagan Ganzer 5.55 pps (Tarah Murrey, California 6.00 pps) 8. Holly Harris, 1999-02 53 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 50 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 49 TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10): Team Overall Matches (Leader) Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 43 Kills - WSU is 5th with 13.80 kps (Stanford 15.70 kps) Hitting Percentage - WSU is 6th at .265 (Washington .427) All-Time Career Block Assists Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 5th at .161 (California .055) 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 421 2. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 394 Assists - WSU is 5th at 12.50 aps (Oregon 14.60 aps) 3. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 360 Service Aces - WSU is 7th at 1.40 saps (Washington 3.00 saps) 4. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 343 Digs - WSU is 6th at 13.40 dps (USC 16.00 dps) 5. Jen Barcus, 2002-05 336 Blocks - WSU is 9th at 1.40 bps (California 3.67 bps) 6. Holly Harris, 1999-02 333 7. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 329 8. Laurie VanDiest, 1984-87 315 COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON TELEVISION 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 311 The Pacific-10 Conference will once again have delayed broadcasts of conference volley- 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 299 ball matches on the FOX Sports Network throughout the 2010 season…WSU is scheduled to have one match televised this season, the Oct. 8 match at Washington...broadcast dates Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 209 and times will be published here when available.

All-Time Career Total Blocks WSU VOLLEYBALL WEBCASTS 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 617 2. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 492 For the second year, seven WSU home matches will have live-streaming webcasts this 3. Laurie Van Diest, 1984-87 440 season…these webcasts were available for the cost of a subscription to Cougar All-Access 4. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 419 on the official WSU website, www.wsucougars.com...webcasts featured exclusive audio 5. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 412 play-by-play and color commentary from broadcast major students at the renowned Edward 6. Holly Harris, 1999-02 386 R. Murrow College of Communication…Cougar All-Access subscribers will also be able to 7. Jen Barcus, 2002-05 379 8. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 363 hear the radio broadcasts of all Cougar road matches online...webcast schedule is: 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 361 9/14 Gonzaga 10/2 USC 10/23 Arizona 11/13 California 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 348 10/1 UCLA 10/22 Arizona State 11/12 Stanford

Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 252 PAC-10 COACHES 2010 PRESEASON PREDICTIONS Stanford (77 points) was selected by the Pac-10 volleyball coaches to be the league cham- pions in the 2010 preseason poll…rest of the poll order was Washington (72), USC (70), Arizona (52), Caliornia (49), Oregon (40), UCLA (38), Arizona State (23), Washington State (18), and Oregon State (11)…the Pac-10 coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own teams (point system is 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2), have successfully predicted the league champion 13 of the last 21 years (through the 2009 season). WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE at USF Powerade/Asics Challenge Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, San Francisco Page 4

WSU 2010 SUPERLATIVES MARCIA SANEHOLTZ COURT AT BOHLER GYM COUGARS HOME Season Highs [Career Highs] The Cougars’ home court is called Marcia Saneholtz Court at Bohler Gym in honor of the 28-year administrative veteran of Cougar Athletics who retired Oct. 1, 2007… #1 OCEANA BUSH, LB the former Sr. Associate Athletics Director/SWA is a long-time proponent of gender Kills: 1 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [4 vs. Montana 2009] equity and a champion for all sports at WSU as well as in the Pac-10 and the nation… Aces: 1 (twice) [2 vs. No. 16 USC 2009] Digs: 19 vs. Weber St. 8/28 NACWAA president (1992-93), on the board of directors (1987-94), and named 1997 [39 vs. Arizona St. 2009-School Record] Administrator of the Year…also NAGWS Pathfinder Award in 2001 and WSU Woman Points: 2 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [4.0, twice in 2009] of Distinction in 2003…she was added to the Inland Empire Scroll of Honor in 2009.

#2 JORDAN LEVENSELLER, DS THE FOOTBALL CONNECTION Sets played: 4 Aces: 1 vs. Weber State 8/28 Two current members of the 2010 WSU volleyball program have fathers who played Digs: 4 vs. Weber State 8/28 on the WSU football team...freshman Jordan Levenseller’s father, Mike, is in the Points: 1 vs. Weber State 8/28 Cougar Athletics Hall of Fame for his collegiate and professional career and has coached on the WSU staff for the past 18 years...assistant coach Jennifer Fry’s fa- #3 ALEX DIEMER, S Sets played: 5 [19 in 2009] ther is Tyrone Gray, a WSU football and track letterwinner who played in the Assists: 28 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 CFL...Faith Hutcherson’s father, Kenneth, also played professionally in the NFL. Aces: 1 vs. UC irvine 8/27 Digs: 2 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [7 at No. 6 UCLA 2009] MEET THE 2010 COUGARS Total Blocks: 3 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 Points: 2.5 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 #12 Sara Biondi (S, 5-11, FR, Sacramento, Calif.) - Seven sets of setting with average of #5 FAITH HUTCHERSON, DS 10.86 assists per set...Christian Brothers High team won 2009 CIF Section Championship, Sets played: 10 [85 in 2009] Northern California Championship and was runner-up at California State Championship. Aces: 2 vs. Weber State 8/28 Digs: 8 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [9 vs. Arizona 2009] #1 Oceana Bush (L/DS, 5-5, SO, Spokane, Wash.) - Named to Nike Cougar Invitational All-Tournament Team...2009 Pac-10 All-Freshman first team……named to COBRA Maga- #7 RACHEL TODOROVICH, MB Kills: 12 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [15 vs. No. 16 No. zine (www.cobramag.t83.net) 2010 preseason All-National Third Team. Iowa 2009] H.Pct: .429 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [.562 vs. No. 17 #3 Alex Diemer (S, 5-8, JR, Rocklin, Calif.) - Saw action in five sets this season...averag- Utah & Gonzaga 2009] ing 6.40 assists per set. Aces: 2 vs. Weber State 8/28 Digs: 10 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [20 vs. Oregon State 2009] #9 Meagan Ganzer (OH, 6-3, JR, Black Diamond, Wash.) - Named MVP of Nike Cougar Total Blocks: 1 - three times [5 - four times in Inviational...leads team with 5.20 kills per set and 5.55 points per set...playing full rotation 2009] this year. Points: 12.5 vs. UI Irvine 8/27 [15.5 vs. Idaho 2009] #10 Marcelina Glab (MH, 6-2, FR, Watertown, South Dakota) - Saw action in three sets #9 MEAGAN GANZER, OH to date...AVCA 2009-2010 Players to Watch List…Under Armour national All-American Kills: 22 vs. Weber State 8/28 honorable mention team…South Dakota “AA” Miss Volleyball…South Dakota Gatorade H.Pct: .341 vs. Weber State 8/28 [571 vs. Mis- Volleyball State Player of the Year…played on Club SoDa team for coach Andrew Palileo. souri 9/4] Aces: 1 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [2 , 2009 and 2008] Digs: 12 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 #4 Stephanie Hagins (MB, 6-4, FR, Elverta, Calif.) - Played on Regional High Perfor- Total Blocks: 2 vs. Weber State 8/28 [5 - three mance Youth Team…alternate for the USA Youth High Performance national team. times in 2009] Points: 23.5 vs. Weber State 8/28 [22 vs. No.18 #5 Faith Hutcherson (DS, 5-3, SR, Redmond, Wash.) - Starting defensive specialist...has Oregon & Oregon St 2009] 22 digs and two aces to date...came off the bench in 2009 to provide tough serves and play #10 MARCELINA GLAB, MH defensively…played in 85 sets with 84 digs and five aces. Kills: 3 vs. Idaho 8/28 H.Pct: .750 vs. Idaho 8/28 #15 Kaleinani Kabalis (OH, 5-7, JR, Hilo, Hawai’i) - Transfer from Western Nebraska Aces: 0 Digs: 1 vs. Weber State 8/28 CC...named the NJCAA D-1 Volleyball Championships top defensive player…selected NJ- Total Blocks: 2 vs. Weber State 8/28 CAA D-1 First Team All America…AVCA Two Year College First Team All-American… Points: 4.0 vs. Weber State 8/28 recorded 1,000 career kills…named to All-Nebraska Team (Junior College)...will miss the first weeks of action after knee surgery. #11 VANESSA MURRAY, OH Kills: 7 vs. Weber State & Idaho 8/28 H.Pct: .429 vs. Weber State 8/28 #19 Conley Kipp (MB, 6-4, SO, Newport Beach, Calif.) - Starting middle blocker after Aces: 0 seeing action in 6 sets with 5 kills last year...leds team with six blocks to date. Digs: 5 vs. Idaho 8/28 Total Blocks: 2 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 #8 Annie Leendertsen (MH, 6-0, FR, Palouse, Wash.) - Volleyball and track athlete at Points: 7.0 vs. Weber State 7 Idaho 8/28 Gar-Pal High...played on the PAC-V Kaepa Volleyball Club for former Cougar Jackie Al- bright and current coach Andrew Palileo. WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE at USF Powerade/Asics Challenge Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, San Francisco Page 5

WSU 2010 SUPERLATIVES #2 Jordan Levenseller (DS, 5-9, FR, Pullman, Wash.) - Played defensive specialist in Season Highs [Career Highs] four sets to date...six digs and one service ace...all-around versatile athlete at Pullman High #12 SARA BIONDI, S who played on state teams in volleyball, and softball...played on PAC-V Kaepa Sets played: 7 Volleyball Club for Andrew Palileo. Assists: 42 vs. Weber State 8/28 Aces: 0 Digs: 7 vs. Weber State 8/28 #11 Vanessa Murray (OH, 6-0, SR, Chatsworth, Calif.) - Seen the court in all 10 sets to Total Blocks: 0 date...transferred to WSU after one year at Kansas State…named to 2009 Big 12 Commis- Points: 3.0 vs. Idaho 8/28 sioner’s Honor Roll…played two seasons at Pierce College in Los Angeles.

#19 CONLEY KIPP, MB Sets played: 8 [6 in 2009] #21 Brittany Tillman (MB, 6-1, SR, Lakewood, Wash.) - Named to the Nike Cougar In- Kills: 3 - three times vitational all-tournament team...landed 23 kills and five bocks in first three matches...earned H.Pct: .600 vs. Weber State 8/28 two all-tournament team honors in 2009…led team and 7th in Pac-10 with .322 hitting per- Aces: 2 vs. Idaho 8/28 Digs: 1 vs. Idaho 8/28 centage...average is 6th best in WSU all-time career records…third on team with 2.45 kps... Total Blocks: 3 - twice with four years of starting experience will be one of team leaders on the court. Points: 7.0 vs. Idaho 8/28 #7 Rachel Todorovich (RS, 6-2, SO, Walla Walla, Wash.) - Named to the Nike Cougar In- #21 BRITTANY TILLMAN, MB Kills: 9 vs. Weber State 8/28 [17 vs. Idaho 2009] vitational all-tournament team...was 2009 Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention…high H.Pct: .467 vs. Weber State 8/28 [.632 vs. school setter who found a spot as a left-handed right side hitter…led the team at NCAA Gonzaga 2009] Aces: 0 tournament with 15 kills (.556) against Northern Iowa. Digs: 3 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [3 in 2009 & 2007] Blocks: 5 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [9 vs. No. 7 Stanford COUGAR VOLLEYBALL TRIO RECEIVE ALL-PRESEASON MENTION 2009] Points: 9.0 - twice [19.0 vs. Idaho 2009] COBRA Magazine, an online publication dedicated to African American women volleyball players, has selected three Washington State players on its national 2010 All-Preseason teams....sophomore libero Oceana Bush (Spokane) was named to the 15-woman first team WSU TEAM HIGHS 2010 Kills: 54 vs. Weber State 8/28 while senior middle blocker Brittany Tillman (Lakewood, Wash.) and transfer senior out- Hitting Pct.: .339 vs. Weber State 8/28 side hitter Vanessa Murray (Chatsworth, Calif.) were named to the All-Preseason second Assists: 51 vs. Weber State 8/28 team...COBRA Magazine (www.cobramag.t83.net) selected Bush to its 2009 All-National Aces: 7 vs. Weber State 8/28 Digs: 49 vs. UC Irvine 8.27 third team last December. She was a Pacific-10 Conference All-Freshman team first team Total Blocks: 8 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 selection last fall after leading the NCAA Tournament participant Cougars’ 2009 team in Points: 64.0 vs. Weber State 8/28 digs with a 4.78 digs per set average. Tillman is the top returning blocker to the WSU team with a 0.88 blocks per set average and the second-leading hitter returning with a 2.45 kills OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS 2010 Kills: 45 Idaho 8/28 per set average. Murray transferred to WSU from Kansas State where she average 2.11 kills Hitting Pct: .343 idaho 8/28 per set last season. Assists:43 Idaho 8/28 Aces: 3 Idfaho 8/28 Digs: 49 UC Irvine 8/27 Total Blocks: 10 Idaho 8/28 Points: 58 Idaho 8/28