WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE ACTION THIS WEEK: Fri., Sept. 24: Washington State vs. , Eugene 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25: Washington State vs. Oregon State, Corvallis 7 p.m.

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

2010 WSU VOLLEYBALL PAC-10 CONFERENCE PLAY BEGINS SCHEDULE & RESULTS The Washington State University volleyball team (6-4) begins the Pacific-10 Conference action this week...Cougars take on the No. 15 Ducks (12-0) at Eugene (Mac Court) Friday, AUGUST Sept. 24 and then head to Corvallis () to meet the Beavers (7-7) Saturday, Nike Cougar Invitational, Pullman Sept. 25...both matches begin at 7 p.m. 27 W, 3-0 # UC Irvine 28 W, 3-1 # Weber State DUCKS END AN ERA AND BEGIN NEW ONE WITH COUGARS L, 0-3 # Idaho Friday’s WSU match at Oregon will be the final appearance for any Cougar team in the historic McArthur Court...at the other end, as of this date, WSU women’s team SEPTEMBER will open Oregon’s new , taking on the Ducks Jan. 6, 2011. Powerade/Asics Challenge,San Francisco 3 L, 3-0 ^ Tulsa TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON RADIO 4 L, 3-1 ^ UC Santa Barbara WSU volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests this season LIVE in the Palouse on W, 3-1 ^ San Francisco KQQQ-AM radio (1150 on the AM dial), or Border 104 (KHTR, 104.3 on the FM dial)… veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the sixth sea- Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman son...these road matches are also available for listening on the internet by purchasing a 9 W, 3-0 + Eastern Washington subscription through the Cougars All-Access button on the wsucougars.com website. 10 W, 3-1 + Montana State 11 L, 1-3 + Cal Poly GANZER IS COUGS’ OFFENSIVE WEAPON Junior outside hitter Meagan Ganzer (Black Diamond, Wash.) leads the Pac-10 and is 2nd 14 W, 3-1 Gonzaga nationally with a 6.08 kills per set average and 6.68 points per set...Ganzer has tallied 24 at * No. 15 Oregon, 7 p.m. three 30-point matches in the past five contests for WSU...Ganzer and the Cougars have 25 at * Oregon State, 7 p.m. seen the No. 1 offensive player, Tulsa’s Tyler Henderson (6.61 kps and 7.06 pps).

OCTOBER ANOTHER TOUGH SCHEDULE FOR COUGS 1 * UCLA, 7 p.m. The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Div. I Coaches Top 25 Poll (Sept. 2 * USC, 7 p.m. 20), has six of WSU’s opponents ranked in the top 25, all Pac-10 schools so the Cougs will 8 at * Washington, 7 p.m. play each twice…conference teams include No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 USC, No. 7 Washing- 15 at * California, 7 p.m. ton, No. 8 California, No. 11 UCLA, and No. 15 Oregon…Arizona (27th) “also received 16 at * Stanford, 7 p.m. votes” in the current poll…complete poll is on the second page of this release or go to 22 * Arizona State, 7 p.m. www.avca.org for the weekly Coaches Top 25 poll. 23 * Arizona, 7 p.m. 29 at * USC, 7 p.m. COUGAR COACHING STAFF 31 at * UCLA, 1 p.m. Head Coach Andrew Palileo is in his third season at WSU...returned Cougars to NCAA Championship tournament in 2009...Palileo has a 34-36 overall record at WSU, and a NOVEMBER 14-year career record of 273-177…named 2009 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year 5 * Washington, 7 p.m. after guiding the Cougars to their first winning season (18-13) since 2002, with six league 12 * Stanford, 7 p.m. wins, the most since 2002…only one loss came to unranked team. associate head coach 13 * California, 7 p.m. Brian Lamppa (third season)...assistant coach Jennifer Fry (first season)...Kara Kiefer, co- 19 at * Arizona, 7 p.m. ordinator of operations (second season)...Tina Martin, volunteer coach (second season). 20 at * Arizona State, 7 p.m. 26 * Oregon, 7 p.m. LISTEN TO COACH PALILEO PODCAST 27 * Oregon State, 7 p.m. Hear Cougar Head Coach Andrew Palileo’s weekly comments every Tuesday afternoon... go to www.wsucougars.com, click on the Multimedia pull-down link, click on Podcasts. # Nike Cougar Invitational, Pullman ^ San Francisco Asics Challenge + Nike Cougar Challenge, Pullman * Pacific-10 Conference Matches All Times Pacific WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Fri., Sept. 24: Washington State vs. Oregon, Eugene 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25: Washington State vs. Oregon State, Corvallis 7 p.m. Page 2

ABOUT THE No. 15 (12-0, 0-0 record) OPPONENT NOTEWORTHY: Friday, September 24, 7 p.m. Oregon’s Heather Meyers (3.50 kps, .329, Location: Eugene, Oregon 0.86 aces per set - 1st in Pac-10, 2nd in Enrollment: 20,394 Colors: Green and Yellow NCAA DI) and Katherine Fischer (3.79 kps, Nickname: Ducks .296) lead Ducks offensively...setter Lauren Arena/Capacity: McArthur Court / 9,087 Plum has 12.20 aps (1st in Pac-10, 2nd in Web Site: www.goducks.com NCAA DI)...Ducks have not met a ranked Head Coach: Jim Moore (Long Beach State ’80) team in 12 matches this year...Oregon Career Record/Years: 460-216 / 21 State’s Jill Sawatzky (4.12 kps - 5th in Pac- Record at Oregon/Years: 108-60 / 6 10, and 4.92 pps - 6th in Pac-10) leads Bea- Assistants: Tina Johnson-Lockhart, Stacy Metro vs...Ashley Eneliko adds 1.28 bps (2nd in 2009 Record: 20-10; Conference Record/Finish: 9-9 / 6th Pac-10)...WSU ended 2009 conference play Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7 / 6 with 3-1 loss to No. 18 Oregon and a 3-2 win Series Record: Oregon 36-35-2 (WSU streak: -8) over Oregon State (both in Pullman). Date W/L Location Score Oct. 14, 2000- - W, 3-0- - Pullman------15-7, 15-5, 15-10 Nov. 10, 2000 - W, 3-0- - @ Eugene- - - - 15-10, 15-11, 15-4 AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll Sept. 29, 2001- W, 3-0- - @ Eugene- - - - 30-24, 30-21, 30-22 2010 POLL Oct. 26, 2001- - W, 3-0- - Pullman------30-18, 30-23, 30-21 September 20, 2010 Sept. 21, 2002- W, 3-0- - Pullman------30-27, 30-19, 30-18 Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts. ‘10 Record Last Week Nov. 21, 2002 - W, 3-0- - @ Eugene- - - - 30-27, 30-23, 30-18 1 Stanford (59) 1499 9-0 1 Oct. 11, 2003- - W, 3-0- - @ Eugene- - - - 30-20, 30-26, 30-25 2 Penn State (1) 1428 10-1 2 Nov. 7, 2003- - W, 3-0- - Pullman------30-27, 30-19, 30-27 Oct. 2, 2004 - - L, 0-3 - - - Pullman------20-30, 23-30, 27-30 3 Florida 1359 8-1 3 Oct. 28, 2004- - W, 3-2- - @ Eugene- - - - 26-30, 30-28, 25-30, 30-25, 15-6 4 Nebraska 1301 10-1 4 Oct. 22, 2005- - L, 0-3 - - - @ Eugene- - - - 30-25, 30-24, 31-29 5 Hawai’i 1233 10-1 6 Nov. 17, 2005 - W, 3-2- - Pullman------30-21, 28-30, 30-19, 26-38, 15-6 6 USC 1220 10-0 7 Oct. 7, 2006 - - L, 0-3 - - - Pullman------25-30, 21-30, 25-30 7 Washington 1124 11-0 9 Nov. 2, 2006- - L, 0-3 - - - @ Eugene- - - - 32-34, 12-30, 22-30 8 California 1062 10-0 10 Sept. 22, 2007- L, 0-3 - - - @ Eugene- - - - 24-30, 24-30, 22-30 9 Illinois 1038 8-2 5 Nov. 21, 2007 - L, 0-3 - - - Pullman------24-30, 32-34, 22-30 10 Iowa State 920 8-2 11 Oct. 19, 2008- - L, 0-3 - - - Pullman------17-25, 20-25, 12-25 Nov. 14, 2008 - L, 0-3 - - - @ Eugene- - - - 15-25, 23-25, 18-25 11 UCLA 845 9-1 13 Sept. 27, 2009- L, 1-3 - - - @ Eugene- - - - 25-23, 18-25, 22-25, 21-25 12 Texas 830 6-4 8 Nov. 25, 2009 - L, 1-3 - - - Pullman------16-25, 20-25, 25-20, 20-25 13 Florida State 707 9-1 15 14 Minnesota 675 10-2 12 15 Oregon 583 12-0 16 16 Northern Iowa 542 10-2 17 ABOUT THE (7-7, 0-0 record pending 9/24 vs. No. 7 Washington) 17 LSU 506 11-0 19 Saturday, September 25, 7 p.m. 18 Colorado State 478 9-2 14 Location: Corvallis, Oregon 19 Dayton 406 9-3 20 Enrollment: 20,100 20 Tennessee 392 9-2 18 21 San Diego 356 8-3 23 Colors: Orange and Black 22 Michigan 320 11-1 21 Nickname: Beavers 23 Long Beach State 173 9-3 24 Arena/Capacity: Gill Coliseum / 10,400 24 Kentucky 120 7-5 22 Web Site: www.osubeavers.com 25 Cincinnati 112 10-3 NR Head Coach: Taras Liskevych (Loyola University ’70) Career Record/Years: 324-183 / 15 Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or Record at Oregon State/Years: 57-109 / 65 more ballots: Ohio State 70; Arizona 65; St. Mary’s 24; Assistants: Mark Barnard, Laura Benzing Utah State 14; Duke 13; 12; Northwestern 12; 2009 Record: 12-18; Conference Record/Finish: 3-15 / T-9th Middle Tennessee 10; Wisconsin 9; Pacific 4; Oklahoma Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9 / 6 3; Purdue 3. Series Record: Washington State leads 44-33 (WSU streak: +3) Date------W/L - - - - Location- - - - - Score 12 schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of Oct. 13, 2000- - W, 3-1- - Pullman------8-15, 15-6, 15-7, 15-11 32 points. Nov. 11, 2000 - W, 3-1- - @ Corvallis------13-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-4 Sept. 28, 2001- L, 1-3 - - - @ Corvallis------23-30, 26-30, 30-27, 31-33 Oct. 25, 2001- - W, 3-0- - Pullman------30-21, 30-13, 30-21 Other National Rankings Sept. 20, 2002- W, 3-0- - Pullman------30-24, 30-27, 30-21 Sept. 20, 2010 Nov. 22, 2002 - W, 3-0- - @ Corvallis------30-27, 30-27, 30-15 Rich Kern Poll: Oct. 10, 2003- - L, 1-3 - - - @ Corvallis------24-30, 21-30, 30-25, 21-30 1. Stanford Nov. 6, 2003- - L, 2-3 - - - Pullman------30-23, 30-28, 20-30, 20-30, 3-15 Oct. 1, 2004 - - L, 1-3 - - - Pullman------30-27, 18-30, 27-30, 33-35 Not ranked - Washington State Oct. 29, 2004- - L, 0-3 - - - @ Corvallis------21-30, 27-30, 18-30 Oct. 21, 2005- - L, 1-3 - - - @ Corvallis------13-30, 33-31,20-30,18-30 Pablo Rankings: Nov. 18, 2005 - L, 1-3 - - - Pullman------22-30, 30-28, 26-30, 28-30 1. Stanford Oct. 6, 2006 - - W, 3-2- - Pullman------27-30, 30-17, 30-21, 29-31, 15-13 Nov. 3, 2006- - W, 3-0- - @ Corvallis------31-29, 30-22, 30-26 Sept. 21, 2007- L, 2-3 - - - @ Corvallis------30-32, 32-30, 30-25, 21-30, 14-16 Nov. 23, 2007 - W, 3-2- - Pullman------22-30, 30-28, 28-30, 30-25, 15-8 Oct. 17, 2008- - L, 1-3 - - - Pullman------19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 23-25 Nov. 16, 2008 - W, 3-2- - @ Corvallis------25-17, 15-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-12 Sept. 25, 2009- W, 3-0- - @ Corvallis------25-19, 25-23, 25-16 Nov. 27, 2009 - W, 3-2- - Pullman------25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 25-27, 15-11 WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Fri., Sept. 24: Washington State vs. Oregon, Eugene 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25: Washington State vs. Oregon State, Corvallis 7 p.m. Page 3

LAST WEEK CLIMBING INTO WSU RECORDS: WSU defeated Gonzaga 3-1 Sept. 14 in Pullman...WSU’s Meagan Ganzer racked up 30 kills in the 4 sets, hit .371 and racked up a career-high seven blocks...GU match was the All-Time Career Digs final non-conference match for Cougars this season. 1. Kelly Hyder, 2006-09 1773 2. Shannon Wyckoff, 1994-97 1254 3. Kortney Jamtaas, 1999-02 1232 PAC-10 CURRENT 2010 STANDINGS (through 9/19/10) 4. LaToya Harris, 1999-02 1178 (Nat. Ranking) Conference Overall Streak 5. Cindy Baker, 1985-88 1157 Oregon (15) 0-0 12-0 Won 12 6. Beth Welch, 1987-89 1114 Washington (7) 0-0 11-0 Won 11 7. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 1070 California (8) 0-0 10-0 Won 10 8. Jackie Albright, 2006-09 998 USC (6) 0-0 10-0 Won 10 9. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 989 10. Keri Killebrew, 1990-92 942 Stanford (1) 0-0 9-0 Won 9 UCLA (11) 0-0 10-1 Won 8 Oceana Bush, 2009-10 689 Arizona 0-0 10-2 Won 5 Washington State 0-0 6-4 Won 1 All-Time Career Solo Blocks Oregon State 0-0 7-7 Won 1 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 196 Arizona State 0-0 5-7 Lost 1 2. Laurie VanDiest, 1984-87 125 3. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 98 4. Kelly Hankins, 1990-91 88 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10): 5. Brittany Johnson, 2005-08 73 Individual Overall Matches - rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader) 6. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 69 Kills - 1st Meagan Ganzer 6.08 kps 7. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 59 Hitting Percentage - no WSU player (Shannon Hawari, California .557) 8. Holly Harris, 1999-02 53 Assists - 7th Sara Biondi 10.79 aps (Lauren Plum, Oregon 12.20 aps) 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 50 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 49 Service Aces - T-6th Rachel Todorovich 0.38 saps; 8th Jordan Levenseller 0.37 saps (Heather Meyers, Oregon 0.86 saps) Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 43 Digs - 3rd Oceana Bush 4.39 dps (Lainey Gera, UCLA 4.57 dps) Blocks - T-8th Marcelina Glab 1.12 bps (Katie Camp, UCLA 1.44 bps) All-Time Career Block Assists Points - 1st Meagan Ganzer 6.68 pps 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 421 2. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 394 3. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 360 TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10): 4. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 343 Team Overall Matches (Leader) 5. Jen Barcus, 2002-05 336 Kills - WSU is 8th with 13.32 kps (Stanford 15.13 kps) 6. Holly Harris, 1999-02 333 Hitting Percentage - WSU is 8th at .248 (California .362) 7. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 329 8. Laurie VanDiest, 1984-87 315 Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 10th at .221 (Washington .074) 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 311 Assists - WSU is 7th at 12.33 aps (Stanford 14.17 aps) 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 299 Service Aces - WSU is 5th at 1.47 saps (Oregon 2.23 saps) Digs - WSU is 5th at 13.58 dps (UCLA 15.81 dps) Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 229 Blocks - WSU is 10th at 1.90 bps (California 2.94 bps)

All-Time Career Total Blocks WSU VOLLEYBALL WEBCASTS 1. Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 617 2. Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 492 For the second year, several WSU home matches will have live-streaming webcasts this 3. Laurie Van Diest, 1984-87 440 season…these eight webcasts are available for the cost of a subscription to Cougar All- 4. Jennifer Stinson, 1995-98 419 Access on the official WSU website, www.wsucougars.com...selected webcasts featured 5. Joanne Johnson, 1991-93 412 exclusive audio play-by-play and color commentary from broadcast major students at the 6. Holly Harris, 1999-02 386 renowned Edward R. Murrow College of Communication…Cougar All-Access subscribers 7. Jen Barcus, 2002-05 379 8. Keren Oigman, 1994-97 363 will also be able to hear the radio broadcasts of all Cougar road matches online...webcast 9. Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 361 schedule is: 10. Cassie Robbins, 2006-09 348 9/14 Gonzaga 10/22 Arizona State 11/12 Stanford 10/1 UCLA 10/23 Arizona 11/13 California Brittany Tillman, 2007-10 272 10/2 USC 11/5 Washington

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON TELEVISION The Pacific-10 Conference will once again have delayed broadcasts of conference volley- 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 and times will be published here when available. WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Fri., Sept. 24: Washington State vs. Oregon, Eugene 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25: Washington State vs. Oregon State, Corvallis 7 p.m. Page 4

WSU 2010 SUPERLATIVES THE FOOTBALL CONNECTION Season Highs [Career Highs] Two current members of the 2010 WSU volleyball program have fathers who played on the WSU football team...freshman Jordan Levenseller’s father, Mike, is in the #1 OCEANA BUSH, LB Cougar Athletics Hall of Fame for his collegiate and professional career and has Kills: 5 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 coached on the WSU staff for the past 18 years...assistant coach Jennifer Fry’s fa- Aces: 2 vs. Montana State 9/10 [2 vs. No. 16 USC 2009] ther is Tyrone Gray, a WSU football and track letterwinner who played in the Digs: 25 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 CFL...Faith Hutcherson’s father, Kenneth, also played professionally in the NFL. [39 vs. Arizona St. 2009-School Record] Points: 5.5 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 MEET THE 2010 COUGARS #2 JORDAN LEVENSELLER, DS Sets played: 27 #12 Sara Biondi (S, 5-11, FR, Sacramento, Calif.) - Played 29 sets of setting with average Kills: 1 vs. Montana State 9/10 Aces: 2 (four times) of 10.79 assists per set - 7th best in Pac-10...had 50 assists in 3-1 win over San Francisco... Digs: 15 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 Christian Brothers High team won 2009 CIF Section Championship, Northern California Points: 2 (four times) Championship and was runner-up at California State Championship.

#3 ALEX DIEMER, S #1 Oceana Bush (L/DS, 5-5, SO, Spokane, Wash.) - Named to Nike Cougar Invitation- Sets played: 15 [19 in 2009] Assists: 42 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 al All-Tournament Team...4.39 digs per set - 2nd best in Pac-10...season-best 25 digs vs. Aces: 2 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 UCSB...also seen action in front row this season...career-high 5 kills vs. Gonzaga...named Digs: 6 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 to COBRA Magazine (www.cobramag.t83.net) 2010 preseason All-National Third Team. [7 at No. 6 UCLA 2009] Total Blocks: 3 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 Points: 3.0 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 #3 Alex Diemer (S, 5-8, JR, Rocklin, Calif.) - Saw action in 15 sets this season...averaged 5.80 assists per set...put up 42 assists vs. UC Santa Barbara...left team in mid-September. #5 FAITH HUTCHERSON, DS Sets played: 32 [85 in 2009] #9 Meagan Ganzer (OH, 6-3, JR, Black Diamond, Wash.) - Named MVP of Nike Cougar Aces: 2 vs. Weber State 8/28 Inviational...named to USF Powerade Asics Challenge all-tournament team after landing 65 & vs. Gonzaga 9/14 Digs: 8 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [9 vs. Arizona 2009] kills and hit .308 in 3 matches...named to Nike Cougar Challenge all-tournament team after 72 kills (6.55 kps) and hit .357...leads Pac-10 and 2nd in NCAA DI with 6.08 kills per set #7 RACHEL TODOROVICH, MB and 6.68 points per set...had 30 kills in back-to-back matches: in 4 sets vs. UCSB (at USF) Kills: 12 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 and in 3 sets vs. EWU (in Pullman)...another 30 kills vs. Gonzaga (3-1 win in Pullman)... [15 vs. No. 16 No. Iowa 2009] H.Pct: .429 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 tallied career-high 7 blocks vs. GU...leads team with 36 aces. [.562 vs. No. 17 Utah & Gonzaga 2009] Aces: 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 #10 Marcelina Glab (MH, 6-2, FR, Watertown, South Dakota) - Seen action in 24 sets Digs: 13 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 to date...leads team with 1.12 blocks per set - 8th-best in Pac-10...adds 1.21 kills per set... [20 vs. Oregon State 2009] Lnaded 6 kills and 6 blocks in win over GU...2009 Under Armour national All-American Total Blocks: 2 (twice) [5 - four times in 2009] honorable mention team…South Dakota “AA” Miss Volleyball…South Dakota Gatorade Points: 12.5 vs. UI Irvine 8/27 Volleyball State Player of the Year. [15.5 vs. Idaho 2009] #4 Stephanie Hagins (MB, 6-4, FR, Elverta, Calif.) - Played on Regional High Perfor- #9 MEAGAN GANZER, OH Kills: 30 vs. San Francisco 9/4 & vs. EWU 9/9 mance Youth Team…alternate for the USA Youth High Performance national team. & vs. Gonzaga 9/14 H.Pct: .491 vs. EWU 9/9 #5 Faith Hutcherson (DS, 5-3, SR, Redmond, Wash.) - Played in 32 sets...has 39 digs and [.571 vs. Missouri 2009] 5 aces to date...came off the bench in 2009 to provide tough serves and play defensively. Aces: 2 (twice) [2 , 2009 and 2008] Digs: 12 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 Total Blocks: 7 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 #14 Anuhea Keanini (S, 5-6, Rs-SO, Kailua, Hawai’i) - Transfer from Cal Poly... played Points: 35.5 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 in 100 of the Cal Poly’s 114 sets…averaged 9.06 assists per set…added 19 kills, 15 aces, 135 digs and 31 blocks...Hawai’i 2008 Interscholastic League of Hawaii Player of the Year... #10 MARCELINA GLAB, MH redshirt for 2010 season. Kills: 6 vs. Cal Poly 9/11 & vs. Gonzaga 9/14 H.Pct: .278 vs. Cal Poly 9/11 Aces: 2 vs. Montana State 9/10 #15 Kaleinani Kabalis (OH, 5-7, JR, Hilo, Hawai’i) - Played in 2 matches to date...libero Digs: 4 vs. Montana State 9/10 vs. Gonzaga, 21 digs...transfer from Western Nebraska CC...named the NJCAA D-1 Volley- Total Blocks: 6 vs. Eastern Washington 9/9 & ball Championships top defensive player…NJCAA D-1 First Team All America…AVCA vs. Gonzaga 9/14 Two-Year College First Team All-American…missed early action after Aug. knee surgery. Points: 9.0 vs. Gonzaga 9/14

#11 VANESSA MURRAY, OH #19 Conley Kipp (MB, 6-4, SO, Newport Beach, Calif.) - Played in 20 sets this season... Kills: 11 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 tallied 19 kills and 12 blocks...saw very limited action as a freshman. H.Pct: .429 vs. Weber State 8/28 Aces: 0 Digs: 5 (twice) #8 Annie Leendertsen (MH, 6-0, FR, Palouse, Wash.) - Volleyball and track athlete at Total Blocks: 3 (twice) Gar-Pal High...played on the PAC-V Kaepa Volleyball Club for former Cougar Jackie Al- Points: 12.0 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 bright and current coach Andrew Palileo. WASHINGTON STATE VOLLEYBALL RELEASE Fri., Sept. 24: Washington State vs. Oregon, Eugene 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25: Washington State vs. Oregon State, Corvallis 7 p.m. Page 5

WSU 2010 SUPERLATIVES #2 Jordan Levenseller (DS, 5-9, FR, Pullman, Wash.) - Played in 27 sets to date...several Season Highs [Career Highs] times as libero...season total of 49 digs (1.81 dps) and 10 aces...0.37 aces per set average is #12 SARA BIONDI, S 8th-best in Pac-10...all-around versatile athlete at Pullman High who played on state teams Sets played: 29 in volleyball, basketball and softball...played on PAC-V Kaepa Volleyball Club for Andrew Assists: 58 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 Palileo. Aces: 2 vs. Montana State 9/10 Digs: 10 vs. Eastern Washington 9/9 Total Blocks: 3 vs. San Francisco 9/4 #11 Vanessa Murray (OH, 6-0, SR, Chatsworth, Calif.) - Seen the court in 34 sets to Points: 7.0 vs. San Francisco 9/4 date...fourth on team in kills (1.56 kps)...reached high of 11 kills vs. Gonzaga...also tallied 16 blocks...transferred to WSU after one year at Kansas State…named to 2009 Big 12 Com- #15 KALEINANI KABALIS, OH missioner’s Honor Roll…played two seasons at Pierce College in Los Angeles. Sets played: 8 Kills: 1 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 H.Pct: .000 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 #21 Brittany Tillman (MB, 6-1, SR, Lakewood, Wash.) - Named to the Nike Cougar Invi- Aces: 0 tational and Nike Cougar Challenge all-tournament teams...second on team with 25 blocks Digs: 21 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 Total Blocks: 0 (0.69 pbs), kills (2.31 kps) and hitting percentage (.269)...four years of starting experience Points: 1.0 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 is one of team leaders on the court.

#19 CONLEY KIPP, MB Sets played: 20 #7 Rachel Todorovich (RS, 6-2, SO, Walla Walla, Wash.) - Named to the Nike Cougar In- Kills: 3 (five times) vitational all-tournament team...abdominal tear forced her to sit out so far for two weeks... H.Pct: .600 vs. Weber State 8/28 availability to practice/play is week-to-week...third on team in kills (1.90 kps) and hitting Aces: 2 (twice) Digs: 1 (twice) percentage (.234)...was 2009 Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention…high school setter Total Blocks: 3 (twice) who found a spot as a left-handed right side hitter…led the team at NCAA tournament with Points: 7.0 vs. Idaho 8/28 15 kills (.556) against Northern Iowa. #21 BRITTANY TILLMAN, MB Kills: 15 vs. Montana State 9/10 COUGAR VOLLEYBALL TRIO RECEIVE ALL-PRESEASON MENTION [17 vs. Idaho 2009] COBRA Magazine, an online publication dedicated to African American women volleyball H.Pct: .522 vs. Montana State 9/10 players, has selected three Washington State players on its national 2010 All-Preseason [.632 vs. Gonzaga 2009] Aces: 0 teams....sophomore libero Oceana Bush (Spokane) was named to the 15-woman first team Digs: 3 vs. UC Irvine 8/27 [3 in 2009 & 2007] while senior middle blocker Brittany Tillman (Lakewood, Wash.) and transfer senior out- Blocks: 5 (twice) [9 vs. No. 7 Stanford 2009] side hitter Vanessa Murray (Chatsworth, Calif.) were named to the All-Preseason second Points: 16.5 vs. Montana State 9/10 team...COBRA Magazine (www.cobramag.t83.net) selected Bush to its 2009 All-National [19.0 vs. Idaho 2009] third team last December. She was a Pacific-10 Conference All-Freshman team first team selection last fall after leading the NCAA Tournament participant Cougars’ 2009 team in WSU TEAM HIGHS 2010 digs with a 4.78 digs per set average. Tillman is the top returning blocker to the WSU team Kills: 65 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 with a 0.88 blocks per set average and the second-leading hitter returning with a 2.45 kills Hitting Pct.: .359 vs. Eastern Washington 9/9 per set average. Murray transferred to WSU from Kansas State where she average 2.11 kills Assists: 62 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 Aces: 11 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 per set last season. Digs: 72 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4 Total Blocks: 11.5 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 PAC-10 COACHES 2010 PRESEASON PREDICTIONS Points: 81.5 vs. Gonzaga 9/14 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), OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS 2010 Arizona (52), Caliornia (49), Oregon (40), UCLA (38), Arizona State (23), Washington Kills: 59 UC Santa Barbara 9/4 & Cal Poly 9/11 State (18), and Oregon State (11)…the Pac-10 coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their Hitting Pct: .430 Tulsa 9/3 own teams (point system is 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2), have successfully predicted the league Assists: 55 Cal Poly 9/11 champion 13 of the last 21 years (through the 2009 season). Aces: 9 Montana State 9/10 Digs: 59 UC Santa Barbara 9/4 & Gonzaga 9/14 Total Blocks: 10 Idaho 8/28 NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS Points: 71.0 UC Santa Barbara 9/4 Hawai’i leads the nation with 6,257 fans per match average (11 matches)...Nebraska is sec- ond with an average of 6,056 fans (4 matches)…Stanford is the top Pac-10 school at 20th (1,518 in 2 matches)…WSU is averaging 679 fans in 7 home matches to date.

MARCIA SANEHOLTZ COURT AT BOHLER GYM COUGARS HOME 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… the former Sr. Associate Athletics Director/SWA is a long-time proponent of gender equity and a champion for all sports at WSU as well as in the Pac-10 and the nation… NACWAA president (1992-93), on the board of directors (1987-94), and named 1997 Administrator of the Year…also NAGWS Pathfinder Award in 2001 and WSU Woman of Distinction in 2003…she was added to the Inland Empire Scroll of Honor in 2009.