No. 18 WSU HEADS TO THE BAY AREA TO MEET STANFORD, CALIFORNIA
Here we go AGAIN!...second half of Pac-12 play begins this week...Washington State University volleyball team, 17-5 overall, 7-3 Pac-12, is ranked No. 18 in the Oct. 24 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...Cougars are in a 3-way tie for second place in Pac-12 Conference...WSU plays at No. 17 Stanford (12-6, 6-4) Maples Pavilion Fri., Oct. 28 at 6 p.m...WSU plays at California (8-12, 2-8) Haas Pavilion Sat., Oct. 29 at 7 p.m...this is one of the rare times when WSU will play back-to-back nights in Pac-12 and both Stanford and Cal will have played No. 7 UW first...announcers for the Pac-12 TV's broadcast of the WSU-Stanford match are Krista Blunk and Dain Blanton...links are at wsucougars.com.

TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2016 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM...veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 11th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (86-97 at WSU, 6 years; 198-121 in career, 10 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 4...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (sixth year) and Shannon Hunt (fourth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach Milan Vucinic (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (sixth year).

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL IN THE NATIONAL STANDINGS
The WSU volleyball team is ranked No. 18 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 9 (Oct. 24)...this is the second week at No. 18...WSU's highest AVCA 2016 ranking was 10th in the Oct. 3 poll after three consecutive upset wins (@No. 4 UW, @No. 9 UCLA, No. 9 Stanford) over Top 10 teams...previous AVCA rankings were: No. 17 (Sept. 26) - WSU's first top 25 ranking since the 2009 season (21st was highest that year) and No. 13 (Oct. 10)...WSU's highest ranking, No. 5 (Oct. 17, 1995) when Head Coach Jen Stinson Greeny and Asst. Coach Shannon Wyckoff Hunt were Cougar starters)...other national rankings for Oct. 24: PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU is ranked No. 25...WSU is ranked No. 16 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 15 in the Pablo Rankings, No. 23rd in the RKPI, 17th in the Massey Ratings, and 23rd in the NCAA RPI.