WSU HOSTS ARIZONA STATE FRDIAY, NO.25 ARIZONA SUNDAY
The Washington State University volleyball team is 17-9 overall, 7-7 in Pac-12, and receiving votes in the Nov. 4 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...this week the Cougars are in eighth place in the highly competitive Pac-12 Conference and fighting for an NCAA Tournament bid...WSU hosts Arizona State (9-17 overall, 2-12 Pac-12) in Bohler Gym Fri., Nov. 4 at 7 p.m...WSU hosts No. 25 Arizona (16-10  overall, 8-6 Pac-12*pending Nov. 10 match at No. 11 Washington) Sun., Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. in Bohler Gym...in the first half of the conference, WSU defeated ASU 3-0 in Tempe and defeated Arizona 3-0 in Tucson...announcers for the Pac-12 TV's Sunday broadcast of the WSU-Arizona match are Elise Woodward and Tammy Blackburn...links are at wsucougars.com.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (86-101 at WSU, 6 years; 198-125 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 Also Receiving Votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 11 (Nov. 7)...WSU's rankings this year by Week #: Sept. 5, 12 and 19 (#2, 3, 4) - Receiving Votes; Sept. 26 (#5) - 17th; Oct. 3 (#6) - 10th; Oct. 10 (#7) - 13th; Oct 17 and 24 (#8, 9) - 18th; Oct. 31 (#10) - 23rd...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 Nov. 7: WSU is ranked No. 24 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 24 in the Pablo Rankings, 43rd in the RKPI, 24th in the Massey Ratings, 44th in the NCAA RPI, and 31st in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings.

COUGARS PAC-12 NOTES
> WSU's seven Pac-12 wins is the most since 2001 season (9-9/6th).
> WSU opened the Pac-12 season with wins over three Top 10 teams: at No. 4 UW, at No. 9 UCLA and vs. No. 9 Stanford.
> Sept. 30 was  WSU's fourth win over the Cardinal all-time (61 matches), and first time since 2002 (which was a 3-1 win in Pullman). > This season's 5-0 Pac-12 start was the best conference start for the Cougars all-time. WSU went 4-0 in 1997 when Head Coach Jen Greeny and Assistant Coach Shannon Wyckoff were players.
> WSU plays six of its last eight regular season matches at home.
> 2016 Cougars are nearing WSU Team Season Records for Block assists (currently 514/record from 1992 is 605) and Total blocks (currently 320/record from 1992 is 396.5)