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WSU Heads to Waco for Baylor Volleyball Tournament
September 12, 2016 | Volleyball
WSU HEADS TO WACO FOR BAYLOR VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
The Washington State University volleyball team, 8-1 on the season and receiving votes in the Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Polls, travels to Waco, Texas, for the final nonconference matches of the 2016 season...Baylor's Hampton Inn Waco North Invitational takes place in the Ferrell Center...Friday, Sept. 16, WSU plays College of Charleston (6-3) at 2 p.m. PT, and Saturday, Sept. 17, plays Virginia (3-6) at 11 a.m. PT, and host Baylor (6-4 pending 9/14 match @LSU) at 5 p.m. PT...links to Live Radio and Live Stats can be found 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 radio and/or KHTR- 104.7 FM…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 (77-93 at WSU, 6 years; 189-117 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).
WSU VOLLEYBALL MOVING UP ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
WSU has won three consecutive tournaments...WSU received votes on two or more ballots in the Sept. 12, 2016 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for 16 points which is 32nd-best in points...in the Sept. 5 AVCA poll, WSU had 11 points (36th-best point total)...Cougars had also received votes in these past AVCA polls: Aug. 29, 2016, Sept. 21, 2015, and Oct. 12, 2015...WSU will play 10 teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the 2016 AVCA Preseason Top 25...in the Sept. 12 PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU moved up for the fourth consecutive week to be ranked No. 22nd...other Pac-12 schools in this week's PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 are: 5. Washington, 12. UCLA, 13. Oregon, 17. Stanford, 18. Colorado, 23. Arizona, 27. USC and 48. Utah...other Cougar 2016 opponents in these rankings include: 16. Purdue and 40. Kentucky...during the 2015 season, WSU was ranked twice during the season in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50: No. 46 (Oct. 12) and No. 44 (Oct. 19)...ADDITIONALLY, in other Sept. 12 National Rankings WSU is ranked No. 27 in the Rich Kern Poll, and No. 10 in the Pablo Rankings - highest in the Greeny era at WSU.
SINGING THE '16 SUPERLATIVES
> Pac-12 All-Star China Tour / Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team - Kyra Holt
> US Collegiate National Team- Europe - 12th Annual Global Challenge Champions
Players McKenna Woodford, Casey Schoenlein, Jen Greeny, Asst. Coach
> Purdue Mortar Board Premier Champions - 3-0 win over No. 24 Kentucky
Kyra Holt, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Hailey Bethune and Taylor Mims
> LBSU Mizuno Invitational - WSU Undefeated
> 16 Team Blocks in 3-0 win over Northeastern - t-5th-best in WSU all-time records
> WSU wins Cougar Challenge with trio of 3-0 matches
Hailey Bethune, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Kyra Holt, McKenna Woodford
PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE (TOP 10):
Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - 6th Kyra Holt 3.67 kps (Adora Anae, Utah 4.42 kps)
Hitting Pct. - 1st Hailey Bethune .469 & 9th Taylor Mims .402
Assists - No WSU player (Alyssa Jensen, California 12.12 aps)
Service Aces - 7th Nicole Rigoni 0.33 saps (Adora Anae, Utah 0.52 saps)
Digs - 10th Alexis Dirige 3.45 dps (Amanda Benson, Oregon 4.83 dps)
Blocks - 4th Taylor Mims 1.47 bps (Audriana Fitzmorris, Stanford 1.67 bps)
Points - 6th Kyra Holt 4.30 pps (Adora Anae, Utah 5.29 pps)
TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE:
Rank in Overall Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 7th at 13.67 kps (Washington 14.45 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 2nd at .307 (Oregon .312)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .116
Assists - WSU is 9th at 12.27 aps (UCLA 13.43 aps)
Service Aces - WSU is 5th at 1.30 saps (Oregon 1.53 saps)
Digs - WSU is 11th at 12.20 dps (UCLA 18.21 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 2nd at 3.23 bps (Stanford 3.50 bps)
WSU IN NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (as of 9/12):
TEAM
> WSU is 5th in Opponent Hitting percentage at .116
> WSU is 7th in Team hitting percentage at .307
> WSU is 7th in Team blocks per set at 3.23 bps
> WSU is 21st in Team total blocks at 97.0
> WSU is 17th in Win/Loss percentage at .889 (8-1)
INDIVIDUALS
> Hailey Bethune is 4th in hitting percentage at .469
> Taylor Mims is 17th in blocks per set at 1.47 bps
> Taylor Mims is 30th in hitting percentage at .402
> Taylor Mims is 38th in total blocks at 44 blocks
> Claire Martin is 79th in blocks per set at 1.23 bps
> Kyra Holt is 87th in points per set at 4.30 pps
> Kyra Holt is 98th in kills per set at 3.67 kps
The Washington State University volleyball team, 8-1 on the season and receiving votes in the Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Polls, travels to Waco, Texas, for the final nonconference matches of the 2016 season...Baylor's Hampton Inn Waco North Invitational takes place in the Ferrell Center...Friday, Sept. 16, WSU plays College of Charleston (6-3) at 2 p.m. PT, and Saturday, Sept. 17, plays Virginia (3-6) at 11 a.m. PT, and host Baylor (6-4 pending 9/14 match @LSU) at 5 p.m. PT...links to Live Radio and Live Stats can be found 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 radio and/or KHTR- 104.7 FM…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 (77-93 at WSU, 6 years; 189-117 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).
WSU VOLLEYBALL MOVING UP ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
WSU has won three consecutive tournaments...WSU received votes on two or more ballots in the Sept. 12, 2016 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for 16 points which is 32nd-best in points...in the Sept. 5 AVCA poll, WSU had 11 points (36th-best point total)...Cougars had also received votes in these past AVCA polls: Aug. 29, 2016, Sept. 21, 2015, and Oct. 12, 2015...WSU will play 10 teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the 2016 AVCA Preseason Top 25...in the Sept. 12 PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings, WSU moved up for the fourth consecutive week to be ranked No. 22nd...other Pac-12 schools in this week's PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 are: 5. Washington, 12. UCLA, 13. Oregon, 17. Stanford, 18. Colorado, 23. Arizona, 27. USC and 48. Utah...other Cougar 2016 opponents in these rankings include: 16. Purdue and 40. Kentucky...during the 2015 season, WSU was ranked twice during the season in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50: No. 46 (Oct. 12) and No. 44 (Oct. 19)...ADDITIONALLY, in other Sept. 12 National Rankings WSU is ranked No. 27 in the Rich Kern Poll, and No. 10 in the Pablo Rankings - highest in the Greeny era at WSU.
SINGING THE '16 SUPERLATIVES
> Pac-12 All-Star China Tour / Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team - Kyra Holt
> US Collegiate National Team- Europe - 12th Annual Global Challenge Champions
Players McKenna Woodford, Casey Schoenlein, Jen Greeny, Asst. Coach
> Purdue Mortar Board Premier Champions - 3-0 win over No. 24 Kentucky
Kyra Holt, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Hailey Bethune and Taylor Mims
> LBSU Mizuno Invitational - WSU Undefeated
> 16 Team Blocks in 3-0 win over Northeastern - t-5th-best in WSU all-time records
> WSU wins Cougar Challenge with trio of 3-0 matches
Hailey Bethune, MVP; All-Tournament Team: Kyra Holt, McKenna Woodford
PAC-12 LEADERS FROM OVERALL MATCHES
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE (TOP 10):
Rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - 6th Kyra Holt 3.67 kps (Adora Anae, Utah 4.42 kps)
Hitting Pct. - 1st Hailey Bethune .469 & 9th Taylor Mims .402
Assists - No WSU player (Alyssa Jensen, California 12.12 aps)
Service Aces - 7th Nicole Rigoni 0.33 saps (Adora Anae, Utah 0.52 saps)
Digs - 10th Alexis Dirige 3.45 dps (Amanda Benson, Oregon 4.83 dps)
Blocks - 4th Taylor Mims 1.47 bps (Audriana Fitzmorris, Stanford 1.67 bps)
Points - 6th Kyra Holt 4.30 pps (Adora Anae, Utah 5.29 pps)
TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE:
Rank in Overall Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 7th at 13.67 kps (Washington 14.45 kps)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 2nd at .307 (Oregon .312)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 1st at .116
Assists - WSU is 9th at 12.27 aps (UCLA 13.43 aps)
Service Aces - WSU is 5th at 1.30 saps (Oregon 1.53 saps)
Digs - WSU is 11th at 12.20 dps (UCLA 18.21 dps)
Blocks - WSU is 2nd at 3.23 bps (Stanford 3.50 bps)
WSU IN NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (as of 9/12):
TEAM
> WSU is 5th in Opponent Hitting percentage at .116
> WSU is 7th in Team hitting percentage at .307
> WSU is 7th in Team blocks per set at 3.23 bps
> WSU is 21st in Team total blocks at 97.0
> WSU is 17th in Win/Loss percentage at .889 (8-1)
INDIVIDUALS
> Hailey Bethune is 4th in hitting percentage at .469
> Taylor Mims is 17th in blocks per set at 1.47 bps
> Taylor Mims is 30th in hitting percentage at .402
> Taylor Mims is 38th in total blocks at 44 blocks
> Claire Martin is 79th in blocks per set at 1.23 bps
> Kyra Holt is 87th in points per set at 4.30 pps
> Kyra Holt is 98th in kills per set at 3.67 kps
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