WSU VOLLEYBALL TRAVELS TO MIDWEST FOR TRIO OF MATCHES
The Washington State University volleyball team takes its 8-1 record and a tied at 29th ranking in the Sept. 11 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll to the Midwest after two weekends on the East Coast and one weekend at home...WSU heads to Springfield, Mo., for the Missouri State Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational contested at the Hammons Student Center...Cougars take on Tennessee State (4-6) Friday, Sept. 15 at 8 a.m. PT and then plays host and AVCA ranked No. 32 Missouri State (6-3) at 4 p.m. PT...Sat., Sept. 16, WSU takes on Chattanooga (7-4) at 9:30 a.m. PT...the WSU vs. Missouri State match can be watched online just click on the link on the volleyball schedule page at wsucougars.com...live radio coverage of the tournament is available online too with Palouse area listeners advised to find the New Hampshire match on KHTR FM and not KQQQ AM Friday morning.

TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROAD MATCHES ON RADIO
Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2017 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-1150 AM radio…veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the 12th consecutive season...road match audio is also available online at wsucougars.com.

WSU COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her seventh season as WSU's head coach (99-105 at WSU, 7 years; 211-129 in career, 11 years)...2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year...Greeny bio on page 5...staff includes associate head coach Burdette Greeny (seventh year) and assistant coach Shannon Hunt (fifth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...technical operations Grant Schoenlein (first year), volunteer coach James Dorr (second year) and student coach Kyra Holt...Kaysie Shebenick is coordinator of operations (first year).

COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
In the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Sept. 11 Poll the Cougars are tied at 29th...in other national rankings for Sept. 11 include: VolleyMob.com - 26th; PrepVolleyball.com - 31st; Pablo Rankings - 27th; Rich Kern Poll - 33rd; RKPI - 89th; and Massey Ratings - 29th...WSU will play eight teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the AVCA Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll...complete poll on page 4.

SINGING THE '17 SUPERLATIVES
US Collegiate National Team- Europe: Taylor Mims, All-Tournament Team, 
    Gold Medal at 13th Annual Global Challenge
US Collegiate National Team- Thailand: McKenna Woodford
US Collegiate Natl Team- Minneapolis: Casey Schoenlein
Mexican National Team at FIVB Grand Prix: Jocelyn Urias
Cougar Challenge Tournament, Pullman, Wash., WSU 1st place
    All-Tournament Team: Taylor Mims and McKenna Woodford

BLOCK PARTY LEADER
Redshirt sophomore MB Jocelyn Urias leads the Pac-12 and is third nationally with a 1.77 blocks per set average...she also is 10th-best in NCAA DI with 55 total blocks...for more conference and national rankings see page 3.