Jen Greeny
3
Winner Washington State WSU 9-1
0
Tennessee State TSU 4-7
Winner
Washington State WSU
9-1
3
Final
0
Tennessee State TSU
4-7
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Washington State WSU 25 25 25 (3)
Tennessee State TSU 18 15 17 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Washington State Athletic Communications

Volleyball Wins Ninth of Season for Greeny's 100th WSU Win

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- It took the Washington State volleyball team (9-1) 71 minutes to take a 25-18 25-15, 25-17 win over Tennessee State (4-7) Friday morning at the Missouri State Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational at Hammons Student Center in Springfield, Mo. The win was No 100 for Jen Greeny as the Head Coach at WSU (career record is 212-129).
 
Junior Taylor Mims led the Cougs and the match with 15 kills, hit .323, had two aces, eight digs and one block. McKenna Woodford added 10 kills, hit .400 and had two solo blocks. Ella Lajos had eight kills, hit .417 and had three blocks. Jocelyn Urias was error-free with four kills on six attacks for a .667 hitting percentage with a pair of aces and a pair of blocks.
 
Freshman Penny Tusa led the match with 20 assists and Ashley Brown had 12 assists. Alexis Dirige led the match with 13 digs and had one of WSU's five aces.
 
WSU, first in nation in team blocks coming into the match had seven while Tennessee State had six. The Cougars, leading the Pac-12 Conference and No. 6 nationally in opponent hitting percentage coming into the match, hit .326 and held the Tigers to a match hitting percentage of .033.
 
WHY & HOW...
WSU Head Coach Jen Greeny said, "I think it was tough to get going this morning for whatever reason but we were able to come together and make some adjustments just mentally and get better halfway through the second set. And then we saw some really good things from the rest of the match. I definitely wish we were more consistent from the beginning and late in the match we hit a little bit better. I thought Taylor Mims really carried us that first set and got us going and then we were able to mix some other people in from the second set on. We would have liked to see our blocking numbers a little bit better but we'll take the win.
 
"Their tempo was definitely nowhere near what we're used to seeing in practice: some really, really high balls and then all of a sudden, a quick ball out of nowhere. I think we need to get better with our eye work and adjusting to that tempo a little bit earlier.
 
"We need to be more consistent and we're going to need to pass better because I do really like our middle numbers as well with Jocelyn and Ella so we need to get them the ball a bit more.
 
On taking on Missouri State later today Greeny said, "We were able to watch them last night against Chattanooga and they are a very, very good team. They play great defense. They are your typical mid-major team being a little undersized but their all-around skills are fantastic. They have a phenomenal outside hitter and a middle blocker that does some great things. We definitely have to step up our game tonight."  
NOTES…
  • WSU hit .368 and held Tennessee State to a .000 hitting percentage in the first set and held the Tigers to a .000 hpct in the second set too.
  • This was the sixth consecutive win for WSU this season.
  • Cougars were the visitors this morning, and wore anthracite jerseys.
  • WSU is t-29th in this week's AVCA Coaches Poll.
  • Attendance: 79
 
MARK YOUR CALENDAR…
Washington State (9-1) has two more matches in Springfield, Mo….Cougars play Missouri State (7-3) tonight at 4 p.m. PT and then Chattanooga (7-5* pending vs Illinois 9/15) Sept. 16 at 9:30 a.m.
 
 
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