Volleyball Makes 2014 Bohler Debut
WSU VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
The Washington State University volleyball team (7-2) plays at home for the first time this season, hosting the four-team Cougar Challenge tournament Thursday and Friday, Sept. 18-19 in Bohler Gym...Cougs meet Idaho (4-6), Portland State (2-7* pending 9/15 v. Oregon) and No. 23 Loyola Marymount (9-0)...WSU matches will be webcast free at wsucougars.com (CLICK HERE).
2014 COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT, BOHLER GYM
Thursday, Sept. 18
4 p.m. No. 23 Loyola Marymount vs. Portland State
7 p.m. WSU vs. Idaho
Friday, Sept. 19
11 a.m. WSU vs. Portland State
1 p.m. Idaho vs. No. 23 Loyola Marymount
7 p.m. WSU vs. No. 23 Loyola Marymount
LIVE STATS
Click here for live stats for all tournament matches
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny begins her fourth season as WSU’s head coach (50-55 at WSU, 4 years; 162-80 in career, 8 years) - complete Greeny bio on page 5...assistant coaches Burdette Greeny (4th year) and Shannon Hunt (2nd year)...all three coaches are former WSU student-athletes...volunteer coach Kelli Tikker (first year)...Katie Hinrichs is coordinator of operations (4th year).
GREENY ERA WSU VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: A PROGRAM ON THE RISE
* WSU wins 2014 Notre Dame Golden Dome Invitational (3-0).
* In four years, Greeny’s teams have posted a 38-6 non-conference record.
* 18-win 2013 season tied for most wins since 2002 Elite Eight team and most
since 2009 NCAA Championship team.
* The WSU 2013 class of six freshmen was tabbed 14th-best nationally by
PrepVolleyball.com’s annual rankings.
* Three of the 2013 recruiting class earned Pac-12 honors: Kyra Holt, AVCA
Pacific North Region Freshman of the Year, All-Pac-12 Honorable
Mention team, and Pac-12 All-Freshman team selection; Emmy Allen
and Hailey Bethune named Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention.
* Greeny inherited a six-win team in 2010 and then produced 12 wins in 2011,
13 wins in 2012, and 18 wins in 2013.
* WSU tallied four wins over teams with Top 50 RPIs in 2013 season.
* In 2013 WSU defeated five teams that competed in NCAA Tournament; three
teams advanced to the second round and one went on to Elite Eight.
* 3-2 win over No. 16 Arizona State (10/11/13) was first victory over a ranked
team for Head Coach Jen Greeny.
* 3-2 win over No. 4 USC (11/17/13), WSU was down 2-0 in sets and came back
from a fifth-set 14-8 deficit to win 21-19...WSU stopped six consecutive
match points...first five-set loss of year for USC...first USC loss to
a team ranked outside of RPI top 15.
* In program history, WSU has two victories over opponents higher ranked
than No. 4 USC (2013): No. 1 Stanford (2002), No. 3 Stanford (1996).
* 3-2 win at No. 23 California (11/24/13) was first win for WSU since 2002, and
first at Berkeley since 2001...11th WSU win on the road versus a Top
25 opponent in program history...first road win over a Top 25
opponent since 2002 Elite Eight team.
* WSU played the most five-set matches among Pac-12 members,
winning four of the eight.
* WSU’s RPI improved 102 points, the second-best improvement among the
five major conferences (ACC, Big 12, B1G, Pac-12 and SEC): WSU RPI
169 in 2010, 156 in 2011, 129 in 2012, and 67 in 2013.