No. 23 WSU HOME IN BOHLER GYM FOR OREGON STATE, OREGON
The Washington State University volleyball team, 17-7 overall, 7-5 Pac-12, is ranked No. 23 in the Oct. 31 AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll...this week the Cougars are in a 3-way tie for fifth place in highly competitive Pac-12 Conference...WSU hosts Oregon State (9-14 overall, 2-10 Pac-12) in Bohler Gym Fri., Nov. 4 at 7 p.m...WSU hosts No. 20 Oregon (15-6 overall, 8-4 Pac-12*pending Nov. 4 match at No. 8  Washington) Sun., Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. in Bohler Gym...in the first half of the conference, WSU defeated OSU 3-1 in Corvallis and lost to then-No. 20 Oregon 3-0 in Eugene...announcers for the Pac-12 TV's Sunday broadcast of the WSU-Oregon match are Steve Schlanger and former WSU player Camryn Irwin...links are at wsucougars.com.

COUGAR COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her sixth season as WSU's head coach (86-99 at WSU, 6 years; 198-123 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 ranked No. 23 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 Poll for Week 10 (Oct. 31)...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 Oct. 31: WSU is ranked No. 19 in the Rich Kern Poll, No. 17 in the Pablo Rankings, No. 27rd in the RKPI, 25th in the Massey Ratings, 28th in the NCAA RPI, and 30th in the PrepVolleyball.com College Top 50 rankings.