by 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.
Washington State (8-1) 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.
