Long Beach State
2 stories filed under Long Beach State on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Long Beach State hands Cougs an L, no Palouse magic this time” and “Korey Schroeder on the mic, Long Beach week, and what's next for Cougar volleyball”. Long Beach State came to Pullman and stole the magic. Korey Schroeder is back on the mic for Cougar volleyball, and that alone is worth a listen. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every Long Beach State story on Wazzu, newest first.
Long Beach State hands Cougs an L, no Palouse magic this time
Long Beach State came to Pullman and stole the magic. The Cougs dropped one they probably expected to win, and the Palouse didn't produce its usual late-game spark. It happens. This team has been rolling, you saw it in the doubles point win we covered earlier, where they locked in and cleaned up to open the weekend. That version of the Cougs is the one we know. This one just didn't have the same bounce. You can't win them all at home. The crowd was there. The energy was there. But Long Beach State had answers, and they didn't flinch. It's a frustrating loss, especially after the football team buried Duquesne in a second-half avalanche and the golf squad sits pretty heading into Coeur d'Alene's third round. The rest of Wazzu sports is humming. This one stings because it felt winnable. But here's the thing about Cougs: we don't hang on one loss. We know what this group can do. They've shown it. So you take the L, you learn from it, and you get back to work. No panic. Just Pullman grit. Go Cougs.
Korey Schroeder on the mic, Long Beach week, and what's next for Cougar volleyball
Korey Schroeder is back on the mic for Cougar volleyball, and that alone is worth a listen. The man knows the game, knows these players, and brings the kind of energy that makes you feel like you're in Bohler Gym even when you're watching from a couch in Seattle. This week, the Cougs head to Long Beach for a tournament that should tell us a lot about where this team is headed. Non-conference play is about finding your rhythm and testing depth, and Long Beach is a good test. Not a trap, not a statement, just solid volleyball against a program that knows how to compete. What's next after that? Conference play looms, and the Pac-12 is never forgiving. But if the early returns are any indication, this squad has pieces. The setters are connecting. The hitters are finding seams. And Schroeder will be there to call every kill and every rally-saving dig. If you missed it, we also ran a piece on Citowicki and Dvorak breaking down the win over Seattle U. That one's worth a read if you want the deeper X's and O's. For now, get ready for Long Beach. Turn up the volume. Go Cougs.