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3 stories filed under serve on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Volleyball leaves it all on the floor in San Diego loss”, “Five sets, no quit: Cougar volleyball leaves it all on the floor”, and “Nearly half the nursing students at WSU are first-gen and they're built different”. San Diego State took the win, but the Cougar volleyball team left nothing in the tank. Five sets. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every serve story on Wazzu, newest first.
Volleyball leaves it all on the floor in San Diego loss
San Diego State took the win, but the Cougar volleyball team left nothing in the tank. In a loss that felt closer than the final score, WSU fought through every rally, every dig, and every point until the horn sounded. That kind of effort doesn't always show up in the box score, which is exactly what we talked about in our piece "Four Cougs got touches in a loss the box score won't show." This was a game where you could see the fight. The Cougs made SDSU earn it, and that matters even when the W-L column says otherwise. For a team that has been grinding through a tough stretch, the resolve on the floor in San Diego was unmistakable. They played like they knew they could win. That's not moral victory talk, that's just what you saw if you watched. Head coach Kirby Moore broke down what this loss means for the squad moving forward, and we covered that in a separate story worth your time. The short version: the Cougs are learning, adjusting, and not backing down. If you're a Coug who believes in the process, not just the scoreboard, this is a team worth keeping an eye on. They're not satisfied. Neither should we be. Go Cougs.
Five sets, no quit: Cougar volleyball leaves it all on the floor
Five sets. No quit. That's the story of Cougar volleyball right now, and it's the kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Coug even when you're miles from Bohler Gym. This team left everything on the floor, and if you watched, you felt it. They didn't just play hard. They played through the kind of fatigue that makes your legs forget what fresh feels like. And they kept swinging. That kind of grit doesn't happen by accident. It starts with the coaching staff setting the standard and the players buying in. If you want the full breakdown on how the win came together, the adjustments, the moments that mattered, head over to Kirby Moore's piece on the game. He gets into what it took to get there, and it's worth your time. This is a group that doesn't flinch. They've been tested, and they keep answering. Whether you were in the stands or watching from your couch in Seattle, this one hit different. The Cougs are showing up. They're fighting. And when you see that kind of effort, you don't need to say much else. Go Cougs.
Nearly half the nursing students at WSU are first-gen and they're built different
Nearly half the nursing students at WSU are first-gen, and they're built different. That's not just a nice stat for a brochure. It means the College of Nursing now holds the highest percentage of first-generation students at the entire university. Think about that for a second. These are students walking into one of the toughest programs on campus without a parent who already knows the ropes. No one at home can tell them how to pick a clinical rotation or what to say in a lecture hall. They figure it out anyway. That kind of grit is pure Coug. It's the same stubbornness that gets a kid from a small town through organic chemistry at 8 a.m. and then back to a part-time job. WSU has always been a place where hard work matters more than where you came from, and this data proves it's still true. The university isn't just admitting first-gen students, it's graduating them as nurses. That matters in a state that needs more rural healthcare workers, and it matters in Pullman, where a lot of these students will stay and serve. If you want to see how WSU keeps showing up for people who show up for themselves, check out our story on the Global Campus rankings. Same mission, different zip code. Go Cougs.