volleyball match
2 stories filed under volleyball match on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Five sets, no quit: Cougar volleyball leaves it all on the floor” and “Fresno State couldn't slow the Cougs in a clean road win”. Five sets. Fresno State came to Pullman and found out the hard way: this Cougar team is not messing around. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every volleyball match story on Wazzu, newest first.
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.
Fresno State couldn't slow the Cougs in a clean road win
Fresno State came to Pullman and found out the hard way: this Cougar team is not messing around. The road win was clean, controlled, and exactly what you want to see when the lights are on and the other side is supposed to be a test. It wasn't flashy in a way that makes a highlight reel, but it was steady. That matters. The defense did its job. The offense did enough. And the whole operation looked like a group that has been through the grinder before and knows how to close. For a program that spent years trying to find its footing in the late hours of close games, this kind of win feels different. It feels like the Cougs are learning how to win, not just hoping to. If you want the deeper look at how the offensive mind is working right now, go read "Kirby Moore Breaks Down the Offense After Arizona." It fits right alongside this one. Moore has been quietly putting together a unit that doesn't panic, and that showed again on Saturday. This is the kind of Saturday that makes you glad you stayed up. Or got up early. Or checked your phone in the middle of something you should have been paying attention to. The Cougs took care of business on the road. That is all you can ask. Go Cougs.