WSU Volleyball
5 stories filed under WSU Volleyball on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Five sets, no quit: Cougar volleyball leaves it all on the floor”, “Korey Schroeder on San Diego State: What the Cougs brought into the room”, and “Fresno State couldn't slow the Cougs in a clean road win”. Five sets. Korey Schroeder walked into the San Diego State room and didn't just bring a playbook. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every WSU Volleyball 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.
Korey Schroeder on San Diego State: What the Cougs brought into the room
Korey Schroeder walked into the San Diego State room and didn't just bring a playbook. He brought a history. The Cougs' new offensive line coach spent the last few years building lines that could move people, and now he's in the Mountain West trying to do it again for someone else. That stings a little, if we're being honest. You watch a guy like Schroeder develop talent in Pullman, and you want that work to stay in Pullman. But this is the business. Coaches leave. What matters is what they took with them, and what they left behind. Schroeder's tenure here wasn't flashy. It was grindy. He turned a bunch of guys who maybe weren't four-star recruits into a unit that could hold its own in the Pac-12. That's the Wazzu way. You don't get the blue-chips. You get the kids who want to work, and you teach them how to win the rep before the snap. He did that. If you want to hear more about how the Cougs are building behind the scenes, check our piece on the BECU pod with two WSU athletics staffers. It's a good look at the people who keep the machine running when the coaches walk out the door. Schroeder is San Diego State's problem now. Good for him. But we know what he brought into that room. We saw it here first. 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.
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.
Korey Schroeder on Fresno State, OSU, and the Cougs' Next Step
Korey Schroeder walked into the postgame presser and did not sound like a man who just swept a conference opener. He sounded like a coach who knows the next two weeks define the season. Fresno State is done. The Cougs took care of business, and if you missed how they did it, go find the film room breakdown from the Duquesne game. It is worth your six seconds. That same attention to detail showed up against the Bulldogs. Clean. Decisive. No panic when the Bulldogs made a run. That is the standard now. Next up is Oregon State. That trip is never easy. The Beavers will test everything the Cougs just proved to themselves. Schroeder knows it. The locker room knows it. The fans who packed Beasley know it. Arizona week already set the tone with Kirby Moore on the mic, no need to overthink it. The offense has answers. The defense has a backbone. Now they have to carry that load onto the road. Nobody is handing out trophies for a clean sweep of Fresno State. But the Cougs started Pac-12 play the right way. Schroeder has this group believing. The next step is showing it can travel. Go Cougs.