CougCenter · Sep 19, 2022
WSU comes back winless from Minnesota Diet Coke Classic
The Washington State Cougars traveled out to Minnesota with high hopes, but they came back to Pullman with back-to-back losses against two ranked teams this last weekend at the Minnesota Diet Coke Classic.
Match One: No. 22 Pepperdine def. WSU, 3-2 (25-18, 17-25, 29-31, 26-24, 15-8)
In the first match, on Friday, the Cougs played the 22nd-ranked Pepperdine in a five-set match that ended in favor of Pepperdine.
It was the fifth-year transfer, Laura Jansen, with another stand-out performance for the Cougs. With 22 kills and a .356 hitting percentage, Jansen had the best performance of the night for the Cougs. As a team, the Cougs hit .210.