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.