Taylor Landfair, a redshirt sophomore, had 16 kills and seven digs, and two freshmen, Mckenna Wucherer and Carter Booth had career-highs in kills as the No. 6 Gophers beat Washington State 25-16, 25-13, 24-26, 25-20 on Saturday night on the final day of the Diet Coke Classic volleyball tournament at Maturi Pavilion.
Taylor Landfair, two freshmen lead Gophers volleyball to win over Washington State
Landfair had 16 kills and her two younger teammates combines for 27 against the Cougars in the Diet Coke Classic.
September 18, 2022 at 4:24AM
Wucherer, a 6-1 outside hitter, had 15 kills, the final one on match point, and hit .520. Booth, a 6-7 middle blocker, added 12 kills and hit .524.
Minnesota (5-3) was coming off back-to-back 3-1 home losses to No. 9 Stanford last weekend and No. 22 Pepperdine on Thursday.
Melani Shaffmaster had 44 assists for the Gophers and Jenna Wenaas had 10 digs.
The Gophers hit .364, the Cougars (8-3), led by Lauren Jansen's 16 kills, hit .192.
Minnesota will open its Big Ten season next weekend against Purdue at 7 p.m. Friday in West Lafayette, Ind. Then Gophers will host defending NCAA champion Wisconsin at 7 p.m. next Sunday.
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