College women's volleyball: Ryan, Cougars bow out in first postseason match

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Washington State's season, and the Cougar career of former Lakeland High standout Katy Ryan, came to an end Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Utah Valley in the opening round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship.

Set scores were 25-22, 25-13, 25-20.

The Cougars (16-12) hit at a clip of .210 and tallied three blocks against the Wolverines (21-10).

Ryan had seven kills for WSU, and Taryn Vrieling and Sage Brustad each had eight kills. 

Utah Valley will play Wyoming (16-12) today at 5 p.m. PST.

Ryan totaled seven points to finish her career at 1,387, good for seventh all-time at WSU. She finished with 1,198 kills for her career.

Ryan ends with a career attack percentage of .282 (1198-428-2734), good for sixth in program history.

She played in 469 career sets at WSU, 10th most all-time in program history.

Ryan played in 127 career matches as a Cougar.