PROVO -- In nearly a repeat performance of their opening night match, No. 7 BYU overpowered visiting LaVerne in three games, 30-23, 30-17, 30-18, to close out their season opening weekend at 2-0. The Leopards drop to 1-4 with the pair of losses.

Sophmore Jaime Mayol led a Cougar offense that came out swinging. Mayol recorded seven kills on nine attempts in the first game of the match, as the BYU hit 42 percent as a team. Meanwhile, senior setter Hector Lebron continued to direct a balanced attack, handing out 16 assists in the first game.

"I thought Hector played terrific tonight," said BYU coach Carl McGown. " He made some really good choices at the net, and he made some great sets. He also saved a lot of balls at the net. Overall, he had a great performance."

Lebron finished the match with 49 assists, guiding a Cougar attack that hit .500 for the second straight night.

In the second game, junior Mike Wall took a turn leading the offensive attack for the BYU, recording eight kills on eleven attempts. Wall finished with a match-high 12 kills on the evening, the only player for either team to record double-digit kills.

The Leopards struggled all night to get any kind of offensive rhythm going against a strong BYU front line that recorded 15 blocks. The Cougars held their opponent to a dismal .022 hitting percentage for the match, including a second game in which the Leopards recorded more hitting errors than kills.

While coach McGown recognized his opponent was overmatched, he credited his team with solid play in the season-opening series.

"I like the fact that we came out and played hard two nights in a row," McGown said. "We played hard tonight. We controlled the ball well, and I thought overall it was a good effort."

BYU will return to action Saturday, January 27, hosting Lewis at 7:00 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

LaVerne vs Brigham Young (Jan 20, 2001 at Provo, Utah)
    LaVerne                |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 2  GROW, Agke..........  3|  5   5  14  .000|  1|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  1  1|  0
 5  PAULOSN, Will.......  3|  6   9  26 -.115|  0|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  2  1|  0
 7  MICHAELL, Ian.......  2|  2   3   7 -.143|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 8  SILVA, Nate.........  3|  3   1   9  .222|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  3  0|  0
 14 CANNON, Todd........  3|  4   0  10  .400|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 16 MICHAEL, Nate.......  3|  1   1   3  .000| 24|  0   2|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  1
 3  HILTON, Thomas......  1|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 4  TUBBS, Liko.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0
 11 SWANN, Jake.........  3|  5   5  21  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  1  0|  0
 15 DODSON, Jared.......  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 27  25  92  .022| 26|  1   5|  3| 18| 0 10  2|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  10  9  28  .036   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2   8  9  34 -.029   LaVerne............. 23 17 18  1 - 4
   3   9  7  30  .067   Brigham Young....... 30 30 30  2 - 0
    Brigham Young          |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 2  WALL, Mike..........  2| 12   2  17  .588|  0|  0   2|  0|  6| 0  1  1|  0
 3  ACOSTA, Joaquin.....  2|  8   2  14  .429|  1|  0   3|  1|  4| 0  1  0|  0
 4  OLSEN, Matt.........  2|  5   2  10  .300|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
 7  MAYOL, Jaime........  2|  8   2  12  .500|  1|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0
 9  LEBRON, Hector......  3|  3   1   5  .400| 49|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  3  0|  1
 13 BUNKER, Scott.......  2|  6   0   7  .857|  0|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  3  0|  1
 5  WILSON, Mac.........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 6  GORNY, Chris........  2|  5   1   9  .444|  0|  0   3|  0|  4| 0  3  2|  0
 11 CLEVENGER, Todd.....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
 12 ALLEMAN, Jonathan...  1|  3   1   6  .333|  1|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0
 17 PESSOA, Fernando....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 18 SLABE, Luka.........  2|  6   1   8  .625|  0|  2   3|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 56  12  88  .500| 54|  3  16|  1| 31| 0 15  3|  2
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  20  7  31  .419   Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse)
   2  18  3  32  .469   Date: Jan 20, 2001   Attend: 1207   Time: 1:15
   3  18  2  25  .640   Referees: Tom Given, Les Calles