PROVO -- In the second battle in as many nights between respective Nos. 1, the NCAA powerhouse BYU men's volleyball team (7-0, 2-0) knocked off the NAIA threat Cal Baptist (2-3), 3-0 (30-23, 36-34, 30-23), in Provo Saturday to remain perfect on the season.

Senior All-American outside hitter Ivan Perez led all Cougar hitters with 12 kills and another .500 hitting performance. Sophomore setter Reed Chilton set BYU to the victory with 34 assists, and senior All-American Russell Holmes led all blockers with eight total blocks.

"We blocked extremely well tonight, especially Andrew Stewart," BYU head coach Shawn Patchell said after the match. "We made some adjustments after last night and we outblocked them 14.5 to 6.5. We were scrappy on defense, and I was pleased."

The first game was a tight contest to a 14-13 score with BYU in the lead. The Cougars then rattled off three of the next four points to take an 18-14 lead. The teams traded the next four points before BYU jumped out to a 23-16 lead with Perez hitting huge serves. The teams traded points again to a 29-23 BYU when the Cougars closed out the game on a service error from the Lancers.

Both teams forged ahead at en even clip in the second game. Patchell put freshman opposite/outside hitter Kent Tuttle and senior setter Brian Congelliere into the match and the added spark pushed the Cougars out to a 25-20 lead. Up 28-23, BYU appeared to have the game securely in its pocket, but CBU did not roll over. They won the next six points to take the lead. The two teams traded match points, but a kill and a block from Perez won it back for the Cougars and a block from Charette sealed the win at 36-34 for the blue and white.

The third game played out much like the first with the Cougars pulling away midway through the set. Senior middle blocker Trent Sorensen served BYU to a 23-17 lead. It was the BYU defense at the net that finished the Lancers in the end, however. The combination of Stewart, Sorensen, Holmes, and Perez at the net afforded CBU hitters with few opportunities to get back into the match. Holmes had the final kill and the third game ended with a 30-23 BYU win.

BYU's next matches will be next Friday and Saturday at home against Cal State Northridge. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse and will be available through BYU All-Access at www.byucougars.com.

Volleyball Box Score
                             BYU  Cougar VolleyBall
       Cal Baptist vs #1 Brigham Young (Jan 26, 2008 at PROVO, UT 84602)
   Cal Baptist            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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6  SUN, Yukai..........  3|  8   4  17  .235|  1|  0   7|  1|  1| 0  0  1|  0|   8.0
10 BALIABA, Donald.....  3| 19  10  40  .225|  0|  1   3|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0|  20.5
11 PLUNKETT, Eric......  3|  1   1   2  .000| 45|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  2|  0|   1.0
17 TIEDJOP, Adiel......  3| 10   7  25  .120|  1|  1   5|  1|  3| 0  2  1|  0|  12.0
19 CHURCH, Adam........  3|  3   1   7  .286|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
23 VETTER, Romain......  3|  7   1  13  .462|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 3  2  1|  0|  11.0
2  ANDERS, Bryan.......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
4  SPENCE, Corey.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  2|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
5  MACNEIL, Mike.......  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
7  PENNER, Blair.......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 1  0  0|  0|   1.0
8  LIST, Daniel........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 49  24 105  .238| 47|  2  20|  4| 19| 4  5  5|  0|  57.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                                           TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  13  7  31  .194  17-29  58%   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  20  9  38  .289  24-36  66%   Cal Baptist......... (0) 23 34 23  2-3;0-0;NAIA
   3  16  8  36  .222  16-29  55%   Brigham Young....... (3) 30 36 30  7-0;2-0;MPSF
   Brigham Young          |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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3  CHILTON, Reed.......  3|  3   0   4  .750| 34|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0|   3.5
7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  3|  8   0  12  .667|  0|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  4  0|  0|  11.0
8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  3| 12   2  20  .500|  0|  0   1|  0|  4| 0  2  1|  0|  13.0
11 HOLMES, Russell.....  3|  9   3  15  .400|  2|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  8  0|  0|  13.0
13 CHARETTE, Jonathan..  3|  7   6  16  .062|  1|  2   3|  0|  3| 0  6  1|  0|  12.0
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  3|  7   3  15  .267|  2|  1   1|  0|  1| 0  6  0|  0|  11.0
1  TUTTLE, Kent........  3|  2   1   3  .333|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  1|  0|   2.0
4  CONGELLIERE, Brian..  3|  0   0   1  .000|  8|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
6  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  2| 10| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
10 TAYLOR, Mat.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0|   1.0
16 JUSTEN, Leandro.....  1|  0   1   2 -.500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 48  16  88  .364| 47|  4  12|  2| 21| 0 29  3|  0|  66.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                                           TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  16  5  26  .423  18-24  75%   Site: PROVO, UT 84602 (SMITHFIELD HOUSE BYU)
   2  21  7  37  .378  24-34  70%   Date: Jan 26, 2008   Attend: 2809   Time: 1H 48M
   3  11  4  25  .280  17-24  70%   Referees: LES CALLES, DAPHNE NELSON
                                         1   2   3 Total
                        Tie scores       7  15   5    27
                        Lead changes     2   4   3     9

PROVO -- The No. 1 ranked BYU men's volleyball team will put its perfect 5-0 record on the line at home for the first time in 2008 on Friday and Saturday against the No. 1 team in the NAIA, Cal Baptist, in the Smith Fieldhouse. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. MT.

BYU finished its 2007 regular season with an 11-1 (.917) record at the Smith Fieldhouse. The record was the fifth best mark in Cougar history behind the 1998 (11-0, 1.000), 2004 (16-1, .941), 1999 (15-1, .938), and 2006 (13-1, .929) seasons. BYU started 2007 with five consecutive home wins before losing to No. 2 UC Irvine when the two teams split two matches in Provo. The Cougars then ran off six straight wins to finish the season.

Cal Baptist is a perennial NAIA power and is currently ranked No. 1 in the NAIA. After winning its first nine matches in 2007, the Cougars lost four in a row with one of those losses coming at the hands of the Lancers in three games. However, the two teams met three times in 2007, and BYU won the first two contests in seven games (3-0, 3-1) in its first two matches of the season. The last and only time Cal Baptist won in Provo was in five games on Jan. 14, 2005.

Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on BYU-TV. Live stats and live streaming video will also be available on the men's volleyball schedule page at www.byucougars.com/volleyball_m/. For more information, see the attached PDF notes.