HONOLULU -- With a first-round home match in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs set in stone, the No. 3 BYU men's volleyball (21-4, 16-4) team earned its 21st victory of the season in a three-set sweep (31-29, 30-19, 30-24) over No. 13 Hawaii (10-15, 7-13) Friday in Honolulu.

Senior Jonathan Charette led all attackers with 11 kills on the night, but fellow-senior Trent Sorensen racked up 10 kills hitting .562 with a service ace, two digs, and six blocks. After allowing Hawaii standout Joshua Walker to knock down 29 kills in Thursday's match, BYU held him to 10 kills on 42 swings with 10 errors and a .000 attack percentage in Friday's sweep. In total, The Cougars held the Warriors to a .102 attack percentage on the night, the lowest the blue and white have allowed all season.

"Joel Silva had a nice weekend," BYU head coach Shawn Patchell said when asked about the matches' highlights. "He had 36 digs on the weekend, and 15 in a three set match is great. Our middles were great, both hitting high percentages and keeping the ball in play. Yamil Perez also came in off the bench and brought some great energy for us tonight as well."

The first set saw 11 ties and four lead changes between the Warriors and Cougars. BYU was down late in the set, but came from behind to take the set 31-29. The second set was all BYU as the Cougars held Hawaii to a .043 attack percentage in the set and won 30-19. It was more of the same in the deciding set. BYU hit .344 in the third set and won 30-24.

In the race to host throughout the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs, CS Northridge is still tied with BYU with a 16-4 MPSF record after beating UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in three sets Friday night. Long Beach State is also still only a half game back with a 15-4 MPSF record after beating Pacific on the road. BYU holds the tiebreak over CSUN, and LBS holds the tiebreak over BYU. CSUN already beat and LBS once earlier this season, and the two will face each other in the final match of the season.

USC will come to Provo next weekend as the Cougars will close out the regular season at home in two matches against the Trojans Friday and Saturday in the Smith Fieldhouse. Start times are set for 7 p.m. each night, and the doors for each event will open at 5:30 p.m.

Volleyball Box Score
                             BYU  Cougar VolleyBall
         #3 Brigham Young vs #13 HAWAII (Apr 04, 2008 at Honolulu, HI)
   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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4  CONGELLIERE, Brian..  2|  0   1   1-1.000| 25|  0   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  3| 10   1  16  .562|  1|  2   2|  0|  2| 0  6  1|  0
8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  3|  9   4  21  .238|  1|  0   0|  0|  9| 1  2  0|  0
11 HOLMES, Russell.....  3|  7   0  11  .636|  1|  1   4|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
13 CHARETTE, Jonathan..  3| 11   9  33  .061|  0|  2   3|  0|  6| 0  2  1|  0
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  3|  9   7  24  .083|  1|  0   2|  0|  8| 0  2  0|  0
5  COHUN, Curtis.......  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
6  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0| 15| 0  0  0|  0
9  ROBINSON, Jeff......  1|  0   0   2  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
10 TAYLOR, Mat.........  1|  1   0   2  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
14 PEREZ, Yamil........  2|  0   0   0  .000| 15|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
16 JUSTEN, Leandro.....  2|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
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   Totals..............  3| 47  22 112  .223| 45|  5  11|  1| 53| 1 15  2|  0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  19 12  47  .149   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  12  5  33  .212   Brigham Young....... (3) 31 30 30  21-4, 16-4 MPSF
   3  16  5  32  .344   HAWAII.............. (0) 29 19 24  10-15, 7-13 MPSF
   HAWAII                 |     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  Grgas, Steven.......  3|  4   1  12  .250|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  4  0|  0
6  Carney, Sean........  3|  0   1   5 -.200| 32|  0   2|  0|  7| 0  1  1|  0
7  Walker, Joshua......  3| 10  10  42  .000|  0|  0   3|  0|  6| 0  2  0|  0
10 Frank, Keali`i......  3|  5   0  10  .500|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 1  2  0|  0
12 Schkud, Jacob.......  3|  8   7  30  .033|  0|  0   4|  1|  5| 0  3  0|  0
19 Komar, Nemanja......  2|  4   3  17  .059|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0
9  Cervantes, Ric......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  2| 13| 0  0  0|  1
11 Brizuela, Matias....  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
15 Zemljak, Nejc.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
21 Dyer, Brennon.......  3|  5   2  11  .273|  0|  1   2|  0|  0| 0  1  1|  0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  2|   |        |
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   Totals..............  3| 37  24 128  .102| 35|  1  14|  5| 37| 1 14  2|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  12  7  50  .100   Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center)
   2  13 11  47  .043   Date: Apr 04, 2008   Attend: 3113   Time: 1:45
   3  12  6  31  .194   Referees: Ernie Ho, Dan Hironaka
                        Turnstile:1,940

PROVO, Utah (April, 1, 2008) -- With four matches remaining in the regular season, the No. 3 BYU men's volleyball team will play at No. 13 Hawaii this Thursday and Friday in the Cougars last road matches before closing out the season at home against USC.

All-Americans Russell Holmes and Ivan Perez lead the way offensively and defensively for the blue and white. Holmes is the top blocker in the nation and ranks fifth in attack percentage among the country's best. Perez is also in the top 20 in kills, digs, and points per game.

The Cougars have been consistently successful against the Warriors in Provo, but have seen their troubles in Honolulu. BYU is 14-3 all-time against Hawai'i at home, but is only 9-8 on the island. The last time the two squared off at the Stan Sheriff Center featured a Hawaii sweep followed by a five-set win for the Warriors in April of 2006. The Cougars retaliated in 2007 with a four-set win and a sweep at the Smith Fieldhouse.

The Warriors have lost four of their last six Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches. UH is 7-6 at the Stan Sheriff Center this season, and junior James Clar leads the Warriors' attack, averaging 3.77 kills per game. Sophomore Ric Cervantes leads the team in digs with 297 and averages 3.38 per game. With a 7-11 league record, the Warriors sit in ninth place in the 12-member MPSF.

Hawaii will provide a live stats feed at http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/sport.html?p=11. There will also be an audio feed available at espn1420.com. For more information, please see the attached PDF document.