LONG BEACH -- For the second night in a row the No. 3 BYU men's volleyball team (17-4, 12-4) was upset by No. 4 Long Beach State (19-3, 14-2) on the road Friday, this time in four sets (25-30, 26-30, 30-28, 24-30).

All-American senior outside hitter Ivan Perez had an outstanding night recording his seventh double-double of the season despite the team's loss. He produced a match-leading 26 kills at a .354 clip with 10 digs and four block assists. Sophomore outside hitter Andrew Stewart joined Perez in double figures with 12 kills of his own.

Long Beach State became only the second team this season to hit above .300 against BYU. The 49ers hit .338 as a squad while the Cougars reached only .266. Both teams blocked well with Long Beach State tallying 14 total team blocks to BYU's 12.

Three opponents and six matches remain on the Cougars' regular-season schedule. BYU will host UC Santa Barbara next Friday and Saturday in the Smith Fieldhouse after two weeks on the road. The team will then travel to Hawaii for two matches the following week before returning to Provo to host USC April 11-12 in the final matches of the season.

Volleyball Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
   #3 Brigham Young vs #4 Long Beach State (Mar 21, 2008 at Long Beach State)
   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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4  CONGELLIERE, Brian..  2|  0   0   0  .000| 19|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0|   0.5
7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  4|  4   2  11  .182|  1|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  8  0|  0|   8.0
8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  4| 26   9  48  .354|  1|  0   4|  2| 10| 0  4  0|  0|  28.0
11 HOLMES, Russell.....  4|  7   3  12  .333|  1|  0   4|  0|  4| 0  4  1|  0|   9.0
13 CHARETTE, Jonathan..  4|  4   2  23  .087|  0|  1   3|  0|  6| 0  3  0|  0|   6.5
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  4| 12   5  29  .241|  1|  0   1|  3|  3| 0  3  0|  0|  13.5
1  TUTTLE, Kent........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
3  CHILTON, Reed.......  3|  1   0   3  .333| 28|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
6  SILVA, Joel.........  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  2|  9| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
16 JUSTEN, Leandro.....  4|  1   0   2  .500|  0|  1   2|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  2|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  4| 55  21 128  .266| 51|  2  17|  9| 44| 0 24  1|  0|  69.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  15  5  31  .323   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  11  5  28  .214   Brigham Young....... (1) 25 26 30 24  17-4, 12-4
   3  15  2  32  .406   Long Beach State.... (3) 30 30 28 30  19-3, 14-2
   4  14  9  37  .135
   Long Beach State       |     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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2  Lotman, Paul........  4| 24  10  56  .250|  2|  3   4|  2|  7| 0  5  0|  0|  29.5
5  Klipsch, Mike.......  4|  0   0   2  .000| 62|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  4  0|  0|   2.0
8  Anderson, Fletcher..  4|  4   0   9  .444|  0|  2   1|  0|  3| 0  6  1|  0|   9.0
18 Bittner, Dean.......  4| 22   8  43  .326|  1|  1   7|  0|  8| 0  6  1|  0|  26.0
20 Riley, Josh.........  4| 11   3  20  .400|  0|  1   4|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|  12.0
21 Alexander, Dan......  4| 10   1  15  .600|  0|  1   7|  0|  4| 0  7  2|  0|  14.5
1  Matsukado, Kory.....  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
3  Watten, Dustin......  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0| 12| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
4  Schlesinger, Adam...  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
15 Christensen, Gavin..  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
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   Totals..............  4| 71  22 145  .338| 67|  9  26|  2| 45| 0 28  4|  0|  94.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  20  5  33  .455   Site: Long Beach State (Walter Pyramid)
   2  17  6  36  .306   Date: Mar 21, 2008   Attend: 1507   Time: 2:01
   3  21  7  42  .333   Referees: Scott Hogue, Verna Klubnikin
   4  13  4  34  .265   Triple blocks: LBSU 2

PROVO -- Tied atop the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings, the No. 3 BYU men's volleyball team (17-2, 12-2) will head to southern California for two matches at No. 4 Long Beach State (17-3, 12-2) Thursday and Friday that could determine home-court advantage in postseason play.

Although LBS holds a slight advantage in the all-time series record over BYU (16-15), the Cougars are 12-8 over the 49ers since the beginning of the 1999 BYU National Championship season. LBS beat BYU in the last three meetings between the two teams in Long Beach, all of which took place in the 2006 season. In total, BYU is 3-5 in three-set matches, 7-7 in four-set matches, and 5-4 in five-set matches against LBS.

Headlining the Cougar roster, senior All-American middle blocker Russell Holmes leads the nation with 109 blocks and an average of 1.64 per game. He also currently ranks fourth in the nation with a .474 hitting percentage. Senior All-American outside hitter Ivan Perez is 11th in the country averaging 4.38 kills per game and 13th in the country with an average of 4.96 points per game.

Long Beach State is 17-3 overall and 12-2 in the MPSF after a three-game sweep at UC San Diego on Wednesday evening, a four-game win at home over IPFW and a five-game loss to Penn State on Saturday. The 49ers are ranked No. 4 this week in the CSTV/ AVCA Coaches Poll and No. 4 in Molten/Volleyball. In the most recent NCAA National Statistics, the 49ers are second in the country in hitting percentage at .332.

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