BYU vs. Georgia Southern Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – BYU women’s volleyball won its third-straight match, defeating Georgia Southern 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-9) Friday at the Varney’s Invitational at Kansas State. Including a sweep against Idaho in the morning, the Cougars are now 4-2 on the season.

Nicole Warner had her best match of the season, totaling a career-best 15 kills while hitting .737. She added five digs and a team-high six blocks. Three other Cougars finished with double-digit kills, including 14 from Jennifer Hamson and 11 apiece by Christie Carpenter and Katie Vaughn.

Heather Hannemann added a career-high 48 assists while setting the Cougars to a season-best .361 hitting percentage. Kendalyn Hartsock patrolled the back row for BYU, posting a match-high 17 digs.

“Overall today was great,” BYU head coach Shawn Olmstead said. “I thought we played a good Georgia Southern team and I’m really pleased with our effort. After losing a tough third set we responded with a great effort and won 25-9. We had great focus and played a great set. I’m really excited about the progress we made today.”

In set one, BYU took the lead for good at 8-7 on a block by Carpenter and Kathryn Lecheminant. Georgia Southern kept it close and came within one at 17-16. A Vaughn kill started a 5-1 run that helped BYU close out the set and win 25-20.

Set two was close before the Cougars jumped out to a six-point lead at 19-13 on a 5-1 run. Georgia Southern didn’t fold and fought back to within two at 23-21. Following a BYU timeout at 24-22, Hamson closed out the set with a kill.

After dropping the third set 25-23, BYU bounced back with a dominant effort in the fourth to close out the match. The Cougars started out with a 3-0 lead thanks to two Georgia Southern errors and a kill by Warner. Leading 6-4, BYU went on a 7-0 run to lead 13-4. After a Cougar service error BYU continued to roll with a 5-0 run and an 18-5 lead.

The Cougars play host Kansas State tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT.

“Kansas State is a good team,” Olmstead said. “They had a good match against Georgia Southern. They have a very good volleyball program and are traditionally a good team. We’re looking forward to tomorrow.”

Follow the match online with live stats, live video and live audio at BYUcougars.com.

BYU Cougar Volleyball 2011
           BYU vs Georgia Southern (Sep 02, 2011 at Manhattan, Kan.)

   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2  HANNEMANN, Heather..  4|  1   1   7  .000| 48|  1   0|  0|  8| 0  4  0|  1
4  LECHEMINANT, Kathryn  4|  4   0   6  .667|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 1  4  1|  0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  4| 11   2  26  .346|  0|  0   1|  1|  7| 0  2  0|  0
15 WARNER, Nicole......  4| 15   1  19  .737|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  6  0|  0
17 WITHERS, Tia........  4|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  2   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0
19 HAMSON, Jennifer....  4| 14   4  31  .323|  0|  2   4|  0|  6| 1  2  0|  0
1  VAUGHN, Katie.......  4| 11   4  28  .250|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  1|  0
6  HARTSOCK, Kendalyn..  4|  0   0   1  .000|  3|  0   1|  2| 17| 0  0  0|  0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
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   Totals..............  4| 56  13 119  .361| 51|  5   7|  4| 49| 2 20  2|  1

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  5  32  .281   SET SCORES                1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  15  4  33  .333   BYU................. (3) 25 25 23 25  4-2
   3  14  4  32  .312   Georgia Southern.... (1) 20 22 25  9  3-4
   4  13  0  22  .591

   Georgia Southern       |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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7  Kate Van Dyke.......  4|  5   0   6  .833| 39|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  1
9  Jamie DeRatt........  2|  3   1  11  .182|  0|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
10 Moriah Bellissimo...  4| 10   4  28  .214|  3|  1   1|  0|  8| 0  1  1|  0
11 Enjoli Johnson......  4|  3   3  11  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
13 Parker Small........  4|  5   5  13  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  3  1|  0
14 Nicole Jeschelnik...  4| 10   7  28  .107|  2|  2   4|  2| 12| 0  2  0|  1
1  Aly Duffin..........  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
4  Lauren LaRocque.....  4|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   1|  2| 13| 0  0  0|  1
5  Bethany Sanford.....  3| 13   5  31  .258|  1|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0
12 Meredith Paskert....  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  4| 50  25 130  .192| 48|  4   9|  5| 45| 0  8  2|  3

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  11  4  30  .233   Site: Manhattan, Kan. (Ahearn Field House)
   2  14  9  33  .152   Date: Sep 02, 2011   Attend:     Time: 1:43
   3  18  6  38  .316   Referees: Marty Prochko, Paul Albright
   4   7  6  29  .034

Game Notes - Varney's Invitational at Kansas State

PROVO, Utah—After recording its first victory of the season Saturday, the BYU women’s volleyball team gears up to take on four more teams starting with Weber State at home Tuesday. On Friday and Saturday the Cougars will participate in the Kansas State Invitational against Idaho, Georgia Southern and host Kansas State.

"We are always excited to play against in-state competition," head coach Shawn Olmstead said. "Tuesday and this coming weekend in Kansas will be another opportunity for us to see our team progress and make changes.  This entire week is filled with good competition that will help us move our group forward.  Going on the road will be a valuable experience for the kids on our team, both young and old."

The Cougars (1-2) begin the week with their fourth-straight home match against the Wildcats (0-3) at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. The match is the 60th face-off between in the teams, with BYU holding a 59-0 record. Both teams boast new head coaches, with former BYU men’s volleyball head coach Tom Peterson leading the Wildcats and former BYU men’s volleyball player Olmstead leading the Cougars. The match will be televised on BYUtv.

Over the weekend, BYU launched its season with a 3-0 loss to No. 8 Illinois, a 3-1 victory against UC Santa Barbara and a 3-0 loss to WCC foe Saint Mary’s. Despite the losses, opposite hitter Jennifer Hamson, setter Heather Hannemann and outside hitter Jessica Jardine recorded career highs in all three matches, including 20 kills by Hamson against Saint Mary’s.

The Wildcats opened their season with a 3-0 loss to in-state opponent Utah, a 3-0 loss to Northwestern and a 3-2 loss to Cal State Northridge. Briana Wilms leads the Wildcats with 39 kills and contributed nine digs and seven blocks. She’s joined by Michele Arave with 22 digs and Caitlin Penrod with 12 blocks, 16 digs and eight kills.

Friday, the Cougars take on Idaho in the first match of the Kansas State Invitational at 10 a.m. CT. Idaho shut down Butler 3-2 in its first match of the season, but couldn’t hold on against Eastern Michigan, losing 3-0. After falling behind one set to Notre Dame, Idaho snuck in a second-set victory but wasn’t able to shut down the Irish in the 3-1 defeat.

Next on the tournament schedule at 5 p.m. Friday, the Cougars face Georgia Southern, which has the best record of the tournament teams so far. The Eagles participated in the Spring Hill Suites Invitational last weekend, posting 3-0 wins against Jacksonville and Montana State and losing 3-2 to Stephen F. Austin and South Dakota State.

The Cougars close the tournament facing host Kansas State Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State went 1-2 in last weekend’s Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic, falling to Georgia Tech and Louisville and sweeping Tennessee Tech.

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