Block Party Leads to 20th Win

PROVO -- A BYU block party, along with a powerful serving performance, led No. 3 BYU to 30-22, 30-26, 30-22 sweep over UC San Diego in the Cougars final regular season home match.

BYU (20-5, 16-4 MPSF) out-blocked the Tritons 17.0 to 2.0 while recording seven service aces. In his final regular season match, Scott Cox led Cougar hitters with 10 kills. Trent Sorensen had a career-high nine block assists.

"We played better tonight than we did last night," co-head coach Ryan Millar said. "It was nice to see Scott (Cox) finish the way he did."

With BYU nursing an 8-7 advantage in the first set, the Cougars went on an 8-1 run to open a comfortable 16-8 lead. Cox and Russell Holmes each had a pair of kills to pace the BYU run. Later in the game, the Tritons cut into the Cougars' lead with a 4-2 run to cut BYU lead to 23-17. The Cougars proved to be too much as BYU finished the set on 7-5 run. The game ended on a UC San Diego service error.

The Tritons led the second set from the early going. The Cougars were plagued with service errors throughout the game. Down 13-11, BYU fought back with 4-1 run to take the lead at 15-14 and force a UC San Diego timeout. Out of the timeout, the Tritons came back with a 4-1 spurt of their own to take a two-point lead. UCSD build a three-point lead a 20-17 before BYU came back with a 3-0 run to tie the set at 20. The Tritons maintained the advantage until the Cougars blocking came alive to pace a 3-0 run. BYU finished game two with a Stewart kill.

The Cougars led the third set from the start, building several four-point leads. With back-to-back Cox aces, BYU extended its lead to six at 21-15. The Cougars added a combo block to build an even larger lead. The match ended with a Cox kill.

BYU finishes its regular season next week with a pair of matches at Pacific. The Cougars will play again at the Smith Fieldhouse as they have clinched home court advantage in a quarterfinal match.

UC San Diego vs #3 BYU Cougars (Apr 07, 2007 at Provo, Utah)
    UC San Diego           |     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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 12 SPANGLER, Jason.....  3|  6   6  20  .000|  1|  0   3|  5|  4| 0  0  1|  0
 13 FRITSCH, Frank......  3| 15   5  31  .323|  1|  1   2|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0
 14 EHRMAN, Will........  3| 11   5  27  .222|  0|  1   4|  1|  1| 0  0  0|  0
 17 SHAW, Stephen.......  3|  1   2   7 -.143|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 1  0  0|  0
 18 HOUSEMAN, Gerald....  3|  4   2   8  .250|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 1  0  0|  0
 20 DIERDORFF, Brooks...  3|  1   3   4 -.500| 31|  1   3|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  1
 2  LESERMAN, Eric......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0| 10| 0  0  0|  0
 10 SIERKS, Erik........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 21 ARNOLD, Billy.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 24 CAMPBELL, Harry.....  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 38  23  98  .153| 36|  3  18|  7| 24| 2  0  1|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1   9  6  27  .111   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  16  9  38  .184   UC San Diego........ (0) 22 26 22  5-21, 2-19 MPSF
   3  13  8  33  .152   BYU Cougars......... (3) 30 30 30  20-5, 16-4 MPSF
    BYU Cougars            |     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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 5  COX, Scott..........  3| 10   3  26  .269|  0|  2   3|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  3|  7   1  11  .545|  0|  1   4|  2|  9| 1  4  0|  1
 9  OATES, Ryan.........  1|  1   2   3 -.333|  0|  1   0|  1|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 11 HOLMES, Russell.....  3|  7   1  10  .600|  0|  0   3|  0|  0| 1  3  0|  0
 14 PEREZ, Yamil........  3|  0   0   0  .000| 38|  2   5|  0|  8| 0  6  0|  1
 17 STEWART, Andrew.....  3|  9   1  16  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  6  0|  0
 2  SANTOS, Rodnei......  1|  0   1   2 -.500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
 6  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
 7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  2|  5   1  11  .364|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  9  1|  0
 13 STOWELL, Robby......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 15 TAYLOR, Mat.........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 39  10  79  .367| 38|  7  16|  3| 30| 2 31  1|  2
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 17.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  13  5  22  .364   Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse)
   2  15  3  31  .387   Date: Apr 07, 2007   Attend: 1570   Time: 1:49
   3  11  2  26  .346   Referees: LES CALLES, MAILE JEWKES