Cougars Fall to Gaels

MORAGA -- In the last match of the 2009 season, the BYU women’s volleyball team (15-14, 9-7 MWC) fell to the No. 21 Gaels of Saint Mary’s College (22-4, 13-1 WCC) in three sets (16-25, 8-25, 17-25).

Sophomore Christie Carpenter led the Cougars with nine kills on the afternoon, also adding six digs. Freshman Nicole Warner hit at .333 percent with three kills while senior Kayla Walker had three kills and led the Cougars with seven digs. Junior Kiana Rogers had 21 assists while Morgan Lloyd Sorensen had six digs.

After trading the first two points in the first set, the Gaels went on a 5-0 run and kept the lead the entire set. Phillips tallied three kills while Carpenter and Warner each had two kills apiece. Lauren Corp of SMC tallied six kills in set one. The Cougars came within four of the Gaels, but a 5-0 run ending at 23-14 later sealed the win for the Gaels (25-16).

Starting out the second set with a 5-0 run, the Gaels never let down. Carpenter tallied three kills while Stephanie Lau and Casey Speredon Thurston each had one kill. Seven of the Gaels points were on BYU attack errors. The Cougars lost set two 25-8.

BYU began the scoring in set three, but SMC next posted a 4-0 run. Cougar kills came from Carpenter with four, Kayla Walker with three and Warner and Measom with one kill each.

The Cougars conclude their season with a winning record of 15-14 overall and 9-7 in the Mountain West Conference.

Volleyball Box Score
                           BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
           BYU vs #21 Saint Mary's (CA) (Nov 28, 2009 at Moraga, CA)
   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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7  MEASOM, Christina...  3|  3   4  13 -.077|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
9  ROGERS, Kiana.......  3|  1   0   2  .500| 21|  0   1|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
12 WALKER, Kayla.......  3|  3   5  21 -.095|  0|  0   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  3|  9   5  27  .148|  0|  0   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   9.0
15 WARNER, Nicole......  3|  3   1   6  .333|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0|   4.0
1  LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg  3|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
8  BOAZ, Marisa........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla...  3|  3   3  10  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   3.5
16 LAU, Stephanie......  1|  1   1   5  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
20 SPEREDON THURSTON,Ca  3|  1   1   3  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
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   Totals..............  3| 24  20  88  .045| 23|  0   5|  2| 30| 0  4  0|  0|  26.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1   9  4  30  .167  13-25  51%   SET SCORES                1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2   5  7  27 -.074   8-24  33%   BYU................. (0) 16  8 17  15-14/9-7 MWC
   3  10  9  31  .032  13-25  51%   Saint Mary's (CA)... (3) 25 25 25  22-4/13-1 WCC
   Saint Mary's (CA)      |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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1  CORP, Lauren........  3| 15   0  25  .600|  0|  0   1|  0| 10| 0  2  0|  0|  16.0
6  JAECKEL, Lauren.....  3|  9   1  13  .615|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   9.5
8  YORK, Megan.........  3|  5   3  14  .143|  0|  0   2|  0|  5| 0  1  0|  0|   5.5
9  WHITE, Missy........  3|  2   0   3  .667| 25|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
10 LOWELL, Shannon.....  3|  8   0  15  .533|  0|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  5  0|  0|  11.5
11 BURTON, Megan.......  2|  1   1   2  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
2  SATELE, Chanteal....  2|  6   1  12  .417|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0|   7.0
3  JOLLY, Gabby........  2|  1   0   2  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
4  HUSTON, Kelly.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
5  SCHROEDER, Anna.....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
12 FISHER, Alita.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   2|  0| 14| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
14 KAMANA'O, Kapua.....  2|  0   0   0  .000| 18|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 47   6  86  .477| 45|  2  10|  0| 37| 0 12  0|  0|  55.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  19  3  35  .457  13-16  81%   Site: Moraga, CA (McKeon Pavilion)
   2  14  0  24  .583   9-9  100%   Date: Nov 28, 2009   Attend: 625   Time: 1:14
   3  14  3  27  .407  13-17  76%   Referees: John Kinyon, Yvonne Zinsman
                                         1   2   3 Total
                        Tie scores       2   0   1     3
                        Lead changes     1   0   1     2