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Katherine Carling | Posted: 29 Feb 2020 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Katherine Carling

No. 2 BYU sweeps No. 13 Stanford before sellout crowd

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BYU men's volleyball playing in the Smith Fieldhouse

PROVO, Utah – No. 2 BYU men’s volleyball swept No. 13 Stanford (25-12, 25-21, 25-22) on Saturday in front of a crowd of 5,817 at the Smith Fieldhouse, the highest-attended home match since 2005.

BYU vs. Stanford Final Box Score

"We had some great support from our volleyball community and we've got some really loyal volleyball fans," BYU head coach Shawn Olmstead said. "Now, we're looking forward to the challenge of going on the road. We won’t be here in the Smith Fieldhouse, but volleyball is still volleyball and it’s just a different gym."

The Cougars finished with a season-high 15.5 blocks in their 16th-consecutive win of the season to remain undefeated. The 16-0 record is already the second-best start to a season in program history as well as the second-longest winning streak in the rally era.

Outside hitter Zach Eschenberg set a new career-high of six blocks while totaling eight kills, four digs and an ace. Setter Wil Stanley had five blocks to match his career-high while pacing the team with 30 assists. Opposite hitter Gabi Garcia Fernandez led all players with 12 kills and three aces. The junior has already recorded 45 aces on the season, the fifth-most aces in a season by a BYU player in the rally era, and is 11 away from breaking the school record. Middle blocker Miki Jauhiainen led the team with seven blocks and added six kills.

Set 1
A pair of kills by Garcia Fernandez and an ace by Eschenberg gave BYU (16-0, 6-0 MPSF) a 7-3 lead over Stanford (6-9, 2-4 MPSF). Garcia Fernandez scored the second ace of the night during an 8-1 run for the Cougars, landing the score at 16-5. Back-to-back blocks by Stanley and Jauhiainen extended the BYU lead to 20-7. The Cougars won the set, 25-12, while logging 6.5 team blocks in the first game.

Set 2
BYU took the lead early in the second set with a 5-0 run before a kill by Jauhiainen put the Cougars up 6-2. Back-to-back kills by Eschenberg on the outside extended BYU’s advantage to 13-9. Stanford tied the set up 14-14 off a Cougar attack error, but BYU quickly reclaimed the edge on a Cardinal service error. Kills by Garcia Fernandez and Eschenberg extended the Cougars’ lead to 21-17. A Jauhiainen kill ended the set to give BYU the 25-21 win.

Set 3
The two teams went back and forth at the start of the third set, resulting in the scoring being tied at 8-8. The Cardinals took a two-point edge over the Cougars, 11-9. Four BYU blocks fueled an 8-0 run as BYU seized control of the game, 17-11. Garcia Fernandez’s third ace of the night landed the Cougars at 22-14 before Stanford rallied back to come within one point, 23-22. An ace by Branden Oberender ended set three, 25-22, and clinched BYU's fourth sweep in a row.

The Cougars travel to take on No. 1 Hawaii in consecutive matches next week. Both teams will be undefeated in the first match on Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. HST. The second match will be on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. HST. Both matches will be streamed live on Spectrum Sports.

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Braden Taylor | Posted: 26 Feb 2020 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Braden Taylor

No. 2 BYU set to host No. 13 Stanford

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BYU men's volleyball team huddle

PROVO, Utah – No. 2 BYU men’s volleyball will look to remain undefeated with a matchup against No. 13 Stanford on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. MST in the Smith Fieldhouse.

BYU Game Notes
Stanford Game Notes

The match will be televised on BYUtv and streamed live on byutv.org and the BYUtv App. It is the second-to-last home match of the season as the Cougars will be on the road until Senior Night against Grand Canyon on April 2.

Winners of their first 15 matches, the Cougars (15-0, 5-0 MPSF) are currently riding the second-best start in program history and the second-best winning streak in the rally era. After playing 10 ranked opponents in its first 12 matches, the Cardinal (6-8, 2-3) will be the 11th ranked opponent BYU has faced this year.

The Cougars swept both Concordia and USC last week to remain atop the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings with a conference record of 5-0. Stanford is currently tied for fourth in the league with wins over Concordia and No. 7 UCLA.

BYU is 38-22 overall and 19-7 at home against the Cardinal. Under head coach Shawn Olmstead, the Cougars have won eight of the last 10 matchups. The two teams split the season series last year before BYU defeated Stanford in a five-set thriller in the first round of the MPSF Tournament.

The Cougars have outblocked their opponents in 14 of their 15 wins and currently lead the NCAA DI-II with an average of 2.89 blocks per set. Middle blocker Felipe de Brito Ferreira leads the MPSF with 1.28 blocks per set while ranking seventh nationally. Opposite hitter Gabi Garcia Fernandez averages 1.02 blocks per set and MPSF Defensive Player of the Week Miki Jauhiainen averages 1.00 blocks per set to rank fourth and fifth in the conference, respectively.

Garcia Fernandez continues to lead the nation in aces per set with an average of .840. He has already totaled 42 aces so far this year, the seventh-most aces in a season by a BYU player. With nine matches remaining in the regular season, the junior is well on pace to break the program’s season record of 55 aces set by Taylor Sander in 2014.

The opposite hitter also averages 5.34 points per set to rank second in the NCAA DI-II. He leads the Cougar attack with 3.96 kills per set and 8.14 attacks per set. Setter Wil Stanley remains second in the country in assists per set (10.78) while helping BYU hit an average of .353, the second-best team hitting percentage in the nation.

After going 4-1 to open the season, the Cardinal have lost seven of their last nine matches. Stanford is led by opposite hitter Jaylen Jasper. The junior currently leads the MPSF with 4.09 kills per set while leading the team in attacks per set (8.76), hitting percentage (.293) and points per set (4.63).

 

 


undefined BYU Men's Volleyball Game Statistics


Location: Provo, UT
Date: 2/29/2020
Attendance: 5817
Box Score
Set Scores123
BYU252525
Stan122122
BYU 16-0,6-0 MPSF
NO.AthleteSKETAPctAstSASEREDigsBSBABEBHEPts
11Eschenberg, Zach385220.13611104060012
18Jauhiainen, Miki361110.4551000107009.5
3Stanley, Wil31020.530100205004.5
2Ah Sue, Alex100100000000000
6Hendrickson, Zach100000000100000
5Garcia Fernandez, Gabi3124220.36403404141018
17Oberender, Branden32040.50110005005.5
1Gardini, Davide34170.4290020702005
4Stanley, Jon300000100000001
24Earnest, Brody100003000000000
20Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan34170.4290023100104
12Worthington, Mitchel300000000400000
Totals3712760.329357104241292059.5
Stanford 6-9,2-4 MPSF
NO.AthleteSKETAPctAstSASEREDigsBSBABEBHEPts
4Beatty, Eric33410-0.11333200006
9Moye, Stephen322801020200002
17Wopat, Eli300200010000000
14Presho, Kyler33160.3330000015006.5
23Jasper, Jaylen3104220.27300004010010.5
2Lui, Justin300000000600000
12Lietzke, Nathan32150.225020404104
15Rottman, Will398260.03811344021011
Totals2920790.114284117221122040

Team Attack Stats By Set

BYU 3 sets 9 blocks
SetKETAPctPts
1153270.44425
2115220.27325
3114270.25925
Totals3712760.32958
Stanford 0 sets 17 blocks
SetKETAPctPts
165230.04312
2107250.1221
3138310.16122
Totals2920790.11479

Play By Play

1
TeamPlayStanBYU
-M-77 starters: Davide, Gardini; Wil, Stanley; Gabi, Garcia, Fernandez; Zach, Eschenberg; Mitchel, Worthington; Branden, Oberender; Miki, Jauhiainen.
-M-674 starters: Justin, Lui; Eric, Beatty; Stephen, Moye; Nathan, Lietzke; Kyler, Presho; Will, Rottman; Jaylen, Jasper.
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Attack error by Beatty, Eric (block by Eschenberg, Zach; Oberender, Branden; Stanley, Wil).01
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).11
Stan[Rottman, Will] Attack error by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).21
Stan[Rottman, Will] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).22
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki.23
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).24
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Eschenberg, Zach (from Garcia Fernandez, Gabi).34
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).35
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Service ace (Beatty, Eric).36
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).37
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Gardini, Davide (from Stanley, Wil).38
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Attack error by Jauhiainen, Miki (block by Presho, Kyler).48
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Kill by Gardini, Davide (from Stanley, Wil).49
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Attack error by Beatty, Eric (block by Gardini, Davide; Oberender, Branden; Garcia Fernandez, Gabi).410
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Attack error by Jasper, Jaylen (block by Oberender, Branden; Gardini, Davide).411
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).412
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Rottman, Will).413
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Lietzke, Nathan (from Beatty, Eric).513
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service error.514
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).515
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service ace (Rottman, Will).516
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service error.616
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Kill by Gardini, Davide (from Stanley, Wil).617
BYU[Gardini, Davide] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).717
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Kill by Oberender, Branden (from Stanley, Wil).718
-BYU subs: Stanley, Jon.
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Attack error by Jasper, Jaylen (block by Stanley, Wil; Jauhiainen, Miki; Eschenberg, Zach).719
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Attack error by Moye, Stephen (block by Stanley, Wil; Jauhiainen, Miki).720
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).820
-Stan subs: Wopat, Eli.
Stan[Rottman, Will] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).821
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).921
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Service error.922
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Presho, Kyler (from Lietzke, Nathan).1022
Stan[Wopat, Eli] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki (from Stanley, Wil).1023
-BYU subs: Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan.
BYU[Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan] Service error.1123
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service error.1124
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service error.1224
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil), block error by Rottman, Will.1225
2
TeamPlayStanBYU
-BYU subs: Stanley, Jon.
-M-77 starters: Davide, Gardini; Wil, Stanley; Gabi, Garcia, Fernandez; Zach, Eschenberg; Mitchel, Worthington; Branden, Oberender; Miki, Jauhiainen; Jon, Stanley; Teilon-Jonathan, Tufuga.
-M-674 starters: Justin, Lui; Eric, Beatty; Stephen, Moye; Nathan, Lietzke; Kyler, Presho; Will, Rottman; Jaylen, Jasper; Eli, Wopat.
-BYU subs: Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan.
-Stan subs: Wopat, Eli.
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Kill by Presho, Kyler (from Lietzke, Nathan).10
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Attack error by Rottman, Will (block by Jauhiainen, Miki; Eschenberg, Zach; Stanley, Wil).11
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Rottman, Will (block by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi).12
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).13
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Service ace (Rottman, Will).14
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki (from Stanley, Wil).15
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Lietzke, Nathan (from Rottman, Will).25
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki (from Stanley, Wil).26
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).36
Stan[Rottman, Will] Service error.37
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Moye, Stephen (from Lietzke, Nathan).47
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Attack error by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).57
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Attack error by Gardini, Davide (block by Presho, Kyler; Jasper, Jaylen).67
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Service error.68
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Attack error by Rottman, Will (from Lui, Justin).69
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service error.79
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).710
BYU[Gardini, Davide] Service error.810
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Attack error by Presho, Kyler (block by Oberender, Branden; Stanley, Wil).811
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).911
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).912
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).913
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1013
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Attack error by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).1113
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Service error.1114
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Service error.1214
Stan[Rottman, Will] Service ace (Team).1314
Stan[Rottman, Will] Attack error by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).1414
Stan[Rottman, Will] Service error.1415
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Beatty, Eric (from Lietzke, Nathan).1515
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Kill by Oberender, Branden (from Stanley, Wil).1516
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Attack error by Beatty, Eric (from Lietzke, Nathan).1517
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service ace (Beatty, Eric).1518
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service error.1618
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Kill by Gardini, Davide (from Stanley, Wil).1619
BYU[Gardini, Davide] Service error.1719
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).1720
-BYU subs: Stanley, Jon.
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).1721
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Attack error by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).1722
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Service ace (Rottman, Will).1723
-BYU subs: Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan.
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1823
-Stan subs: Wopat, Eli.
Stan[Wopat, Eli] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil), block error by Lietzke, Nathan.1824
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).1924
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).2024
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Attack error by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).2124
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki (from Stanley, Wil).2125
3
TeamPlayStanBYU
-BYU subs: Gardini, Davide; Stanley, Jon.
-M-77 starters: Davide, Gardini; Wil, Stanley; Gabi, Garcia, Fernandez; Zach, Eschenberg; Mitchel, Worthington; Branden, Oberender; Miki, Jauhiainen; Jon, Stanley; Teilon-Jonathan, Tufuga.
-M-674 starters: Justin, Lui; Eric, Beatty; Stephen, Moye; Nathan, Lietzke; Kyler, Presho; Will, Rottman; Jaylen, Jasper; Eli, Wopat.
-Stan subs: Wopat, Eli.
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).01
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Service error.11
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).21
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Attack error by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).22
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).32
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Service error.33
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan), block error by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi.43
Stan[Rottman, Will] Service error.44
BYU[Jauhiainen, Miki] Kill by Moye, Stephen (from Lietzke, Nathan).54
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Kill by Beatty, Eric (from Moye, Stephen).64
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Attack error by Beatty, Eric (block by Oberender, Branden; Garcia Fernandez, Gabi).65
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Kill by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan (from Stanley, Wil).66
-Stan subs: Wopat, Eli.
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Kill by Presho, Kyler (from Lietzke, Nathan).76
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Attack error by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan (block by Presho, Kyler; Lietzke, Nathan).86
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Kill by Stanley, Wil (from Eschenberg, Zach).87
BYU[Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan] Attack error by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).88
BYU[Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan] Service error.98
Stan[Wopat, Eli] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).108
Stan[Wopat, Eli] Service error.109
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Attack error by Eschenberg, Zach (block by Presho, Kyler; Lietzke, Nathan).119
Stan[Presho, Kyler] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).1110
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Eschenberg, Zach (from Stanley, Wil).1111
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Moye, Stephen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1112
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Rottman, Will (block by Jauhiainen, Miki; Garcia Fernandez, Gabi).1113
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Stanley, Wil).1114
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Lietzke, Nathan (block by Jauhiainen, Miki; Eschenberg, Zach).1115
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Rottman, Will (block by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi; Jauhiainen, Miki; Eschenberg, Zach).1116
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Attack error by Jasper, Jaylen (block by Eschenberg, Zach; Jauhiainen, Miki).1117
BYU[Stanley, Wil] Kill by Rottman, Will (from Lietzke, Nathan).1217
Stan[Lietzke, Nathan] Kill by Jauhiainen, Miki (from Stanley, Wil).1218
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan (from Jauhiainen, Miki).1219
-BYU subs: Earnest, Brody.
BYU[Eschenberg, Zach] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1319
Stan[Rottman, Will] Kill by Garcia Fernandez, Gabi (from Earnest, Brody).1320
-BYU subs: Stanley, Jon.
BYU[Stanley, Jon] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1420
-BYU subs: Hendrickson, Zach.
Stan[Moye, Stephen] Kill by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan (from Earnest, Brody).1421
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Service ace (Beatty, Eric).1422
BYU[Garcia Fernandez, Gabi] Kill by Beatty, Eric (from Lietzke, Nathan), block error by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan.1522
Stan[Jasper, Jaylen] Kill by Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan (from Earnest, Brody).1523
-BYU subs: Ah Sue, Alex.
BYU[Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan] Kill by Jasper, Jaylen (from Lietzke, Nathan).1623
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Kill by Rottman, Will.1723
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Attack error by Eschenberg, Zach (block by Lietzke, Nathan; Presho, Kyler; Rottman, Will).1823
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service ace (Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan).1923
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Attack error by Eschenberg, Zach (block by Lietzke, Nathan; Presho, Kyler; Rottman, Will).2023
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service ace (Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan).2123
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service ace (Tufuga, Teilon-Jonathan).2223
Stan[Beatty, Eric] Service error.2224
-BYU subs: Gardini, Davide.
BYU[Oberender, Branden] Service ace (Rottman, Will).2225