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

PROVO -- The home regular season wraps up for No. 3 BYU as the Cougars look to clinch a home-court match in the MPSF Tournament when they host UC San Diego in two matches this season.

BYU (18-5, 14-4 MPSF) hosts the Tritons on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Smith Fieldhouse. Live Internet video and live stats will be available at byucougars.com.

Saturday evening's match will honor BYU's only departing senior, Scott Cox. The Cougars have two other seniors that are redshirting or expecting to receive a medical redshirt.

The Cougars are currently three games behind Pepperdine in the conference standings headed into this weekend. BYU needs to win just one of their next four matches to clinch a home court advantage for the quarterfinals of the MPSF tournament. BYU owns the tie-breaker over No. 2 UC Irvine for second in the MPSF.

"I think we are peaking at the right time of the season," co-head coach Shawn Patchell said. "We deserve a home playoff match as long as we take care of business these last two weeks."

In 20 matches against UC San Diego the Cougars have a perfect 20-0 record against Tritons. BYU has won nine of its last 10 matches while UC San Diego has dropped nine straight.

The Cougars finish their regular season next weekend in Stockton, Calif. when they take on Pacific.