LOS -- In only the team's second loss this season, the No. 1 BYU men's volleyball team (17-2, 12-2) was upset by No. 9 UCLA (14-10, 9-7) at Pauley Pavilion Friday night in four sets (28-30, 30-23, 23-30, 21-30).

BYU senior opposite Jonathan Charette led all attackers with 19 kills, but only senior middle blocker Russell Holmes joined him in double-digit kills as the Cougars were held to their lowest attack percentage on the season at .211. In contratst, the Bruins became the only team to hit above .300 against BYU this year at .324.

"We struggled offensively, and they played great defense," BYU head coach Shawn Patchell said. "Their libero had 21 digs, and as a result they had more swings than we had. Our most positive note tonight was Jonathan Charette. He had a great weekend."

Holmes added a match-best six blocks to his 10 kills. UCLA still recorded 10.5 total team blocks to BYU's eight, though. Four Bruins were also able to hit in double figures on the night.

The Cougars will continue to play on the road next week as they had to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation powerhouse Long Beach State for back-to-back matches Thursday and Friday. The team will then return home for matches against UC Santa Barbara March 28 and 29 at the Smith Fieldhouse.

Volleyball Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
            #1 BYU vs #9 UCLA (Mar 14, 2008 at Los Angeles, Calif.)
   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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3  CHILTON, Reed.......  4|  0   0   2  .000| 43|  0   1|  0|  7| 0  1  0|  0|   0.5
7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  4|  7   1  11  .545|  2|  0   3|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0|   8.0
8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  4|  8   4  30  .133|  0|  1   5|  0| 13| 0  1  1|  1|   9.5
11 HOLMES, Russell.....  4| 10   4  17  .353|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  6  0|  0|  13.0
13 CHARETTE, Jonathan..  4| 19   6  38  .342|  0|  4   3|  0|  6| 0  3  1|  0|  24.5
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  4|  2   8  25 -.240|  0|  0   0|  2|  4| 0  3  1|  0|   3.5
1  TUTTLE, Kent........  1|  4   1   6  .500|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   4.0
6  SILVA, Joel.........  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  2|  9| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
10 TAYLOR, Mat.........  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
14 PEREZ, Yamil........  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  5|  0   1|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
16 JUSTEN, Leandro.....  3|  0   0   2  .000|  1|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  4| 52  24 133  .211| 51|  5  17|  5| 47| 0 16  3|  1|  65.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  15  4  35  .314   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  15  5  35  .286   BYU................. (1) 28 30 23 21  17-2, 12-2 MPSF
   3  14  5  28  .321   UCLA................ (3) 30 23 30 30  14-10, 9-7 MPSF
   4   8 10  35 -.057
   UCLA                   |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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2  O'Malley, Sean......  4| 17   8  40  .225|  1|  1   5|  1|  6| 0  2  0|  0|  19.0
7  Muagututia, Garrett.  4| 16   6  33  .303|  0|  1   6|  2|  6| 0  1  1|  0|  17.5
10 Perrine, Brett......  2|  4   2  13  .154|  0|  2   3|  0|  0| 0  5  1|  0|   8.5
15 Wade, Matt..........  2|  0   1   1-1.000| 23|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  3  0|  0|   1.5
17 Stromath, D.J.......  4| 11   0  21  .524|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  1  1|  0|  11.5
23 Ratelle, Ryan.......  4| 14   2  30  .400|  0|  1   3|  0| 10| 1  1  1|  0|  16.5
1  Ker, Tony...........  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1| 21| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
3  Hastings, Thomas....  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
19 Diefenbach, Jamie...  2|  4   0   5  .800|  0|  0   3|  0|  1| 0  3  1|  0|   5.5
25 Ker, Kevin..........  4|  0   0   2  .000| 39|  0   3|  0|  1| 0  3  0|  0|   1.5
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  4| 66  19 145  .324| 63|  5  26|  5| 47| 1 19  5|  0|  81.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  18  6  43  .279   Site: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion)
   2  15  8  41  .171   Date: Mar 14, 2008   Attend: 1084   Time: 1:59
   3  17  1  29  .552   Referees: John Martin, Joe Sloate
   4  16  4  32  .375
                                         1   2   3   4 Total
                        Tie scores       4   0   0   2     6
                        Lead changes     1   0   0   1     2

PROVO -- Now back atop the national standings, the No. 1 BYU men's volleyball team (16-1, 11-1) will face No. 9 UCLA (8-6, 13-9) at Pauley Pavilion this Thursday and Friday in hopes of beating the Bruins on their home floor twice in a row for the first time ever.

BYU has won four matches in a row, three of them in three sets. The Cougars have only hit below .311 as a team in five of 17 matches this season, and no team has been able to hit .300 against the Cougars. BYU is also on top of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation by half a game over No. 3 Long Beach State.

Although the Bruins lead the all-time series against the Cougars, BYU is 10-4 against UCLA since the beginning of the 2001 National Championship season. The Cougars swept UCLA in straight sets two nights in a row last season, and the two teams split two matches played in Los Angeles in 2006. The Bruins will be seeking revenge from the 2007 sweeps, and the Cougars will be looking to for its first ever weekend sweep at UCLA.

UCLA is currently on a three-match win streak in which they beat Lewis and UC Santa Cruz in the Pauley Pavilion and UC Irvine on the Anteaters' home floor. The Bruins are 8-2 at home this year and 5-2 at home against MPSF opponents. Sophomore outside hitter Garrett Muagututia leads the team's offense averaging 4.18 kills per game with a .276 hitting percentage. Junior quick hitter Jamie Diefenbach anchors the Bruins' block and has a total of 85 blocks on the year.

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