PROVO -- In its 10th-straight win, the BYU men’s volleyball team (20-7, 14-6 MPSF) defeated Cal Baptist (18-10, 8-1 NAIA) 3-0 to complete the weekend sweep.

“Cal Baptist serves the ball extremely well and they kept us on our toes," said BYU head coach Shawn Patchell. "We were excited to see some of our bench players get some time tonight and do so well."

Led by senior opposite hitter Kent Tuttle, the Cougars came out with another win. Tuttle tallied 17 kills and four digs on the night. Junior middle blocker Otavio Souza started his first match of the season, posting nine kills on .727 hitting.

With three different setters in for the match, senior Reed Chilton led in assists with 25 on the night. Libero Joel Silva had 11 digs on the night to lead his Cougars on defense.

Set one caught the Cougars on their heels, struggling to score a run against the Lancers. With 14 ties during the set, the Cougars battled to finally come out with a 33-31 victory. A balanced attack from Tuttle (five kills), Andrew Stewart (four kills) and Futi Tavana (four kills) and 16 assists from Chilton helped the Cougars find themselves up 1-0.

Tuttle led the way in set two with five kills on .500 hitting. With back-and-forth play until the Cougars posted a 4-0 run at 8-4 with kills from Stewart, Chilton and Tavana, and a CBU attack error, the Cougars maintained the lead the rest of the set. Tuttle put the set away with a kill at 30-23.

With several players coming off the bench to finish off the match in set three, Joe Kauliakamoa was in to set while Quentin Smith, Ryan Boyce and Jeff Robinson made key plays come out with another win. Tuttle once again led on the attack in set three with seven kills, Souza added five on .667 hitting.

"Joe is an excellent setter and did very well tonight," said Patchell. "Quentin also did a great job in his first match in the Smith Fieldhouse."

The Cougars will next host Cal State Northridge April 16-17 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse to wrap up the MPSF regular season. On Jan. 8, 2010 in Santa Barbara, Calif., the Cougars fell to the Matadores 3-1 in the third game of the season.

Volleyball Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                  Cal Baptist vs #2 BYU (Apr 10, 2010 at BYU)
   Cal Baptist            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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7  PENNER, Blair.......  3|  2   0   5  .400| 35|  1   2|  0|  3| 0  3  0|  0
10 BRAZEE, Ricky.......  3|  6   3  14  .214|  0|  0   2|  0|  2| 0  3  2|  1
11 KREUTZIGER, Garet...  2|  5   2   8  .375|  0|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
16 CABRAL, Levi........  3|  8   4  22  .182|  1|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  0  1|  0
17 TIEDJOP, Adiel......  3| 13   7  31  .194|  0|  1   1|  0|  4| 1  0  0|  0
29 KHATTAB, Mohamed....  3|  6   3  16  .188|  0|  0   3|  0|  1| 0  1  2|  0
1  SMITH, Sean.........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
2  FREITAS, Daniel.....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
3  EASTER, Bryce.......  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
4  MAHER, Cullan.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
5  MACNEILL, Mike......  3|  0   0   2  .000|  3|  0   0|  0| 11| 0  0  0|  0
9  FITZPATRICK, Joseph.  1|  3   0   5  .600|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 44  19 104  .240| 42|  3  12|  1| 26| 1  8  5|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  15  5  37  .270   SET SCORES                1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  14  7  34  .206   Cal Baptist......... (0) 31 23 27  18-10, 8-1 NAIA
   3  15  7  33  .242   BYU................. (3) 33 30 30  20-7, 14-6 MPSF
   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1  TUTTLE, Kent........  3| 17   7  35  .286|  2|  0   3|  0|  4| 0  0  1|  0
3  CHILTON, Reed.......  2|  3   0   4  .750| 25|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
9  SOUZA, Otavio.......  3|  9   1  11  .727|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  1  1|  0
11 SAGERS, Kevin.......  2|  6   3  12  .250|  0|  0   2|  1|  4| 0  0  0|  0
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  2|  7   2  13  .385|  0|  1   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
17 TAVANA, Futi........  2|  8   2  13  .462|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 1  2  1|  0
2  SMITH, Quentin......  1|  2   0   3  .667|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
4  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  1| 11| 0  0  0|  0
7  ROBINSON, Jeff......  1|  3   0   9  .333|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
8  KAULIAKAMOA, Joe....  1|  0   1   1-1.000| 15|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
10 TAYLOR, Mat.........  2|  4   3   9  .111|  0|  0   1|  1|  2| 0  0  0|  0
13 STOWELL, Robb.......  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  1|  0
14 PEREZ, Yamil........  3|  0   0   1  .000|  9|  0   2|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
16 BOYCE, Ryan.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 60  19 112  .366| 53|  1  14|  3| 30| 1  8  4|  0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  21  7  40  .350   Site: BYU (Smith Fieldhouse)
   2  19  5  34  .412   Date: Apr 10, 2010   Attend: 1229   Time: 1 h 47 m
   3  20  7  38  .342   Referees: Les Calles, Tom Given, Trent Mano

The No. 2 BYU men’s volleyball team (18-7, 14-6 MPSF) hosts Cal-Baptist (18-8, 8-1 NAIA) for a two-match series on Friday and Saturday nights at the Smith Fieldhouse. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. MT.

The Cougars moved from third to second in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation after sweeping then-No. 8 Long Beach State last week. BYU also moved up into second place in the AVCA poll with three first-place votes. The Cougars are 14 points from the Stanford Cardinal in first. With the longest win streak in the Nation at eight, the Cougars have swept their opponents since March 12.

The Lancers are ranked No. 1 in the NAIA after completing a weekend sweep of Cardinal Stritch. They are currently on a four-game win streak.

Series Info

The Cougars and Lancers will be playing for the 12th and 13th times with BYU holding an 8-3 advantage over Cal-Baptist. Last year the Lancers came out with a 3-2 win over the Cougars on Jan. 15, 2009 in Provo. BYU holds an 8-2 record against Cal-Baptist in Provo.

Match Coverage

Live stats are available at the BYU men’s volleyball schedule page at www.byucougars.com. Gametracker can be launched by clicking on the “Live Stats” link for the appropriate game on the schedule.

Coming Off...

Extending its winning streak to eight games, the BYU men’s volleyball team defeated Long Beach State 3-1 Thursday and Friday nights. Although the Cougars started out hitting -.065 as a team in the first set, by set four they improved to .500. One block shy of the previous week’s record-breaking performance of 24.5 team blocks, the Cougars posted 23.5 team blocks to defeat the 49ers. Leading the Cougars on the attack as well as defense was sophomore Robb Stowell with 19 kills at .389 hitting, nine blocks (career-high) and 11 digs on Thursday; and 26 kills at .657 hitting and 11 digs on Friday. Thursday Stowell was one block away from a triple-double. Both nights he posted double-double performances, bringing the count to three on the season and five in his career. Thursday sophomore Futi Tavana posted 12 blocks (two solo) while senior Andrew Stewart chalked up 10 kills, eight digs and five blocks. On Friday, Stewart helped Stowell on the attack with 21 kills of his own, adding five digs and seven blocks. Senior setter Reed Chilton tallied 63 assists to help the team hit at .460. Tavana finished Friday night with eight kills on .636 hitting and eight blocks while senior Kevin Sagers also tallied eight kills on .429 hitting.

Stowell Gets Honor

Sophomore opposite hitter Robb Stowell was named AVCA National Player of the Week and MPSF Player of the Week April 5 after recording a double-double each night to lead to a pair of 3-1 wins at then-No. 8 Long Beach State. With stellar all-around play, Stowell led the Cougars with 19 kills at .389 hitting, 11 digs, two service aces, and nine blocks on Thursday. One block away from a triple-double in his all-around performance, Stowell tallied his second double-double of the season and the fourth of his career Thursday. On Friday, he posted 26 kills, tying his career record, set a new season high in hitting percentage at .657, while adding 11 digs for his third double-double of the season and the fifth of his career.