HONOLULU, Hawaii - The No. 4 BYU men's volleyball team has now won six-straight matches after its most recent came on Saturday at No. 11 Hawaii in a three-match victory (25-14, 29-27, 25-17).

BYU's Futi Tavana and Taylor Sander led all players with seven blocks and 18 kills, respectively. Sander also added four aces and two blocks.

Behind a monstrous 10-0 run, the Cougars cruised to a 25-14 victory in the first set to set the mood for the match. Sander had four aces in that stretch and Stowell had three kills.

The Warriors fought back in set two, taking the score to extra frames, but BYU eventually took the 29-27 win behind three-straight points off kills from Sander and Robb Stowell. 

Hawaii took an early 3-0 lead in the third set but, after four-straight BYU points, wouldn't lead again. The Cougars took a 14-10 lead on a kill from Tavana on their way to an eventual 25-17 set victory and sweep. 

The Cougars will be back in action next weekend on the road against Long Beach State.

Quick Look
Cougars: 15-4, 11-3 MPSF
Warriors: 7-12, 4-10 MPSF

After eight-straight matches at home, the No. 4 BYU men's volleyball team hits the road this weekend with a pair of matches against No. 11 Hawaii on Friday & Saturday, March 16 & 17. Both matches are set to begin at 7 p.m. HST/11 p.m. MT.

BYU is riding a 15-4 overall record after winning last weekend’s matches against Pacific at home. Senior Robb Stowell leads the Cougar offense on 244 kills with 4 other players recording 100+ kills and 7 more players recording double-digit kills. Taylor Sander, Josue Rivera and Russ Lavaja have totaled 202, 187 and 118 kills, respectively.  Joe Kauliakamoa leads the squad with 681 assists.

Lavaja leads the team with 109 blocks and is third in the BYU rally scoring era for total blocks. 

After last weekend, Tavana became the all-time blocks leader & block assist leader in BYU’s rally scoring era and is just nine away from becoming the solo blocks leader.

The Cougars are averaging 3.2 blocks per set compared to their opponents’ 1.7 b/s.

Hawaii holds a 7-12 overal and 4-10 league record this season with its most recent win coming over then-No. 3 Stanford on the road. The win moved them from a 14-seed to their current No. 11 ranking. Steve Hunt leads the Warriors with 294 season kills, averaging 4.14 per set. JP Marks leads the team with 15 aces and Nick West’s 69 total blocks (.97 per set) is the most for their roster. 

Coverage
Friday's match will be covered on the radio by ESPN 1500 and streamed online. 

Saturday's match will be shown live on OC Sports (Oceanic Cable Ch. 12 and 1012) and also streamed online through uhstreaming.oceanic.com. ESPN 1420 will also cover Saturday's match on the roadio and online.

Live stats are available for both matches through the Hawaii Athletics page. 

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