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| Posted: 12 Sep 2003 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Penn State Opens with Sweep Over Rice
PROVO -- In its season-opening home match of the season, the BYU women's volleyball team defeated Ohio State 3-1 (32-34, 30-28, 30-23, 30-26) in the first day of the BYU Mizuno Classic presented by Courtyard Marriott at the Smith Fieldhouse.
"We wanted to win this match," BYU coach Karen Lamb said. "We were tight in the beginning, but loosened up and really started to play well down the stretch."
A crowd of 2,071 watched a match filled with great defensive play, numerous long rallies and timely plays by BYU. The Cougars (5-3) were led by three players with double-digit kills on the night. Kim Wilson led the BYU hit parade with 13 kills, followed by Carrie Bowers and April Varner with 11 kills each.
Lauren Richards played a stellar overall game as she set career highs with five aces and five blocks. She also dished out 41 assists, with nine digs, seven kills and a match-high .417 hitting percentage.
"Lauren loves to compete," Lamb said. "She's dynamic. She made some really good plays at crucial times and did a great job serving."
The Cougars fell behind early in the first game and the Buckeyes' lead peaked at 8-3. BYU would chip into the Ohio State (3-2) lead and tied the game for the first time at 13-13. The Cougars would take their first lead at 20-19 on an ace from Richards. The game would go back-and-forth from there, but Heather Whalen and Stacey Gordon ended the game with back-to-back kills.
The second game was another close one that see-sawed between the two teams. The Cougars were out-hit .286 to .250, but BYU was buoyed by timely aces and blocks to spur them to the win.
BYU, behind the strong serving of Richards, started the third game on fire, reeling off the first five points. The Cougars' early lead would bulge to seven at 8-1. Gordon kept the Buckeyes in the game and had five kills to draw them within 8-5 of the Cougars. BYU would effectively shut Gordon down for the rest of the game as she failed to register another kill. The game was sealed by a Laura Nielsen kill.
Game four saw both teams scrap for points as each team traded sideouts. Neither team led by more than three points until the Cougars, on the strength of a Bowers kill and a Lindsey Lewis-Hartsock ace, went on a decisive 4-0 run to take a 27-23 lead. Wilson and Nielsen ended the match with a block on Whalen.
Uila Crabbe led the defense with 14 digs and Nielsen set a season-high and led the match with eight blocks. Wilson also put up 10 digs for her second career double-double.
BYU contained Buckeye All-American Gordon by holding her to a .236 hitting percentage and 22 kills. On the match BYU held a team blocks advantage of 15.5-10.5.
On Saturday, BYU will face Rice at Noon, before concluding the tournament against No. 8 Penn State at 7:30 p.m. In the other match of the day Rice will face Ohio State at 5 p.m.
"We need to play well against Rice," Lamb said. "They've got some really good outside hitters. We'll start to think about Penn State after that match."
Earlier in the day, No. 8 Penn State (8-0) opened tournament play with a 3-0 (30-27, 30-26, 30-14) sweep of Rice (6-3).
No. 8 Penn State Defeats Rice in BYU Mizuno Classic Opener
PROVO, Utah -- In the first match of the BYU Mizuno Classic, No. 8 Penn State defeated Rice 3-0, led by senior opposite hitter Erin Iceman's strong performance of 14 kills.
Rice came out strong in the first game, scoring early with attacks from junior outside hitter Rebeca Pazo. The Owls held tough blocks against Penn State to keep the lead at 12-6. Junior Lindsey Carter also helped Rice maintain the lead with four kills in the first game.
Penn State cut the lead and slowly made their way back with a key block by Iceman and freshman Cassy Salyer. Tying the score at 26, the Nittany Lions kept attacking the Owls' defense to finish the game at 30-27.
The second game stayed close in the beginning with Rice taking the lead at 7-5, with kills by sophomore Erica Scott. The Lions capitalized on Owl mistakes to take the lead at 19-17. Junior Ashley Pederson and Iceman helped Penn State to another game win, scoring the last several points.
The third game, Penn State finished off strong with several serving aces and Rice struggled to put any offensive run together. The Lions closed the match at 30-14.
Iceman and Pederson led Penn State with 14 and 12 kills respectively and sophomore setter Sam Tortorello finished with 42 assists and 11 digs.
Pazo led Rice with a double-double performance, 14 kills and 14 digs. Sophomore setter Kristina Hogan finished the match with 32 assists and six digs.
Volleyball Box Score2003 BYU Women's Volleyball Stats
Ohio State vs BYU Cougars (Sep 12, 2003 at Provo, Ut)
Ohio State | 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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6 WHALEN, Heather..... 4| 16 7 38 .237| 2| 0 1| 1| 9| 0 5 1| 0
7 SHACKLEFORD, D'wan.. 4| 5 1 10 .400| 0| 0 2| 0| 3| 0 6 0| 0
8 MCCARTHY, Briana.... 4| 4 3 15 .067| 50| 0 1| 0| 3| 0 3 1| 3
10 GORDON, Stacey...... 4| 22 9 55 .236| 2| 0 5| 1| 21| 0 3 0| 0
11 MILLER, Amanda...... 4| 9 8 26 .038| 0| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0
14 GRANT, Katherine.... 4| 6 7 21 -.048| 0| 0 3| 0| 5| 0 4 1| 0
1 KASTEIN, Rebecca.... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 10| 0 0 0| 1
3 TENGNAS, Anna....... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 11| 6| 0 0 0| 0
16 SCHARDT, Jackie..... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 4| 62 35 165 .164| 54| 0 13| 14| 63| 0 21 3| 4
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 14 50 .080 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS
2 17 7 35 .286 Ohio State.......... 34 28 23 26 3 - 2
3 16 4 34 .353 BYU Cougars......... 32 30 30 30 5 - 3
4 11 10 46 .022
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 RICHARDS, Lauren.... 4| 7 2 12 .417| 41| 5 6| 0| 9| 1 4 0| 3
6 METCALF, Lindsey.... 1| 1 3 13 -.154| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
7 WILSON, Kim......... 4| 13 7 39 .154| 0| 4 5| 0| 10| 1 2 0| 0
8 BOWERS, Carrie...... 4| 11 3 28 .286| 0| 0 1| 0| 7| 0 4 0| 0
14 HARTSOCK, Lindsy.... 4| 5 2 10 .300| 0| 5 1| 0| 3| 2 3 0| 0
18 NIELSEN, Laura...... 4| 6 3 20 .150| 0| 0 3| 0| 3| 1 7 0| 0
3 VARNER, April....... 3| 11 8 34 .088| 4| 0 1| 0| 7| 0 1 0| 0
12 CRABBE, Uila........ 4| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 14| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 4| 54 28 156 .167| 47| 14 17| 0| 55| 5 21 0| 3
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 10 49 .061 Site: Provo, Ut (Smith Field House)
2 13 5 32 .250 Date: Sep 12, 2003 Attend: 2071 Time: 2h 10m
3 16 2 30 .467 Referees: ANNETTE COTTLE, KIM NORMAN, KAREN MARSHALL
4 12 11 45 .022
Volleyball Box Score
2003 BYU Women's Volleyball Stats
Rice vs Penn State (Sep 12, 2003 at Brigham Young Univ)
Rice | 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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1 KAINZ, Rebecca...... 3| 6 1 9 .556| 0| 0 2| 0| 3| 0 3 0| 1
2 SIGMAN, Rhonda...... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 1| 3| 0 0 0| 1
3 CARTER, Lindsey..... 3| 7 7 28 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0
5 HOBAN, Kristina..... 3| 1 1 6 .000| 32| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 1 0| 0
7 JACKMAN, Julie...... 3| 5 1 12 .333| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 3 0| 0
12 PAZO, Rebeca........ 3| 14 8 36 .167| 0| 0 3| 2| 14| 1 2 0| 0
6 DUPONT, Catherine... 3| 2 1 9 .111| 2| 0 0| 3| 9| 1 1 0| 0
10 NEAL, Rebekah....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 7| 0 0 0| 0
15 SCOTT, Erica........ 3| 5 3 17 .118| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 40 22 117 .154| 36| 0 8| 8| 49| 2 12 0| 2
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 15 7 43 .186 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 16 8 45 .178 Rice................ 27 26 14 6 - 3
3 9 7 29 .069 Penn State.......... 30 30 30 8 - 0
Penn State | 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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6 TORTORELLO, Sam..... 3| 5 1 9 .444| 42| 1 0| 0| 11| 0 3 0| 0
7 FIDLER, Ashley...... 3| 2 2 8 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0
8 SMITH, Cara......... 3| 10 3 21 .333| 0| 1 1| 0| 0| 0 2 1| 0
13 ICEMAN, Erin........ 3| 14 6 33 .242| 0| 1 2| 0| 4| 0 3 0| 0
14 SALYER, Cassy....... 3| 7 3 18 .222| 1| 3 0| 0| 1| 0 3 2| 0
15 PEDERSON, Ashley.... 3| 12 4 40 .200| 1| 0 2| 0| 8| 1 1 0| 0
2 HAYDEN, Jessica..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
3 ESHLEMAN, Tabitha... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
4 PHILLIPS, Brooke.... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
5 BROWN, Kris......... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 2 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0
9 WALTERS, Kaleena.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 12| 0 0 0| 0
17 GEREGA, Emily....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 50 19 129 .240| 45| 8 7| 0| 47| 1 12 3| 0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 8 54 .185 Site: Brigham Young Univ (Smith Fieldhouse)
2 16 7 41 .220 Date: Sep 12, 2003 Attend: 122 Time: 1h 15m
3 16 4 34 .353 Referees: DAPHNE NELSON, BRUCE GRANT, KAREN MARSHALL
Anonymous
| Posted: 11 Sep 2003 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
BYU to Make Home Debut Against Ohio State, Rice and No. 8 Penn State
PROVO -- After two consecutive weeks on the road to open its season, the BYU women's volleyball team is home Friday and Saturday to host the BYU Mizuno Classic presented by Courtyard Marriott. Ohio State, Rice and No. 8 Penn State will take part in the two-day tournament.
BYU (4-3) will face Ohio State (3-1) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, and on Saturday the Cougars will take on Rice (6-2) at Noon and Penn State (7-0) at 7:30 p.m.
"With back-to-back road trips to open the season, we've been a little road weary," BYU coach Karen Lamb said. "But we're excited to be home and play in front of our fans."
Sophomore outside hitter Kim Wilson is coming off a stellar performance against Saint Louis last week, when she recorded a career-high 29 kills. She also posted career highs of five assists and 13 digs, en route to being the only Cougar named to the SMS Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational All-Tournament team.
This week, the Cougars face stiff competition in Ohio State, Rice and Penn State. While Penn State is the No. 8 team in the nation, Ohio State is just outside the top 25, while Rice has enjoyed quality wins over San Diego State and Purdue.
"As the season goes on and as we approach conference play, we have to keep raising our level of play," Lamb said. "That's why we schedule quality opponents each year, and this year is no different.
"In the end that might give us a couple of more losses than we want, but I want to be in the Final Four, and that's what we're building towards."
Other matches in the tournament will see Penn State vs. Rice on Friday at 5 p.m. and Rice vs. Ohio State on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The Cougars will have their match against Ohio State televised on KBYU-TV and BYUTV, while their match against Penn State will be available via BYU-Radio. Additionally, both matches will be available online. There will be a video/audio stream of the match against the Buckeyes and an audio stream of the match against the Nittany Lions. Links to these matches will be available via the BYU women's volleyball Web site at www.byucougars.com or or by clicking here.
Weekly Notes:
Week #2 in Review ...
BYU traveled to the SMS Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in Springfield, Mo., last weekend. The Cougars played four grueling matches in two days. On Friday, BYU opened their slate of matches with a tough five-game loss against Arkansas. In that match, the Cougars lost the first two games, before storming back to win the next two. In the fifth and deciding game, the Ladybacks edged the Cougars 15-13. Later that night, BYU defeated North Texas to even its tournament record.
The next day, sophomore outside hitter Kim Wilson set a career high with 29 kills in a win against Saint Louis. Later that night, in the tournament's final match, the Cougars lost to host Southwest Missouri State in three games.
Wilson Wows
Kim Wilson is fast becoming the Cougars' focus on the offensive side of the ball. She tallied a career-high 29 kills against Saint Louis on Saturday. In the same match against the Bilikens, she set career highs of five service aces and 13 digs. In doing so, she recorded her first career double-double. For the week, Wilson had 66 kills (4.12 kills per game) and hit .301. She was the lone Cougar to be name to the SMS Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational All-Tournament team.
Debut of Another Rightside
Mandi Kiholm, a junior transfer from Utah Valley State College, made her Division I debut against North Texas on Friday. She came in for Carrie Bowers and had a kill on her only attempt to go along with two blocks.
Cougars to Make Home Debut
BYU will make its 2003 home debut this weekend (Sept. 12-13) in the BYU Mizuno Classic presented by Courtyard Marriott. The Cougars have matches slated against Ohio State on Friday at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday against Rice at Noon and against No. 8 Penn State at 7:30 p.m.
On Television, Radio and Online
The Cougars will have their match against Ohio State televised on KBYU-TV and BYUTV, while their match against Penn State will be available via BYU-Radio. Additionally, both matches will be available online. There will be a video/audio stream of the match against the Buckeyes and an audio stream of the match against the Nittany Lions. Links to these matches will be available via the BYU women's volleyball home page at www.byucougars.com
Injury Update
It is relatively quiet on the injury front. Lindsey Kearl had been bothered by recurring back pain, and has been hobbled by a sprained ankle. Erica Lott continues to be bothered by lower back pain and has not practiced for a second consecutive week.
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