PROVO -- The BYU women's volleyball team took care of business Friday night against San Diego state, winning in three games 30-25,31-29,30-23.

BYU came out on top in a hard-fought game one with San Diego State playing well. With some outstanding play from junior Kim Wilson and sophomore Lindsy Hartsock, the Cougars were able to pull ahead and stay ahead.

"We played well enough to win and we won in three, but it took a lot of work," BYU head coach Karen Lamb said. "San Diego State gave us a good fight."

The Cougars swept the Aztecs, marking the fourth consecutive opponent BYU has not allowed to win a single game. Game two turned out to be the most difficult for the Cougars.

With BYU ahead 11-9, the Aztecs went on an 8-0 scoring run. The run looked to be the difference-maker with the Aztecs leading 28-22 until the Cougars went on a 7-0 scoring run of their own to pull ahead by one. Wilson sealed the victory on her ninth kill of the night.

"I thought Kim had a great night," Lamb said. "It was nice to see her numbers up."

Wilson led the way with 13 kills hitting .387 on the night. Hartsock contributed 11 kills with an outstanding .647 hitting percentage and also six blocks. Junior Lauren Richards posted 35 assists sparking the offense with freshman Erica Lott and junior Lexi Brown both having 10 kills apiece to balance the Cougar attack.

The Cougars improved to 9-6 overall and 3-1 in conference play and will take on UNLV Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

                              Volleyball Box Score
                        Brigham Young University Cougars
                    San Diego Aztecs vs Brigham Young Cougar
                      (Oct 08, 2004 at BYU PROVO UT 84602)
    San Diego Aztecs       |     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  MORIARTY, Kara......  3|  7   3  29  .138|  1|  0   2|  1|  8| 2  1  0|  0|   9.5
 3  BOWKER, Ashley......  3|  7   3  16  .250|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  1|  0|   8.0
 6  CASTILLO, Kristen...  3|  3   1   4  .500| 40|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  0  2|  1|   3.0
 8  MAHAN, Lindsey......  3| 10   4  20  .300|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 1  3  1|  0|  12.5
 9  STAPLEY, Melissa....  3| 13   7  33  .182|  2|  0   1|  1|  6| 0  0  0|  1|  13.0
 10 DENT, Audra.........  3|  5   5  13  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  4  0|  0|   7.0
 1  VERDENACCI, Angela..  1|  3   3   7  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
 5  CORDEIRO, Aime......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   1|  0| 10| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 12 DYKEMA, Kari........  3|  0   0   2  .000|  1|  0   0|  1|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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    Totals..............  3| 48  26 124  .177| 46|  0   7|  3| 36| 3 10  4|  2|  56.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  18  5  36  .361   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  18 11  52  .135   San Diego Aztecs.... (0) 25 29 23  1-15; 1-3  MWC
   3  12 10  36  .056   Brigham Young Cougar (3) 30 31 30  9-6 ; 3-1  MWC
    Brigham Young Cougar   |     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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 5  RICHARDS, Lauren....  3|  4   3  10  .100| 35|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  3|   6.0
 6  METCALF, Lindsey....  3|  4   2  13  .154|  5|  1   1|  0| 10| 0  7  0|  0|   8.5
 7  WILSON, Kim.........  3| 13   1  31  .387|  1|  0   5|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|  13.0
 9  BROWN, Lexi.........  3| 10   4  19  .316|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 2  5  0|  0|  14.5
 10 LOTT, Erica.........  3| 10   4  21  .286|  1|  0   2|  0|  4| 0  3  0|  0|  11.5
 14 HARTSOCK, Lindsy....  3| 11   0  17  .647|  0|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  6  0|  0|  15.0
 3  VARNER, April.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0| 13| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 16 EVANS, Lindsey......  3|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
 20 JUDKINS, Jenna......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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    Totals..............  3| 53  14 112  .348| 46|  3  11|  0| 38| 2 23  0|  3|  69.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  19  4  34  .441   Site: BYU PROVO UT 84602 (Smith Fieldhouse)
   2  16  6  47  .213   Date: Oct 08, 2004   Attend: 760   Time: 1H 40M
   3  18  4  31  .452   Referees: KEN TAYLOR, MAILE JEWKES, U. CRABBE
                                         1   2   3 Total
                        Tie scores       4   4   0     8
                        Lead changes     3   4   1     8

PROVO -- The Cougars return home this weekend for a busy schedule that includes instate rival Weber State on Tuesday and Mountain West Conference foes San Diego State and UNLV on Friday and Saturday. At 2-1 in the league, tied for third, and 0-2 against instate squads, BYU hopes to make a statement against all three teams.

"We want to keep getting better at everything we're doing," said BYU head coach Karen Lamb. "All of these teams are pretty good, but if we take care of things on our side of the net, we'll have a successful week."

BYU went 2-1 on the road last week as they fell in five games to Utah State on Tuesday but rebounded to sweep both New Mexico and Air Force Thursday and Saturday respectively. The 3-0 victory over the Lobos marked the 19th straight sweep BYU has recorded against New Mexico, dating back to 1995.

Junior Lexi Brown recorded double-digit kills in all three matches while sophomore Lindsy Hartsock put up 11 blocks against both Utah State and New Mexico. In fact, BYU's 21 team blocks against the Lobos rank as the eighth-highest single-match blocking total in BYU history. Lauren Richards also excelled last week as she recorded a career-high .700 hitting percentage against Air Force.

"We're really working on winning that third game and putting the match away early," said Lamb. "We want to take care of the basics and not let the match get out of control."

Nationally, the Cougars continue to make their presence known as they are 23rd in the nation in blocking and 25th in hitting percentage as of the latest rankings released on Sept. 26. BYU leads the MWC in the blocking category and is second only to Colorado State in offensive efficiency.

The Weber State match-up will begin Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. The Cougars will take on the Aztecs Friday evening at 5 p.m. before the BYU home football game and then face off against the Rebels Saturday night at 7 p.m. Live stats for all three matches can be accessed by going to the schedule page of the BYU Women's Volleyball home page at http://www.byucougars.com/volleyball_w/. Despite a 3-4 home record this season, the Cougars are optimistic about their chances in this week's match-ups. Here's a look at the teams that will take the floor against BYU:

WEBER STATE

The 'Cats are now 2-14 on the season and 1-3 in Big Sky play after being swept last week, falling in four games to No. 22 Utah and losing conference road matches at Eastern Washington and Portland State. They have lost four straight matches heading into this week.

Injuries have plagued the Wildcats all season long, contributing to their tough year. Setter Shelby Walford will miss the rest of the season with a broken toe. Outside hitter Lindsay Phillips missed four straight matches with an knee injury. Sophomore Kim Ellis played in all three matches. Ellis, has now played in the last five matches, after sitting out the first 11 with an injury.

The Wildcats are led by senior middle blocker Lindsey Harris who averages 2.33 kills per game. BYU has never lost a match to the Wildcats, owning a 52-0 series advantage.

SAN DIEGO STATE

The Aztecs have had a rough start in 2004, losing their first 14 straight matches before finally coming up with a win last week against Wyoming to move to 1-14 on the year and 1-2 in the Mountain West Conference. However, three of their losses came at the hands of ranked teams as they fell to then-No. 17 Arizona to open the season, then-No. 18 UC Santa Barbara and then-No. 9 Colorado State.

San Diego State is led by sophomore outside hitter Melissa Stapley who averages 3.26 kills per game, good enough for ninth in the MWC. Junior Ashley Bowker is fourth in the Conference with 1.31 blocks per game and freshman Aime Cordeiro ranks fifth in digs (3.60).

BYU owns a 27-15 series advantage over the Aztecs.

UNLV

At 2-1 in MWC play , the Rebels are currently tied with BYU for third in the Mountain West. UNLV split in two matches last week, defeating the Wyoming Cowgirls in five but losing to Colorado State in four to move to 8-5 on the season.

The Rebels are led by Bulgarian freshman Maria Aladjova, who averages 4.04 kills per game, leading the MWC. Freshman Jada Walker also leads the league with 4.61 digs per game. UNLV currently tops the Conference in service aces per game (1.90) and digs per game (18.96) while coming in second in assists (14.73) and kills (16.08).

The Cougars are 13-2 all-time against the Rebels.