COLORADO SPRINGS -- The BYU women’s volleyball team (14-13, 8-7 MWC) swept the Air Force Falcons (8-20, 0-15) in three, (25-11, 26-24, 25-16) Thursday night in the second-to-last game of the Mountain West Conference season.

“I was pleased with tonight’s overall performance, everyone participated in the win,” BYU head coach Shay Goulding said. “Heather Hannemann had the opportunity to set for us and did a great job. The middles, Nicole, Marisa and Christina definitely contributed the most to the win.”

The kills were evenly dispersed among all players with senior Kayla Walker leading the pack with 10 kills. Christina Measom posted eight kills at .583 while freshman Nicole Warner hit at .545 percent with six kills. Senior Marisa Boaz had three kills on four attempts and no errors and Hannemann had 22 assists in two sets.

After tying the first two points, the Cougars got off to a good start in the first set posting 12-1 run where the Falcons couldn’t catch up. Walker led the team with four kills while Measom added three; Rogers tallied two service aces and Warner posted two blocks.

Set two proved to be a bit more challenging with 15 ties and seven different lead changes. BYU came out with the win in a fight to the end. Air Force with the lead at 24-23, Phillips tallied a kill to keep the game going, followed by a block by her and Warner and a kill by Carpenter to finish off the set, 26-24.

Warner led set two with four kills while freshman setter Heather Hannemann came into the match to add two kills and a service ace. Senior Stephanie Lau had three kills while Walker, Measom and Carpenter each added two kills apiece.

Set three was won by Measom chalking up the first kill and never losing the lead; Measom and Walker finished the set with three kills each while Boaz had two kills and one block.

“We are looking forward to San Diego, it will be a good final test for our team,” said Goulding.

The Cougars will next travel to San Diego State for the last MWC match of the season Saturday at 1 p.m. PT.

Volleyball Box Score
                           BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
     BYU Cougars vs Air Force Falcons (Nov 19, 2009 at USAF Academy, Colo.)
   BYU Cougars            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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7  MEASOM, Christina...  3|  8   1  12  .583|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0|   8.5
9  ROGERS, Kiana.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  9|  2   1|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa  3|  0   1   1-1.000|  1|  2   1|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
12 WALKER, Kayla.......  3| 10   3  28  .250|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  2  0|  0|  11.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  2|  2   3  14 -.071|  0|  0   0|  2|  6| 0  1  0|  0|   2.5
15 WARNER, Nicole......  3|  6   0  11  .545|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  3  0|  0|   7.5
1  LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  1   2|  1|  9| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
2  HANNEMANN, Heather..  2|  2   0   2 1.000| 22|  1   0|  1|  6| 0  1  0|  1|   3.5
8  BOAZ, Marisa........  2|  3   0   4  .750|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   3.5
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla...  3|  2   2  10  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   2.5
16 LAU, Stephanie......  3|  5   2   7  .429|  0|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   5.0
20 SPEREDON THURSTON,Ca  1|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  1|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 38  13  90  .278| 35|  6   6|  5| 38| 0 10  1|  1|  49.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  11  2  30  .300   9-12  75%   SET SCORES                1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  16  6  37  .270  15-24  62%   BYU Cougars......... (3) 25 26 25  14-13 (8-7 MWC)
   3  11  5  23  .261  12-17  70%   Air Force Falcons... (0) 11 24 16  8-20 (0-15 MWC)
   Air Force Falcons      |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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2  KONSTANZER, Grace...  3|  2   1   4  .250|  0|  0   0|  1|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
6  GRIFFITH, Danielle..  1|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
11 HARRINGTON, Michelle  3|  9   4  21  .238|  0|  1   2|  0|  0| 1  1  1|  0|  11.5
12 STILWELL, Nichole...  3|  5   3  14  .143|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0|   5.5
13 KURTZ, Caroline.....  3|  6   6  20  .000|  0|  1   0|  2| 10| 0  1  0|  0|   7.5
16 HANSON, Julia.......  3|  1   4  12 -.250|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
3  SPENCER, Kelly......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   3|  1|  3| 0  0  0|  1|   1.0
7  NORTON, Jackie......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
14 FRICK, Emily........  3|  2   4  16 -.125|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  1  0|  0|   2.5
17 HELLMANN, Jessica...  3|  0   1   5 -.200| 20|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  0  2|  0|   0.0
23 PERICH, Maiya.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  2   2|  1|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
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   Totals..............  3| 25  23  92  .022| 24|  5   8|  6| 35| 1  4  3|  1|  33.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1   6 10  30 -.133   8-24  33%   Site: USAF Academy, Colo. (Clune Arena)
   2  11  5  32  .188  15-26  57%   Date: Nov 19, 2009   Attend: 410   Time: 1:19
   3   8  8  30  .000  11-24  45%   Referees:
                                         1   2   3 Total
                        Tie scores       2  15   0    17
                        Lead changes     1   6   0     7

PROVO -- In the last week of Mountain West Conference play, the BYU women’s volleyball team (13-13, 7-7 MWC) will travel to Air Force (8-18, 0-13) Thursday for a game at 7 p.m. MT and later to San Diego State to face the Aztecs (13-13, 6-8) Saturday at 1 p.m. PT.

“Air Force and San Diego State will be our last conference matches so we want to finish strong,” BYU head coach Shay Goulding said. “Our goal is to get out there and be aggressive in every element of the game and come back with two wins we can be proud of. Air Force always plays well at home and San Diego State is a tough team that has given just about everyone in our conference problems. We plan to bring them our collective best in order to beat them.”

BYU last played the Falcons at home, beating them handedly on Saturday, Sept. 19 3-0. San Diego State put up a tough fight the same week on Thursday, Sept. 17, falling to the Cougars 3-2.

The last time out the Cougars split home wins to Wyoming (3-0) and Colorado State (2-3).

After a close five-set match at Wyoming on Oct. 17 the BYU women’s volleyball team came out strong at the Smith Fieldhouse, downing the Cowgirls 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19) on Thursday Nov. 12. Senior rightside hitter Kayla Walker led the Cougars with 10 kills on the night, with Christina Measom and Nicole Warner each tallying nine kills. Warner hit at .692 percent while Morgan Lloyd Sorensen and Melissa Lake Wright had 11 and 10 digs, respectively.

On Saturday Nov. 14 in front of 1,590 fans for senior night, the team fell in five to the No. 1 Mountain West Conference ranked Colorado State Rams (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 25-27, 12-15). Camilla Phillips led the Cougars with a career-high 14 kills, also posting a .500 hitting percentage. Christina Measom was right behind her, also hitting .500 and tallying 13 kills. Setter Kiana Rogers chalked up 49 assists and 12 digs, her ninth double-double of the season. Melissa Lake Wright led the back row in digs with 17 while three other Cougars had double digit digs on the night. Christie Carpenter added 13 digs and seven kills while libero Morgan Lloyd Sorensen tallied 14 kills.

After these last two MWC matches, the Cougars will face Saint Mary’s College out of Moraga, Calif. on Saturday Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. PT.