SAN DIEGO -- In the last Mountain West Conference match of the season, the BYU women’s volleyball team (15-13, 9-7 MWC) defeated the San Diego State Aztecs (14-14, 7-9 MWC) 3-1 (25-23, 13-25, 25-22, 25-23).

“It’s nice to finish the conference season with a win,” BYU head coach Shay Goulding said. “SDSU is a great team and they battled hard.”

Senior rightside hitter Kayla Walker led the Cougars with 11 kills on the afternoon; also adding nine digs and two solo blocks. Freshman Nicole Warner tallied nine kills at .333 hitting percentage while Junior Christina Measom chalked up eight kills at .353 percent. Junior setter Kiana Rogers had 39 assists while senior libero Morgan Lloyd Sorensen held up the back row with 17 digs.

After back-and-forth play in the beginning of the first set, the Cougars pulled away with a 4-0 run ending at 7-4. The Aztecs later tallied a 5-0 run to take over the lead at 13-11 with five-straight kills. The Cougars battled back with a 6-1 run to once again gain the lead at 17-14. SDSU followed that run with three-straight points to knot the score at 17. A battle to the end of the set, the Cougars came out with the win at 25-23.

Warner led the Cougars in set one with four kills while Measom tallied three, hitting at .750 with no errors. Morgan Lloyd Sorensen led the back row with three digs in the first set.

Set two was in favor of the Aztecs, as they began with a 10-3 run. The Cougars were unable to catch up, falling to SDSU 25-13. Walker led the Cougars with three kills in the second set while Measom and Warner backed her up with two kills apiece.

“Our serving and passing completely broke down in the second game and we weren’t able to bounce back,” said Goulding.

With 15 ties in set three, the Cougars posted a 3-0 run to finish off the set with another win to lead the match 2-1. Walker had four kills and one solo block to lead BYU in the third set. Phillips tallied three kills while Carpenter, Sorensen and Rogers all tallied service aces.

Both teams battled it out in the fourth set until BYU chalked up a 9-1 run ending at 19-12. After Measom posted back-to-back-to-back kills at points 21, 22 and 23 and a solo block by Walker to bring the set to match point at 24-17, the Aztecs tallied a 6-0 run to scare the Cougars. Warner put the match away with a kill to win the set 25-23 and the match 3-1.

The Cougars will conclude their season by traveling to St. Mary’s college in Moraga, Calif. Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. PT.

Volleyball Box Score
                           BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
         BYU Cougars vs SDSU Aztecs (Nov 21, 2009 at San Diego, Calif.)
   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...  4|  8   2  17  .353|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 1  3  0|  0|  10.5
9  ROGERS, Kiana.......  4|  1   0   2  .500| 39|  4   1|  0|  5| 0  2  1|  0|   6.0
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa  4|  0   0   2  .000|  1|  0   1|  2|  9| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
12 WALKER, Kayla.......  4| 11   4  47  .149|  0|  1   0|  0|  9| 2  1  0|  0|  14.5
15 WARNER, Nicole......  4|  9   2  21  .333|  0|  0   2|  0|  3| 0  4  0|  1|  11.0
16 LAU, Stephanie......  2|  2   0   2 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
1  LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg  4|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  4   1|  1| 17| 0  0  0|  0|   4.0
2  HANNEMANN, Heather..  2|  0   0   1  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla...  3|  6   4  18  .111|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0|   7.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  4|  8   3  29  .172|  0|  2   1|  3|  7| 0  1  0|  1|  10.5
20 SPEREDON THURSTON,Ca  2|  1   3   8 -.250|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  4| 46  18 147  .190| 43| 11   6|  7| 54| 3 14  1|  2|  67.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  12  5  34  .206  14-24  58%   SET SCORES                1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  10  7  31  .097  10-24  41%   BYU Cougars......... (3) 25 13 25 25  15-13 (9-7 MWC)
   3   9  3  39  .154  14-23  60%   SDSU Aztecs......... (1) 23 25 22 23  14-14 (7-9 MWC)
   4  15  3  43  .279  14-24  58%
   SDSU Aztecs            |     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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1  HANNASCH, Andrea....  4| 16   6  27  .370|  1|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0|  17.0
2  PEARSON, Paije......  4|  4   3  19  .053|  2|  1   0|  0|  5| 0  3  0|  1|   6.5
3  SALISBURY, Lauren...  4|  7   2  21  .238|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 1  4  0|  0|  10.0
5  VAN ORDEN, Lauren...  4|  3   1   5  .400| 46|  2   1|  0| 12| 0  1  0|  1|   5.5
6  EVANS, Hannah.......  4|  8   8  39  .000|  1|  0   0|  2|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   8.0
8  SEXTON, Kyley.......  4| 18   5  38  .342|  0|  3   1|  6| 17| 0  2  1|  1|  22.0
4  MCMILLAN, Caitlin...  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
13 LAMPHIER, Courtney..  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
17 JACKELS, Kristi.....  4|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  1| 24| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
18 HALLAM, Stacey......  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  4| 56  25 149  .208| 54|  7   3| 11| 70| 1 12  1|  3|  70.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  16 10  39  .154  13-24  54%   Site: San Diego, Calif. (Peterson Gym)
   2  13  2  24  .458  11-14  78%   Date: Nov 21, 2009   Attend: 261   Time: 1:51
   3  14  9  39  .128  13-24  54%   Referees: Ed Halik, Patsy Malta
   4  13  4  47  .191  13-24  54%
                                         1   2   3   4 Total
                        Tie scores       8   0  15  10    33
                        Lead changes     4   0   6   5    15

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.