MORAGA -- In the last match of the 2009 season, the BYU women’s volleyball team (15-14, 9-7 MWC) fell to the No. 21 Gaels of Saint Mary’s College (22-4, 13-1 WCC) in three sets (16-25, 8-25, 17-25).

Sophomore Christie Carpenter led the Cougars with nine kills on the afternoon, also adding six digs. Freshman Nicole Warner hit at .333 percent with three kills while senior Kayla Walker had three kills and led the Cougars with seven digs. Junior Kiana Rogers had 21 assists while Morgan Lloyd Sorensen had six digs.

After trading the first two points in the first set, the Gaels went on a 5-0 run and kept the lead the entire set. Phillips tallied three kills while Carpenter and Warner each had two kills apiece. Lauren Corp of SMC tallied six kills in set one. The Cougars came within four of the Gaels, but a 5-0 run ending at 23-14 later sealed the win for the Gaels (25-16).

Starting out the second set with a 5-0 run, the Gaels never let down. Carpenter tallied three kills while Stephanie Lau and Casey Speredon Thurston each had one kill. Seven of the Gaels points were on BYU attack errors. The Cougars lost set two 25-8.

BYU began the scoring in set three, but SMC next posted a 4-0 run. Cougar kills came from Carpenter with four, Kayla Walker with three and Warner and Measom with one kill each.

The Cougars conclude their season with a winning record of 15-14 overall and 9-7 in the Mountain West Conference.

Volleyball Box Score
                           BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
           BYU vs #21 Saint Mary's (CA) (Nov 28, 2009 at Moraga, CA)
   BYU                    |     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|  3   4  13 -.077|  0|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
9  ROGERS, Kiana.......  3|  1   0   2  .500| 21|  0   1|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
12 WALKER, Kayla.......  3|  3   5  21 -.095|  0|  0   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  3|  9   5  27  .148|  0|  0   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   9.0
15 WARNER, Nicole......  3|  3   1   6  .333|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0|   4.0
1  LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg  3|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
8  BOAZ, Marisa........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla...  3|  3   3  10  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   3.5
16 LAU, Stephanie......  1|  1   1   5  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
20 SPEREDON THURSTON,Ca  3|  1   1   3  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
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   Totals..............  3| 24  20  88  .045| 23|  0   5|  2| 30| 0  4  0|  0|  26.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1   9  4  30  .167  13-25  51%   SET SCORES                1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2   5  7  27 -.074   8-24  33%   BYU................. (0) 16  8 17  15-14/9-7 MWC
   3  10  9  31  .032  13-25  51%   Saint Mary's (CA)... (3) 25 25 25  22-4/13-1 WCC
   Saint Mary's (CA)      |     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  CORP, Lauren........  3| 15   0  25  .600|  0|  0   1|  0| 10| 0  2  0|  0|  16.0
6  JAECKEL, Lauren.....  3|  9   1  13  .615|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   9.5
8  YORK, Megan.........  3|  5   3  14  .143|  0|  0   2|  0|  5| 0  1  0|  0|   5.5
9  WHITE, Missy........  3|  2   0   3  .667| 25|  0   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
10 LOWELL, Shannon.....  3|  8   0  15  .533|  0|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  5  0|  0|  11.5
11 BURTON, Megan.......  2|  1   1   2  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
2  SATELE, Chanteal....  2|  6   1  12  .417|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0|   7.0
3  JOLLY, Gabby........  2|  1   0   2  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
4  HUSTON, Kelly.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
5  SCHROEDER, Anna.....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
12 FISHER, Alita.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   2|  0| 14| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
14 KAMANA'O, Kapua.....  2|  0   0   0  .000| 18|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 47   6  86  .477| 45|  2  10|  0| 37| 0 12  0|  0|  55.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  19  3  35  .457  13-16  81%   Site: Moraga, CA (McKeon Pavilion)
   2  14  0  24  .583   9-9  100%   Date: Nov 28, 2009   Attend: 625   Time: 1:14
   3  14  3  27  .407  13-17  76%   Referees: John Kinyon, Yvonne Zinsman
                                         1   2   3 Total
                        Tie scores       2   0   1     3
                        Lead changes     1   0   1     2

PROVO -- At the conclusion of the Mountain West Conference season, the BYU women’s volleyball team (15-13, 9-7 MWC) will travel to Moraga, Calif. to take on No. 21 St. Mary’s (21-4, 13-1 WCC) Saturday at 3 p.m. PT.

“We are looking forward to finishing our season with a very competitive match in California,” BYU head coach Shay Goulding said. “St. Mary's is currently ranked in the top 25 and has had a great season with some very good wins.”

As a result of not having a Mountain West Conference tournament, Goulding decided to schedule one last solid match before the NCAA tournament.

“Unfortunately, our season did not go as planned and so most likely this will be our final match of the season,” said Goulding. “It is unfortunate that there is no MWC Tournament because I think with everyone basically healthy now we could do pretty well.”

The Cougars’ last time out they swept the Air Force Falcons in three, (25-11, 26-24, 25-16) on Nov. 19. The kills that night 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 while Heather Hannemann had 22 assists in two sets.

In the last Mountain West Conference match of the season, the team defeated the San Diego State Aztecs 3-1 (25-23, 13-25, 25-22, 25-23). 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.

In talking about the upcoming game against SMC Goulding said, “They are not a very big team, but they run one of the fastest offenses in the country and certainly the fastest offense we have seen. Our highest priority will be to serve them in such a manner that they cannot run their offense as quickly as they would like. From that point we just need to play our best volleyball and cap off our season with a great last match.”