BYU vs. Idaho Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – Behind a career-high 14 kills from freshman Katie Vaughn, BYU women’s volleyball swept (25-16, 25-17, 25-21) Idaho in the opener of the Varney’s Invitational at Kansas State Friday morning. The Cougars have now won back-to-back matches and are 3-2 on the season.

In addition to Vaughn’s 14 kills, Heather Hannemann distributed 26 assists and had eight digs. Three Cougars totaled double-digit dig totals, led by Christie Carpenter and Kendalyn Hartsock with 12 apiece and a career-high 10 from Tia Withers.

Nicole Warner added a match-high six blocks and Jennifer Hamson was second on the team with eight kills. As a team, BYU hit .225 and had 10.0 blocks. The Cougars limited Idaho to .027 hitting.

BYU opened the first set 4-0 behind the serving of Hannemann and a kill from Carpenter. Idaho cut into the lead at 7-5 but a kill by Hamson ignited a 5-0 run that included two kills from Vaughn. The Cougars led by at least five points the rest of set one and won 25-16 on an Idaho service error.

The Vandals took control early in set two, going on a 4-0 run to lead 7-3. Hamson ended the run with a kill and two kills by Vaughn tied the score at 7-all. Another Hamson kill gave BYU a 13-12 lead and started a 6-0 run that put the Cougars in the driver’s seat. Vaughn had kills on two of BYU’s last three points to clinch the set at 25-17.

In game three, Carpenter registered a kill to give the Cougars a 5-4 advantage and back-to-back blocks extended the lead to 7-4. BYU held a comfortable lead the rest of the set before Idaho went on a 3-0 run to get within two at 23-21. The Cougars were quick to respond as Hamson and Carpenter recorded kills to end the set at 25-21 and complete the sweep.

BYU will be back in action at the Varney’s Invitational at 5 p.m. CT against Georgia Southern.

BYU Cougar Volleyball 2011
                  UI vs BYU (Sep 02, 2011 at Manhattan, Kan.)

   UI                     |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2  Walker, Allison.....  3|  9   7  32  .062|  0|  1   1|  0|  4| 0  3  0|  0
3  Chow, Janelle.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0
5  Schultz, Alyssa.....  3|  6   4  15  .133|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
7  Church, Julia.......  3|  4   1  13  .231|  0|  0   2|  1|  9| 0  2  1|  0
9  Sele, Alex..........  3|  4   1   9  .333|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
10 Feicht, Jenny.......  2|  0   1   2 -.500| 19|  1   1|  0|  6| 0  1  0|  0
4  Milo, Alicia........  3|  7  13  40 -.150|  1|  1   0|  2|  2| 0  0  0|  0
6  Walker, Rylee.......  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
12 Hamilton, Cassie....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  2   0|  0| 16| 0  0  0|  0
13 Carter, Ryann.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  7|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
18 Westberg, Amy.......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 30  27 112  .027| 28|  5   5|  4| 43| 0 11  1|  0

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  10 12  37 -.054   SET SCORES                1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  11  8  42  .071   UI.................. (0) 16 17 21  1-3
   3   9  7  33  .061   BYU................. (3) 25 25 25  3-2

   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1  VAUGHN, Katie.......  3| 14   5  31  .290|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  2  0|  0
2  HANNEMANN, Heather..  3|  0   0   0  .000| 26|  2   0|  0|  8| 0  1  0|  0
4  LECHEMINANT, Kathryn  3|  3   1   5  .400|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  4  1|  0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  3|  5   3  25  .080|  0|  1   0|  4| 12| 0  4  1|  0
15 WARNER, Nicole......  3|  7   3  18  .222|  2|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  6  1|  0
19 HAMSON, Jennifer....  3|  8   2  22  .273|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  3  0|  0
6  HARTSOCK, Kendalyn..  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   1|  0| 12| 0  0  0|  0
17 WITHERS, Tia........  3|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  1   0|  0| 10| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 37  14 102  .225| 30|  4   3|  5| 47| 0 20  3|  0

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  10  2  30  .267   Site: Manhattan, Kan. (Ahearn Field House)
   2  14  3  35  .314   Date: Sep 02, 2011   Attend:     Time: 1:17
   3  13  9  37  .108   Referees: Mary Faragher, Marty Prochko

Game Notes - Varney's Invitational at Kansas State

PROVO, Utah—After recording its first victory of the season Saturday, the BYU women’s volleyball team gears up to take on four more teams starting with Weber State at home Tuesday. On Friday and Saturday the Cougars will participate in the Kansas State Invitational against Idaho, Georgia Southern and host Kansas State.

"We are always excited to play against in-state competition," head coach Shawn Olmstead said. "Tuesday and this coming weekend in Kansas will be another opportunity for us to see our team progress and make changes.  This entire week is filled with good competition that will help us move our group forward.  Going on the road will be a valuable experience for the kids on our team, both young and old."

The Cougars (1-2) begin the week with their fourth-straight home match against the Wildcats (0-3) at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. The match is the 60th face-off between in the teams, with BYU holding a 59-0 record. Both teams boast new head coaches, with former BYU men’s volleyball head coach Tom Peterson leading the Wildcats and former BYU men’s volleyball player Olmstead leading the Cougars. The match will be televised on BYUtv.

Over the weekend, BYU launched its season with a 3-0 loss to No. 8 Illinois, a 3-1 victory against UC Santa Barbara and a 3-0 loss to WCC foe Saint Mary’s. Despite the losses, opposite hitter Jennifer Hamson, setter Heather Hannemann and outside hitter Jessica Jardine recorded career highs in all three matches, including 20 kills by Hamson against Saint Mary’s.

The Wildcats opened their season with a 3-0 loss to in-state opponent Utah, a 3-0 loss to Northwestern and a 3-2 loss to Cal State Northridge. Briana Wilms leads the Wildcats with 39 kills and contributed nine digs and seven blocks. She’s joined by Michele Arave with 22 digs and Caitlin Penrod with 12 blocks, 16 digs and eight kills.

Friday, the Cougars take on Idaho in the first match of the Kansas State Invitational at 10 a.m. CT. Idaho shut down Butler 3-2 in its first match of the season, but couldn’t hold on against Eastern Michigan, losing 3-0. After falling behind one set to Notre Dame, Idaho snuck in a second-set victory but wasn’t able to shut down the Irish in the 3-1 defeat.

Next on the tournament schedule at 5 p.m. Friday, the Cougars face Georgia Southern, which has the best record of the tournament teams so far. The Eagles participated in the Spring Hill Suites Invitational last weekend, posting 3-0 wins against Jacksonville and Montana State and losing 3-2 to Stephen F. Austin and South Dakota State.

The Cougars close the tournament facing host Kansas State Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State went 1-2 in last weekend’s Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic, falling to Georgia Tech and Louisville and sweeping Tennessee Tech.

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