Cougars Remain Undefeated, Sweep CSUN, 3-0

NORTHRIDGE -- The eighth-ranked BYU men's volleyball team remained undefeated on the season, knocking off No. 11 Cal State Northridge on Friday in three straight games, 30-28, 30-25, 34-32. With their fourth three-game win in five matches, the Cougars improve to 5-0, 2-0 on the season, while the Matadors drop to 3-6, 0-4.

Three Cougars recorded double figures, including Mike Wall with a team-high 14 kills on the night. Jaime Mayol racked up a season-high 13 kills, while Scott Bunker chipped in 10. The potent BYU offense hit .477 on the night, recording 55 kills on 88 swings. BYU hit .556 (17-2-27) in game one and rallied in game-three, hitting a sizzling .567 (21-4-30) in game three after being out-hit .323 (17-7-31) to .333 (12-3-27) in game two. Hector Lebron paced the offense with a match-high 50 assists.

Defensively, the Cougars out-blocked its opponent for the fifth-straight match, producing 14 blocks to the Matador's nine. Matt Olsen led the BYU defense, picking up four block assists in the match, while Bunker added two block assists and one solo. Libero Fernando Pessoa was credited with a match-leading seven digs on the night.

After a perfect two-match road trip this week, including a decisive 3-0 win over USC on Wednesday, the Cougars will return to Provo, looking to keep their perfect record intact when they play host to MPSF foe UC San Diego on Friday and Saturday Feb. 9-10. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. (MST) in the Smith Fieldhouse.

Volleyball Box Score
                         2001 Matador Men's Volleyball
   Brigham Young vs Cal State Northridge (Feb 02, 2001 at Northridge, Calif;)
    Brigham Young          |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 2  Mike Wall...........  3| 14   2  23  .522|  1|  0   2|  1|  4| 0  2  0|  0
 3  Joaquin Acosta......  3|  4   3  10  .100|  1|  1   6|  1|  2| 0  1  0|  0
 4  Matt Olsen..........  3|  9   0  12  .750|  0|  2   1|  0|  0| 0  4  0|  0
 7  Jaime Mayot.........  3| 13   4  20  .450|  0|  0   0|  2|  1| 0  2  1|  0
 9  Hector Lebron.......  3|  3   1   4  .500| 50|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  2  0|  1
 13 Scott Bunker........  3| 10   3  15  .467|  0|  2   4|  0|  5| 1  2  0|  0
 5  Mac Wilson..........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 12 Jonathan Alleman....  1|  1   0   3  .333|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 17 Fernando Pessoa.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  2|  7| 0  0  0|  0
 18 Luka Stabo..........  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 55  13  88  .477| 53|  6  14|  6| 23| 1 13  1|  1
 
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct   
   1  17  2  27  .556   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  17  7  31  .323   Brigham Young....... 30 30 34  5-0, 2-0 MPSF
   3  21  4  30  .567   Cal State Northridge 28 25 32  3-6, 0-4 MPSF
    Cal State Northridge   |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 1  John Baxter.........  3|  3   0   3 1.000| 42|  0   0|  0|  3| 1  1  0|  2
 4  Ozer Ozkaya.........  2|  7   2  15  .333|  0|  0   2|  1|  2| 0  1  0|  0
 5  Stan Douglas........  3|  3   0   7  .429|  0|  1   2|  0|  0| 0  3  3|  0
 7  Ryan Denihan........  3|  5   2  10  .300|  1|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 8  Eckhard Walter......  3| 11   3  17  .471|  1|  3   1|  3|  4| 0  1  0|  0
 17 Joe Nargi...........  3| 21   5  38  .421|  1|  0   3|  0|  3| 0  1  1|  1
 2  Phil White..........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 10 Raoul Williams......  2|  1   2   5 -.200|  0|  0   0|  2|  1| 0  1  0|  0
 13 Doug English........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 51  14  95  .389| 47|  6  10|  6| 16| 1  8  4|  3
 
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct   
   1  18  4  31  .452   Site: Northridge, Calif; (The Matadome)
   2  12  3  27  .333   Date: Feb 02, 2001   Attend: 338   Time: 1:40    
   3  21  7  37  .378   Referees: Marvin Hall, John Martin