Waves Sweep Cougars

MALIBU -- Southern California was unfriendly to No. 1 BYU, as the Cougars dropped their third consecutive match in the Golden State and fourth overall. BYU fell to No. 2 Pepperdine in three, 30-28, 30-23 and 30-21.

For the second consecutive match, the Cougars were led by Yosleyder Cala who had 17 kills on .324 hitting. Ivan Perez added eight kills, four blocks, seven digs and a service ace for BYU.

The first game was a back-and-forth battle of runs. Pepperdine started the set jumping out to a 7-2 lead. BYU came firing back with Ivan Perez behind the service line. The Cougars scored six consecutive points to take an 8-7 lead capped by a block by Russell Holmes, Brian Congelliere and Cala. Later in the first game, the Waves extended their 15-12 lead to 20-13 on a kill by Tom Hulse. The Cougars began to chip away at the lead and tied the game at 28 before Pepperdine scored back-to-back points to take the set, 30-28. The Waves' setter, Jonathan Winder scored a kill on a assist dump and a service ace to finish BYU off in the first.

In the second, Pepperdine started strong again. After the Cougars started the game with a 5-3 lead, the Waves went on a 10-4 run to grab a 13-9 advantage. BYU could not recover from the early Pepperdine run, falling 30-22. The Waves out-hit the Cougars, .304 to .161 in the second game.

The third game started out as a very tightly contested set with the Cougars once again jumping to an early 5-3lead. Like the first two games, Pepperdine had an early run to take a multi-point lead. In the third set, the Waves turned a 5-3 deficit into an 11-7 lead. Tom Hulse's service ace gave Pepperdine the 11-7 advantage. BYU would not lead again as the Waves cruised to the sweep on a 30-21 win.

BYU will return home next week as the Cougars will look to put an end to the current four-match losing streak. BYU will play Hawaii at the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday. Both matches are set to start at 7 p.m. (MST) with Friday evening's match scheduled to be simulcast on KBYU and BYU-TV.

Volleyball Box Score
        #1 BYU Cougars vs #2 Pepperdine (Feb 17, 2007 at Malibu, Calif.)
    BYU Cougars            |     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  CALA, Yosleyder.....  3| 17   6  34  .324|  0|  0   2|  0|  3| 1  1  0|  0
 2  SANTOS, Rodnei......  2|  1   1   6  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  3  0|  0
 4  CONGELLIERE, Brian..  3|  0   0   0  .000| 30|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  1
 8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  3|  8   7  26  .038|  0|  1   0|  2|  7| 0  4  1|  0
 11 HOLMES, Russell.....  3|  8   5  16  .188|  2|  0   5|  0|  1| 1  3  0|  0
 13 STOWELL, Robby......  3|  6   4  15  .133|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
 5  COX, Scott..........  3|  3   2   5  .200|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 6  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  3| 11| 0  0  0|  0
 7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  3|  1   0   3  .333|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 14 NEFF, Chip..........  2|  0   0   0  .000| 10|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 17 STEWART, Andrew.....  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  0  0|  0
    TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
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    Totals..............  3| 45  25 106  .189| 43|  1  12|  7| 27| 2 15  1|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  17 10  44  .159   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  13  8  31  .161   BYU Cougars......... (0) 28 23 21  9-4 (5-3 MPSF)
   3  15  7  31  .258   Pepperdine.......... (3) 30 30 30  11-1 (9-1 MPSF)
    Pepperdine             |     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  GAUDINO, Greg.......  3|  7   1  11  .545|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0
 9  SCHLEPPENBACH, J.D..  3|  9   6  24  .125|  3|  1   1|  0|  3| 0  2  1|  0
 11 GROBE, Jon..........  3|  6   2  10  .400|  2|  0   2|  0|  6| 0  0  1|  0
 12 CARROLL, Paul.......  3| 14   5  34  .265|  0|  4   2|  0|  5| 0  3  0|  0
 14 HULSE, Tom..........  3|  5   1  10  .400|  0|  1   1|  0|  2| 2  6  1|  0
 15 WINDER, Jonathan....  3|  1   1   3  .000| 36|  1   2|  0|  5| 1  2  0|  1
 10 SUTHERLAND, Tanner..  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  3| 42  16  92  .283| 41|  7   8|  1| 29| 3 14  3|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  9  42  .119   Site: Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse)
   2  11  4  23  .304   Date: Feb 17, 2007   Attend: 2506   Time: 1:29
   3  17  3  27  .519   Referees: John Martin, Kim Pickering