Cougars Stumble on the Road

LONG BEACH -- In a contest to determine the No. 1 team in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Standings, the No. 3 BYU men's volleyball team (17-3, 12-3) fell to No. 4 Long Beach State (18-3, 13-2) in three sets Thursday (23-30, 28-30, 27-30) and will look to even the score against the 49ers Friday.

Outside hitters Andrew Stewart and Ivan Perez had recorded double-digit kills in the match with 12 and 10, respectively. However, as a team the Cougars were out-hit in total kills at 36-54 and in attack percentage at .282 to .237.

Long Beach State's Paul Lotman and Dean Bittner had 18 kills apiece to lead all hitters. The home team also had eight service aces to BYU's none. Defensively, the 49ers tallied 6.5 total team blocks to the Cougars 5.5.

The two teams will meet again Friday at 7 p.m. PT at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. Live audio can be heard at http://longbeachstate.cstv.com/sports/m-volley/sched/lbst-m-volley-sched.html.

Volleyball Box Score                            The Automated ScoreBook
    #3 Brigham Young vs #4 Long Beach State (Mar 20, 2008 at Long Beach, CA)
   Brigham Young          |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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4  CONGELLIERE, Brian..  3|  0   1   2 -.500| 28|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  3  0|  0|   1.5
7  SORENSEN, Trent.....  3|  4   2   7  .286|  0|  0   4|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0|   4.5
8  PEREZ, Ivan.........  3| 10   4  20  .300|  0|  0   2|  4|  6| 0  2  0|  0|  11.0
11 HOLMES, Russell.....  3|  2   1  11  .091|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  4  0|  0|   4.0
13 CHARETTE, Jonathan..  3|  8   9  22 -.045|  1|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   8.0
15 STEWART, Andrew.....  3| 12   0  18  .667|  1|  0   0|  3|  4| 0  1  0|  0|  12.5
1  TUTTLE, Kent........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
3  CHILTON, Reed.......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
6  SILVA, Joel.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
16 JUSTEN, Leandro.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 36  17  80  .237| 33|  0  10|  8| 24| 0 11  0|  0|  41.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  10  4  23  .261   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  13 10  32  .094   Brigham Young....... (0) 23 28 27  17-3, 12-3 MPSF
   3  13  3  25  .400   Long Beach State.... (3) 30 30 30  18-3, 13-2 MPSF
   Long Beach State       |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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2  Lotman, Paul........  3| 18   5  33  .394|  2|  2   5|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0|  20.5
5  Klipsch, Mike.......  3|  0   0   1  .000| 47|  0   3|  0|  4| 0  2  0|  0|   1.0
8  Anderson, Fletcher..  3|  3   3  11  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
18 Bittner, Dean.......  3| 18   6  31  .387|  0|  5   2|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0|  23.5
20 Riley, Josh.........  3|  8   6  18  .111|  0|  0   4|  0|  3| 0  2  0|  0|   9.0
21 Alexander, Dan......  3|  7   3  16  .250|  0|  1   5|  0|  0| 0  6  1|  0|  11.0
1  Matsukado, Kory.....  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
3  Watten, Dustin......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
4  Schlesinger, Adam...  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   0.5
15 Christensen, Gavin..  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  3| 54  23 110  .282| 49|  8  19|  0| 21| 0 13  1|  0|  68.5
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  17  9  34  .235   Site: Long Beach, CA (Walter Pyramid)
   2  13  7  34  .176   Date: Mar 20, 2008   Attend: 1136   Time: 1:27
   3  24  7  42  .405   Referees: Kim Pickering, Burt Fuller
                        Triple blocks: BYU 1, LBSU 1