Bundy Has Triple-Double in Win Over No. 23 Colorado

PROVO -- Thanks to a .533 hitting percentage in the decisive fifth game, 16th-ranked BYU defeated No. 23 Colorado, 33-35, 30-26, 26-30, 30-27, 15-10, in the opening match of the Mizuno Classic. The Cougars improved to 4-1 with the win in front of 1,537 fans at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Buffaloes dropped their first match of the year, falling to 3-1.

"We played the fifth game about as well as you can play in rally scoring," said BYU head coach Elaine Michaelis. "We served tough, the ball was popping-off them on the return. They had trouble getting anything going."

Michaelis said sophomore setter Karina Puikkonen came up big for the team in Thursday's win. "Karina ran a good offense, and she blocked and served very well. She deserves a lot of the credit."

Karina had 10 kills, breaking her previous career high of nine, while also hitting a blistering .529 attack percentage to lead BYU. Senior middle blocker Jackie Bundy came up big in the final three games while recording her first career triple-double with 15 kills, 12 digs and 10 blocks.

"I didn't feel like I played well the first two games," said Bundy, "I decided I needed to go all out after that."

All-American senior middle blocker Nina Puikkonen led the Cougars with 19 kills and passed former Cougar All-American Gale Johnson's 1,340 kills to move into fifth place on BYU's career kills list. Sunny Mahe added 11 kills for BYU while Uila Crabbe had a match-high 13 digs.

Five Buffaloes recorded double-digit kills, led by Kim Taskey and Monique Gerlach with 16 kills apiece. Setter Elizabeth Gower played well, putting up a triple-double with 12 kills and 11 digs along with 53 assists.

Thanks to a strong hitting performance in the final two games, the Cougars finished the match with a .280 attack percentage compared the Buffs' .214 percentage.

"Colorado is a good ranked team," Michaelis said. "That team is going to beat a lot of good teams this year."

Colorado will face Southwest Missouri State Friday in the Mizuno Classic. The Cougars finish the Classic Saturday when they host SMS at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

Volleyball Box Score
        Colorado Buffaloes vs BYU Cougars (Sep 06, 2001 at BYU PROVO UT)
    Colorado Buffaloes     |     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  BARKMAN, Meghan.....  5| 15   4  41  .268|  5|  1   1|  0|  8| 1  4  0|  1|  19.0
 7  TASKEY, Kim.........  5| 16   9  44  .159|  9|  3   4|  5| 12| 0  0  0|  0|  19.0
 10 RUSSELL, Sonja......  5| 15   9  39  .154|  2|  1   3|  0| 11| 0  3  0|  0|  17.5
 11 GOWER, Elizabeth....  5| 12   2  21  .476| 53|  1   5|  0| 11| 1  0  0|  2|  14.0
 12 VESANOVIC, Monica...  5|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   2|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 15 GERLACH, Monique....  5| 16   4  36  .333|  1|  1   3|  0|  9| 0  2  0|  0|  18.0
 1  VILLWOCK, Sara......  2|  0   3   4 -.750|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 6  ROBERGE, Josee......  5|  3   4  11 -.091|  2|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  6  0|  0|   6.0
 8  FREDRICKSON, Sara...  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0|   0.5
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    Totals..............  5| 77  35 196  .214| 73|  7  18|  5| 63| 2 16  0|  3|  94.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  20  5  44  .341   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
   2  12  7  43  .116   Colorado Buffaloes.. 35 26 30 27 10  3 - 1
   3  21  6  47  .319   BYU Cougars......... 33 30 26 30 15  4 - 1
   4  17 12  43  .116
   5   7  5  19  .105
    BYU Cougars            |     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  WHITTAKER, Natalie..  5|  8   2  21  .286|  2|  0   2|  0|  9| 1  1  0|  0|   9.5
 5  PUIKKONEN, Karina...  5| 10   1  17  .529| 56|  1   2|  0|  7| 1  2  1|  0|  13.0
 9  PUIKKONEN, Nina.....  5| 19   8  39  .282|  1|  3   9|  1| 11| 0  2  2|  0|  23.0
 10 BUNDY, Jackie.......  5| 15   7  33  .242|  2|  0   2|  1| 12| 1  9  1|  0|  20.5
 12 CRABBE, Uila........  5|  0   0   3  .000|  3|  0   2|  3| 13| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 15 MAHE, Sunny.........  5| 11   3  33  .242|  5|  1   1|  2|  9| 0  6  0|  0|  15.0
 4  WARNICK, Becky......  5|  9   4  22  .227|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0|  10.0
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    Totals..............  5| 72  25 168  .280| 69|  5  18|  7| 62| 3 22  4|  0|  91.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  17  6  36  .306   Site: BYU PROVO UT (SMITH FIELDHOUSE)
   2  13  8  40  .125   Date: Sep 06, 2001   Attend: 1537   Time: 2h 15m
   3  17  6  37  .297   Referees: TERRI JACKSON, BRUCK GRANT, KAREN MARSHALL
   4  16  4  40  .300
   5   9  1  15  .533