Cougars Swept by Aztec Attack

SAN DIEGO -- The BYU women's volleyball team dropped its first conference match of the season 16-30, 17-30, 15-30 to San Diego State Friday. The loss drops the Cougars to 5-9, 0-1 Mountain West Conference, while the Aztecs improve to 10-7, 1-0.

"San Diego State is a very good team," head coach Karen Lamb said. "They played very well tonight and prevented us from executing our game plan."

Playing in a 6-2 system for the first time this, because of numerous injuries, the Cougars struggled to mount a consistent attack.

Junior setter Karina Puikkonen was given an opportunity to attack and she led the team in attempts (19) and had a match-high 11 kills while hitting .421. With 13 digs Puikkonen recorded a double-double on the night. Allison Larson was second on the team with eight kills while hitting .313.

The Aztecs displayed a cohesive offense as they hit .378 to the Cougars' .087. BYU, the fourth best blocking team in the nation heading into the match, was outblocked 2.0-16.0 on the night.

San Diego State was led by Zlatina Anguelova who had a team-leading 10 kills while hitting .429. Nicole Akporiaye led the staunch Aztec defense with 11 blocks.

The Cougars will conclude their road trip with a match against UNLV Saturday at 7 p.m. PDT in the Cox Pavilion.

                              Volleyball Box Score
       BYU Cougars vs San Diego State (Sep 27, 2002 at San Diego, 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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 2  PUIKKONEN, Karina...  3| 11   3  19  .421| 13|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  1
 3  VARNER, April.......  3|  2   9  18 -.389|  1|  1   1|  4|  5| 0  0  0|  0
 6  METCALF, Lindsey....  3|  3   0   7  .429|  0|  0   3|  2|  4| 0  0  1|  0
 7  LARSON, Allison.....  3|  8   3  16  .312|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
 8  BOWERS, Carrie......  3|  5   3  17  .118|  0|  1   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 5  CASTILLO, Sahara....  3|  0   0   2  .000|  0|  1   3|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
 10 WEBB, Erin..........  2|  2   3   9 -.111|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 12 CRABBE, Uila........  3|  0   0   1  .000| 15|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  1
 15 WILSON, Kimberly....  3|  4   5  15 -.067|  0|  0   0|  3|  2| 0  1  1|  0
 17 MAHAFFEY, Michelle..  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  3| 0  0  0|  0
    TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  2|   |        |
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    Totals..............  3| 35  26 104  .087| 30|  3   8| 12| 28| 0  4  2|  2
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  7  35  .200   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  11  6  29  .172   BYU Cougars......... 16 17 15  5-9 (0-1 MWC)
   3  10 13  40 -.075   San Diego State..... 30 30 30  10-7 (1-0 MWC)
    San Diego State        |     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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 4  AKPORIAYE, Nicole...  3|  4   0   7  .571|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0 11  0|  0
 7  CURRIER, Rochelle...  3|  9   2  14  .500|  2|  2   0|  0| 10| 1  0  0|  0
 10 WRIGHT, Melissa.....  3|  4   1   6  .500| 29|  2   0|  0|  4| 0  4  1|  1
 11 SCHAUERMANN, Megan..  3|  3   0   6  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  7  0|  0
 15 ANGUELOVA, Zlatina..  3| 10   1  21  .429|  2|  2   0|  1|  2| 0  3  0|  0
 16 MCPARTLAND, Aspen...  3|  8   2  22  .273|  1|  1   0|  0|  9| 1  3  0|  0
 8  GREGG, Robyn........  3|  0   1   3 -.333|  0|  4   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 13 ENGSTROM, Sara......  3|  1   1   3  .000|  0|  1   0|  1|  3| 0  0  0|  0
    TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
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    Totals..............  3| 39   8  82  .378| 34| 12   1|  3| 30| 2 28  1|  1
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 16.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  1  23  .565   Site: San Diego, Calif. (Peterson Gym)
   2  11  5  25  .240   Date: Sep 27, 2002   Attend: 243   Time: 1:12
   3  14  2  34  .353   Referees: Joan Powell, Jesse Martinez