Cougars Defeat Georgia Southern

BYU vs. Georgia Southern Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – BYU women’s volleyball won its third-straight match, defeating Georgia Southern 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-9) Friday at the Varney’s Invitational at Kansas State. Including a sweep against Idaho in the morning, the Cougars are now 4-2 on the season.

Nicole Warner had her best match of the season, totaling a career-best 15 kills while hitting .737. She added five digs and a team-high six blocks. Three other Cougars finished with double-digit kills, including 14 from Jennifer Hamson and 11 apiece by Christie Carpenter and Katie Vaughn.

Heather Hannemann added a career-high 48 assists while setting the Cougars to a season-best .361 hitting percentage. Kendalyn Hartsock patrolled the back row for BYU, posting a match-high 17 digs.

“Overall today was great,” BYU head coach Shawn Olmstead said. “I thought we played a good Georgia Southern team and I’m really pleased with our effort. After losing a tough third set we responded with a great effort and won 25-9. We had great focus and played a great set. I’m really excited about the progress we made today.”

In set one, BYU took the lead for good at 8-7 on a block by Carpenter and Kathryn Lecheminant. Georgia Southern kept it close and came within one at 17-16. A Vaughn kill started a 5-1 run that helped BYU close out the set and win 25-20.

Set two was close before the Cougars jumped out to a six-point lead at 19-13 on a 5-1 run. Georgia Southern didn’t fold and fought back to within two at 23-21. Following a BYU timeout at 24-22, Hamson closed out the set with a kill.

After dropping the third set 25-23, BYU bounced back with a dominant effort in the fourth to close out the match. The Cougars started out with a 3-0 lead thanks to two Georgia Southern errors and a kill by Warner. Leading 6-4, BYU went on a 7-0 run to lead 13-4. After a Cougar service error BYU continued to roll with a 5-0 run and an 18-5 lead.

The Cougars play host Kansas State tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT.

“Kansas State is a good team,” Olmstead said. “They had a good match against Georgia Southern. They have a very good volleyball program and are traditionally a good team. We’re looking forward to tomorrow.”

Follow the match online with live stats, live video and live audio at BYUcougars.com.

BYU Cougar Volleyball 2011
           BYU vs Georgia Southern (Sep 02, 2011 at Manhattan, Kan.)

   BYU                    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2  HANNEMANN, Heather..  4|  1   1   7  .000| 48|  1   0|  0|  8| 0  4  0|  1
4  LECHEMINANT, Kathryn  4|  4   0   6  .667|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 1  4  1|  0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  4| 11   2  26  .346|  0|  0   1|  1|  7| 0  2  0|  0
15 WARNER, Nicole......  4| 15   1  19  .737|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  6  0|  0
17 WITHERS, Tia........  4|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  2   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  0
19 HAMSON, Jennifer....  4| 14   4  31  .323|  0|  2   4|  0|  6| 1  2  0|  0
1  VAUGHN, Katie.......  4| 11   4  28  .250|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  1|  0
6  HARTSOCK, Kendalyn..  4|  0   0   1  .000|  3|  0   1|  2| 17| 0  0  0|  0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
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   Totals..............  4| 56  13 119  .361| 51|  5   7|  4| 49| 2 20  2|  1

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  5  32  .281   SET SCORES                1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  15  4  33  .333   BYU................. (3) 25 25 23 25  4-2
   3  14  4  32  .312   Georgia Southern.... (1) 20 22 25  9  3-4
   4  13  0  22  .591

   Georgia Southern       |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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7  Kate Van Dyke.......  4|  5   0   6  .833| 39|  1   2|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  1
9  Jamie DeRatt........  2|  3   1  11  .182|  0|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
10 Moriah Bellissimo...  4| 10   4  28  .214|  3|  1   1|  0|  8| 0  1  1|  0
11 Enjoli Johnson......  4|  3   3  11  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
13 Parker Small........  4|  5   5  13  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  3  1|  0
14 Nicole Jeschelnik...  4| 10   7  28  .107|  2|  2   4|  2| 12| 0  2  0|  1
1  Aly Duffin..........  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
4  Lauren LaRocque.....  4|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   1|  2| 13| 0  0  0|  1
5  Bethany Sanford.....  3| 13   5  31  .258|  1|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0
12 Meredith Paskert....  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  4| 50  25 130  .192| 48|  4   9|  5| 45| 0  8  2|  3

 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct
   1  11  4  30  .233   Site: Manhattan, Kan. (Ahearn Field House)
   2  14  9  33  .152   Date: Sep 02, 2011   Attend:     Time: 1:43
   3  18  6  38  .316   Referees: Marty Prochko, Paul Albright
   4   7  6  29  .034