BYU sweeps Stanford

[Rocky]

Stanford Falls to #2 BYU
The Cardinal drop three close games to the Cougars 23-30, 25-30, 28-30.

Jan. 19, 2007



In front of the largest crowd so far this season, the Cardinal fell short of capturing their first win in the MPSF. BYU came into the match ranked #2 in the country as they swept UCLA in two matches last weekend, both in three games.

In game one, the Cardinal hit .182 as a team with Evan Romero and Matt Ceran having 5 kills each. Freshman setter Kawika Shoji tallied 11 assists for the game. BYU went on a 6 point run at 22-24 until BYU's Rodnei Santos had a service error. The Cougars finished the first game 30-23 on a kill by Russell Holmes.

Stanford started on top of game two as they took the lead early being up 9-5. Game two continued a strong sideout game until BYU took a time out when they were ahead 25-22. After a service and attack error by the Cardinal, BYU kept their momentum and finished the second game with a score of 30-25.

Late in game three, Stanford gained momentum off a solo block from setter Kawika Shoji. Following the block, BYU made 3 consecutive hitting errors. The Cougars were forced to take a time out as Stanford led 20-18. At 26-26, an attack error came from Evan Romero but he was able to redeem himself with a kill on the next play. Down 28-29, the Cardinal took a timeout but were shutout with a kill by Yosleyder Cala on the next serve. Stanford dropped the final game 28-30.

The loss puts Stanford at 0-3 in MPSF conference and places BYU 3-0. Both teams will return play tomorrow night in Burnham Pavilion at 7:00 PM.

BYU | 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 SANTOS, Rodnei...... 2| 6 0 8 .750| 0| 0 2| 0| 2| 0 2 0| 0
4 CONGELLIERE, Brian.. 2| 0 1 2 -.500| 13| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0
8 PEREZ, Ivan......... 2| 8 2 18 .333| 0| 1 1| 0| 3| 0 5 0| 0
11 HOLMES, Russell..... 2| 7 1 9 .667| 2| 0 1| 0| 2| 2 4 0| 0
13 STOWELL, Robby...... 3| 10 9 22 .045| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0
17 STEWART, Andrew..... 1| 1 1 3 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0
1 CALA, Yosleyder..... 2| 11 2 20 .450| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 0
5 COX, Scott.......... 2| 5 1 9 .444| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0
6 SILVA, Joel......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0
7 SORENSEN, Trent..... 2| 3 4 10 -.100| 2| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 5 0| 0
12 POMPEI, Andy........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0
14 PEREZ, Yamil........ 3| 0 0 0 .000| 34| 1 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 1
15 TAYLOR, Mat......... 2| 2 0 4 .500| 0| 0 2| 1| 2| 0 1 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 53 21 105 .305| 52| 2 13| 2| 33| 2 23 0| 1

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 15 4 31 .355 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 16 9 36 .194 BYU................. (3) 30 30 30 5-0, 3-0
3 22 8 38 .368 Stanford............ (0) 23 25 28 0-6, 0-3

Stanford | 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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5 Romero, Evan........ 3| 13 10 30 .100| 1| 1 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 1
7 Williams, Brandon... 3| 2 5 11 -.273| 2| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 2 0| 1
9 Ceran, Matt......... 3| 15 3 36 .333| 0| 0 1| 1| 5| 0 2 0| 0
10 Skinner, Brian...... 3| 2 6 12 -.333| 0| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 2 0| 0
12 Shoji, Kawika....... 3| 1 1 4 .000| 29| 1 1| 0| 5| 1 1 1| 0
14 Werner, Garrett..... 3| 5 3 11 .182| 2| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 4 0| 0
3 Groppi, Miki........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
4 Howell, Ed.......... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 1 0 1| 0
11 Lindberg, Brian..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 6| 0 0 0| 0
13 Palacios, Jason..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 38 28 104 .096| 34| 2 5| 2| 26| 2 12 2| 2

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 14 12 34 .059 Site: Stanford University (Maples Pavilion)
2 11 9 37 .054 Date: Jan 19, 2007 Attend: 545 Time: 1:40
3 13 7 33 .182 Referees: Ray Mink, Eric Asami

[Rocky]

and this from the BYU website:

Cougs Stay Perfect with Stanford Sweep

STANFORD, Calif (Jan. 19, 2007)--BYU (5-0, 3-0 MPSF) extended its winning streak over Stanford (0-6, 0-3) to seven consecutive matches as the Cougars swept the Cardinal, 30-23, 30-25 and 30-28. The sweep marks the third consecutive match between the two teams that BYU won in three straight games.

"We won it straight games but we have a lot to work on," co head coach Shawn Patchell said. "Credit Stanford, they have a young team that played very well."

BYU got out to a quick start, jumping to a 19-14 game-one lead. In the middle of the first game the Cougars began struggling with their passing as the Cardinal picked up four straight points thanks in part to three passing errors by BYU. The Cougars persevered and came back to win game one, 30-23.

"I felt we got out-passed throughout the night," Patchell said. "They served us tough and we got in a lot of trouble passing."

BYU was led by Yosleyder Cala's 11 kills on .450 hitting. The middle tandem of Rodnei Santos and Russell Holmes had an efficient night hitting .750 and .667, respectively. Senior Scott Cox also hit well on the night, swinging at a .444 clip.

"The good thing about tonight is that all 13 of our players got playing time," Patchell said. "Guys like Scott Cox came off the bench and played well for us."

The Cougars out-blocked Stanford, 13.5 to eight with Holmes leading the Cougars with six total blocks and two block solos.

"Our middles didn't get enough swings tonight," Patchell said. "That is an indication of how we passed. We need to do a better job passing."

The same two teams go at it again Saturday night at 7 p.m. (PST) A free video stream can be found at www.gostanford.com.

[volleylife]

I dont see the cardinal winning many matches with Kawika setting. i know he is a very good setter, but he is also a very good hitter. and they need somebody to terminate the ball big time