BYU Sweeps Hawaii

[Mac]

Perez, Holmes Lead BYU to Sweep
by Brent Johnson, BYU Athletic Communications


PROVO, Utah (Feb. 24, 2007)--Another dominating effort from No. 4 BYU's outside hitters, coupled with a strong blocking performance led the Cougars to a three game sweep over No. 12 Hawaii, 35-33, 30-22 and 30-27.

Ivan Perez led the Cougars (11-4, 7-3 MPSF) with 15 kills on his second consecutive night of over .400 hitting. Robby Stowell and Yosleyder Cala added 13 and 12 kills, respectively. BYU also had a dominating blocking presence, led by Russell Holmes. Holmes posted a career-high four block solos and 11 total blocks.

"Our guys have to want to compete," co-head coach Ryan Millar said. "When they show that they want to compete, we win."

In the closely contested first set, Hawaii maintained a two-point advantage throughout the game. Midway through the first, the Cougars began to struggle at the service line and with their passing as the Warriors jumped out to a 21-15 lead after a 5-1 run. Hawaii held its six-point advantage until late in the game before BYU began to fight back. The Cougars got back-to-back blocks from Russell Holmes followed by a Cala kill to cut the Hawaii lead to 24-22.

"Russell's two blocks in a row turned the momentum," Millar said. "I would like to see us play with the momentum earlier in the set."

The Warriors maintained the two-point lead as the teams traded side outs. BYU tied the game at 27 on a long rally point highlighted by a Cala dig that sent him into the first row of seats. BYU finally ended the side-out trade off with a Perez kill to give the Cougars a 34-33 advantage. BYU won the game on the next point when Hawaii's Dio Dante's ball sailed long.

BYU led the second set by two early on before extending its lead to 15-11 on the heels of a 4-1 run. The Cougars kept the pressure on Hawaii, riding another 4-1 run to open a 21-14 advantage on a Holmes block. BYU's big lead held up as the Warriors were unable to come up with significant runs. The Cougars finished the second set on a 5-1 run capped by a Sean Carney service error.

BYU dominated the second set, out-hitting Hawaii .300 to .028. The Cougars also out-blocked the Warriors 5.0 to 1.0 and out-dug Hawaii 15 to six in the game.

Much like the first two sets, the third began as a tightly contested game with the two teams battling evenly in the early going. With the score tied at 11 the Cougars went on a 5-1 run to jump ahead by four. Later in the set the Warriors countered with their own run, a 4-0 streak that tied the game at 22. The teams traded side outs until the Cougars scored on serve when Hawaii's Kyle Klinger had an attack error. The match ended on another Holmes block.

BYU now faces its longest road trip of the season as the Cougars head to Southern California three times in as many weeks. BYU first travels to USC next Friday and Saturday.

"This road trip will be the defining point of our season," Millar said.

Volleyball Box Score
The Automated ScoreBook
#12 HAWAII Warriors vs #4 BYU Cougars (Feb 24, 2007 at Provo, Utah)

HAWAII Warriors | 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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3 Clar, Jim........... 3| 0 4 7 -.571| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
5 Klinger, Kyle....... 3| 6 6 16 .000| 1| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 4 1| 0
8 Hakala, Lauri....... 3| 14 3 32 .344| 0| 0 3| 0| 3| 0 3 0| 0
10 Beckwith, Brian..... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 36| 1 6| 0| 3| 0 1 0| 0
19 Dante, Dio.......... 3| 3 4 8 -.125| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 2 1| 0
23 Vanzant, Matt....... 3| 11 5 26 .231| 0| 2 4| 1| 5| 1 2 0| 0
1 Rawson, Matt........ 1| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0
2 Grgas, Steven....... 3| 7 4 21 .143| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0
4 Kalima, Eric........ 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0
6 Carney, Sean........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 41 26 112 .134| 38| 3 20| 1| 20| 2 16 2| 0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 8 35 .286 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 10 9 36 .028 HAWAII Warriors..... (0) 33 22 27 3-11, 3-9 ,MPSF
3 13 9 41 .098 BYU Cougars......... (3) 35 30 30 11-4, 7-3 ,MPSF

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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1 CALA, Yosleyder..... 3| 12 3 23 .391| 0| 0 4| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
7 SORENSEN, Trent..... 2| 2 0 6 .333| 2| 0 2| 1| 0| 1 1 0| 0
8 PEREZ, Ivan......... 3| 15 5 25 .400| 0| 0 2| 2| 4| 0 6 0| 0
11 HOLMES, Russell..... 3| 3 2 9 .111| 1| 1 5| 0| 1| 4 7 0| 0
13 STOWELL, Robby...... 3| 13 5 22 .364| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0
14 PEREZ, Yamil........ 3| 1 1 2 .000| 44| 0 3| 0| 8| 0 2 2| 0
2 SANTOS, Rodnei...... 3| 2 2 4 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0
5 COX, Scott.......... 3| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 0 2| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
6 SILVA, Joel......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 14| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 48 19 92 .315| 48| 1 19| 3| 39| 5 18 2| 0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 5 27 .481 Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse)
2 15 6 30 .300 Date: Feb 24, 2007 Attend: 2905 Time: 1h 50m
3 15 8 35 .200 Referees: Maile Jewkes, Les Calles

[golddigger]

What happened to Clar?

[sexy]

i want grgas to get better -- he is such a hottie - like oh my gawd!!

[vball808]

I think its about time for wilton to do something. He ruined this team. This team was ranked #3 for a reason.
Setter - Beckwith
OH 1 - Hakala
OH 2 - Kalima/interchangable
Libero - Cervantes
M1/2 - Dante/Rawson
Opp - Clar/grgas (whoever is playing better)

[northshore]

Well if you're going to put Kalima back at OH1 then put Schkud back at his normal spot Opp. Clar & Grgas are weaker passers than Schkud and then Wilton could have 4 passers out there on the court for heaven's sake. Opp doesn't have to pass as much right.

[fingrbustr]

OPP or OH, if you're tricky enough you can figure out a way to hide people and have your best passers passing. I think the problem really has been a non-battle tested OH cast (duh) + of course Hakala's untimely injury. They are good at S, MB, and OPP (when healthy). Ok at Libero. Not so good though at OH (Delgado and Carere losses hurt big-time). Wilton does appear to have lost it though!

[golddigger]

Northshore, are you lost? Do you really think that Schukud is a better passer than Clar? Clar was on the YNT as a libero.. Schukud is a middle converted now to an OH that is just beginning to learn how to pass and playn defense..

[northshore]

That's right Clar went with the YNT when Ucla's King of liberos Ker didn't go or something due to injury maybe. Didn't Schukud convert from middle to opp in his high school days and played along with Speraws UCI boys Jablonsky and Webber on the Junior National Teams as opp. Hawaii was weak not to continue what Speraw started with these boys, including Beckwith, Schud, Rawson, & Clar. Schud ran a real close second to Jabo and who knows if Wilton hadn't wasted so much time. Nothing bad about Clar. He's sure holding his own for now. Just maybe Schukud brings a stronger block because of his MB experience and height.

[northshore]

And Digger I am lost to why UH can't pull it together by now in this season. Granted injuries, coach switching players around, and early illnesses threw a wrench in their system. They have the talent to be more competitive. But time is against them right now. They have to pull off a miracle win against Pepp and Pepp is sooo hot right now. With or without a Pepp win, they have to pretty much win the rest of their matches to get into MPSF playoffs. But I have faith in them. The have had a tough schedule, but still had a lot of heartbreaking close wins with top tier teams without their number one gun Hakala. So now that he's back, the rest of the boys like Beckwith, Dio, Rawson, Clar, Schukud, VanZant, and Kalima have no excuses not to get themselves together. I so hope they still have the heart to turn things around.