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