MANHATTAN, Kansas – Behind a career-high 14 kills from freshman Katie Vaughn, BYU women’s volleyball swept (25-16, 25-17, 25-21) Idaho in the opener of the Varney’s Invitational at Kansas State Friday morning. The Cougars have now won back-to-back matches and are 3-2 on the season.
In addition to Vaughn’s 14 kills, Heather Hannemann distributed 26 assists and had eight digs. Three Cougars totaled double-digit dig totals, led by Christie Carpenter and Kendalyn Hartsock with 12 apiece and a career-high 10 from Tia Withers.
Nicole Warner added a match-high six blocks and Jennifer Hamson was second on the team with eight kills. As a team, BYU hit .225 and had 10.0 blocks. The Cougars limited Idaho to .027 hitting.
BYU opened the first set 4-0 behind the serving of Hannemann and a kill from Carpenter. Idaho cut into the lead at 7-5 but a kill by Hamson ignited a 5-0 run that included two kills from Vaughn. The Cougars led by at least five points the rest of set one and won 25-16 on an Idaho service error.
The Vandals took control early in set two, going on a 4-0 run to lead 7-3. Hamson ended the run with a kill and two kills by Vaughn tied the score at 7-all. Another Hamson kill gave BYU a 13-12 lead and started a 6-0 run that put the Cougars in the driver’s seat. Vaughn had kills on two of BYU’s last three points to clinch the set at 25-17.
In game three, Carpenter registered a kill to give the Cougars a 5-4 advantage and back-to-back blocks extended the lead to 7-4. BYU held a comfortable lead the rest of the set before Idaho went on a 3-0 run to get within two at 23-21. The Cougars were quick to respond as Hamson and Carpenter recorded kills to end the set at 25-21 and complete the sweep.
BYU will be back in action at the Varney’s Invitational at 5 p.m. CT against Georgia Southern.
BYU Cougar Volleyball 2011 UI vs BYU (Sep 02, 2011 at Manhattan, Kan.) UI | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN## Name SP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Walker, Allison..... 3| 9 7 32 .062| 0| 1 1| 0| 4| 0 3 0| 03 Chow, Janelle....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 5| 0 0 0| 05 Schultz, Alyssa..... 3| 6 4 15 .133| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 07 Church, Julia....... 3| 4 1 13 .231| 0| 0 2| 1| 9| 0 2 1| 09 Sele, Alex.......... 3| 4 1 9 .333| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 010 Feicht, Jenny....... 2| 0 1 2 -.500| 19| 1 1| 0| 6| 0 1 0| 04 Milo, Alicia........ 3| 7 13 40 -.150| 1| 1 0| 2| 2| 0 0 0| 06 Walker, Rylee....... 1| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 012 Hamilton, Cassie.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 2 0| 0| 16| 0 0 0| 013 Carter, Ryann....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 7| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 018 Westberg, Amy....... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 3| 30 27 112 .027| 28| 5 5| 4| 43| 0 11 1| 0 TEAM ATTACK PER SET TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5 Set K E TA Pct 1 10 12 37 -.054 SET SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 11 8 42 .071 UI.................. (0) 16 17 21 1-3 3 9 7 33 .061 BYU................. (3) 25 25 25 3-2 BYU | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN## Name SP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1 VAUGHN, Katie....... 3| 14 5 31 .290| 0| 0 0| 1| 0| 0 2 0| 02 HANNEMANN, Heather.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 26| 2 0| 0| 8| 0 1 0| 04 LECHEMINANT, Kathryn 3| 3 1 5 .400| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 4 1| 014 CARPENTER, Christie. 3| 5 3 25 .080| 0| 1 0| 4| 12| 0 4 1| 015 WARNER, Nicole...... 3| 7 3 18 .222| 2| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 6 1| 019 HAMSON, Jennifer.... 3| 8 2 22 .273| 0| 0 1| 0| 5| 0 3 0| 06 HARTSOCK, Kendalyn.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 1| 0| 12| 0 0 0| 017 WITHERS, Tia........ 3| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 3| 37 14 102 .225| 30| 4 3| 5| 47| 0 20 3| 0 TEAM ATTACK PER SET TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 Set K E TA Pct 1 10 2 30 .267 Site: Manhattan, Kan. (Ahearn Field House) 2 14 3 35 .314 Date: Sep 02, 2011 Attend: Time: 1:17 3 13 9 37 .108 Referees: Mary Faragher, Marty Prochko