LAS VEGAS -- On the road the BYU women’s volleyball team improved its record (8-7, 3-1) by defeating the UNLV Rebels 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-21).
“I was proud of our girls sticking to our game plan,” said BYU head coach Shay Goulding. “UNLV did not bring their best game, but I was pleased that we played well and aggressively.”
Senior rightside hitter Kayla Walker led the Cougars with 14 kills, nine digs and seven blocks – including two solo blocks on the afternoon. Christina Measom, Christie Carpenter and Camilla Phillips each added six kills while Nicole Warner had five. Setter Kiana Rogers had 30 assists and nine digs while Morgan Lloyd Sorensen had 10 digs.
“We have been struggling on the outside lately and it was nice to see Christie and Camilla step up and play well,” said Goulding.
The Cougars started out set one with a 4-1 run, sparked by Warner having the first kill on the afternoon. After a 3-1 run by the Rebels, BYU called a timeout at 13-9. The Cougars came out of the timeout running with three UNLV attack errors, a kill from Measom and two BYU blocks to put the score up 19-9 before the Rebels could once again get a sideout. After trading points, the Cougars were on top after an attack error on UNLV ended set one 25-17.
The largest UNLV lead of the match came in set two at 6-4. The score was knotted eight times in the first 11 points before the Cougars sparked a 10-1 run led by Rogers back to serve, five Rebel hitting or handling errors; as well as BYU blocks, a service ace by Rogers and kills from Walker (two) and Warner (one). The Rebels were able to score three more points in the set off of two BYU errors and a kill. BYU finished off the set 25-17, identical to set one.
Starting fast in set three, BYU posted a 6-2 run, once again taking advantage of UNLV errors and posting two kills of their own. The Rebels couldn’t keep up with the Cougars’ balanced play. The team tallied kills from a variety of different players including Warner, Phillips, Walker, Christie Carpenter and Measom to polish off set three 25-21, winning the match 3-0.
“One player that was consistent with her serving tonight was Chelsea Goodsell,” said Goulding. “She strung some points together and served well under a lot of pressure.”
The Cougars will return back to the Smith Fieldhouse for a pair of conference matches against New Mexico on Thursday at 7 p.m. MT and TCU on Saturday at 6 p.m. MT.
Volleyball Box Score
BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
BYU Cougars vs LV (10-03-09 at Las Vegas, Nev.)
BYU Cougars | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name SP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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7 MEASOM, Christina... 3| 6 3 15 .200| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 7 0| 1| 9.5
9 ROGERS, Kiana....... 3| 1 0 1 1.000| 30| 1 1| 0| 9| 0 4 1| 0| 4.0
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla... 3| 6 3 19 .158| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 7.0
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 2| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
12 WALKER, Kayla....... 3| 14 5 39 .231| 0| 0 1| 0| 9| 2 5 0| 0| 18.5
15 WARNER, Nicole...... 3| 5 2 11 .273| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 4 1| 0| 7.0
1 LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg 3| 0 1 1-1.000| 3| 0 2| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
2 HANNEMANN, Heather.. 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 GOODSELL, Chelsea... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie. 3| 6 2 17 .235| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 6.0
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Totals.............. 3| 38 16 103 .214| 35| 1 7| 0| 41| 2 22 2| 1| 52.0
TEAM ATTACK PER SET TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0
Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct
1 9 5 33 .121 12-18 66% SET SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 12 7 37 .135 10-17 58% BYU Cougars......... (3) 25 25 25 8-7 (3-1 MWC)
3 17 4 33 .394 16-22 72% LV.................. (0) 17 17 21 3-10 (2-4 MWC)
LV | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name SP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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2 MAKIWI, Jealynn..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
5 KEELER, Kelsey...... 3| 7 7 21 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 7.5
6 ALLES, Amanda....... 3| 3 1 5 .400| 21| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 0 1| 1| 3.0
10 NEHF, Sara.......... 3| 7 6 23 .043| 1| 0 1| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 1| 7.0
13 JACKSON, Cursty..... 3| 11 11 37 .000| 2| 0 0| 0| 4| 1 2 0| 0| 13.0
18 GREENWOOD, Erin..... 3| 2 2 10 .000| 2| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 2.5
1 LAU HEE, Kela....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
3 TE'O, Nile.......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
8 RICHARD, Samantha... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
9 NOLAND, Samantha.... 3| 1 2 9 -.111| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 1| 0| 2.0
11 MAURER, Leah........ 1| 0 2 2-1.000| 0| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 31 31 107 .000| 30| 0 3| 1| 43| 1 6 2| 2| 35.0
TEAM ATTACK PER SET TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct
1 11 15 42 -.095 11-24 45% Site: Las Vegas, Nev. (Cox Pavilion)
2 7 10 30 -.100 10-25 40% Date: 10-03-09 Attend: 777 Time: 1:21
3 13 6 35 .200 15-24 62% Referees: Verna Klubnik, Yvonne Arguello
1 2 3 Total
Tie scores 1 8 0 9
Lead changes 0 4 0 4