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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL ‘99-’01 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 Weekly Release — April 5, 2004 Media Relations Information Volleyball contact: Hillary Wallace #1 E-Mail: [email protected] VS #3 BYU Record Match begins at 2004: 21-3 overall, 17-1 conference 21-3, 17-1 MPSF 20-4, 14-4 MPSF 7 p.m. (PST) (11-1 home, 10-2 away, 0-0 neutral) Last Road Trip in Regular Season... All-time : 249-141 (since 1990) Coach Peterson: 44-10 After downing UC San Diego last week, the No. 1-ranked BYU men’s volleyball team will make its final road trip of the regular season to UCLA on Apr. 8-9 at Pauley Pavilion. The Cougars broke the school record last Friday with their 19-straight victory and then added 2003 Schedule/Results one more on Saturday to make a 20-match win streak. With the two wins, BYU has now Date Opp/Event Time/Results posted another season with over 20 wins, the 7th time in the program’s 15-year history. 1/9 @ Pepperdine Tournament L, 0-3 BYU continues to sit atop the conference for the sixth straight week and in first place of the 1/10 @ Pepperdine Tournamnet L, 0-3 AVCA Coaches’ Poll for the fifth straight week. With a 17-1 league record, the Cougars own 1/16 No. 5 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE* W, 3-0 a three-match lead over second-place Long Beach State and needto win three of their last 1/17 No. 5 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE* L, 2-3 four to clinch home-court advantage in the MPSF Tournament. 1/23 @ No. 12 Ohio State W, 3-0 Up Next for the Cougars 1/24 @ No. 12 Ohio State W, 3-1 The Cougars will play its last regular-season matches at home against No. 15-ranked 1/28 @ No. 2 Long Beach State* W, 3-2 USC on Apr. 15 & 17. Senior Night will be held on the 17th, honoring the seven seniors 1/30 @ No. 2 Long Beach State* W, 3-2 on the team. The first round of the MPSF Tournament begins on Apr. 24 and the top 2/6 No. 12 PACIFIC* W, 3-0 four teams in the conference will host first-round matches. 2/7 No. 12 PACIFIC* W, 3-0 2/20 No. 11 STANFORD* W, 3-0 A Quick Look at the Cougars 2/21 No. 11 STANFORD* W, 3-0 Saturday: Taking the match 3-0, the top-ranked BYU men's volleyball team fought past 2/26 @ No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 3-1 host UCSD on Saturday at the RIMAC Arena. The game scores were 31-29, 36-34, 30-22. The 2/28 @ No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 3-1 Cougars improve to a nation-leading 21-3 overall record, including a 17-1 record in the 3/5 No. 6 SANTA BARBARA* W, 3-0 MPSF. The Tritons dropped to 7-18 overall and 3-16 in league play. With the two wins, BYU has now posted another season with over 20 wins, the seventh time in the program's 15- 3/6 No. 6 SANTA BARBARA* W, 3-0 year history. The Cougars out-hit UCSD, .313 to .221, as well as out-blocking, 13.5 to seven. 3/12 No. 5 PEPPERDINE* W, 3-1 F r i d a y : Setting a new school re c o rd of 19-straight wins in a single season, the team 3/13 No. 5 PEPPERDINE* W, 3-1 defeated UCSD 3-1 on Friday night. The game scores were 30-22, 30-26, 28-30, 30-26. The 3/18 @ No. 5 Hawai`i* W, 3-1 match was played in front of a season-high UCSD home crowd of 612. BYU hit .500, 3/20 @ No. 5 Hawai`i* W, 3-2 including an impressive .800 (17-1-20) in game one, while UCSD hit .300. Joe Hillman 3/26 LEWIS W, 3-1 and Jon Alleman led the Cougars with 14 kills USA TODAY/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 3/27 GEORGE MASON W, 3-0 apiece, both hitting over .500 average for the POLL #13: April 6, 2004 4/2 @ UC San Diego* W, 3-1 match. Mike Burke Burke also re g i s t e red a R a n k School (First-Place Vo t e s ) Total Po i n t s 2004 Record Last Week 4/3 @ UC San Diego* W, 3-0 blistering care e r-high .786 hitting perc e n t a g e 1 BYU (16) 2 4 0 2 1 - 3 1 4/8 @ No. 3 UCLA* 7 p.m. 2 Long Beach State 2 1 8 2 2 - 5 2 ( 11-0-14), while adding two blocks during the 3 U C L A 2 1 3 2 0 - 4 3 4/9 @ No. 3 UCLA* 7 p.m. match. Sophomore middle Victor Batista 4 Pe p p e r d i n e 1 8 1 1 5 - 7 4 4/15 USC* 7 p.m. chipped in nine kills and nine blocks. 5 Cal State-Northridge 1 8 0 1 8 - 7 5 6 Hawai’i 1 6 8 1 5 - 9 6 4/17 USC* 7 p.m. 7 UC Santa Barbara 1 4 3 1 4 - 1 1 7 4/24 MPSF First Round TBA Cougars vs. Bruins 8 Penn State 1 2 1 1 7 - 6 9 4/29 MPSF Semi-Finals TBA The match on Friday will be the 33rd meeting 9 S t a n f o r d 1 0 3 8 - 1 5 8 between the two teams, with UCLA holding a 1 0 UC Irvine 8 8 1 1 - 1 6 1 0 5/1 MPSF Finals TBA 1 1 L e w i s 6 8 1 5 - 1 1 1 4 22-10 overall record over BYU. The Cougars 1 2 Ball State 6 1 1 7 - 7 1 1 swept the Bruins at home last year, 3-0 in both 1 3 I P F W 5 6 1 3 - 8 1 2 * MPSF Opponents *HOME GAMES IN CAPS matches. At the Pauley Pavilion, UCLA holds a 1 4 Ohio State 4 2 1 6 - 8 1 3 13-2 record but the Cougars are 2-1 at neutral 1 5 U S C 1 5 6 - 1 9 1 5 locations. www.byucougars.com BYU News Release Page 2 BYU Quick Facts Quotes from Coach Tom Peterson “UCLA is playing very well and their team is very deep. These Location: Provo, Utah 84602 matches determine what happens in play-offs and the rankings at the Enrollment: 32,122 (Daytime) end of the season. It is a huge weekend for us. We need to be more Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ disciplined in every aspect of our play.” of Latter-day Saints The Peterson File: Tom Peterson, BYU alum and 1994 NCAA Coach Colors: Blue and White of the Year, enters his second year as the head coach of the Cougar men's volleyball program. Peterson led the Cougars last season to a Nickname: Cougars 23-7 record and a 2nd-place finish at the NCAA Tournament. BYU Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat No. 1 Pepperdine in the finals of Affiliation: NCAA Division I the MPSF Tournament, which earned him MPSF Co-Coach of the Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Year. After defeating Penn State in the NCAA Semifinals, Peterson Head Coach Tom Peterson Arena: Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) led BYU to the National Championships for the third time in five years. In the emotional match lasting nearly three hours, the Lewis Flyers edged BYU in President: Cecil O. Samuelson five games with both teams playing to the final two points of game five. Peterson came to Athletic Director: Val Hale BYU in 2002 with over 20 years of volleyball coaching experience, including 17 years of Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or collegiate head-coaching experience. 1-800-322-BYU1 Another National Honor for BYU... Junior Carlos Moreno was named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player Volleyball Staff: of the Week for the first time this season (Mar. 15). He directed the Head Coach: Tom Peterson (BYU, 1978) Cougars to two four-game wins over Pepperdine to keep BYU atop the BYU Record/Years: 44-10/2nd season MPSF standings and extend its win streak to 14. Moreno posted a season- Office Phone: (801) 422-8291 high 77 assists in on Mar. 13, while adding five digs and five blocks. He Career Record/years: 276-139/12 moved into third place on BYU’s career assists chart with 3,828 in less Assistant Coaches: than three seasons. He averaged 16.75 assists and 1.38 blocks for theweek. Grayson DuBose (BYU, 1993) Two-Time AVCA National Player of the Week Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1993) Senior Fernando Pessoa earned the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player Volunteer Coach: of the Week for the second time this season on Feb. 24. He averaged 6.00 Greg Jorgensen (Utah State, 2002) kills, 2.33 digs and 0.50 blocks per game. He hit .681 (36-4-47) for the week, Trainer: Blain Empey averaging 6.42 points per game in the two sweeps of 11-th ranked Stanford. He was previously named National Player of Week for Jan.