Brigham Young Volleyball BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, Utah • (801) 422-8999 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Contact Information • Brent Johnson • [email protected] • (801) 361-7551 • Secondary Contact • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 422-4909

2007 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD #4 BYU (9-4, 5-3) vs #12 Hawaii (3-9, 3-7) Date Opponent Time/Results Jan 5 Cal-Baptist...... W, 3-0 Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) • Provo, Utah Jan 6 Cal-Baptist...... W, 3-1 February 23, 2007 Jan 12 No. 3 UCLA...... W, 3-0 Jan 13 No. 3 UCLA...... W, 3-0 7 p.m. (MST), BYU-TV/KBYU Jan 19 at Stanford...... W, 3-0 Jan 20 at Stanford...... W, 3-0 Jan 26 No. 9 Penn State*...... W, 3-0 Match Information Jan 27 No. 13 Loyola-Chicago*...... W, 3-0 START TIME...... 7 p.m. (PT) Feb 2 No. 2 UC Irvine...... W, 3-0 SITE:...... Provo, Utah, Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) Feb 3 No. 2 UC Irvine...... L, 3-2 TELEVISION: ...... BYU-TV and KBYU (Chris McGown, Steve Vail and Toni Stauffer) Feb 13 at Cal-Baptist...... L, 3-0 LIVE STATS: ...... http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=201&YR=2006 Feb 15 at No. 2 Pepperdine...... L, 3-2 LIVE INTERNET VIDEO:...... http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=201&YR=2006 Feb 17 at No. 2 Pepperdine...... L, 3-0 THE SERIES: ...... BYU leads, 21-14 Feb 23 Hawaii...... 7 p.m. IN PROVO: ...... BYU leads, 12-3 Feb 24 Hawaii...... 7 p.m. LAST MEETING: ...... Apr. 15, 2006, Hawaii won, 3-2 March 2 at USC...... 7 p.m. March 3 at USC...... 7 p.m. COUGARS AND WARRIORS MEET IN PROVO March 9 at UC Santa Barbara...... 7 p.m. After a three-match trip to Southern California last week, BYU returns home to the March 10 at UC Santa Barbara...... 7 p.m. friendly confines of the Smith Fieldhouse to host Hawaii. At the Fieldhouse, the Cougars March 23 at Cal. State Northridge ...... 7 p.m. have played in front of a Smith Fieldhouse record (for volleyball) four-consecutive sold March 24 at Cal. State Northridge ...... 7 p.m. out crowds. BYU will be looking to put an end to its current four-match losing streak March 29 Long Beach State...... 7 p.m. while the Warriors will be looking for its first win on the road this season. Both teams March 30 Long Beach State...... 7 p.m. were in the preseason top-five. April 6 UC San Diego...... 7 p.m. April 7 UC San Diego...... 7 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION April 13 at University of the Pacific...... 7 p.m. April 14 at University of the Pacific...... 7 p.m. BYU will be looking to avenge Hawaii’s sweep of the Cougars last season. April 21-28 MPSF Playoffs...... TBA The Warriors beat BYU in both matches to finish the regular season last May 3-5 NCAA Championships...... TBA year. Ith was Hawaii’s first victories over the Cougars since Feb. 21, 2003. *Outrigger Tournament at the University of Hawai’i Overall, BYU owns a 21-14 series advantage over the Warriors dating back to 1990.

2007 QUICK FACTS Hawaii won five of the first seven matches played between the two teams. Since then, Location:...... Provo, Utah the Cougars have ruled the series. Since its victory on Feb. 1, 1997, BYU has posted a 15- Founded: ...... Oct. 15, 1875 6 record against the Warriors, including two seperate streaks of five and six consecutive Elevation: ...... 4,553 feet wins. Enrollment: ...... 33,278 Nickname: ...... Cougars MATCH COVERAGE Mascot: ...... Cosmo Colors: ...... Dark Blue and White Every home match will have a free live stats feed option. The live stats feed can be 2006 Record...... 18-9 accessed by visiting the men’s volleyball schedule page at www.byucougars.com. The 2006 MPSF Record...... 14-8 direct link is http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=201&YR=2006. The live MPSF Finish: ...... Fourth (Tied) stats can be launched by clicking on the “Live Stats” link for the appropriate game. Co-Interim Head Coaches...... Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1993) Ryan Millar (BYU, 2001) Also available for the second season in a row is a live video feed through CSTV All- Seasons...... First Access. Users must subscribe to this service. More information, such as cost and direct Records at BYU...... 9-4 links to the CSTV All-Access page can be found by visiting the the schedule page and Career Records ...... 9-4 cliking on the “Live Video” link. Friday’s match will be televised on BYU-TV with Chris Assistant Coach (Seasons) ...... Rob Neilson (First) McGown calling the play-by-play, Steve Vail adding commentary and Toni Stauffer reporting courtside. Both matches will have the live video feed.

MEDIA RELATIONS POST-MATCH MEDIA AVAILABILITY Primary Contact...... Brent Johnson Office Phone...... (801) 422-8999 Players and coaches will be available to the media after the 10-minute cooling off period. Mobile Phone...... (801) 361-7551 Unless otherwise requested, Coach Shawn Patchell will be available for Friday evening Office FAX ...... (801) 422-0633 home matches and coach Ryan Millar will be available for Saturday evening home Email ...... [email protected] matches. You are welcome to make additional interview requests to Brent Johnson. Secondary Contact...... Jeff Reynolds Office Phone...... (801) 422-4909 LUCKY NUMBER .300 Email ...... [email protected] BYU is a perfect 9-0 this season in matches that they hit over .300. Conversely, the Cougars are 0-4 in matches where they hit under .300. BrighamBrigham YoungYoung VolleyballVolleyball Page 2 • BYU Volleyball 2007

COACHES OR PLAYERS? BYU has earned automatic bids to the Final Four by winning the MPSF BYU’s entire coaching staff is coaching at its alma mater. Co-interim head tournament three times: 1999, 2003 and 2004. coaches Ryan Millar and Shawn Patchell both starred for the Cougars in their playing days while assistant coach Rob Neilson played for earned ALL-AMERICANS All-MPSF honors for BYU just last season. With Russell Holmes being named a Second Team AVCA All-American last year, it marked the 14th consecutive season the Cougars have had an COUGARS IN PRESEASON RANKINGS All-American. Since 1993, 20 different players have earned 36 citations, 13 For the second consecutive season, BYU made an appearance in the of which are first-team honors and 12 of which are second-team honors. preseason top-5. Last season the Cougars were ranked preseason No. 1. This year, BYU starts the season ranked second behind reigning Mountain 20-WIN SEASONS Pacific Sports Federation regular season champion UC Irvine. After finishing the 2006 season with a 18-9 record, BYU was held without 20 wins for the first time since the 2000 season. The Cougars have CSTV/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN’S COACHES POLL recorded eight 20-win seasons. The first BYU team to record 20 wins was RK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD LAST WEEK the 1994 team. The 1994 team finished its season with a 21-6 record and 1 Pepperdine (15) 234 11-1 2 advanced to the final of the MPSF Tournament, losing to Stanford in four 2 UC Irvine (1) 217 15-3 T-3 games. 3 UC Santa Barbara 208 12-3 T-3 4 BYU 197 9-4 1 PRESEASON EXHIBITION 5 Penn State 171 7-2 5 BYU finished its exhibition schedule having won four of six matches. 6 IPFW 147 9-1 7 The Cougars previously played against four of Canada’s best teams 7 UCLA 137 8-7 6 in Edmonton, Alberta, going 2-2 including a victory over defending 8 Ohio State 130 11-1 8 Canadian Collegiate Champion Trinity Western. Impressively, the Cougars 9 Pacific 117 8-7 11 won two matches against Canada’s best with just one week of practice 10 Cal State Northridge 110 8-7 9 whereas the Canadian teams had been practicing for two months. 11 Loyola-Chicago 87 11-3 10 12 Hawai’i 55 3-9 12 After the Canadian tournament, BYU played two home matches against 13 Long Beach State 53 6-7 13 conference rival Pepperdine. The Cougars won both matches in four 14 Southern California 39 4-9 14 games. 15 Saint Francis (Pa.) 12 6-5 15 LAST WEEK RECAP MOLTEN/VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE MEDIA POLL RK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS LAST WEEK THURSDAY--In a battle of the NCAA’s two highest ranked teams No. 1 Pepperdine (8) 11-1 80 2 2 Pepperdine edged No. 1 BYU in a five-set thriller, 30-20, 27-30, 32-30, 2 UC Irvine 15-3 71 3 25-30, 15-13. The Cougars were out-hit .412 to .214 in the decisive fifth set 3 UCSB 12-3 62 4 but battled to a tie at 13 before ultimately falling to the Waves. Yosleyder 4 BYU 9-4 59 1 Cala led BYU with 20 kills and a .545 hitting percentage. Cala was the only 5 Penn St. 7-2 44 5 Cougar to hit over the .300 clip. 6 IPFW 9-1 34 T7 7 Ohio State 11-1 33 T7 SATURDAY--Southern California was unfriendly to No. 1 BYU, as the 8 UCLA 8-7 22 8 Cougars dropped their third consecutive match in the Golden State and 9 Pacific 8-7 20 9 fourth overall. BYU fell to No. 2 Pepperdine in three, 30-28, 30-23 and 30- 10 Cal St. Northridge 8-7 8 10 21. For the second consecutive match, the Cougars were led by Yosleyder Cala who had 17 kills on .324 hitting. Ivan Perez added eight kills, four blocks, seven digs and a service ace for BYU. BYU IN THE MPSF TOURNAMENT Since 1993, BYU has qualified for the MPSF postseason tournament in 12 STO “WELL DONE” of 13 seasons including nine 10 consecutive trips. The Cougars all-time In the first two matches of his collegiate career, 18-year-old true freshman record ing the MPSF tournament is 15-10. BYU has wone the MPSF Robby Stowell led BYU to a weekend sweep of three-time defending tournament three times and hold an 8-5 record in the first round, 4-4 NAIA champion Cal-Baptist. In his first match, Stowell recorded 11 record in the semifinals and a perfect 3-0 record in tournament finals. kills—good for second on the team in the three-game sweep—against only BYU has lost in the first round of the MPSF tourney in two consecutive three attack errors. Stowell hit .400, recorded a service ace, five digs and seasons including a 3-1 setback to Long Beach State last year. The Cougars three block assists. On Saturday evening, Stowell recorded a double- won consecutive MPSF tournament championships in 2003 and 2004. double with 17 kills and 10 digs. He recorded a .429 hitting percentage on Saturday and picked up two block assists. EVERY THREE YEARS... Since BYU’s first national championship in 1999, the Cougars have won Stowell’s weekend totals included 28 kills (a team-best four KPG) on a .417 the NCAA tournament a total of three times (1999, 2001 and 2004). Since hitting percentage. He started all seven games in the two matches and the ‘99 season, BYU has won the NCAA Championship at least once every was second on the team over the weekend with 15 digs. three years. HOT HITTING BYU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT The Cougars got off to a hot start hitting the ball against Cal-Baptist. Ivan The Cougars have made four NCAA tournament appearances in the Perez, Russell Holmes and Robby Stowell all hit over .400 in BYU’s first program’s history. Impressively, BYU has brought home the hardware two matches. Perez hit .488 (26-5-43) for the Cougars while Holmes hit in three of its four NCAA tournament appearances. The Cougars boast .452 (18-4-31) and Stowell hit at a .417 clip (28-8-48). a 7-1 overall record in NCAA tournament play and a perfect 4-0 record in national semifinal matches. The Cougars only loss in the NCAA tournament was in 2003 when they lost to Lewis in a five-game thriller.

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NEAR RECORD PERFORMANCES BRING OUT THE BROOMS BYU dominated UCLA in its Friday match. Two players had near-record With the Cougars sweep over Loyola-Chicage Jan. 27, it marked a record setting nights in hitting percentage. Yosleyder Cala had the fifth best sixth consecutive match BYU won in straight sets. Previously the record hitting night in BYU history when he posted a .789 hitting percentage was in 2001 when the Cougars swept five consecutive matches. The (15-0-19). Not far behind him, Russell Holmes posted the sixth best record for sweeps in a season was the 1999, 30-1 National Championship performance when he hit at a .786 clip (12-1-14). squad that swept 20 matches. With the Cougars sweep over UC Irvine, they upped their record to seven consecutive sweeps. As a team, the Cougars had a top-10 performance all time in hitting performance as they hit .500 collectively (51-12-78). The performance was “SMITH PSYCHOS” witnessed by one of the top-15 largest crowds to watch a BYU volleyball Duke University has coined the term “Cameron Crazies” for their match (5,537). basketball home court presence. The Smith Fieldhouse may soon need to adopt its own moniker. The Smith Fieldhouse has been packed in each of SPREADING THE WEALTH BYU’s last four matches. In fact, the Cougars have set a record with four Redshirt freshman setter Yamil Perez has been spreading the wealth consecutive over-capacity crowds. BYU has had crowds over the capacity evenly in the early going for the Cougars. Against UCLA, four different of 5,000 at the Smith Fieldhouse in each of the last four home matches. BYU players had double figures in kills with only Ivan Perez doing in twice. Along with Perez, Yosleyder Cala, Russell Holmes and Robby ALL-OUTRIGGER HOTELS INVITATIONAL Stowell posted double-digit kills in a match. Over half of BYU’s starting line up was recognized for their efforts last weekend by being named to the Outrigger Hotels Invitational’s All- Yamil Perez has kept the Cougars’ opponents off balance as several BYU Tournament team. Russell Holmes, who was also named AVCA National players posted double-digits in swings. The Cougars hit .500 against Player of the Week, was also named the tournament’s Most Outstanding UCLA on Friday night while three BYU players posted over .500 hitting Player. Also recognized was outside hitter Yosleyder Cala, opposite hitter percentages. Robby Stowell and setter Yamil Perez.

DOMINATING START PATCHELL NAMED USA VOLLEYBALL ASSISTANT BYU is off to its most dominating start in program history (in terms of sets The U.S. Boys’ Youth National Team will be guided by University of won vs. sets lost) in its first nine matches. BYU has won 27 sets against Hawai’i Assistant Coach Tino Reyes. He will be assisted by Brigham only one loss. Previous to this season, the next best start in school history Young University Co-Head Coach Shawn Patchell and Stanford was the 2001 championship season when the Cougars started 10-0. In its University Assistant Coach Ken Shibuya. The U.S. Boys’ Youth National first nine matches, BYU won 27 sets while losing three sets (two against qualified for the 2007 FIVB World Championships Aug. 15-26 in Mexico Lewis and one against UCLA). The Cougars swept eight of their first 10 by finishing second at the 2006 NORCECA Continental Boys’ Youth matches in 2001. This season BYU has swept eight of nine matches. Championship.

“ALL-RETURNING” TEAM During the summer of 2005, Patchell coached the US World University Last season BYU had one All American and five All-MPSF performers. Games team and in 2006, he was part of the U.S. Boys’ Youth National Three of the five return this season including second team AVCA All Team coaching staff. American Russell Holmes. Holmes was also second team All-MPSF. Ivan Perez earned an MPSF honorable mention citation last season and was the SEASON HIGHLIGHTS first BYU player to be named to an All America team as a freshman two seasons ago. Yosleyder Cala was named to the All-MPSF third team last vs. Cal-Baptist (Jan. 5-6, 2007) year. FRIDAY--The No. 2 ranked BYU Men’s Volleyball team began the 2007 campaign the same way they did the 2006 season by beating Cal Baptist SEASON AWARDS in three games 30-26, 30-18, 30-25 in front of 1,631 fans at the Smith Fieldhouse Friday night. Junior Ivan Perez had a team-best 13 kills on .550 Russell Holmes -- AVCA National Player of the Week (Jan. 29) hitting percentage while All-American Russell Holmes had seven kills Outrigger Hotels Invitational Tournament MVP and on a team-high .636 hitting percentage. Freshman Robby Stowell had Holmes led his team to two top-15 sweeps this weekend at the Outrigger a stellar performance in his first match as a Cougar with 11 kills, five digs Hotels Invitational at Hawai’i, as the Cougars’ record improves to 8-0 to and three blocks. begin the 2007 season. Against then-No. 9 Penn State on Friday, Holmes planted 11 kills on 15 attempts, hitting .667. He also added two digs and SATURDAY--Freshmen Robby Stowell and Andrew Stewart paced a six total blocks. The next night against then-No. 13 Loyola-Chicago, the balanced BYU attack as the Cougars cruised to a 3-1 victory over Cal- Cougar captain tallied seven kills on 13 attempts, hitting .462, and added Baptist 30-24, 30-20, 24-30, 30-21. BYU (2-0) hit over .400 in the first two five total blocks. games before struggling in game three and only hitting .105. The Cougars finished the match hitting at a .338 mark. Yosleyder Cala -- Outrigger Hotels Invitational All-Tournament Team • 22 kills, three service aces, seven digs and three blocks in tournament vs. UCLA (Jan. 12-13, 2007) • 14 kills on .423 against Loyola Chicago FRIDAY--For the first time since 2003, No. 2 BYU took No. 3 UCLA down in three straight games, as the Cougars remained undefeated 30-28, 30-22 Robby Stowell -- Outrigger Hotels Invitational All-Tournament Team and 30-26. Sophomore Yosleyder Cala led BYU with game-highs of 15 • Led the team with 23 kills and 3.83 kills per game at the tournament kills and an astounding .789 hitting percentage. Juniors Ivan Perez (11 • Recorded seven digs and eight total blocks on the weekend kills) and Russell Holmes (12 kills) combined for 23 of BYU’s 51 total kills. Freshman Robby Stowell received game-high honors in digs with eight on Yamil Perez -- Outrigger Hotels Invitational All-Tournament Team the night. As a team, BYU recorded 27 digs to UCLA’s 13. The Cougars hit .500 for the match while holding the Bruins to 41 kills on .330 hitting. • Led BYU to a .409 team hitting percentage while recording 79 assists • Averaged 13.17 assists per game while also recording eight digs SATURDAY--For only the third time in the programs history, and the first time since 2003, the No. 2 BYU men’s volleyball team completed a weekend sweep of No. 3 UCLA 30-21, 30-23 and 33-31 Saturday night at

www.byucougars.com BrighamBrigham YoungYoung VolleyballVolleyball Page 4 • BYU Volleyball 2007 the Smith Fieldhouse. Freshman Robby Stowell led the Cougar charge For the second consecutive match--both losses--BYU had a sub-.300 hitting Saturday night. He finished with a career-high 19 kills with five blocks day as the Lancers outhit the Cougars, .273 to .239. Scott Cox led the way while hitting .654. Ivan Perez also enjoyed a strong night with 16 kills on for BYU, knocking down a career-high 19 kills. Cox also led the Cougars in .542 hitting. Yamil Perez controlled the hard-hitting offense with 46 assists. hitting percentage (.364) and tied for the team lead in total blocks (three) and service aces (one). at Stanford (Jan. 19-20) FRIDAY--BYU extended its winning streak over Stanford to seven consecutive matches as the Cougars swept the Cardinal, 30-23, 30-25 and 30-28. The sweep marks the third consecutive match between the two teams that BYU won in three straight games. BYU was led by Yosleyder Cala’s 11 kills on .450 hitting. The middle tandem of Rodnei Santos and Russell Holmes had an efficient night hitting .750 and .667, respectively. Senior Scott Cox also hit well on the night, swinging at a .444 clip.

SATURDAY--BYU’s perfect season start continued, as the Cougars swept Stanford for the second consecutive night and the fourth consecutive match overall, 30-24, 30-20 and 30-28. van Perez led BYU with 14 kills while hitting .524 (14-3-21) while Rodnei Santos registered his second consecutive .750 (6-0-8) hitting performance. Perez added six digs and three service aces on the night. BYU hit .374 on the match while holding the Cardinal to just a .219 performance. Russell Holmes led Cougar blockers with four while adding seven kills and hitting .438 (7-0-16).

Outrigger Hotels Invitational (Jan. 26-27) FRIDAY--Russell Holmes and Robby Stowell, coupled with hot serving, led No. 2 BYU to a dominating sweep over No. 9 Penn State (1-2), 30-22, 30-23, 30-18. The sweep was the fifth consecutive for the Cougars. Holmes dominated the middle, leading the Cougars in kills (11), blocks (six) and hitting percentage (.667). Stowell added 11 kills of his own while swinging at a .474 mark. Ivan Perez (four aces) and Yosleyder Cala (three aces) were dominating behind the service line.

SATURDAY--It was the eighth consecutive victory and sixth consecutive sweep for No. 2 BYU as the Cougars swept No. 13 Loyola-Chicago, 30- 16, 30-22 and 30-22. The dominating BYU win came just one night after the Ramblers upset No. 3--and tournament host--Hawaii in five games. Interestingly, BYU did not trail at any point in any of the sets against Loyola Chicago. Russell Holmes was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. Yosleyder Cala, Robby Stowell and Yamil Perez were also named to the Outrigger Hotels Invitational’s All-Tournament team. vs. UC Irvine (Feb. 2-3) FRIDAY--BYU avenged last season’s loss to No. 2 UC Irvine in a three-set sweep, 30-21, 30-22 and 30-27 Friday night at the Smith Fieldhouse. With the victory, BYU improves to 9-0 overall and 5-0 in MPSF play. The win set the tone for the weekend series between the two clubs who will face each other again Saturday night. Last season, the Cougars took a No. 1 ranking into the Anteaters’ home and were swept 2-0 in a weekend series. This year, the match-up got off to a decidedly different outcome behind Yosleyder Cala, Ivan Perez and Robby Stowell, who combined for 27 of BYU’s 38 kills. The trio each had nine kills in front of a crowd of 5,753, the largest of the season and ninth largest in Smith Fieldhouse history. Junior Russell Holmes recorded a game-high six total blocks.

SATURDAY--No. 1 BYU didn’t have enough to complete the weekend sweep against No. 2 UC Irvine losing 3-2, as the Cougars went the distance for the first time this season 30-26, 23-30, 31-33, 31-29 and 8-15. Robby Stowell led BYU with a career-high 22 kills, while Ivan Perez recorded 20 kills for the night. at Cal-Baptist (Feb. 13) TUESDAY--In a battle of top-ranked teams, the NAIA prevailed over the NCAA as Cal-Baptist swept No. 1 BYU, 30-25, 30-23 and 31-29. The loss was the second consecutive for the Cougars.

As the Cougars get ready for a weekend showdown with No. 2 Pepperdine, BYU played much of the match with players who normally come off the bench. The seven starters for the Cougars included only one player--Rodnei Santos--with significant starting experience.

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MPSF PRESEASON POLL HOME COURT ADVANTAGE Pl School (1st Place votes) 2006 Rec. 2006 MPSF Finish BYU finished its 2006 regular season with a 13-1 (.929) record at the 1 UC Irvine (7) 27-5 1 Smith Fieldhouse. The record was the fourth best mark in Cougar 2 BYU (3) 18-9 5 history behind the 1998 (11-0, 1.000), 2004 (16-1, .941) and 1999 (15-1, T3 Hawaii (1) 23-5 2 .938) seasons. BYU started last season with seven consecutive home wins T3 Pepperdine 17-8 3 before losing to Pepperdine. The Cougars then ran off six straight wins to T3 UCLA* 25-12 7 finish the season. 6 UC Santa Barbara 13-16 8 T7 Cal State Northridge 18-11 6 Attendance was also up in 2006. For the first time in program history, T7 Long Beach State 23-10 4 BYU had at least 2,000 fans in attendance at every home match. The 9 USC 11-18 9 Cougars drew an average of 3,516 fans per match, the second highest 10 Pacific 8-20 10 average per match. The 1999 team drew an average of 4,748. 11 Stanford 4-24 11 12 UC San Diego 2-27 12 2007 TEAM INFORMATION MPSF STANDINGS Overall record in 2006: 18-9 2006 Conference Record: 14-8 Team Overall Rec. Pct. MPSF Rec. Pct. Final National Ranking: 7th Pepperdine 11-1 .917 9-1 .900 Final Conference Finish : T-4th UC Santa Barbara 12-3 .800 10-2 .833 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5 UC Irvine 15-3 .833 9-3 .750 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/4 BYU 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Cal State Northridge 8-7 .533 6-4 .600 Federation (MPSF) Pacific 8-7 .533 6-5 .545 Court (capacity): Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) and UCLA 8-7 .533 6-6 .500 Marriott Center (22,700) Long Beach State 6-7 .462 3-6 .333 USC 4-9 .308 3-7 .300 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Hawaii 3-9 .250 3-7 .300 Players come from all over the world to play with BYU’s volleyball team. UC San Diego 4-9 .308 1-8 .111 The Cougars have players from Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela Stanford 1-15 .063 1-10 .091 on their roster. Six states are also represented on this year’s team: ALL TIME RECORDS VS. 2007 OPPONENTS California, Ohio, Idaho, Illinois, Nevada and Utah. California leads the way with 11 players hailing from the Golden State. Cal Baptist BYU leads, 6-2 Last match this season: Feb. 13 Cal-Baptist (3-0) Breakdown by State / Country: Jan. 5, 2006: BYU (3-0); Jan. 6, 2006: BYU (3-1) UCLA UCLA leads, 25-15 Brazil (2) Idaho (1) This season: Jan. 12 BYU (3-0); Jan. 13 BYU (3-0) Leandro Justen Scott Cox Jan. 26, 2006: BYU (3-1); Jan. 27, 2006: UCLA (3-2) Rodnei Santos Stanford BYU leads, 20-10 Illinois (1) This season: Jan. 19 BYU (3-0); Jan 20 BYU (3-0) Mar. 3, 2006: BYU (3-0); Mar. 4, 2006: BYU (3-0) California (11) Ryan Oates Penn State Series Tied, 6-6 Ryan Boyce This season: Jan. 26 BYU (3-0) Jonathan Charette Puerto Rico (2) Previous match: Feb. 5, 2005: Penn State (3-2) Curtis Cohun Ivan Perez Loyola-Chicago BYU leads, 2-0 Brian Congelliere Yamil Perez This season: Jan. 27 BYU (3-0) Previous match: Jan. 8, 2000: BYU (3-1) Russell Holmes UC Irvine BYU leads, 29-8 Erik Mayer Nevada (1) This season: Feb. 2 BYU (3-0); Feb. 3 UCI (3-2) Chip Neff Jeff Robinson Mar. 10, 2006: UCI (3-2); Mar. 11, 2006: UCI (3-2) Trevor Neff Pepperdine Pepperdine leads, 24-16 J.D. Rasmussen Utah (3) This season: Feb. 15 Pepp. (3-2); Feb. 17 Pepp. (3-0) Feb. 3, 2006: BYU (3-1); Feb. 4, 2006: Pepperdine (3-0) Trent Sorensen Andrew Stewart Hawai’i BYU leads, 21-14 Robby Stowell Bryan Stewart Apr. 14, 2006: Hawai’i (3-0); Apr. 15: Hawai’i (3-2) Mat Taylor USC BYU leads, 20-7 Cuba (1) Feb. 10, 2006: BYU (3-1); Feb. 11, 2006: BYU (3-2) Yosleyder Cala Venezuela (1) UC Santa Barbara BYU leads, 20-15 Jan. 20, 2006: BYU (3-1); Jan. 21, 2006: BYU (3-0) Joel Silva CS Northridge BYU leads, 20-14 Ohio (2) Jan. 13, 2006: BYU (3-1); Jan. 14, 2006: BYU (3-1) Reed Chilton Long Beach State Long Beach State leads, 16-13 Andy Pompei Apr. 6, 2006: LBS (3-2); Apr. 7, 2006: LBS (3-1) Apr. 22, 2006: LBS (3-1) UP NEXT UC San Diego BYU leads, 20-0 The Cougars head back out on the road, where they will spend much of Feb. 16, 2006: BYU (3-0); Feb. 18 2006: BYU (3-0) Pacific BYU leads, 12-4 the month of March. BYU will take on USC, UC Santa Barbara and Cal- Mar. 31, 2006: BYU (3-0); Apr. 1, 2006: (BYU (3-1) State Northridge in back-to-back-to-back weekends.

The next time the Cougars play at home will be Mar. 29-30 when they host Long Beach State.

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2007 NUMERICAL ROSTER PRONOUNCIATIONS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Yosleyder Cala OH 6-8 200 So. Ciego Avila, Cuba / Marcelo Salado Yosleyder Cala YO-sleigh-der Call-uh 2 Rodnei Santos MB 6-6 170 Fr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Colegio Campos Salles Rodnei Santos Rod-knee 3 Reed Chilton S 6-3 175 Fr. Centerville, OH / Centerville HS Brian Congelliere Con-ja-LEER 4 Brian Congelliere S 6-2 190 Jr. Newbury Park, CA / St. Louis School Ivan Perez E-von PEH-rez 5 Scott Cox OPP 6-3 195 Sr. Blackfoot, ID / Snake River HS Andy Pompei Pom-PAY 6 Joel Silva LIB 6-2 180 Fr. San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela / Park Univ. Robby Stowell Sto-WELL 7 Trent Sorensen MB 6-7 225 Jr. Palmdale, CA / Highland HS Yamil Perez Yah-MEEL PEH-rez 8 Ivan Perez OH 6-4 210 Jr. Mayaguez, PR / Colegio San Benito Jonahan Charette Shar-ET 9 Ryan Oates MB 6-6 195 Fr. Winfield, IL / Wheaton North HS 10 Bryan Stewart OPP 6-5 190 Sr. Sandy, UT / Alta HS Shawn Patchell PATCH-ul 11 Russell Holmes MB 6-8 185 Jr. Fountain Valley, CA / Fountain Valley HS Ryan Millar Mill-AR 12 Andy Pompei LIB 5-10 140 Fr. Fairview Park, OH / St. Edward HS 13 Robby Stowell OPP 6-7 195 Fr. Newport Beach, CA / Capistrano Valley HS RETURNING STARTERS (4) 14 Yamil Perez S 6-1 175 Fr. Guaynabo, PR / Colegio Marista Player Pos. 2006 Fact 15 Mat Taylor OH 6-6 203 Fr. Orem, UT / Orem HS Yosleyder Cala OH 4.01 KPG 16 Chip Neff S 6-4 165 So. Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Russell Holmes MB All-American 17 Andrew Stewart OH 6-6 190 Fr. Sandy, UT / Alta HS Jonathan Charette OPP 2.23 KPG Ivan Perez OH 317 total kills 2007 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL STARTERS LOST (4) Ryan Boyce S 6-1 165 Fr. Long Beach, CA / Huntington Beach HS Player Pos. 2006 Fact 1 Yosleyder Cala OH 6-8 200 So. Ciego Avila, Cuba / Marcelo Salado Victor Batista MB .406 Hitting pct. Jonathan Charette OPP 6-2 185 Sr. Fullerton, CA / Long Beach City Taylor Evans OH/OPP 10+ kills 11 times 3 Reed Chilton S 6-3 175 Fr. Centerville, OH / Centerville HS Rob Neilson S 13.11 APG Curtis Cohun OH 6-6 195 Fr. Calabasas Hills, CA / Agoura HS Brian Rowley LIB 2.01 DPG 4 Brian Congelliere S 6-2 190 Jr. Newbury Park, CA / St. Louis School 5 Scott Cox OPP 6-3 195 Sr. Blackfoot, ID / Snake River HS LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (4) 11 Russell Holmes MB 6-8 185 Jr. Fountain Valley, CA / Fountain Valley HS Player Pos. 2006 Fact Leandro Justen LIB 6-1 162 Jr. Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil / Missouri Valley Col. Brian Congelliere S Stared twice Erik Mayer MB 6-6 190 Fr. Mission Viejo, CA / Scotts Valley HS Trent Sorensen MB Played in every match 16 Chip Neff S 6-4 165 So. Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Scott Cox OPP Three kills Trevor Neff S 6-2 145 Fr. Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Chip Neff S Played in two matches 9 Ryan Oates MB 6-6 195 Fr. Winfield, IL / Wheaton North HS 8 Ivan Perez OH 6-4 210 Jr. Mayaguez, PR / Colegio San Benito 14 Yamil Perez S 6-1 175 Fr. Guaynabo, PR / Colegio Marista LETTERWINNER LOST (1) 12 Andy Pompei LIB 5-10 140 Fr. Fairview Park, OH / St. Edward HS Player Pos. 2006 Fact J.D. Rasmussen MB 6-6 195 Fr. Newport Beach, CA / Villa Park HS Josh Brecheisen OH/OPP Played in two matches Jeff Robinson OH 6-3 192 Fr. Las Vegas, NV / Centennial HS 2 Rodnei Santos MB 6-6 170 Fr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Colegio Campos Salles NEWCOMERS (8) 6 Joel Silva LIB 6-2 180 Fr. San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela / Park Univ. Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. 7 Trent Sorensen MB 6-7 225 Jr. Palmdale, CA / Highland HS Ryan Boyce S Fr. 6-1 165 17 Andrew Stewart OH 6-6 190 Fr. Sandy, UT / Alta HS Leandro Lusten LIB Jr. 6-1 162 10 Bryan Stewart OPP 6-5 190 Sr. Sandy, UT / Alta HS Erik Mayer MB Fr. 6-6 190 13 Robby Stowell OPP 6-7 195 Fr. Newport Beach, CA / Capistrano Valley HS Trevor Neff S Fr. 6-2 145 Mat Taylor OH 6-6 203 Fr. Orem, UT / Orem HS J.D. Rasmussen MB Fr. 6-6 195 Rodnei Santos MB Fr. 6-6 170 COACHES: Joel Silva LIB Fr. 6-2 180 Head Coaches: Ryan Millar (BYU, 2001), First Year; Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1995), Fifth Year Robby Stowell OPP Fr. 6-7 195 Assistant Coach: Rob Neilson (BYU, 2006), First Year RETURNING MISSIONARIES (4) Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. BREAKDOWN BY POSITION LIBEROS (2) BREAKDOWN BY CLASS SOPHOMORES (2) Reed Chilton S Fr. 6-3 175 Andy Pompei Yosleyder Cala OUTSIDE HITTERS (7) FRESHMEN (14) Jeff Robinson OH Fr. 6-3 192 Yosleyder Cala Joel Silva Ryan Boyce Chip Neff Andrew Stewart OH Fr. 6-6 190 Curtis Cohun MIDDLE BLOCKERS (6) Reed Chilton JUNIORS (5) Leandro Justen Russell Holmes Curtis Cohun Brian Congelliere Mat Taylor OH Fr. 6-6 203 Ivan Perez Erik Mayer Erik Mayer Russell Holmes Jeff Robinson Ryan Oates Trevor Neff Leandro Justen RETURNING REDSHIRTS (4) J.D. Rasmussen Ivan Perez Andrew Stewart Ryan Oates Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Mat Taylor Rodnei Santos Yamil Perez Trent Sorensen Curtis Cohun OH Fr. 6-6 195 OPPOSITES (4) Trent Sorensen Andy Pompei SENIORS (3) Jonathan Charette SETTERS (6) J.D. Rasmussen Jonathan Charette Ryan Oates MB Fr. 6-6 195 Scott Cox Ryan Boyce Jeff Robinson Scott Cox Yamil Perez S Fr. 6-1 175 Bryan Stewart Reed Chilton Rodnei Santos Bryan Stewart Andy Pompei LIB Fr. 5-10 140 Robby Stowell Brian Congelliere Andrew Stewart Chip Neff Robby Stowell Trevor Neff Mat Taylor Yamil Perez www.byucougars.com BrighamBrigham YoungYoung VolleyballVolleyball Page 7 • BYU Volleyball 2007

COACH RYAN MILLAR COACH SHAWN PATCHELL Ryan Millar and Shawn Patchell were named Shawn Patchell and Ryan Millar were named co-interim head coaches by athletics director Tom co-interim head coaches by athletics director Tom Holmoe prior to the season. Holmoe prior to the season.

Millar is entering his first season coaching at BYU. Patchell enters his first year as head coach and Millar, a four-time All-America selection and 1999 fifth year on BYU’s staff. Patchell came to BYU National Player of the Year, led arguably the best from Laguna Beach High School where he was BYU men’s volleyball team to a 30-1 record and head coach for both the boy’s and girl’s volleyball the first of three national championships in five teams. In six seasons, Patchell’s teams qualified years. for the CIF playoffs every year and were CIF finalists in 1998, 1999 and 2001 and state qualifiers Millar owns most of the BYU school records for in 1998 and 2001. The Laguna Beach Artists won rally scoring statistics. He holds single match records for kills (48), kill seven Pacific Coast League Titles with Patchell at the helm. In six seasons, attempts (95), block assists (16) and total blocks. Millar’s single season Coach Patchell posted a 137-67 record at LBHS and twice was selected to records include kills (648), kill attempts, (1,259), block assists (192) block coach the South Orange County All-Stars. Patchell also coached basketball solos (22) and total blocks (214). His career marks include records for kills at Irvine High School and assisted the men’s volleyball team at the (1,797), kills per game (5.19), kill attemps (3,338), block assists (590), block University of California at Irvine along with coaching at Pepperdine and solos (72), total blocks (662) and blocks per game (1.91). Stanford during the summer.

After Millar’s dominating career with the Cougars, he was selected to the During the summer of 2005, Patchell coached the US World University USA National Team. As a member of team USA, he has participated in Games team and in 2006, he was an assistant coach for the Youth two Olympic Games (2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens). National Team that took second place in the 2006 NORCECA Boys Youth Continental Championship (U-19) in Bayaguana, Dominican Republic. Most recently, in November 2006, Millar competed with the USA National Team at the World Championships in Japan. A member of BYU’s first NCAA men’s volleyball team, Patchell was a starter from 1990-93 and recorded a .398 career hitting percentage. In Millar also played six years of professional volleyball in Italy. His major 1992, Patchell’s junior year, he led the nation in hitting percentage at .488 international competition includes the FIVB World Championship and was honored as All-Academic Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Qualifying Tournament, the NORCECA Continental Championships and Association. He was ranked fourth and 10th nationally in hitting and the World Grand Champions Cup, where he was named “Best Blocker” of blocking his senior year. the tournament. Since his college days he has played in several places in the United States, Korea, Japan, Australia and Italy. Patchell played professionally in Spain for the Euro Cup qualifier and No. 1-ranked Gran Canaria Team in the Canary Islands and also represented Millar has played under and coached with some of the best volleyball the US in the Federation International Volleyball Association Sand minds including former BYU head coach Carl McGown and former Volleyball Circuit in Europe. Olympic coaches Doug Beal and Marv Dunphy. Patchell earned his BA in English with a minor in business management Millar currently owns and operates a volleyball camp called the Next from BYU in 1993 and a master’s degree in English Literature from Level Volleyball Camps where he coaches volleyball. the University of California at Irvine in 2000. He is a member of the BYU English Department where he teaches Masterpieces of American A native of Palmdale, Calif., Millar is married to Suzanne Millar. The and British Literature and a composition class. Patchell taught English couple has one son, Max Ryan Millar born in July 2006. Millar earned a Literature in high schools in Kauai, Hawai`i, and Irvine and Laguna Bachelor’s degree from BYU in Sociology. Beach, California.

Shawn and his wife Davis enjoy surfing, skiing, snowboarding, horseback riding, reading and camping with their three daughters: Jordan (9), Sage (7) and Soren (3).

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SOPHOMORE - (2006): Named to the AVCA All- SOPHOMORE - (2006): Named honorable mention America Second Team ... earned second-team All- All-MPSF ... was named the Sports Imports/AVCA MPSF honors ... a Student Athlete Academic Center player of the week and the MPSF player of the week Scholar Athlete ... started all 27 matches and was for his play against UC Santa Barbara ... played in the only player on the team to play in all 104 games 25 matches and started 24 ... appeared in 89 games ... finished sixth in the nation with a .456 hitting percentage and third in ... was second on the team in kills per game at 3.66 ... had a team-high MPSF play at .462 ... averaged 1.49 blocks per game, eight in the nation 326 total kills ... hit .278 on the seasom ... was second in the team with 140 ... was fourth in the MPSF in blocks per game, averaging 1.53 in league digs and added 63 blocks, 15 aces and 24 assists ... had double-digit kill play ... had 155 total blocks, tied for second most in a BYU rally scoring 16 times ... had 20-or-more kills six times ... set a season high with 23 kills season ... had 143 block assists, the fifth most in a BYU season ... ecordedr against UC Santa Barbara, Jan. 20 ... hit a season-high .571 against UC double-digit kills 12 times ... hit .400 or better 18 times ... set a career high Santa Barbara, Jan. 21 ... had nine digs and seven blocks against Cal State with 12 blocks against Cal State Northridge, Jan. 13, ranking second in Northridge, Jan. 13 ... had seven blocks against CS Northridge, Jan. 13, and school history for most blocks in a match since the rally scoring era began UC Irvine, March 10, a career high ... had 21 kills and hit .500 in 3-1 win in 2001 ... had 11 kills against Cal State Northridge, Jan. 13 ... hit .692 and over UCLA, Ja. 26 ... had 20 kills on Jan. 28 against UCLA ... had 21 kills had nine kills and eight blocks against Cal State Northridge, Jan. 14 ... and 11 digs against Pepperdine, Feb. 3 ... recorded 10 kills, four digs and totaled 18 kills and eight blocks in two matches against UC Santa Barbara three blocks while hitting .467 against Stanford, March 3 ... tied career high ... had 11 kills against UCLA, Jan. 26 ... had seven blocks in both matches with seven blocks against UC Irvine, March 10 ... had 17 kills and tied a against UCLA ... hit .615 and had 10 kills and five digs against Pepperdine, career high with three aces against UC Irvine, March 11 ... had 18 kills, 10 Feb. 4 ... had 12 kills, seven blocks, four digs and hit .526 in 3-1 win over digs and five blocks against Ohio State, March 17 ... named to the Long USC, Feb. 10 ... had eight kills and five blocks in 3-2 win over USC, Feb. 1 Beach State Active Ankle Classic All-Tournament Team ... had 16 digs and ... averaged 2.83 kills and 2.00 blocks per game in two wins over UC San four aces in two matches against Long Beach ... had 16 kills and eight digs Diego, Feb. 16 and 18 ... had a season-high 13 kills and hit a season-high against Hawai`i, April 15. .800 in 3-0 win over Stanford, March 4 ... hit .700 and averaged 3.83 kills per game in two wins over Stanford ... had 10 kills and four blocks against FRESHMAN - (2005): Named a second-team All-American by the AVCA Ohio State, March 17 ... named to the Long Beach State Active Ankle and Asics/Volleyball Magazine, the highest national honor for a BYU Classic All-Tournament Team ... averaged 3.86 kills, 1.71 blocks per game freshman ... earned All-MPSF Second Team honors, the highest league and hit .615 in two matches against Pacific ... had a career-high 15 kills honor for a BYU freshman ... named Academic All-MPSF ... set the BYU against Pacific, April 1 ... had 17 total blocks in two matches against Long record for most kills by a freshman with 382 ... finished first on the team Beach State ... recorded nine blocks against Long Beach State in the MPSF averaging 3.78 kills per game ... hit .331 on the season, a BYU record for quarterfinals. freshman outside hitters ... was named MPSF Player of the Week for his efforts against Hawai`i, March 18 and 19 when he recorded 32 kills in FRESHMAN - (2005): Played in 30 matches and appeared in 98 games back-to-back sweeps of the Warriors ... registered a career-high 25 kills ... started 13 matches ... recorded 107 kills while hitting .368 ... totaled 67 while hitting .526 in a win over Long Beach State, March 26 ... had 24 blocks ... had a career-high 14 kills against Penn State, Jan. 6 ... provided kills against Pacific, March 12, tied for third most in a four-game BYU a big lift off the bench in a win over Long Beach State, March 26, tallying rally-scoring match ... hit a career-high .588 and recorded nine digs against four kills, three digs and four blocks ... had a career-best five blocks on five Pacific, March 12 ... recorded a career-high 13 digs to go along with 17 different occasions. kills at UC Santa Barbara, Jan. 21 ... had 10-or-more kills in 20 matches ... had 20-or-more kills four times, including 24 in BYU’s MPSF Tournament Before BYU quarterfinal match against UC Santa Barbara, April 23 ... had 22 kills Lettered two years in volleyball at Fountain Valley High School under against Long Beach State, March 25, the second most in a three-game BYU Coach Tod Hanson ... team was Sunset League Champions in 2001 ... rally-scoring match ... played in 29 matches and 101 games ... finished named first-team All-Sunset League ... team won the Francis Parker second on the team in digs with 150 for a 1.49 per game average ... was Tournament in 2001 ... also lettered three years in soccer ... played club fourth on the team with 29 aces ... tallied 75 total blocks. volleyball for the Long Beach Club under Derrick Lusaro for two years ... club team won gold medal at 2001 Junior Olympics ... named All- Before BYU American at the Junior Olympics ... named to Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Lettered three years at Colegio San Benito under Jose “Pepe” Velez ... in 2001. team won high school league championship of Mayaguez in 2002 ... named team MVP in 2002 ... team earned first place at the NORCECA Personal Championship and seventh place at the World championship, under Born in Anaheim, Calif. ... parents are Mark and Tami Holmes ... married 19 division ... played club volleyball for the Torrimar club under Carlos to Julie ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Rivera for one year ... club team won first place at the Kentucky Junior Saints to London, England ... started playing volleyball as a junior in high Championship ... earned club All-America honors. school with friends ... enjoys beach volleyball, surfing and snowboarding ... an Eagle Scout ... a pre-communications major. Personal Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico ... started playing basketball and volleyball coach asked him to play ... enjoys dancing and listening to Puerto Rican music ... majoring in elective english with a double minor in physics and math.

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LAST YEAR VS. HAWAII LAST YEAR VS. HAWAII -- BOX SCORES No. 4 BYU at No. 2 Hawai`i • April 14, 2006 Apr. 14, 2006 ## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 7 6 18 .056 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.5 Needing a win to guarantee a home match in the first round of the MPSF 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 3 6 6 19 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.5 tournament, the No. 4 Cougars lost 3-0 (14-30, 21-30, 21-30) to No. 2 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 6 0 12 .500 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7.5 14 NEILSON, Rob 3 0 1 3 -.333 24 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0.5 Hawai`i Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. BYU is now 18-7 overall and 14-7 15 BATISTA, Victor 3 5 3 14 .143 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6.5 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation while the Warriors extended 17 EVANS, Taylor 3 3 5 16 -.125 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 4.5 5 CONGELLIERE, B. 2 0 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 their win streak to 18 matches and are now 22-4 overall and 18-3 in league 7 ROWLEY, Brian 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 8 4 17 .235 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9.0 play. 18 GOMES, Rodrigo 3 0 2 4 -.500 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 2 Ivan Perez had a team-high eight kills while Yosleyder Cala added seven. Totals...... 3 35 27 103 .078 34 4 9 4 20 0 11 2 1 44.5 BYU hit .078 as a team and had 5.5 blocks and 20 digs. TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct Three Hawai`i players had double-digit kill totals, led by Jose Delgado’s 1 9 12 31 -.097 2 15 7 36 .222 14. Lauri Hakala was second with 13 and Matt Carere had 11. The Warriors 3 11 8 36 .083 hit .547 as a team and had 8.5 blocks and 28 digs. TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS Hawai`i out-hit BYU in every game and held the lead the entire match BYU Cougars 14 21 21 18-7, 14-7 MPSF with the exception of a 1-1 tie in game two and a brief Cougar lead early in Hawai`i 30 30 30 22-4, 18-3 MPSF the third. The Warriors took the lead in game three at 5-4 and never looked ## Hawai`i GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 7 Delgado, Jose 3 14 4 23 .435 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 16.0 back. 8 Hakala, Lauri 3 13 1 19 .632 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 15.0 9 Carere, Matt 3 11 1 19 .526 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 13.0 10 Beckwith, Brian 3 1 0 1 1.000 39 0 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 2.5 Now 14-7 in the MPSF, BYU is one match ahead of Long Beach State in 16 La Barre, Maulia 3 5 0 9 .556 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 6.0 the race to host a first round match. A Cougars win on Saturday against 19 Dante, Dio 3 3 0 4 .750 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 7.0 6 Carney, Sean 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Hawai`i or a Long Beach loss would guarantee a match in Provo. A BYU 11 Reft, Alfred 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 1 loss and a Long Beach win would give the teams identical records but the Totals...... 3 47 6 75 .547 42 4 11 4 28 1 15 0 0 59.5 49ers own the tie breaker, having won two matches last weekend in Long TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Beach. Game K E TA Pct 1 14 1 22 .591 2 16 2 22 .636 Apr. 15, 2006 3 17 3 31 .452 No. 4 BYU took No. 2 Hawai`i to the wire but could not pull out a win, TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5 falling 3-2 Saturday in Honolulu to conclude the regular season at 18-8 Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center) overall and 14-8 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The loss makes Date: Apr 14, 2006 Attend: 5414 Time: 1:32 four in a row for the Cougars, their first streak of four-or-more losses since Referees: Ernie Ho, Dickson Chun 1996. No. 4 BYU at No. 2 Hawai`i • April 15, 2006 ## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 CALA, Yosleyder 5 21 7 43 .326 1 6 6 4 9 0 3 0 0 28.5 8 PEREZ, Ivan 5 16 9 36 .194 1 2 5 2 8 0 3 0 0 19.5 The win makes 19 straight for Hawai`i, which finished the season at 23-4 11 HOLMES, Russell 5 11 3 21 .381 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 14.0 overall and second in the MPSF at 19-3. BYU finished tied with Long 14 NEILSON, Rob 5 2 0 3 .667 69 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 3.0 15 BATISTA, Victor 5 16 4 26 .462 4 1 8 0 4 1 5 1 0 20.5 Beach State for fourth in the league standings but will be seeded fifth as 17 EVANS, Taylor 5 11 6 24 .208 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 11.5 the 49ers own the tie breaker. The Cougars will play at Long Beach in the 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 quarterfinals of the league tournament, Saturday, April 22. 18 GOMES, Rodrigo 5 1 0 2 .500 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals...... 5 80 29 159 .321 76 9 29 8 50 2 18 2 0 100.0 Yosleyder Cala led the BYU with 21 kills and a career-best six service TEAM ATTACK PER GAME aces, the second highest single-match total in school history since the Game K E TA Pct rally scoring era began in 2001. Victor Batista and Ivan Perez each had 16 1 18 6 32 .375 2 16 11 40 .125 kills and Russell Holmes and Taylor Evans had 11 apiece. Brian Rowley 3 18 3 30 .500 gave the Cougars several second-chance opportunities as he recorded 15 4 19 6 39 .333 5 9 3 18 .333 of BYU’s 50 digs. Rob Neilson set the Cougars to a .321 (80-29-159) team hitting percentage. TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS BYU Cougars 30 26 25 30 12 18-8, 14-8 MPSF Lauri Hakala led Hawai`i with 21 kills while Jose Delgado added 15 and Hawai`i 27 30 30 26 15 23-4, 19-3 MPSF Maulia La Barre had 11 and hit .846. The Warriors hit .286 as a team and ## Hawai`i GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS had 40 digs and 14.5 blocks. 7 Delgado, Jose 5 15 9 33 .182 1 2 2 2 7 0 3 1 0 18.5 8 Hakala, Lauri 5 21 5 40 .400 1 1 2 0 3 1 5 1 0 25.5 9 Carere, Matt 5 5 6 31 -.032 0 3 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 9.0 BYU took game one, 30-27, while out-hitting Hawai`i .375 to .226. The 10 Beckwith, Brian 5 2 1 6 .167 54 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 3.5 16 La Barre, Maulia 5 11 0 13 .846 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 15.5 Cougars continued to play well, leading early in game two before the 19 Dante, Dio 5 5 1 9 .444 0 1 4 0 5 0 6 0 0 9.0 Warriors came back and took the game 30-26. Hawai`i then took a 2-1 lead 4 Kalima, Eric 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 Carney, Sean 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 in the match with a 30-25 win in game three but BYU stormed back with a 11 Reft, Alfred 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 13 Bender, Matt 2 2 0 7 .286 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.5 30-26 win in the fourth to force a fifth game. TEAM 5 Totals...... 5 62 22 140 .286 57 8 12 9 40 2 25 3 0 84.5

The Warriors led throughout game five but the Cougars came back to get TEAM ATTACK PER GAME within one at 13-12 on an ace by Cala. Hawai`i quickly got back in control Game K E TA Pct 1 13 6 31 .226 and scored the next two points for the win. 2 11 4 31 .226 3 18 4 32 .438 4 15 8 35 .200 5 5 0 11 .455

TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.5

Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center) Date: Apr 15, 2006 Attend: 6826 Time: 2:44 Referees: Dickson Chun, Dan Hironaka

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2007 MPSF MEN'S VOLLEYBALL STATISTICS MPSF MATCHES ONLY Through February 19, 2007 Note: A Player Must Compete In At Least 50 % of Team's Conference Games To Be Ranked

HITTING PERCENTAGE (Minimum 3 TA/GP) KILLS

# PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP K E TA PCT. # PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP K KPG 1 David Smith, SR, UCI 43 102 15 166 0.524 1 Evan Patak, SR, UCSB 45 274 6.09 2 Theo Brunner, SR, UCSB 45 142 23 228 0.522 2 Paul Carroll, SO, PEPP 41 247 6.02 3 Kevin McNiff, FR, CSN 27 48 7 84 0.488 3 Juan Figueroa, JR, USC 38 189 4.97 4 Dio Dante, SR, HAW 35 60 10 105 0.476 4 Paul Lotman, JR, LBSU 33 162 4.91 5 David Kennedy, SR, UCSB 43 113 25 188 0.468 5 Jim Clar, SO, HAW 36 154 4.28 6 Aaron Harrell, JR, UCI 43 98 17 182 0.445 6 Pekka Seppanen, JR, PAC 43 181 4.21 7 Greg Gaudino, SR, PEPP 41 80 20 135 0.444 6 Norm Hutton, JR, LBSU 28 118 4.21 8 Rodnei Santos, FR, BYU 26 50 11 88 0.443 8 Matt Ceran, JR, STAN 38 150 3.95 9 Dean Bittner, FR, LBSU 32 72 16 135 0.415 9 Jayson Jablonsky, SR, UCI 43 168 3.91 10 Yosleyder Cala, SO, BYU 25 97 27 177 0.395 10 Yosleyder Cala, SO, BYU 27 95 3.88

BLOCKING ACES

# PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP BS BA TB BPG # PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP A APG 1 Tom Hulse, SR, PEPP 41 5 72 77 1.88 1 Evan Patak, SR, UCSB 45 53 1.18 2 Dio Dante, SR, HAW 35 11 53 64 1.83 2 Paul Carroll, SO, PEPP 41 26 0.63 3 David Smith, SR, UCI 43 5 57 62 1.44 3 Matt Webber, SR, UCI 42 16 0.38 3 Russell Holmes, JR, BYU 27 6 33 39 1.44 3 Eric Vance, SO, CSN 29 11 0.38 5 Jonathan Winder, SO, PEPP 23 2 30 32 1.39 5 Jayson Jablonsky, SR, UCI 43 15 0.35 6 Matt Rawson, FR, HAW 34 4 42 46 1.35 6 Pekka Seppanen, JR, PAC 43 13 0.30 6 Rodnei Santos, FR, BYU 26 2 33 35 1.35 7 Paul George, SR, UCLA 46 13 0.28 8 Kevin McNiff, FR, CSN 27 2 34 36 1.33 7 Bryan Berman, SR, UCSB 40 11 0.28 9 Jamie Diefenbach, SO, UCLA 43 2 53 55 1.28 9 Paul Lotman, JR, LBSU 33 9 0.27 10 Dan Hammer, SR, PAC 40 9 40 49 1.23 9 Yamil Perez, FR, BYU 22 6 0.27

DIGS ASSISTS

# PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP D DPG # PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP A APG 1 Eric Leserman, SO, UCSD 32 108 3.38 1 Bart Kowalski, SR, UCSB 43 586 13.63 2 Dustin Watten, SO, LBSU 33 95 2.88 2 Jimmy Killian, JR, USC 39 523 13.41 3 Eric Kalima, SR, HAW 37 98 2.65 3 Jonathan Winder, SO, PEPP 23 300 13.04 4 Luke Morris, SO, USC 38 96 2.53 4 Yamil Perez, FR, BYU 22 284 12.91 5 Ben Brockman, JR, UCSB 35 83 2.37 5 Connor Eaton, FR, LBSU 25 322 12.88 6 Joel Silva, FR, BYU 26 59 2.27 6 Brian Thornton, SR, UCI 43 544 12.65 7 Tanner Sutherland, SR, PEPP 34 77 2.26 7 Travis Bleumling, JR, CSN 25 310 12.40 8 Andreas Baboulidis, SR, PAC 43 93 2.16 8 Garrett Morales, SR, PAC 41 508 12.39 9 Eric Vance, SO, CSN 29 60 2.07 9 Brian Beckwith, SR, HAW 35 418 11.94 10 Juan Figueroa, JR, USC 38 76 2.00 10 Brooks Dierdorff, SR, UCSD 40 462 11.84

POINTS

# PLAYER, YR, SCHOOL GP K A BS BA PTS PPG 1 Evan Patak, SR, UCSB 45 274 53 5 30 347.0 7.71 2 Paul Carroll, SO, PEPP 41 247 26 5 28 292.0 7.12 3 Paul Lotman, JR, LBSU 33 162 9 2 22 184.0 5.58 4 Juan Figueroa, JR, USC 38 189 9 1 23 210.5 5.54 5 Pekka Seppanen, JR, PAC 43 181 13 4 26 211.0 4.91 6 Norm Hutton, JR, LBSU 28 118 6 0 20 134.0 4.79 7 Jim Clar, SO, HAW 36 154 3 3 24 172.0 4.78 8 Jayson Jablonsky, SR, UCI 43 168 15 6 28 203.0 4.72 9 Matt Webber, SR, UCI 42 149 16 7 29 186.5 4.44 10 CJ Schellenberg, SO, USC 37 141 5 5 22 162.0 4.38

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MPSF TEAM STATISTICS

HITTING PERCENTAGE KILLS

# TEAM GP K E TA PCT. # TEAM GP K KPG 1 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 743 218 1413 0.372 1 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 743 16.51 2 UC IRVINE 43 670 220 1330 0.338 2 PEPPERDINE 41 659 16.07 3 PEPPERDINE 41 659 223 1329 0.328 3 UC IRVINE 43 670 15.58 4 BYU 28 423 160 830 0.317 4 USC 39 594 15.23 5 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 450 163 1000 0.287 5 PACIFIC 43 654 15.21 6 LONG BEACH STATE 33 496 209 1049 0.274 6 UCLA 46 695 15.11 7 UCLA 46 695 285 1513 0.271 6 BYU 28 423 15.11 8 PACIFIC 43 654 283 1376 0.270 8 LONG BEACH STATE 33 496 15.03 9 USC 39 594 255 1292 0.262 9 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 450 15.00 10 HAWAII 38 525 220 1223 0.249 10 UC SAN DIEGO 32 448 14.00 11 UC SAN DIEGO 32 448 224 1072 0.209 11 HAWAII 38 525 13.82 12 STANFORD 38 497 287 1248 0.168 12 STANFORD 38 497 13.08

BLOCKING ACES

# TEAM GP BS BA TB BPG # TEAM GP A APG 1 HAWAII 38 25 228 139.0 3.66 1 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 90 2.00 2 PEPPERDINE 41 16 229 130.5 3.18 2 UC IRVINE 43 63 1.47 3 BYU 28 14 148 88.0 3.14 3 PEPPERDINE 41 57 1.39 4 UC IRVINE 43 24 214 131.0 3.05 4 UCLA 46 55 1.20 5 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 14 145 86.5 2.88 5 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 34 1.13 6 UCLA 46 16 232 132.0 2.87 6 PACIFIC 43 45 1.05 7 USC 39 20 179 109.5 2.81 7 LONG BEACH STATE 33 32 0.97 8 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 24 204 126.0 2.80 8 BYU 28 25 0.89 9 LONG BEACH STATE 33 17 141 87.5 2.65 9 USC 39 33 0.85 10 PACIFIC 43 32 161 112.5 2.62 10 STANFORD 38 30 0.79 11 UC SAN DIEGO 32 14 134 81.0 2.53 11 UC SAN DIEGO 32 23 0.72 12 STANFORD 38 16 121 76.5 2.01 12 HAWAII 38 27 0.71

DIGS ASSISTS

# TEAM GP D DPG # TEAM GP A APG 1 PEPPERDINE 41 397 9.68 1 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 702 15.60 2 HAWAII 38 364 9.58 2 PEPPERDINE 41 619 15.10 3 PACIFIC 43 409 9.51 3 UC IRVINE 43 635 14.77 4 UC SANTA BARBARA 45 420 9.33 4 BYU 28 410 14.64 5 UC SAN DIEGO 32 297 9.28 5 PACIFIC 43 627 14.58 6 STANFORD 38 342 9.00 6 USC 39 565 14.49 7 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 269 8.97 7 UCLA 46 660 14.35 8 UC IRVINE 43 384 8.93 8 LONG BEACH STATE 33 472 14.30 9 UCLA 46 402 8.74 9 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 30 420 14.00 10 LONG BEACH STATE 33 286 8.67 10 UC SAN DIEGO 32 420 13.12 11 USC 39 335 8.59 11 HAWAII 38 488 12.84 12 BYU 28 231 8.25 12 STANFORD 38 462 12.16

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Match 1 - BYU 3, Cal-Baptist 0 Match 3 - BYU 3, UCLA 0 Match 5 - BYU 3, Stanford 0 Cal-Baptist vs #2 Brigham Young Univ. (Jan 05, 2007 at Provo, Utah) #3 UCLA Bruins vs #2 Brigham Young Univ. (Jan 12, 2007 at Provo, Utah) #2 Brigham Young Univ. vs Stanford (Jan 19, 2007 at Stanford University) ## Cal-Baptist GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE ## UCLA Bruins GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 3 GUNTHOR, Urs 3 8 2 13 .462 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 Brett Perrine 3 3 2 12 .083 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 2 6 0 8 .750 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 SPENCE, Corey 3 4 1 11 .273 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 Dylan Bowermaster 3 3 2 7 .143 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 CONGELLIERE, Brian2 0 1 2 -.500 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 AWUDU, Shamsu 3 6 10 31 -.129 0 0 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 14 Steve Klosterman 3 4 5 12 -.083 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 2 8 2 18 .333 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 6 SUN, Yukai 2 2 5 13 -.231 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 Matt Wade 3 3 0 5 .600 36 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 11 HOLMES, Russell 2 7 1 9 .667 2 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 9 BUEHRING, Dan 3 2 2 5 .000 26 0 2 0 8 0 0 2 1 19 Jamie Diefenbach 3 5 2 11 .273 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 10 9 22 .045 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 23 VETTER, Romain 3 6 2 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 Paul George 3 15 1 20 .700 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 17 STEWART, Andrew 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 CAYLAR, Clement 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 Tony Ker 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 CALA, Yosleyder 2 11 2 20 .450 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 99 MENDOZA, David 2 3 5 14 -.143 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Garrett Muagututia 2 9 3 16 .375 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 COX, Scott 2 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Totals...... 3 31 27 99 .040 30 2 15 2 18 2 11 2 2 16 Kent Kraushaar 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 30 Mark Lovein 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 2 3 4 10 -.100 2 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 33 Eric Chaghouri 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA Pct 51 Shaun Nichols 2 0 0 1 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 0 0 0 .000 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 6 31 .161 Totals...... 3 44 15 88 .330 41 0 21 0 13 2 10 0 1 15 TAYLOR, Mat 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 10 11 38 -.026 Totals...... 3 53 21 105 .305 52 2 13 2 33 2 23 0 1 3 10 10 30 .000 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5 1 16 6 31 .323 Game K E TA Pct 2 11 5 27 .222 1 15 4 31 .355 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 3 17 4 30 .433 2 16 9 36 .194 Cal-Baptist 26 18 25 0-2 3 22 8 38 .368 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 1-0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5 ## Brigham Young Univ. GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 5 2 11 .273 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 UCLA Bruins 28 22 26 3-0,1-0 MPSF GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 13 2 20 .550 1 0 4 1 4 0 3 0 0 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 2-2,0-1 MPSF Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 5-0, 3-0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 7 0 11 .636 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 Stanford 23 25 28 0-6, 0-3 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 11 3 20 .400 0 1 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 0 3 3 -1.000 40 1 2 0 10 0 3 1 3 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 6 2 11 .364 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 ## Stanford GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 17 STEWART, Andrew 3 8 7 20 .050 0 0 2 0 10 1 1 0 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 11 3 16 .500 0 0 3 0 4 2 3 0 0 5 Romero, Evan 3 13 10 30 .100 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 COX, Scott 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 12 1 14 .786 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 Williams, Brandon 3 2 5 11 -.273 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 12 POMPEI, Andy 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 7 2 13 .385 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 Ceran, Matt 3 15 3 36 .333 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 Totals...... 3 44 17 85 .318 44 2 15 2 34 3 20 1 4 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 0 1 1 -1.000 44 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 10 Skinner, Brian 3 2 6 12 -.333 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 17 STEWART, Andrew 1 0 3 4 -.750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Shoji, Kawika 3 1 1 4 .000 29 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 15 0 19 .789 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 14 Werner, Garrett 3 5 3 11 .182 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 Game K E TA Pct 5 COX, Scott 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Groppi, Miki 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 3 28 .429 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 Howell, Ed 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 15 6 29 .310 7 SORENSEN, Trent 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lindberg, Brian 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 14 8 28 .214 12 POMPEI, Andy 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Palacios, Jason 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 NEFF, Chip 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 3 38 28 104 .096 34 2 5 2 26 2 12 2 20 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Totals...... 3 51 12 78 .500 49 0 19 0 27 2 12 1 0 Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse) TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Date: Jan 05, 2007 Attend: 1631 Time: 1H 37M TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct Referees: Tom Given, Daphne Nelson, Ryan Mortensen Game K E TA Pct 1 14 12 34 .059 1 14 7 28 .250 2 11 9 37 .054 2 20 2 28 .643 3 13 7 33 .182 Match 2 - BYU 3, Cal-Baptist 1 3 17 3 22 .636 ## Cal-Baptist GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 3 GUNTHOR, Urs 4 3 0 9 .333 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 4 SPENCE, Corey 4 7 9 26 -.077 0 0 0 1 11 0 2 0 0 Site: Stanford University (Maples Pavilion) 5 AWUDU, Shamsu 4 19 5 35 .400 0 1 3 0 7 0 2 0 0 Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhous) Date: Jan 19, 2007 Attend: 545 Time: 1:40 9 BUEHRING, Dan 4 0 1 5 -.200 41 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 Date: Jan 12, 2007 Attend: 5537 Time: 1h 46m Referees: Ray Mink, Eric Asami 23 VETTER, Romain 4 3 6 15 -.200 1 0 2 0 3 1 4 0 0 Referees: Les Calles, Maile Jewkes 99 MENDOZA, David 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 ANDERS, Bryan 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Match 6 - BYU 3, Stanford 0 6 SUN, Yukai 4 12 5 32 .219 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 #2 Brigham Young Univ. vs Stanford (Jan 20, 2007 at Stanford, CA) Match 4 - BYU 3, UCLA 0 ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 12 HAGSTROM, Tyler 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 #3 UCLA Bruins vs #2 Brigham Young Univ. (Jan 13, 2007 at Provo, Utah) 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 8 3 14 .357 2 2 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 17 CAYLAR, Clement 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 ## UCLA Bruins GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 6 0 8 .750 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 Totals...... 4 44 26 123 .146 43 3 12 3 34 1 14 2 1 7 Garrett Muagututia 3 2 2 8 .000 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 14 3 21 .524 0 3 5 0 6 0 2 1 0 14 Steve Klosterman 3 5 7 18 -.111 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 7 0 16 .438 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 15 Matt Wade 3 1 0 4 .250 42 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 9 7 25 .080 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 Game K E TA Pct 19 Jamie Diefenbach 3 13 4 24 .375 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 3 0 4 .750 39 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 14 6 41 .195 21 Paul George 3 7 4 18 .167 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 5 COX, Scott 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 6 30 .133 51 Shaun Nichols 3 11 0 17 .647 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 11 6 26 .192 1 Tony Ker 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 8 26 .038 12 Dylan Bowermaster 2 5 4 9 .111 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 Kent Kraushaar 1 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 3 48 14 91 .374 45 6 17 0 31 1 15 2 1 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 25 Kevin Ker 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33 Eric Chaghouri 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS Totals...... 3 44 23 101 .208 43 3 11 4 22 1 17 3 0 Cal-Baptist 24 20 30 21 0-3 Game K E TA Pct 1 17 4 25 .520 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 24 30 2-0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 15 3 28 .429 Game K E TA Pct 3 16 7 38 .237 ## Brigham Young Univ. GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 1 14 7 27 .259 7 SORENSEN, Trent 4 7 2 13 .385 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 12 9 34 .088 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5 8 PEREZ, Ivan 4 13 3 23 .435 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 18 7 40 .275 11 HOLMES, Russell 4 11 4 20 .350 0 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 13 STOWELL, Robby 4 17 5 28 .429 0 0 1 0 10 0 2 0 0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5 14 PEREZ, Yamil 4 2 2 5 .000 59 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 6-0, 4-0 Stanford 24 20 28 0-7, 0-4 17 STEWART, Andrew 4 16 7 33 .273 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 4 CONGELLIERE, Brian 1 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UCLA Bruins 21 23 31 2-3 (0-2 MPSF) ## Stanford GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 5 COX, Scott 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 33 4-0 (2-0 MPSF) 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 Romero, Evan 3 16 10 36 .167 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 7 Williams, Brandon 3 7 1 9 .667 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 10 STEWART, Bryan 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 #3 UCLA Bruins vs #2 Brigham Young Univ. (Jan 13, 2007 at Provo, Utah) 9 Ceran, Matt 3 10 3 28 .250 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 10 Skinner, Brian 3 3 2 12 .083 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 15 TAYLOR, Mat 3 4 2 11 .182 1 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 6 1 10 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 12 Shoji, Kawika 3 1 0 5 .200 30 0 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 Totals...... 4 71 25 136 .338 67 3 22 3 41 3 8 2 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 16 3 24 .542 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 14 Werner, Garrett 3 2 1 5 .200 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 7 3 13 .308 1 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 Keller, Jarod 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 19 2 26 .654 1 1 1 0 5 1 3 1 0 4 Howell, Ed 2 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA Pct 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 1 1 4 .000 46 1 3 0 4 0 4 2 0 11 Lindberg, Brian 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20 3 37 .459 17 STEWART, Andrew 3 4 7 17 -.176 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 Palacios, Jason 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 5 32 .438 1 CALA, Yosleyder 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 Totals...... 3 39 18 96 .219 35 0 17 6 25 1 12 1 1 3 15 11 38 .105 4 CONGELLIERE, Bri 1 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 6 29 .379 5 COX, Scott 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 5 27 .296 12 POMPEI, Andy 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 6 34 .147 Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse) Totals...... 3 54 18 98 .367 53 4 10 3 25 1 22 5 0 Date: Jan 06, 2007 Attend: 1825 Time: 1H 58M 3 15 7 35 .229 Referees: DAPHNE NELSON, TOM GIVEN, MAETINI TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 17 3 27 .519 Site: Stanford, CA (Burnham Pavilion) 2 15 6 30 .300 Date: Jan 20, 2007 Attend: 837 Time: 1:35 3 22 9 41 .317 Referees: Kent Kitade, Ray Mink TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0

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Match 7 - BYU 3, Penn State 0 Match 9 - BYU 3, UC Irvine 0 Match 11 - Cal-Baptist 3, BYU 0 #2 Brigham Young Univ. vs #9 Penn State (Jan 26, 2007 at Honolulu, HI) Volleyball Box Score Volleyball Box Score ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE #2 UCI vs #1 Brigham Young Univ. (Feb 02, 2007 at Smith Fieldhouse BYU) #1 BYU Cougars vs Cal-Baptist (02/13/07 at Riverside, CA) 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 8 3 17 .294 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 ## UCI GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE ## BYU Cougars GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 3 1 8 .250 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 Wilson, Taylor 3 2 5 11 -.273 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 6 3 10 .300 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 7 3 17 .235 0 4 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 7 Thornton, Brian 3 1 0 2 .500 34 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 CONGELLIERE, Bri 2 0 0 2 .000 24 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 11 1 15 .667 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 11 Jablonsky, Jayson 3 6 6 16 .000 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 COX, Scott 3 19 7 33 .364 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 11 2 19 .474 0 1 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 13 Webber, Matt 3 7 7 20 .000 0 0 3 1 10 0 1 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 1 1 5 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 0 0 0 .000 41 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 Smith, David 3 8 2 14 .429 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 15 TAYLOR, Mat 2 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 COX, Scott 3 3 0 3 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Harrell, Aaron 3 8 2 14 .429 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 STEWART, Andrew 3 5 2 9 .333 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 Steller, Jon 3 5 2 10 .300 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 CALA, Yosleyder 2 8 3 16 .312 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 1 0 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Ammerman, Ryan 1 0 1 2 -.500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Reinholm, Cole 2 4 2 7 .286 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 2 2 3 9 -.111 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 TEAM 2 6 Spittle, Nick 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 3 45 10 82 .427 41 9 16 3 26 3 12 0 0 8 Asuka, Brent 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 2 0 0 0 .000 18 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 Totals...... 3 41 27 96 .146 38 2 20 4 19 1 9 1 0 TEAM 2 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals...... 3 42 21 88 .239 42 3 17 9 21 0 18 1 0 Game K E TA Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 14 3 27 .407 Game K E TA Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 12 7 26 .192 1 13 13 35 .000 Game K E TA Pct 3 19 0 29 .655 2 12 9 28 .107 1 14 7 27 .259 3 16 5 33 .333 2 10 7 27 .111 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 3 18 7 34 .324 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 7-0, 1-0 OHI GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS Penn State 22 23 18 1-2, 0-1 OHI UCI 21 22 27 10-2, 5-2 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 9-0, 5-0 BYU Cougars 25 23 29 9-2 ## Penn State GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE Cal-Baptist 30 30 31 10-5 8 Smith, Aaron 3 4 3 9 .111 1 0 2 1 7 0 2 0 0 ## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 9 Lipsitz, Max 3 3 4 11 -.091 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 9 4 20 .250 1 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 ## Cal-Baptist GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 10 Gutor, Alex 3 9 9 26 .000 1 2 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 6 0 7 .857 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 GUNTHOR, Urs 3 3 0 7 .429 0 1 3 0 3 2 4 2 0 12 Holt, Max 3 11 1 17 .588 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 9 2 14 .500 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 5 AWUDU, Shamsu 3 13 6 30 .233 0 3 3 0 5 0 1 2 0 14 Anderson, Matt 3 6 7 22 -.045 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 5 2 12 .250 1 2 3 0 1 1 5 1 0 6 SUN, Yukai 3 12 5 21 .333 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 16 Murray, Luke 3 1 0 3 .333 29 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 9 3 18 .333 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 10 BALIABA, Donald 3 10 5 22 .227 0 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 Foltz, Travis 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 0 0 1 .000 36 2 3 0 3 0 4 1 0 11 PLUNKETT, Eric 3 0 0 0 .000 39 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 Walthall, Ryan 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 5 COX, Scott 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 VETTER, Romain 3 4 1 7 .429 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13 Sweitzer, Ryan 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 ANDERS, Bryan 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Stauffer, Jay 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 SPENCE, Corey 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 TEAM 1 Totals...... 3 38 11 72 .375 38 4 15 2 23 2 18 3 0 9 BUEHRING, Dan 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals...... 3 34 24 89 .112 32 3 12 9 21 0 9 2 0 15 ASMAR, Ralph 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 17 CAYLAR, Clement 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct 99 MENDOZA, David 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA Pct 1 8 2 17 .353 TEAM 1 1 11 9 28 .071 2 12 4 19 .421 Totals...... 3 42 18 88 .273 41 9 14 3 22 4 14 8 0 2 13 8 31 .161 3 18 5 36 .361 3 10 7 30 .100 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 Game K E TA Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.5 Site: Smith Fieldhouse BYU (Elaine Michaelis) 1 16 6 34 .294 Date: Feb 02, 2007 Attend: 5753 Time: 1h 40m 2 13 5 26 .308 Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center) Referees: Burt Fuller, Tom Given, Maetani 3 13 7 28 .214 Date: Jan 26, 2007 Attend: Time: 1:39 Referees: Wayne Lee, Dan Hironaka TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 13th Outrigger Hotels Invitational Match 10 - UC Irvine 3, BYU 2 Site: Riverside, CA (Van Dyne Gym) Volleyball Box Score Date: 02/13/07 Attend: 915 Time: 1:30 #2 UC Irvine vs #1 BYU Cougars (Feb 03, 2007 at Provo, Utah) Match 8 - BYU 3, Loyola-Chicago 0 ## UC Irvine GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE #2 Brigham Young Univ. vs #13 Loyola-Chicago (Jan 27, 2007 at Honolulu, HI) 1 Steller, Jon 1 1 3 6 -.333 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Match 12 - Pepperdine 3, BYU 2 ## Brigham Young GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 7 Thornton, Brian 5 1 1 5 .000 58 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 Volleyball Box Score 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 14 3 26 .423 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 11 Jablonsky, Jayson 5 21 5 42 .381 1 2 6 0 10 0 2 0 0 #1 BYU Cougars vs #2 Pepperdine (Feb 15, 2007 at Malibu, Calif.) 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 3 5 0 10 .500 1 0 1 0 3 0 6 3 0 13 Webber, Matt 5 14 3 28 .393 0 2 2 1 2 2 6 0 0 ## BYU Cougars GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 8 3 15 .333 2 1 1 1 6 1 3 0 0 15 Smith, David 5 10 1 16 .562 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 2 0 1 CALA, Yosleyder 5 20 2 33 .545 1 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 7 1 13 .462 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 21 Harrell, Aaron 5 13 5 28 .286 1 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 5 8 3 20 .250 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 12 3 28 .321 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 3 Ammerman, Ryan 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 5 9 5 22 .182 0 1 3 2 7 0 2 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 3 1 0 2 .500 38 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 5 Reinholm, Cole 5 8 5 19 .158 0 1 4 3 6 0 1 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 5 5 5 13 .000 1 1 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 CONGELLIERE, Br 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Spittle, Nick 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 5 12 10 29 .069 0 1 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 5 COX, Scott 3 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Asuka, Brent 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 2 0 0 0 .000 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 5 68 23 144 .312 64 5 17 4 32 4 27 2 0 4 CONGELLIERE, BrI 4 1 1 4 .000 37 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 7 SORENSEN, Trent 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 COX, Scott 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 TEAM 2 Game K E TA Pct 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals...... 3 47 10 94 .394 43 2 9 3 32 3 20 4 0 1 11 7 30 .133 12 POMPEI, Andy 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 17 2 27 .556 Totals...... 5 55 26 121 .240 52 4 18 7 28 1 21 1 2 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 15 7 36 .222 Game K E TA Pct 4 17 6 36 .306 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 17 2 26 .577 5 8 1 15 .467 Game K E TA Pct 2 17 2 38 .395 1 8 4 25 .160 3 13 6 30 .233 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 17.5 2 14 8 24 .250 3 15 4 31 .355 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS 4 12 7 27 .185 UC Irvine 24 30 33 29 15 11-2; 6-2 MPSF 5 6 3 14 .214 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS BYU Cougars 30 23 31 31 8 9-1;5-1; MPSF Brigham Young Univ. 30 30 30 8-0, 2-0 OHI TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5 Loyola-Chicago 16 22 22 4-2, 1-1 OHI ## BYU Cougars GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 1 CALA, Yosleyder 5 16 9 34 .206 2 0 7 2 6 0 1 1 0 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS ## Loyola-Chicago GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 5 11 4 18 .389 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 BYU Cougars 20 30 30 30 13 9-3 (5-2 MPSF) 4 Guntli, Brian 3 3 0 8 .375 33 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 8 PEREZ, Ivan 5 20 10 44 .227 2 1 4 3 6 0 4 0 0 Pepperdine 30 27 32 25 15 10-1 (8-1 MPSF) 5 Grunst, James 3 12 4 22 .364 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 5 9 1 17 .471 0 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 6 Anderson, Ian 3 9 14 33 -.152 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 5 22 9 44 .295 0 2 2 0 6 0 3 1 0 ## Pepperdine GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 12 Kamberos, Geor 2 1 3 5 -.400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 5 1 0 2 .500 72 0 4 0 6 1 2 2 0 1 GAUDINO, Greg 5 10 1 14 .643 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 17 Berzins, Krisjanis 3 5 6 17 -.059 1 0 5 1 9 0 0 0 0 5 COX, Scott 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 SCHLEPPENBACH 5 18 8 33 .303 2 2 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 18 Lamoureux, Nick 3 4 2 9 .222 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 GROBE, Jon 5 14 9 32 .156 2 2 2 2 7 0 2 1 0 2 Gustus, Nathan 2 3 1 6 .333 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 CARROLL, Paul 5 22 11 44 .250 0 1 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 8 Bailey, Zach 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 12 POMPEI, Andy 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 HULSE, Tom 5 6 4 14 .143 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 Jensen, Derek 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 5 79 33 159 .289 78 4 22 5 37 3 22 4 0 15 WINDER, Jonathan 5 3 2 6 .167 59 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 1 16 Baleiko, Matt 3 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 SUTHERLAND, Tan 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 3 37 30 102 .069 36 3 10 2 30 0 3 2 1 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM 1 Game K E TA Pct Totals...... 5 73 36 144 .257 66 7 27 4 34 0 12 2 1 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 18 5 35 .371 Game K E TA Pct 2 15 5 27 .370 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 10 9 28 .036 3 20 10 39 .256 Game K E TA Pct 2 15 11 38 .105 4 20 7 38 .342 1 18 6 26 .462 3 12 10 36 .056 5 6 6 20 .000 2 12 7 28 .179 3 21 7 39 .359 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 1.5 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0 4 12 13 34 -.029 Site: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse) 5 10 3 17 .412 Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center) Date: Feb 03, 2007 Attend: 5603 Time: 2H 45 Date: Jan 27, 2007 Attend: Time: 1:28 Referees: TOM GIVEN, LES CALLES, MAEATINI TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Referees: Dickson Chun, Wayne Lee Site: Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse) 13th Outrigger Hotels Invitational Date: Feb 15, 2007 Attend: 2128 Time: 2:25 Referees: Tony Chan, Bert Fuller

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Match 13 - Pepperdine 3, BYU 0 Volleyball Box Score #1 BYU Cougars vs #2 Pepperdine (Feb 17, 2007 at Malibu, Calif.) ## BYU Cougars GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 1 CALA, Yosleyder 3 17 6 34 .324 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 2 1 1 6 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 CONGELLIERE, Br 3 0 0 0 .000 30 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 8 7 26 .038 0 1 0 2 7 0 4 1 0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 8 5 16 .188 2 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 13 STOWELL, Robby 3 6 4 15 .133 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 COX, Scott 3 3 2 5 .200 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 SILVA, Joel 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 7 SORENSEN, Trent 3 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 NEFF, Chip 2 0 0 0 .000 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 STEWART, Andrew 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 1 Totals...... 3 45 25 106 .189 43 1 12 7 27 2 15 1 1

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct 1 17 10 44 .159 2 13 8 31 .161 3 15 7 31 .258

TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS BYU Cougars 28 23 21 9-4 (5-3 MPSF) Pepperdine 30 30 30 11-1 (9-1 MPSF)

## Pepperdine GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE 1 GAUDINO, Greg 3 7 1 11 .545 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 9 SCHLEPPENBACH 3 9 6 24 .125 3 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 11 GROBE, Jon 3 6 2 10 .400 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 12 CARROLL, Paul 3 14 5 34 .265 0 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 14 HULSE, Tom 3 5 1 10 .400 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 15 WINDER, Jonathan 3 1 1 3 .000 36 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 10 SUTHERLAND 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 3 42 16 92 .283 41 7 8 1 29 3 14 3 1

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA Pct 1 14 9 42 .119 2 11 4 23 .304 3 17 3 27 .519

TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0

Site: Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse) Date: Feb 17, 2007 Attend: 2506 Time: 1:29 Referees: John Martin, Kim Pickering

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ALL-AMERICAN RUSSELL HOLMES

By: Brent Johnson success to other people. BYU Athletics Communications “I couldn’t pinpoint one single person that had the biggest influence on my playing career,” Holmes Peer pressure doesn’t always have to be negative. said. “My parents were key in supporting what I did Just ask BYU middle blocker Russell Holmes. and making sure I could get into all of the camps and Holmes, who demands attention with his 6-foot-8 clubs. Also, since I didn’t start playing until I was frame, didn’t start playing volleyball until he was 17, I have had great coaches teach me what I need to a junior in high school. It was then that Holmes know fundamentally to succeed.” followed a friend’s suggestion to give the sport a try. Holmes adds that his current coaches help him improve on the court while his wife, Julie, helps him Volleyball Beginnings maintain balance off the court. “I started playing volleyball as a junior in high “Life is very busy as a married student athlete,” he school,” Holmes said. “I had a friend who was on the said. “But it is also a lot of fun. Before we met, my volleyball team while I was playing varsity soccer. wife didn’t even follow volleyball. Now, she has a My friend suggested that I should come and try out.” bigger heart than I do for volleyball. She is a great If the learning curve was steep, Holmes didn’t support system. She is motivating and encouraging show it as he made an immediate impact on his and is always there for me.” various teams that caught the attention of NCAA Holmes’s selfless play is evident when asked what recruiters. Holmes lettered twice at Fountain Valley his goals for the upcoming season will be. High School and was named first-team All-Sunset “Our goal is to win a National Championship,” he League. He also played club volleyball for the Long said. Beach Club and went to the Junior Olympics. He was When asked what personal goals he has, the heralded as an All-American at the Junior Olympics conversation swings back to the team. and was named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 with a pen in hand signing his letter of intent with “My personal goal would be to help this team in in 2001. BYU. any way possible to be champions,” Holmes said. “I “Based on my height and athletic ability, my Holmes put off his playing career when he decided would like to help my team by improving as a leader friends helped convince me to play and were the to serve a church mission right out of high school. He and helping the underclassman coming in.” biggest influence on me early on,” Holmes said. spent two years in London, England, doing what he Ironically, Holmes had all his success in just two called the most important work of his life. High Hopes years of competitive volleyball. He earned more Upon returning, Holmes was asked to redshirt as a Looking to the 2007 season, the Cougars have a soccer letters (three) than volleyball letters while in freshman in 2004. The Cougars lot of returning talent from a team that was ranked high school. went on to win their third National Championship in preseason No. 1 a year ago. BYU will draw heavily “You can start playing volleyball at such a young six years. on Holmes for his ability and leadership. age in Southern California,” Holmes said. “It is a “Because of my competitive nature, I would have BYU has won a National Championship at least lot bigger there and it helps that you can go to the liked to have played a larger role on the National every third year since 1999, winning national crowns beaches and play.” Championship team,” Holmes said. “But I learned in 1999, 2001 and 2004. This season the Cougars will from those that won that year. I tried to learn what I look to maintain their championship prowess going Coming to BYU need to know and what I need to do to help my team for a fourth championship in eight years. As a high school star, Holmes got a lot of attention compete at that level and to hopefully get another What can BYU fans expect to see from the 2007 from colleges. Former BYU head coach Carl championship. Seeing from the outside ended up version of Cougar men’s volleyball? McGown recruited Holmes heavily as he came out of being a good experience because I could see how “Some exciting volleyball,” Holmes says. “We high school. For Holmes, the choice to come to BYU winning affected the guys.” have a lot of talent on our team and they can expect was a no-brainer. Holmes began to get his chance to shine as a a lot of wins.” “I always wanted to be affiliated with BYU,” he redshirt freshman in 2005. He played in all 30 What should fans expect to see from Holmes? said. “My older sister came to BYU, and I really matches, starting 13. On March 26, Holmes came off “Russell has shown early on that he will be a leader looked up to her. I always wanted to come here and the bench to spark his team in a win over No. 7 Long on this year’s team.” Co-interim head coach Ryan be involved in athletics. As I progressed in volleyball Beach State. He tallied four kills, four blocks and Millar said. “ His presence on the court will be a and got better and I saw that BYU had built such a three digs in the 3-2 victory. valuable asset to this teams success.” great volleyball program, I new it was the right place. Last season as a sophomore, Holmes entered the As a returning All-American, Holmes has only The LDS [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day year with high expectations. He delivered, earning played volleyball since 2001. And that doesn’t take Saints] environment helped solidify my decision.” second-team AVCA All-America and second-team into account the two years away from the sport on The fact that Holmes came out of high school in All-MPSF honors while leading the Cougars to a No. his mission. In his amazing rise from a 17-year- 2001, the same year the Cougars won their second 1 ranking. Holmes’s 155 blocks were second most in old soccer player that hadn’t thought of playing National Championship in three years, further a BYU rally scoring season. volleyball to a junior leader on one of the best men’s encouraged him to make the decision to come to “Russell deserved the all-conference and All- volleyball programs in the nation, Holmes keeps BYU. American honors last year because of his dedication everything in perspective. “I wanted to be a part of a great program,” Holmes and consistency,” BYU co-interim head coach Shawn “I’m just a laid back guy,” Holmes says. “I like to added. “Seeing BYU win the National Championship Patchell said. “He has the possibility of being first hang out with my wife and my friends.” made me excited to come here.” team All-American and even national player of Hanging out with the right friends six years ago Holmes’s dream came true when he signed with the the year if he continues to work hard and leads by helped change Holmes’s life and helped maintain Cougars out of high school. He notes that his most example.” BYU men’s volleyball as a dominant program. memorable volleyball moment was not on the court Holmes doesn’t dwell on his personal BYU volleyball fans can give a collective thanks to or towering above the net, but it was in his home accomplishments. 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2007 STATS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES 9-4 5-1 2-3 2-0 CONFERENCE 5-3 3-1 2-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## G K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE Points 6 SILVA, Joel 38 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 8 0.21 0 0 0.00 10 89 2.34 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1.0 10 STEWART, Bryan 1 1 1.00 0 2 .500 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 2 SANTOS, Rodnei 35 64 1.83 15 116 .422 6 0.17 1 10 0.03 0 12 0.34 3 44 47 1.34 5 0 90.0 11 HOLMES, Russell 42 98 2.33 27 178 .399 9 0.21 5 40 0.12 0 14 0.33 12 52 64 1.52 2 0 141.0 5 COX, Scott 35 30 0.86 10 51 .392 0 0.00 2 8 0.06 0 6 0.17 0 4 4 0.11 0 0 34.0 1 CALA, Yosleyder 33 127 3.85 36 236 .386 6 0.18 5 30 0.15 8 38 1.15 1 18 19 0.58 1 0 142.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 40 136 3.40 46 260 .346 6 0.15 13 31 0.32 11 59 1.48 3 32 35 0.88 4 0 168.0 13 STOWELL, Robby 41 145 3.54 59 287 .300 3 0.07 6 21 0.15 0 56 1.37 2 27 29 0.71 3 2 166.5 7 SORENSEN, Trent 33 19 0.58 10 48 .188 3 0.09 0 14 0.00 0 8 0.24 1 15 16 0.48 1 0 27.5 15 TAYLOR, Mat 7 7 1.00 4 19 .158 1 0.14 1 7 0.14 2 8 1.14 0 2 2 0.29 0 0 9.0 17 STEWART, Andrew 16 35 2.19 27 87 .092 0 0.00 2 7 0.12 3 21 1.31 1 6 7 0.44 0 0 41.0 14 PEREZ, Yamil 37 8 0.22 7 22 .045 480 12.97 9 26 0.24 0 44 1.19 3 21 24 0.65 8 4 30.5 12 POMPEI, Andy 21 0 0.00 0 0 .000 5 0.24 0 1 0.00 5 20 0.95 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 14 NEFF, Chip 3 0 0.00 0 0 .000 10 3.33 0 3 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 4 CONGELLIERE, Brian 14 1 0.07 2 8 -.125 110 7.86 0 6 0.00 0 10 0.71 0 5 5 0.36 1 2 3.5 TEAM 7 BYU COUGARS...... 44 672 15.27 243 1315 .326 647 14.70 44 205 1.00 46 385 8.75 26 226 139.0 3.16 25 9 855.0 Opponents...... 44 577 13.11 311 1366 .195 544 12.36 46 189 1.05 44 325 7.39 21 164 103.0 2.34 30 10 726.0

TEAM STATISTICS BYU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK Jan 05, 2007 CAL-BAPTIST W 3-0 30-26,30-18,30-25 1631 Kills 672 577 Jan 06, 2007 CAL-BAPTIST W 3-1 30-24,30-20,24-30,30-21 1825 Errors 243 311 *Jan 12, 2007 #3 UCLA BRUINS W 3-0 30-28,30-22,30-26 5537 Total Attacks 1315 1366 *Jan 13, 2007 #3 UCLA BRUINS W 3-0 30-21,30-23,33-31 5366 Attack Pct .326 .195 *Jan 19, 2007 at Stanford W 3-0 30-23,30-25,30-28 545 Kills/Game 15.3 13.1 *Jan 20, 2007 at Stanford W 3-0 30-24,30-20,30-28 837 SET Jan 26, 2007 vs #9 Penn State W 3-0 30-22,30-23,30-18 - Assists 647 544 Jan 27, 2007 vs #13 Loyola-Chic. W 3-0 30-16,30-22,30-22 - Assists/Game 14.7 12.4 *Feb 02, 2007 #2 UCI W 3-0 30-21,30-22,30-27 5753 SERVE *Feb 03, 2007 #2 UC IRVINE L 2-3 30-24,23-30,31-33,31-29,8-15 5603 Aces 44 46 Feb 13, 2007 at Cal-Baptist L 0-3 25-30,23-30,29-31 915 Errors 205 189 *Feb 15, 2007 at #2 Pepperdine L 2-3 20-30,30-27,30-32,30-25,13-15 2128 Aces/Game 1.0 1.0 *Feb 17, 2007 at #2 Pepperdine L 0-3 28-30,23-30,21-30 2506 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 46 44 Errors/Game 1.0 1.0 DEFENSE Digs 385 325 Digs/Game 8.8 7.4 BLOCKING Block Solo 26 21 Block Assist 226 164 Total Blocks 139.0 103.0 Blocks Per Game 3.2 2.3 Block Errors 25 30 BALL HANDLING ER. 9 10 ATTENDANCE Total 25715 6931 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/4286 5/1386 Neutral site #/Avg 2/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -

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