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BYUBYU COUGCOUGARARSS 2011 MEN’S VOLLEYBALL BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, Utah Contact: Whitney Craft • 503-750-3098 • Fax: 801-422-0633 • www.BYUCougars.com 2011 BYU SCHEDULE No. 2 BYU jAnUArY 7- Fri. at Cal Baptist .................................................................... W 3-1 vs. 7 - Fri. Long Beach State ............................................................ W 3-0 8 - Sat. UC Santa Barbara ........................................................... W 3-1 No. 4 UC SANTA 14 - Fri. at Stanford ..........................................................................L 2-3 15 - Sat. at Stanford ..........................................................................L 1-3 BARBARA 21 - Fri. at Pacific ........................................................................... W 3-1 SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. 22 - Sat. at Pacific ........................................................................... W 3-0 FEB 17 & 18, 2011 28 - Fri. UC IRVINE ....................................................................... W 3-0 7:00 P.M. PT 29 - Sat. UC IRVINE ....................................................................... W 3-0 FeBrUArY MAtCH InForMAtIon 4 - Fri. UCLA ................................................................................ W 3-1 START TIME. Friday & Saturday, 7:00 p.m. PT 5 - Sat. UCLA ................................................................................ W 3-0 SITE:. Santa Barbara, California 11 - Fri. at Loyola .............................................................................L 2-3 TELEVISION: . 12 - Sat. at Lewis ............................................................................ W 3-0 17 - Thu. at UC Santa Barbara ...................................................7 pm PT ONLINE: . 18 - Fri. at UC Santa Barbara ...................................................7 pm PT LIVE STATS: . http://www.byucougars.com 24 - Thu. UC SAN DIEGO ................................................................7 pm THE SERIES: . .BYU leads 25-18 25 - Fri. UC SAN DIEGO ................................................................7 pm LAST MEETING: . March 27, BYU Win 3-1 MArCH 4 - Fri. at USC ..........................................................................7 pm PT MATCH OUTLOOK 5 - Sat. at USC ..........................................................................7 pm PT The Cougars are traveling with a 10-3 overall record with Junior Robb Stowell leading the Cougar 18 - Fri. at CS Northridge ..........................................................7 pm PT 19 - Sat. at CS Northridge ..........................................................7 pm PT attack on179 kills this season and an overall .359 hitting percentage. Stowell was also recently named 24 - Thu. HAWAII ...............................................................................7 pm MPSF Player of the Week for the February 7th week. Freshman Taylor Sander follows closely with 129 25 - Fri. HAWAII ...............................................................................7 pm kills and a .309 attack. 31 - Thu. LONG BEACH STATE ......................................................7 pm APrIl Setter Joe Kauliakamoa has recorded 406 assists this season as he paces the Cougar offense, 1 - Fri. LONG BEACH STATE ......................................................7 pm averaging 9.67 per set. 8 - Fri. at Pepperdine ..............................................................7 pm PT 9 - Sat. at Pepperdine .............................................................7 pm PT 23 - Sat. MPSF Quarterfinals ...........................................................TBA The fourth-ranked UC Santa Barbara Gauchos will host the Cougars with an 8-5 overall record and 28 - Thu. MPSF Semis.......................................................................TBA are currently fifth in the MPSF rankings, behind BYU’s second-place standing. Jeff Menzel and Cullen 30 - Sat. MPSF Championship .........................................................TBA Irons have recorded 173 and 167 kills, respectively, this season and are hitting .334 and .298, respec- MAY tively. 5-7 NCAA Championships ......................................................TBA Home games are indicated by capital lettering SERIES INFO The Cougars lead the overall series against UCSB 25-18. 2010 BYU QUICK FACTS Location:. Provo, Utah 84602 Elevation:. 4,553 feet MATCH COVERAGE Enrollment:. .33,278 (Daytime) Live stats are also available through the BYU men’s volleyball schedule page. Gametracker is Colors:. .Blue and White launched by clicking on the “Live Stats” link for the appropriate game on the schedule. Nickname:. .Cougars Mascot:. Cosmo Head Coach: . Rob Neilson (BYU, 2006) COMING OFF... BYU Record. .First Year The Cougars split their last weekend outing with a win over No. 14 Lewis and a loss to Loyola-Chicago. 2010 Overall Record:. 22-9 2010 Conference Record/Finish:. 15-7/2nd The Bruins are coming off a sweep weekend against the UCLA Bruins with a 3-1 match score on both 2010 Final National Ranking:. 2 Wednesday and Friday night. Overall Program All-time Record:. 382-194 Winning Seasons:. 17 MPSF Championships:. 3 COUGAR AWARD CORNER MPSF Player of the Week 1/10 ...............................................Taylor Sander MPSF Player of the Week 2/7 ..................................................Robb Stowell 3 NATIONAL TITLES - 41 AVCA ALL-AMERICA CITATIONS BYU COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROSTER BREAKDOWN/STANDINGS AVCA DIVISION I-11 COACHES POLL ROSTER BREAKDOWN (As OF FEB. 14, 2011) retUrnIng StArterS (9): rAnk TeAM (FIrSt-PlACe voteS) TotAl PoIntS reCord lASt Week Russell Lavaja MB Jr. 216 kills, 165 blocks 1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (15) 238 6-1 1 Kevin Sagers OH Sr. 256 kills, 108 digs 2 BYU 209 9-3 T-2 Futi Tavana MB Jr. 200 kills, 151 blocks 3 LONG BEACH State 197 6-4 T-2 Jeff Robinson OH Sr. 42 kills, 34 digs, 24 blocks 4 UC Santa Barbara 187 8-5 7 Robb Stowell OP Jr. 414 kills, 159 digs, 84 blocks 5 Stanford 182 9-3 4 Otavio Souza MB Sr. 68 kills, 44 blocks 6 OHIO State (1) 174 9-2 6 BJ Hiapo LIB Sr. 40 digs, 2 assists 7 UCLA 130 7-7 5 8 UC Irvine 126 6-6 8 letterWInnerS retUrnIng (15): 9 PEPPERDINE 106 4-5 11 Alex Da Pron OH Jr. 152 kills, 83 digs, 58 blocks 10 HaWai’i 92 5-6 T-9 BJ Hiapo LIB Jr. 17 sp, 5 digs 11 PENN State 85 9-3 T-9 Russell Lavaja MB Jr.. 216 kills, 165 blocks 12 UC SAN DIEGO 74 6-8 12 Joe Kauliakamoa OH So. 6 kills, 16 assists 13 LOYOLa-CHiCaGO 35 7-3 18 Jeff Robinson OH Sr. 42 kills, 34 digs, 24 blocks 14 LEWIS 31 8-3 14 Kevin Sagers OH Sr. 256 kills, 108 digs 15 PACIFIC 24 6-7 15 Otavio Souza MB Jr. 35 kills, 28 blocks Andrew Stewart OH Sr. 408 kills, 160 digs, 100 blocks CURRENT MPSF STANDINGS (As OF FEBRUARY 12, 2011) Robb Stowell OPP So. 414 kills, 159 digs, 84 blocks teAM MPSF PCt. overAll PCt. Futi Tavana MB Jr. 200 kills, 151 blocks 1. USC 6-1 6-1 2.BYU 6-2 10-3 letterWInnerS loSt (2): 3. Long Beach State 5-2 6-4 Yamil Perez S Sr. 1223 assists, 19 aces, 57 blks 4. Stanford 6-3 9-3 Joel Silva LIB Sr. 249 digs, 29 assists 5. UC Santa Barbara 6-4 8-5 Mat Taylor OPP Sr. 267 kills, 94 digs, 64 blks 6. Hawaii 3-3 5-6 Kent Tuttle OPP Sr. 217 kills, 81 digs, 55 blks 7. UC San Diego 3-5 6-8 Reed Chilton S Sr. 229 assists, 11 aces, 42 digs 7. UC Irvine 3-5 6-8 Andrew Stewart OH Sr. 563 kills, 223 digs, 124 blocks 9. Pacific 2-5 6-7 Yamil Perez S Sr. 430 assists, 66 digs 9. CS Northridge 2-5 3-9 9. Pepperdine 2-5 4-5 12. UCLA 2-6 7-7 otHer retUrnIng PlAYerS (3): *Alex DaPron OH 6-5 Sr. MPSF PRESEASON POLL Ryan Boyce S 6-1 So. PlACe TeAM PoIntS 2010 reCord Quentin Smith MB 6-6 Jr. 1 USC 232 16-11;7th Erik Mayer MB 6-6 So.. 2 UC Irvine 225 15-15;8th Tyler Heap s S 6-6 Fr. 3 Pepperdine 200 16-10;T-5th 4 Stanford 194 24-6;1st Cory Jones LIB 6-0 So. 5 BYU 177 22-9;2nd Trevor Neff S 6-2 So. 6 Hawaii 162 19-10;4th Steve Rindfleisch OP 6-9 So. 7 Ohio State 136 22-8;10th Shane Tye OP 6-5 So. 8 Penn State 128 24-8;T-5th *Returning from redshirt last season 9 UCLA 118 16-13;9th 10 UC Santa Barbara 102 13-16;11th neWCoMerS (4): 11 Long Beach State 78 12-17;12th Taylor Sander OH 6-4 Fr. 12 CS Northridge 62 23-10;3rd Josue Rivera OH 6-3 Fr. 13 Loyola-Chicago 45 20-6;13th Shane Tye OP 6-6 So. 14 Lewis 30 19-10;NR Devin Young MB 6-9 Fr. 15 Ball State 23 19-11;14 ASICS/VBM Men’S DIVISION I-II PRESEASON TOP 10 POLL 1 USC 7 UCLA 2 BYU 8 UC irvine 3 Long Beach State 9 Penn State 4 Stanford 10 Hawaii 5 Ohio State 6 UC Santa Barbara 3 NATIONAL TITLES - 41 AVCA ALL-AMERICA CITATIONS 2 BYU COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ROSTER 2011 BYU NUMERICAL ROSTER no. NAMe Ht. PoS. Yr. HoMETOWn / PrevIoUS SCHool PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Erik Mayer 6-6 MB So. Mission Viego, CA / Scotts Valley HS Bj Hiapo 2 Quentin Smith 6-6 MB Jr. Sandy, UT / Skyline HS 3 Ryan Boyce 6-1 S So. Huntington Beach, CA / Hunting Beach HS hee-AH-poh 4 Cameron Clifford 6-6 MB So. Mesa, AZ joe kauliakamoa 5 Russell Lavaja 6-7 MB Jr. St. Charles, IL / St. Charles North HS KOW-lee-ah-kah-mow-ah 6 Josue Rivera 6-3 OH Fr. San Juan, Puerto Rico russell lavaja 7 Jeff Robinson 6-4 OH Sr. Las Vegas, NV / Centennial HS 8 Joe Kauliakamoa 6-4 S Jr. Las Vegas, NV / Palo Verde HS lah-VAI-ah 9 Otavio Souza 6-7 MB Sr. Florianopolis, Brazil / Caxias do Sul kevin Sagers 10 Cory Jones 6-0 LIB So. Walnut Creek CA / Northgate HS SaY-gers 11 Kevin Sagers 6-3 OH Sr. Las Vegas, NV / Centennial HS otavio Souza 13 Robb Stowell 6-7 OP Jr. San Juan Capistrano, CA / CVHS 15 Taylor Sander 6-4 OH Fr. Norco, CA / Norco HS oh-TAH-vee-oh SOO-sah 16 Trevor Neff 6-2 S So. Woodland Hills, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Futi tavana 17 Futi Tavana 6-8 MB Jr. Kalaheo, HI / Kauai HS FOO-tee TAH-vah-nah 18 BJ Hiapo 6-0 LIB Sr. Gilbert, AZ / Long Beach City College 19 Devin Young 6-9 MB Fr. McMurray, Pa / Peters Township HS josue rivera 20 Shane Tye 6-5 OP So. Taylorsville, UT / Salt Lake Community College hoe-say Ree-vera 23 Alex Dapron 6-5 OH Jr.