BYUNCAA VOLLEYBALL National Semifinals & Championship | May 2 & 4, 2013 | 9 p.m., 7 p.m. MDT | Los Angeles, Calif. | Pauley Pavilion | byucougars.com NOTES VOLLEYBALL Whitney Weekes, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-8999 | C: (805) 260-8159 | [email protected] | @byucougars, @byuvolleyball BYU 2013 SCHEDULE #4 Penn State Nittany Lions (23-7, 13-1 EIVA) J4 Fri vs. Hawai’i* W, 3-0 Head Coach . Mark Pavlik Career Record . 437-126 Alma Mater . Penn State, 1982 Record at Penn State . .same J5 Sat vs. Hawai’i* W, 3-1 J11 Fri vs. #13 Lewis L, 3-2 J12 Sat vs. #13 Lewis W, 3-0 J18 Fri vs. #1 UC Irvine* W, 3-1 #2 UC Irvine Anteaters (23-7, 18-6 MPSF) J19 Sat vs. #13 UC San Diego* W, 3-0 Head Coach . David Kniffin Career Record . 23-7 Alma Mater . UC Irvine,2003 Record at UCI . Same #1-seed BYU (25-4, 21-3 MPSF) F1 Fri vs. #7 Long Beach State* L, 3-2 COUGARS F2 Sat vs. #9 CS Northridge* W, 3-1 Head Coach . Chris McGown F7 Thurs vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara* W, 3-2 Alma Mater . BYU, 1994 #3 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (22-9, 10-4 MIVA) F9 Sat vs. #6 UCLA* W, 3-0 Career Record . .50-11 Head Coach . Shane Davis Career Record . 186-75 F15 Fri @ #5 Pepperdine* L, 3-2 Record at BYU . Same Alma Mater . Loyola, 2003 Record at Loyola . Same F16 Sat @ #10 USC* W, 3-1 F22 Fri vs. #14 Pacific* W, 3-0 2013 BYU VOLLEYBALL ROSTER F23 Sat vs. #5 Stanford* W, 3-1 M1 Fri @ #1 UC Irvine* W, 3-2 2013 NUMERICAL ROSTER M2 Sat @ UC San Diego* W, 3-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) M8 Fri vs. #12 Cal Baptist* W, 3-0 M9 Sat vs. #12 Cal Baptist* W, 3-1 1 Erik Mayer OH, OPP 6-6 SR Santa Cruz, Calif. Scotts Valley High School) M22 Fri @ #9 CS Northridge* W, 3-0 3 Ryan Boyce S 6-1 SR Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach) M23 Sat @ #4 Long Beach State* W, 3-0 4 Andrew Heap OH 6-4 JR La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla High School) M28 Thurs vs. #5 Pepperdine* W, 3-1 M30 Sat vs. USC* W, 3-0 5 Russ Lavaja MB 6-7 SR St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North HS) 6 Josue Rivera OH 6-3 SO San Juan, Puerto Rico (Colegio San Ignacio) A5 Fri @ #7 UC Santa Barbara* W, 3-2 7 Phil Fuchs OH 6-4 SO Lindon, Utah (Brookfield Eash High School) A6 Sat @ #3 UCLA* L, 3-0 A12 Fri @ Pacific* W, 3-0 8 Nick Valencia MB 6-7 JR Centerville, Ohio (Centerville High School) A13 Sat @ #8 Stanford* W, 3-0 9 Tyler Heap S 6-6 FR La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla High School) A20 Sat MPSF Quarterfinals vs. UH W, 3-2 11 Matt Underwood OPP 6-6 FR San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo HS) A25 Thurs MPSF Semifinals vs. UCLA W, 3-2 A27 Sat MPSF Finals vs. LBSU W, 3-0 12 Jaylen Reyes LIB 6-1 SO Honolulu, Hawaii (Kamehameha Schools) M2 Thurs NCAA Semifinal vs. Penn State 9 pm MT 13 Ben Patch OPP 6-8 FR Provo, Utah (Provo High School) * conference match 14 Bennett Bird OH 6-5 FR San Diego, Calif. (Westview High School) Home matches are in bold 15 Taylor Sander OH 6-4 JR Huntington Beach, Calif. (Norco High School) Viewing Options 17 Joseph Grosh MB 6-7 FR Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley HS) TV: Championship: ESPNU 18 Robbie Sutton S 6-6 FR San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo HS) Video feed: Semifinal: NCAA .com 19 Devin Young MB 6-9 JR McMurray, Penn. (Peters Township HS) Live stats: uclabruins .com / NCAA .com Twitter: @byuvolleyball 21 Carson Heninger OPP 6-5 SO Magrath, AB, Canada (Mount Royal University) Pronunciation Guide 22 Evan Chang LIB 6-0 FR San Francisco, Calif. (The Urban School of SF) Russell Lavaja Steve Rindfleisch 23 Michael Hatch MB 6-8 FR Agoura Hills, Calif. (Agoura High School) lah-VAY-ah Rine-flesch 24 Steve Rindfleisch OPP 6-9 SR San Diego, Calif. (San Diego City College) Josue Rivera Phil Fuchs Head Coach: Chris McGown (BYU, 1994) – second season hoe-sway Ree-vera Few-ks Assistant Coaches: Rob Neilson, Mike Wilton, Carl McGown Volunteer Assistant: Carl McGown | Assistant: Giuseppe Vinci QUICK STATS SERIES INFORMATION BYU STORYLINES CATEGORY BYU BYU leads PSU . 10-6 • The Cougars held the No. 1 national ranking for 11 W-L 25-4 Last Meeting . .BYU, 3-0, 2012 of the 15 regular season weeks, including the final Last 10 9-1 BYU leads UCI . 41-12 seven weeks of the season. Last 5 5-0 Last Meeting . .BYU, 3-0, 2013 • The Cougars secured the No. 1 seed in the MPSF Kills 1402 BYU leads LUC . 4-1 tournament on March 30, the earliest the No. K/S 12.6 Last Meeting . Loyola, 3-2, 2011 1-seed has been clinched during the rally-scoring Opp K/S 12.3 era. BYU also clinched the MPSF regular season BYU Records title and won the conference by three matches. Hitting % .328 • Taylor Sander broke the BYU all-time career aces re- • Prior to 2013, BYU has reached the Final Four four Opp H % .245 cord against Cal Baptist (112) in under three seasons. times and has gone on to win the National Cham- Assists/S 11.9 The junior currently has 127 during his career. He is pionship in 1999, 2001 and 2004. SA/S 0.9 No. 4 in career kills in the rally-scoring era with 1,200. • BYU is ranked 1st in the MPSF in hitting percent- D/S 7.6 • Russ Lavaja holds the BYU all-time record for most age (.328) and blocks (2.95). career sets played in with 420. He is also just the third Opp D/S 7.6 • Six Cougars earned All-MPSF honors including BYU player to record 100+ blocks in four seasons. He Solo Blocks 20 Player of the Year (Taylor Sander) and Freshman is No. 2 in all-time career blocks with 579. Block Assists 615 of the Year (Ben Patch). Patch was also named • Ben Patch recorded 35 kills at UC Irvine for a new B/S 3.0 the AVCA Newcomer of the Year. Patch and Taylor BYU single-match kill record in the rally-scoring era. Sander were named to the All-America first team. BYU VOLLEYBALL NOTES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION MATCH PREVIEW Location ......................Provo, Utah 84602 Elevation. 4,553 feet PROVO, Utah – After claiming the Mountain The No. 14 Nittany Lions defeated Harvard, 3-0, Enrollment ............................ 33,278 Pacific Sports Federation tournament title, the for their 15th straight Eastern Intercollegiate Vol- Founded. October 15, 1875 top-ranked BYU men’s volleyball team is set for leyball Association title on Saturday to earn the Owned ...........................LDS Church its first trip to the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. Penn Nickname ............................Cougars Championship since 2004. State (23-7, 13-1 EIVA) is making its 15th straight Mascot ......................Cosmo the Cougar and 28th overall NCAA National Semifinal appear- No. 1-seed BYU faces fourth-seeded Penn State Colors ..................... Dark blue and white ance, having captured the National Championship in the second semifinal match on Thursday at the Conference ..............West Coast Conference title in 1994 and 2008. Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in Los Ange- Arena ................. Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) les. The match is set for 9 p.m. MDT and can be UC Irvine BYU President . Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1970) seen at NCAA.com. No. 2-seed UC Irvine will play No. 3 UC Irvine (23-7, 18-6 MPSF) received the Athletic Director ..........Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) No. 3-seed Loyola-Chicago in the first semifinal at-large berth for the NCAA Championship for its Head Coach ........... Chris McGown (BYU, 1994) match on Thursday at 7 p.m. MDT. fifth appearance in the tournament. The Anteaters Office Phone .................... 801-422-6473 are 6-1 in previous tournament play, winning This is the Cougars’ fifth trip to the NCAA Final national titles in 2007, 2009 and last year. Assist. Coaches ..........Milke Wilton, Rob Neilson Four since 1999. BYU reached the Final Four in . Carl McGown, Giuseppe Vinci 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004 and went on to win The Anteaters placed three athletes on the All- McGown Record at BYU .................. 50-11 the National Championship in three of the four America teams. Michael Brinkley and Kevin Tillie McGown Career Record .................. Same years. were named to the first team with Collin Mehring BYU’s All-Time Record ................. 460-209 earning second team honors. The Cougars held the No. 1 national ranking in 2013 Record ............................ 25-4 the AVCA national poll for 11 of the 15 regular Loyola-Chicago 2013 MPSF Record .................. 21-3 (1st) season weeks, including the final seven weeks of No. 12 Loyola earned the automatic berth to the 2012 Record ............................ 24-7 the season. NCAA tournament after a five-set win over Lewis 2012 MPSF Record ............... 17-5 (T-2nd) in the Midweatern Intercollegiate Volleyball Asso- Junior outside hitter Taylor Sander, the MPSF Starters Returning/Lost ..................... 4/3 ciation (MIVA) final. This marks Loyola’s first-ever Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, and a trip to the NCAA Championship. Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............. 13/10 well-rounded Cougar roster led BYU to a 25-4 Newcomers . 7 overall record this season.