Brigham Young Volleyball BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, Utah • (801) 422-8999 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Contact Information • Dave Kimball • [email protected] • (801) 259-0215 Secondary Contact • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 422-4909 2007 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD Date Opponent Time/Results No. 1 BYU (7-0, 2-0) vs. JAN 11 @ UC San Diego .......................................................W 3-1 No. 6 Cal State Northridge (6-2, 4-1) JAN 12 @ UC San Diego ........................................................W 3-0 Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) JAN 18 @ No. 10 IPFW ...........................................................W 3-1 JAN 19 @ Lewis ......................................................................W 3-2 Provo, Utah JAN 21 @ No. 14 Loyola-Chicago ...........................................W 3-1 January 25 and 26, 2008 JAN 25 Cal-Baptist ..................................................................W 3-1 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. (MST) JAN 26 Cal-Baptist ..................................................................W 3-0 FEB 1 No. 6 Cal State Northridge ...................................... 7:00 PM FEB 2 No. 6 Cal State Northridge ...................................... 7:00 PM FEB 15 @ UC Irvine ............................................................ 7:00 PM Match Information FEB 16 @ UC Irvine ............................................................ 7:00 PM START TIME. 7 p.m. (PT) FEB 22 Stanford .................................................................. 7:00 PM SITE:. Provo, Utah - Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) FEB 23 Stanford .................................................................. 7:00 PM TELEVISION: . none FEB 29 Pacific ..................................................................... 7:00 PM LIVE STATS: . http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=201&YR=2007 MAR 1 Pacific ..................................................................... 7:00 PM LIVE INTERNET FEED: . http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=201&YR=2007 MAR 7 Pepperdine ............................................................. 7:00 PM THE SERIES: . BYU leads the series 22-15 MAR 8 Pepperdine ............................................................. 7:00 PM IN PROVO:. BYU leads the series in Provo 13-7 MAR 13 @ UCLA .................................................................. 7:00 PM LAST MEETING: . BYU swept CSUN in the first round of the 2007 MPSF playoffs in Provo. MAR 14 @ UCLA .................................................................. 7:00 PM MAR 20 @ Long Beach State ............................................... 7:00 PM SERIES INFORMATION MAR 21 @ Long Beach State ............................................... 7:00 PM The Cougars lead the series against the Matadors 22-15 and 13-7 in Provo. When the two MAR 28 UC Santa Barbara .................................................. 7:00 PM teams faced off in California in 2007, the No. 3 Cougars dropped the first match to the MAR 29 UC Santa Barbara .................................................. 7:00 PM No. 10 Matadors in four games before returning the favor the following night. When they APR 3 @ Hawaii ................................................................ 7:00 PM met in Provo in the first round of the MPSF playoffs, BYU used its home-court advantage APR 4 @ Hawaii ................................................................ 7:00 PM to sweep CSUN and advance to face future NCAA Champ UC Irvine. APR 11 USC ........................................................................ 7:00 PM APR 12 USC ........................................................................ 7:00 PM MATCH COVERAGE APR 16 MPSF Playoffs ...............................................................TBA Every home match will have a free live stats feed option. The live stats feed can be ac- APR 19 MPSF Quarterfinals .......................................................TBA cessed by visiting the men’s volleyball schedule page at www.byucougars.com. The live APR 24 MPSF Semifinals ...........................................................TBA stats can be launched by clicking on the “Live Stats” link for the appropriate game. APR 26 MPSF Championship .....................................................TBA MAY 1-3 NCAA Championship .....................................................TBA Also available for the third season in a row is a live video feed through CSTV All-Access. Users must subscribe to this service. More information, such as cost and direct links to 2008 QUICK FACTS the CSTV All-Access page can be found by visiting the schedule page and clicking on the Location:. .Provo, Utah “Live Video” link. Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 Elevation: . 4,553 feet POST-MATCH MEDIA AVAILABILITY Enrollment: . 33,278 Players and coaches will be available to the media upon request after the 10-minute cool- Nickname: . Cougars ing off period. You are welcome to make additional interview requests to Dave Kimball. Mascot: . Cosmo Colors: . Dark Blue and White 2008 TEAM INFORMATION 2007 Record. 23-6 Overall record in 2007: 23-6 2007 MPSF Record. .18-4 2007 Conference Record: 18-4 MPSF Finish: . 2nd (regular season) Final National Ranking: 4 Interim Head Coach. Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1993) Final Conference Finish : 2nd (regular season) Seasons . Second Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Record at BYU. .30-6 Court (capacity): Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) and Career Records . .30-6 Marriott Center (22,700) Assistant Coach (Seasons) . .Rob Neilson (Second) HOME COURT ADVANTAGE MEDIA RELATIONS BYU finished its 2007 regular season with an 11-1 (.917) record at the Smith Fieldhouse. Primary Contact. .Dave Kimball The record was the fifth best mark in Cougar history behind the 1998 (11-0, 1.000), 2004 Office Phone. (801) 422-8999 (16-1, .941), 1999 (15-1, .938), and 2006 (13-1, .929) seasons. BYU started 2007 with five Mobile Phone. (801) 259-0215 consecutive home wins before losing to No. 2 UC Irvine when the two teams split two Email . [email protected] matches in Provo. The Cougars then ran off six straight wins to finish the season. The Secondary Contact. Jeff Reynolds team hosted Cal Baptist in the home opener last weekend and won two matches in seven Office Phone. (801) 422-4909 games. Email . [email protected] BrighamBrigham YoungYoung VolleyballVolleyball Page 2 • BYU Volleyball 2008 BYU IN THE POLLS For the third consecutive season, BYU has made an appearance in the CSTV/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN’S COACHES POLL - WEEK 4 preseason top-5. Last season the Cougars were ranked preseason No. 2 RK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD LAST WEEK and were ranked No. 1 to start the 2006 campaign. This year, BYU started the season ranked No. 1 and has not fallen from that place after seven 1 BYU (12) 233 7-0 1 matches. 2 Penn State (3) 223 7-0 3 3 Long Beach State (1) 214 6-0 4 4 UCLA 188 6-3 5 COUGARS IN PRESEASON RANKINGS 5 Pepperdine 169 4-2 2 For the third consecutive season, BYU made an appearance in the pre- 6 Cal State Northridge 160 6-2 7 season top-5, this time at No. 1. Last year, BYU started the season ranked 7 Stanford 138 6-3 6 second behind UC Irvine, and in 2006 the Cougars held the top spot in the 8 Ohio State 125 4-1 8 preseason polls. 9 UC Irvine 123 5-5 10 10 IPFW 101 3-2 9 PRESEASON EXHIBITION 11 Southern California 83 4-5 11 BYU finished its exhibition schedule having won three of four matches. 12 George Mason 64 4-1 12 The only preseason exhibition loss came in a four game loss to Cal State 13 Hawai’i 49 3-4 13 Northridge. 14 Loyola-Chicago 28 4-2 14 15 UC San Diego 15 2-5 15 Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Ball State 7. 300 CLUB The Cougars have only hit below .311 once this season, with the season MOLTEN/VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE MEDIA POLL - WEEK 4 high at .438 in a three-set sweep at UCSD on Jan. 12. Of the 19 double-digit RK TEAM W-L PTS LAST WEEK kill performances BYU has recorded on the year, 15 of those have come with .300-plus hitting percentages and five have come with .500-plus hit- 1 BYU (9) 7-0 90 1 ing percentages. In contrast, no team has hit .300 against the Cougars this 2 Penn State 7-0 81 3 season. 3 Long Beach St. 6-0 72 4 4 UCLA 6-3 58 5 5 Pepperdine 4-2 55 2 DOUBLE-DOUBLES 6 Northridge 6-2 38 8 Ivan Perez is the only Cougar to have recorded a double-double on the T7 Ohio State 4-1 33 7 season. On Jan. 19 at Lewis Perez had 20 kills and 11 digs with one block T7 Stanford 6-3 33 6 and a .368 hitting percentage. 9 UC Irvine 5-5 19 10 10 IPFW 3-2 12 9 SETTING THREE DEEP Others receiving votes: Loyola-Chicago, USC Reigning National Newcomer of the Year Yamil Perez headlines the list of setters on the BYU roster that also includes senior Brian Congelliere and CURRENT MPSF STANDINGS sophomore Reed Chilton. Perez has missed much of this season’s action RK TEAM MPSF RECORD OVerall record due to an ankle injury and is expected to return soon, but the Cougar hit- 1. Long Beach State <4> 4-0 6-0 ting has still not skipped a beat. The setting trio has led the team to a com- 2. BYU <1> 2-0 7-0 bined .337 hitting percentage. Chilton leads the team with 205 set assists 3. CS Northridge <7> 2-1 6-2 and an average of 10.79 assists per game. Congelliere is not far behind 4. UCLA <5> 4-2 6-3 with 151 set assists and an average of 8.39 assists per game. 4. Pepperdine <2> 4-2 4-2 6. Stanford <6> 3-3 6-3 OLYMPIC HOPEFULS 6. UC Irvine <10> 3-3 5-5 Senior outside hitter Ivan Perez and sophomore libero Joel Silva each play 6. USC <11> 3-3 4-5 for their respective national teams of Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Silva will 6. Hawaii <13> 2-2 3-4 compete with the Venezuelan team in Beijing this summer in the country’s 10. UC Santa Barbara 1-4 2-6 first trip to the Olympic Summer Games in volleyball. Perez and his 11. UC San Diego <15> 1-5 2-5 Puerto Rican compadres are still trying to qualify for the games. 12. Pacific 0-6 0-8 *<National Ranking> APPROACHING A MILESTONE BYU currently has 235 conference wins and is hoping to reach the 250 2008 MPSF PRESEASON POLL mark this season.