Paul Lotman led four Long Beach State players in double figure kills with 24 as the fourth-ranked 49ers defeated third-ranked Brigham Young 30-25, 30-26, 28-30, 30-24 on Friday evening at the Walter Pyramid. Long Beach improves to 19-3 overall and 14-2 in the MPSF with the victory, while the Cougars fell to 17-4 and 12-4 in league action.
Lotman also added three aces, seven digs and five blocks as Long Beach hit .338 in the match against a tough BYU defense. Dean Bittner had 22 kills and six blocks, Josh Riley had a career-high 11 kills and Dan Alexander rounded out the scoring with 10 kills and a team-high seven blocks. The 49ers had nine service aces in the match and out-blocked the Cougars 14.0 to 12.0. In the back row, Dustin Watten dug a match-high 12 balls and Bittner added eight digs.
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