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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:46 PM

The BYU women's volleyball team opened up the 2007 NCAA Tournament with a 30-27, 30-21, 30-24 sweep of Ole Miss in the first round, its 12th three-game win of the season.

"I thought we definitely got better as the match progressed," said BYU head coach Jason Watson. "We were able to identify some things during the match that needed to be upgraded and responded accordingly."

In recording their first NCAA sweep since 2003, the Cougars (22-7) advanced to the second round for the second straight year and play Saturday at 6 p.m. PT against the winner of the evening match between sixth-seeded Washington and Missouri.

"We felt a lot more comfortable having been here the last three years," said Watson. "We know better what to expect and how to prepare. The challenge tomorrow is to build on what we did tonight."

Senior Chelsea Goodman recorded her 22nd double-double of the year and 56th of her career with 17 kills and 13 digs, leading the way for BYU in both categories. Senior Erica Lott also posted double-digit kills with 13 while Ashton Hansen tallied nine blocks to lead the Cougar defense. BYU setter Amy Schlauder helped the Cougars record a .321 hitting percentage and improve to 12-0 on the year when attacking over .300.

Hansen got BYU off to a fast start with a kill on the first serve as the Cougars scored the first eight points of game one. Goodman's serving run included two aces and three kills from Lott until Ole Miss finally got on the board at 8-1. The Cougars continued to apply pressure to earn a 13-6 lead, however, an Ole Miss run got the Rebels to within two points at 13-11, prompting a BYU timeout. Back-to-back Cougar scores out of the break swung the momentum in BYU's favor, and the advantage quickly grew to 27-20. But the Rebels scored six of the next seven points to once again cut the lead to two points at 28-26 and prompt another Cougar timeout. Goodman came out of the break with her seventh kill of the game to give BYU game point at 29-26, and Lott put it away at 30-27.

The Cougar defense was responsible for three of the first five points of game two as BYU put up three blocks while jumping out to a 4-1 lead. However, Ole Miss was ready for the Cougar attack this time and fought back to within one at 6-5. Lott put down a winner to maintain the BYU lead, but the Rebels stayed close until finally taking their first lead of the match at 17-16 in game two. Three straight Cougar points put BYU back in front at 19-17, and the Cougars cruised after a 20-20 tie, scoring 10 of the last 11 points in the game to take a 30-21 win.

Game three was a battle from the start as the Cougars pushed for the sweep and Ole Miss fought to keep its season alive. BYU was the first to earn more than a two-point lead with a 4-0 run to go up 16-11 thanks in part to two service aces by Annie Pinegar. Ole Miss got back to within two points at 17-15, but Bryn Porter stopped the Rebel advance with a cross-court kill on the next ball. The Rebels stayed close, but the Cougars kept their composure and weathered the Ole Miss attack, posting the 30-24 win.

**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:46 PM

SEATTLE - Christal Morrison set a new Washington postseason record with 27 kills and the No. 6 Huskies got past Missouri, 3-2 on Friday night in an NCAA First Round Playoff match. Washington won by scores of 30-23, 28-30, 30-22, 32-34, 15-11 to improve to 27-3 and advance to play BYU tomorrow night in the second round.

Despite hitting .302 (93-26-222) and setting numerous team and individual postseason records, the Huskies had to fight off a pesky Missouri team before winning in five games in front of 3,346 fans. The match featured 41 tie scores and nine lead changes as the two teams battled back and forth, keeping the fans in suspense up until the end.

The Huskies took a 3-1 lead in the decisive game on a pair of kills by Morrison and one more by Jessica Swarbrick. Washington opened up a three-point lead at 9-6 but the Tigers tied it at 10-10. But from there, the Huskies closed out the game and the match by scoring five of the final six points. The final point gave the Husky faithful in attendance a win they might have anticipated coming much easier against a Missouri team that entered the match with 17-12 record.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:47 PM

The eighth-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team (26-4) swept Northern Iowa (22-11), 30-23, 30-21 and 30-24 on Friday night in front of 3,194 at the UW Field House. With the win, UW advances to the second round of the NCAA tournament and will face Iowa State (18-13) at 7 p.m. Saturday night.

“I thought that was a great start to the tournament for us,” said Coach Pete Waite. “Northern Iowa is a scrappy team and a team that we saw earlier this year and they have improved a lot since that time. I don’t think the first time we met it was as close of a match. They made some great plays, played some great defense and kept battling all the way to the end.”

Sophomore Brittney Dolgner led all hitters as she recorded 20 kills in the three-game match. Senior co-captain Taylor Reineke had 10 kills of her own while Caity DuPont, Audra Jeffers and Katherine Dykstra all contributed eight kills a piece. Wisconsin totaled 56 kills as a team and hit .355.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:48 PM

MADISON, Wis. - A pair of key runs in the second and fifth games fueled Iowa State to a 3-2 (25-30, 31-29, 30-19, 24-30, 16-14) over No. 16 San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. It marks the Cyclones (18-13) second consecutive win over a ranked opponent, the first time in school history ISU has achieved the feat. The Cyclones closed the regular season with a 3-1 win over then-No. 21 Oklahoma. The Cyclones will advance to face seventh-seeded and eighth-ranked Wisconsin on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:49 PM

DURHAM, N.C. – ACC Player of the Year Carrie DeMange and sophomore Rachael Moss each topped 20 kills and picked up double-doubles to lead No. 22 Duke to a 3-2 (30-20, 30-25, 28-30, 29-31, 15-7) win over American Friday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

With the win, Duke advances to the NCAA second round for the third straight year and will face No. 7 Cal in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 5 p.m.

In addition to DeMange’s performance, senior libero Jenny Shull reached yet another milestone with her 630th dig of the season, setting a new school record for the most digs in a season. Shull, who also owns the third and fourth-highest totals on the school’s single-season list, picked up 20 digs against American and is now just 25 digs away from setting the ACC’s all-time record.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:50 PM

DURHAM, N.C. - The No. 7 California volleyball team (23-7, 12-6 Pac-10) defeated Big South Champion Liberty in a four-game match (30-20, 26-30, 30-15, 30-21) today at the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of site-host Duke University. The Bears will move into round two and face the winner of tonight's No. 22 Duke vs. American match in a 2 p.m. (PT) start tomorrow (Dec. 1) for the right to advance to the Madison Regional semifinal. Under head coach Rich Feller, the Bears have won all six of their first round NCAA matches and are looking to advance to the round of 16 for the second consecutive year.

The Bears were led by 21 kills from sophomore outside hitter Hana Cutura (3e, 50att) who hit .360 for the match and added two of the Bears three service aces. Senior outside hitter Angie Pressey had 14 kills (8e, 46att, .130) and 13 digs for her 12th double-double of the season. Redshirt sophomore middle Kat Reilly had an efficient outing, putting down five kills without an error on eight attacks (.625) and senior middle hitter Ellen Orchard added 11 kills on 17 attacks (2e, .529) to help the Bears to a round one victory.

Cal hit .344 in the match and had 67 kills (15e, 151att) while holding the Lady Flames to just .105 (51k, 35e, 152att) including a -.027 game four. The Bears are now 21-2 when posting a higher hitting percentage than their opponent and 23-2 when posting more kills in a match. The Bears held their ground at the net and registered 16 total team blocks with six players totaling six each on their own. This is the seventh time this season that Cal has had 16 or more total team blocks in a match,

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:52 PM

DAYTON, Ohio - Dayton used an all around team effort to earn its second ever NCAA Tournament win as the 15th-seeded Flyers swept Lipscomb, 3-0 (30-17, 30-25, 30-19) in a First Round match at the Dayton Sub-Regional on Friday.

Hosting the tournament for the first time, UD barely broke a sweat early and rolled to a convincing win before a school-record, sellout crowd of 1,864 at Frericks Center.

"It was definitely a great atmosphere to play in," said senior libero Adrienne Green. "It's something we always wanted to do [hosting]. The fans were fantastic."

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:53 PM

DAYTON, Ohio - For the first time since 2002, the Michigan State volleyball team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, topping Kentucky, 3-0 (30-28, 30-23, 30-27) tonight in front of a sold out crowd of 1,846 at the Frericks Center on the University of Dayton campus. The Spartans (20-13) win their 20th match of the season, the most wins since that 2002 season.

Senior Ashley Schatzle (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) led the offensive effort, posting 19 kills, while classmate Katie Johnson (Brooklyn, Mich./Columbia Central) added 15 kills and nine digs. Freshman Jenilee Rathje (Mount Pleasant, Mich./Mount Pleasant) had eight kills on 16 attempts and only one error for a .438 hitting percentage, while sophomore Mischelle Nelson (Naperville, Ill./Nequa Valley) hit .500 and put down seven kills. Freshman Lauren O'Reilly (Langley, British Columbia/Pacific Academy) dished out 40 assists and totaled five blocks (1 BS, 4 BA) and senior Miken Trogdon (Lisle, Ill./Wheaton St. Francis) was the anchor to the Spartans' defense with 10 digs.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:53 PM

LINCOLN, Neb. – Wichita State won its second-ever NCAA Tournament match with a sweep of Western Kentucky (27-9). The Shockers (27-5) won by scores of 30-21, 30-19 and 30-25.

Emily Stockman led the Shockers with 16 kills and 11 digs, while hitting .344 in the match. Sara Lungren added 12 kills and 11 digs, while Abby Harsh had 40 assists and Kelly Broussard had 16 digs.

Back-to-back aces by Emily Stockman gave the Shockers an early 4-1 lead in game one. A kill by Sara Lungren gave the Shockers an 18-13 advantage, but a service ace by WKU cut it to 21-17. A Stockman kill brought WSU to game point at 29-21 and an ace by Melissa Granville gave the Shocks a 30-21 win.

Back-to-back aces by Granville put the Shocks up 10-4 in game two and a kill by Angela Jakubov gave WSU a 19-9 advantage. Back-to-back aces by Julia Noe pulled the Lady Toppers to within 16-25, but the Shocks reached game point at 29-18 on a kill by Stockman. WSU won 30-19 on a WKU service error.

A kill by Megan Argabright gave the Toppers an early 4-3 lead in game three, but a Lungren kill put the Shocks up 9-6. The teams went back-and-forth until the Shockers took a 25-22 on an error by WKU. A kill by Tokarz brought the Shocks to game point and WSU won 30-25 on a kill by Stockman.

The Shockers advance to play Nebraska at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The match will be televised live on Kansas Now 22.

**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:54 PM

AUSTIN, Texas -- The third-ranked and fourth-seeded Texas Volleyball used a .494 team hitting percentage to sweep Texas State, 3-0, in the first round of NCAA Tournament play, Friday night at Gregory Gymnasium. The Longhorns’ 30-21, 30-20, 30-13 victory advanced Texas to a second round match up with LSU, which defeated New Mexico State, 3-2, in first round action.

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