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Friday, September 15
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Photo by: Weber State Athletics
Weber State falls in three sets to No. 14 BYU
9/15/2017 8:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
PROVO, Utah – Weber State volleyball took on No. 14 Brigham Young University and fell in three sets to the Cougars Friday night.
"I liked the way we competed tonight," said head coach Jeremiah Larsen. "I thought we were a play or two away from lengthening the match past three sets. I believe our team is prepared for the start of our conference season."
Weber State volleyball came out strong in the first set with a tied score at 5-5. BYU made a push for a 9-6 lead but WSU came back and tied things up at 10-10 with a block by Amanda Varley and Hannah Hill-DeYoung.
The two teams kept things tight for the next few points pushing things to 15-15. The Cougars put together two kills and an ace giving them a 19-16 lead. Weber State couldn't manage to string together points to finish out the set and BYU claimed the first 25-20.
The Cougars got a 6-2 jump on the Wildcats early in the second set. Weber State tried to gain some momentum with a solid block by Ashyln Power and Hannah Hill-DeYoung that brought the score within two points. BYU pushed and claimed a five point lead but Weber State pushed to keep the score within two.
BYU took advantage of a pair of Wildcat errors and claimed an 18-13 lead. The Cougars finished out the set with a 10-2 run giving them the 25-15 second set win and the overall match lead 2-0 going into the break.
The Wildcats came out of the break on fire and claimed their biggest lead of the entire match with a 11-6 score off a 5-1 run. The Cougars were starting to gain some ground but the Wildcats came up with a block by Gneiting and Saunders to maintain a two point lead.
BYU tied everything up however with a 13-13 score. Neither BYU or WSU could string together two consecutive points as things remained all tied up at 19-19. The Cougars managed three kills in a row to give them a 22-19 lead.
The Wildcats managed to score three more points before BYU finished things off with a 25-22 score for the third set and a 3-0 score overall in the match.
The Wildcats were led by Varley who had 10 kills from 32 attacks. Ashlyn Power added 24 assists to Weber State's offensive efforts. This was Power's 10th time this season with 20 or more assists.
Thamires Cavalcanti had nine digs for the Wildcats and Power also added nine. Two other Wildcats also put up solid defensive performances, Gnieting and Saunders each added six blocks.
Weber State finished the night with 28 kills from 97 attacks with 15 errors for a .134 percentage while BYU posted 48 kills from 121 attacks with 23 errors for a .207 percentage. BYU out dug the Wildcats with a narrow margin of just two with the final stats reading BYU 46 and WSU 44. Weber State came out on top in blocking however coming up with 10.5 team blocks to BYU's seven.
Weber State is now 2-10 overall on the season and will head to Sacramento State next week to start Big Sky Conference play.
"I liked the way we competed tonight," said head coach Jeremiah Larsen. "I thought we were a play or two away from lengthening the match past three sets. I believe our team is prepared for the start of our conference season."
Weber State volleyball came out strong in the first set with a tied score at 5-5. BYU made a push for a 9-6 lead but WSU came back and tied things up at 10-10 with a block by Amanda Varley and Hannah Hill-DeYoung.
The two teams kept things tight for the next few points pushing things to 15-15. The Cougars put together two kills and an ace giving them a 19-16 lead. Weber State couldn't manage to string together points to finish out the set and BYU claimed the first 25-20.
The Cougars got a 6-2 jump on the Wildcats early in the second set. Weber State tried to gain some momentum with a solid block by Ashyln Power and Hannah Hill-DeYoung that brought the score within two points. BYU pushed and claimed a five point lead but Weber State pushed to keep the score within two.
BYU took advantage of a pair of Wildcat errors and claimed an 18-13 lead. The Cougars finished out the set with a 10-2 run giving them the 25-15 second set win and the overall match lead 2-0 going into the break.
The Wildcats came out of the break on fire and claimed their biggest lead of the entire match with a 11-6 score off a 5-1 run. The Cougars were starting to gain some ground but the Wildcats came up with a block by Gneiting and Saunders to maintain a two point lead.
BYU tied everything up however with a 13-13 score. Neither BYU or WSU could string together two consecutive points as things remained all tied up at 19-19. The Cougars managed three kills in a row to give them a 22-19 lead.
The Wildcats managed to score three more points before BYU finished things off with a 25-22 score for the third set and a 3-0 score overall in the match.
The Wildcats were led by Varley who had 10 kills from 32 attacks. Ashlyn Power added 24 assists to Weber State's offensive efforts. This was Power's 10th time this season with 20 or more assists.
Thamires Cavalcanti had nine digs for the Wildcats and Power also added nine. Two other Wildcats also put up solid defensive performances, Gnieting and Saunders each added six blocks.
Weber State finished the night with 28 kills from 97 attacks with 15 errors for a .134 percentage while BYU posted 48 kills from 121 attacks with 23 errors for a .207 percentage. BYU out dug the Wildcats with a narrow margin of just two with the final stats reading BYU 46 and WSU 44. Weber State came out on top in blocking however coming up with 10.5 team blocks to BYU's seven.
Weber State is now 2-10 overall on the season and will head to Sacramento State next week to start Big Sky Conference play.
Team Stats
WSU
BYU
Kills
28
48
Errors
15
23
Attempts
97
121
Hitting %
.134
.207
Points
41.5
60.0
Assists
26
43
Aces
3
5
Blocks
10.5
7.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
10
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
6
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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