BYU COUGAR VOLLEYBALL

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BYU COUGAR VOLLEYBALL

BYU vs. Pepperdine - Feb. 3 and 4

Athletic Communications

• 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 • 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633

3 National Titles • 4 NCAA Final Four Appearances • 1 National Player of the Year • 3 MPSF Championships • 35 AVCA All-America Citations

51 All-MPSF Citations • Five-consecutive 20-win seasons • 202-54 (.789) since 1997, best in the NCAA

BYU vs. PEPPERDINE: BATTLE OF TOP-RANKED TEAMS

Coming off its first road trip of the season, BYU will return to Provo to play Pepperdine in a battle of the

top teams in the country as the Cougars are ranked No. 2 and Pepperdine is ranked No. 1. The teams

will play Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

The No. 2 Cougars are 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation while Pepperdine is

5-0 overall and 5-0 in the MPSF. Pepperdine is first in the MPSF while BYU is second. The Waves handed

previously ranked No. 1 Long Beach State its first loss on Thursday Jan. 28 to move into the top spot.

“These matches are the most important of the season to date and they could end up determining if we

have a chance at hosting the MPSF Tournament,” BYU coach Tom Peterson said. “We have to win these

matches to have a chance at hosting the MPSF playoffs. Pepperdine has already defeated Long Beach

and I don’t expect them to lose many more matches.”

The MPSF regular-season champion earns the right to host the postseason tournament. The tournament

champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Final Four. Since 1999, BYU has hosted the tournament

three times (1999, 2001 and 2004) and Pepperdine has hosted four times (2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005). The

Cougars won the tournament in 1999, 2003 and 2004 while the Waves won in 2002 and 2005.

Last weekend, BYU split with UCLA in Los Angeles. The Cougars lost game one of the first match but

then put on a dominant offensive display to take the next three. The second match went five games as

BYU took a 2-1 lead but then yielded games four and five to the Bruins. Ivan Perez led the Cougars in

kills both nights with 21 and 20 kills. Perez leads the team in kills per game at 4.74.

Pepperdine has four players averaging over 3.50 kills per game, led by Jon Grobe at 3.84. Andy Hein

averages 3.60 and is hitting .534.

BYU outside hitter Yosleyder Cala will suit up for the first time this season. The Cuban native was

recently cleared by the NCAA to compete. He brings valuable experience to the Coguars, having played

several years for the Cuban National Team.

“He’s such a great talent and will be an impact player,” Peterson said. “He’ll be an exciting player to

watch.”

Friday’s match can be seen live on BYUTV. Check your local satellite and cable provider for availability.

Watch the match online at www.byutv.org. Both matches can be seen live on CougarTV. Visit www.

byucougars.com for more information.

2006 BYU SCHEDULE

all times local to site

JANUARY

6 - Fri.

Cal Baptist . . . .W, 3-1

7 - Sat.

Cal Baptist . . . .W, 3-0

13 - Fri.

*No. 5 CS Northridge . . . .W, 3-1

14 - Sat.

*No. 5 CS Northridge . . . .W, 3-1

20 - Fri.

*No. 8 UC Santa Barbara . . . .W, 3-1

21 - Sat.

*No. 8 UC Santa Barbara . . . .W, 3-0

26 - Thu.

*at UCLA. . . .W, 3-1

28 - Sat.

*at UCLA. . . L, 2-3

FEBRUARY

3 - Fri.

*Pepperdine . . . .7 p.m.

4 - Sat.

*Pepperdine . . . .7 p.m.

10 - Fri.

*USC. . . 7 p.m.

11 - Sat.

*USC. . . 7 p.m.

16 - Thu.

*at UC San Diego . . . 7 p.m.

18 - Sat.

*at UC San Diego . . . 7 p.m.

MARCH

3 - Fri.

*Stanford. . . 2 p.m.

4 - Sat.

*Stanford. . . 7 p.m.

10 - Fri.

*at UC Irvine . . . 7 p.m.

11 - Sat.

*at UC Irvine . . . 7 p.m.

17 - Fri.

at Long Beach Tournament (Ohio State) . . . 5:30 p.m.

18 - Sat.

at Long Beach Tournament (Rutgers-Newark) . . . 5:30 p.m.

31 - Fri.

*Pacific . . . 7 p.m.

APRIL

1 - Sat.

*Pacific . . . 8 p.m.

6 - Thu.

*at Long Beach State . . . 7:30 p.m.

7 - Fri.

*at Long Beach State . . . 7:30 p.m.

14 - Fri.

*at Hawai`i . . . 7 p.m.

15 - Sat.

*at Hawai`i . . . 7 p.m.

22 - Sat.

MPSF Tournament - First Round . . . TBA

27 - Thu.

MPSF Tournament - Semifinals . . . TBA

29 - Sat.

MPSF Tournament - Finals. . . TBA

The television and radio schedule is yet to be determined

* Denotes Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match

PROBABLE STARTERS - BYU

Pos. No. Name

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Prev. School

K/G Blk/G Dig/G

Note

OH

8 Ivan Perez

6-4 210 So.

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico / Colegio San Benito

4.74

0.84

1.48 Hitting .369 ... had 41 kills in two matches against UCLA

OH

17 Taylor Evans

6-2 175 Sr.

Alamo, Calif. / Monte Vista HS

3.23

0.58

1.39 Had 17 digs in two matches against UCLA, including nine on 1/26, a career best

OPP 3

Jonathan Charette 6-2 185 Jr.

Fullerton, Calif. / Long Beach City College

2.55

0.95

1.27 Had nine kills and hit .533 in win over UCLA (1/26/06)

S

14 Rob Neilson

6-3 180 Sr.

Pacific Palisades, Calif. / Pacific Palisades

0.55

0.81 13.68 (ast) Had five kills, hit 1.000 and dished out 66 assists in win over UCSB (1/20/06)

MB

15 Victor Batista

6-6 170 Sr.

Tamayo Dom. Rep. / Maria Antonio Gomez

2.77

1.35

0.73 Recorded nine kills and hit .471 in 3-1 win over UCLA, 1/26/06

MB

11 Russell Holmes

6-8 185 So.

Fountain Valley, Calif. / Fountain Valley HS

2.19

1.61

0.42 Had 14 blocks in two matches against UCLA

LIB

7 Brian Rowley

6-0 175 Sr.

San Diego Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS

0.00

1.77 Had 11 digs against CS Northridge (1/14/06)

BENCH PLAYERS - BYU

Pos. No. Name

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Prev. School

K/G Blk/G Dig/G

Note

OH

1 Yosleyder Cala

6-8 200 Fr.

Ciego Avila, Cuba / Marcelo Salado

-

Played for Cuban National Team

S

5 Brian Congelliere 6-2 190 So.

Newbury Park, Calif. / St. Louis School

-

3.00 (ast) -

Played in five games in 2005

OH

18 Rodrigo Gomes

6-2 200 Fr.

Rio de Janiero, Brazil / Impacto

-

0.20 (aces) Led high school to Rio de Janiero championship

MB

19 Trent Sorensen

6-7 225 So.

Palmdale, Calif. / Highland HS

-

0.08

0.08 Had a key block in comeback win in game two against UCSB (1/21/06)

OPP 10 Scott Cox

6-3 195 Jr.

Blackfoot, Idaho / UVSC

0.29 -

-

Recorded first kill of career, the match winner, in win over UCSB (1/21/06)

MATCH NOTES

No. 2 BYU COUGARS (7-1, 5-1 MPSF) vs. No. 1 PEPPERDINE WAVES (5-0, 5-0 MPSF)

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4, 2006 • 7 p.m. MST

Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) • Provo, Utah

Coaches:

BYU, Tom Peterson (at BYU: 79-22 in fourth year, career: 331-152 overall)

Pepperdine, Marv Dunphy (at Pepp: 414-162 in 23rd year, career: same overall)

Series:

Pepperdine leads, 21-15, including last season’s sweep by Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif.

TV:

Friday: live on BYUTV and CougarTV at 7 p.m.

Saturday: live on CougarTV at 7 p.m.

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2006 BYU QUICK FACTS

UNIVERSITY INFO:

Location: . . . Provo, Utah 84602

Elevation: . . . 4,553

Enrollment: . . . 32,122 (Daytime)

Founded:. . . Oct. 15, 1875

Owner: . . . .The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Colors:. . . Blue and White

Nickname: . . . Cougars

Mascot: . . . Cosmo (the Cougar)

Affiliation:. . . NCAA Division I

Conference: . . . Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Arena: . . . Smith Fieldhouse (5,000)

President: . . . Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966)

Athletic Director: . . . Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983)

Tickets: . . . 801-422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1

VOLLEYBALL STAFF:

Head Coach: . . . Tom Peterson (BYU, 1978)

BYU Record/Years:. . . 79-22/4th season

Office Phone: . . . (801) 422-8291

Career Record/years: . . . 331-152/14

Assistant Coaches: . . . Grayson DuBose (BYU, 1993)

Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1993)

Volunteer Coach: . . . .Chris Gorny (BYU, 2005)

Trainer: . . . Blain Empey

VOLLEYBALL FACTS:

2005 Overall Record: . . . 20-10

Conference Record/Finish: . . . 15-7 / 3rd in MPSF

Final National Ranking: . . . 8th

Starters Returning/Lost: . . . 6/2

Lettermen Returning/Lost: . . . 8/4

Newcomers: . . . .10

BYU HISTORY:

First Year of NCAA Volleyball:. . . .1990

Overall all-time record: . . . 284-153

Winning Seasons: . . . .12

MPSF Championships: . . . .3

NCAA Tournament Appearances: . . . 4 (7-1)

Last NCAA Appearance: . . . .2004

Result: . . . Defeated Long Beach, 3-2, in title match

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS:

Primary Volleyball Contact: . . . Kyle Chilton

Phone:. . . 801-422-8999

E-mail:. . . [email protected]

Fax: . . . 801-422-0633

Homepage: . . . www.byucougars.com

Press row phone: . . . 801-422-0358

Mailing Address: . . . BYU Athletic Media Relations

. . . 30 Smith Fieldhouse

. . . .Provo, Utah 84602

LAST MATCHES - BYU at UCLA

BYU went to Los Angeles for its first road matches of the season and split with UCLA, suffering its

first loss of the season, Saturday Jan. 28. In the first match, the Cougars earned a 3-1 victory over the

Bruins. BYU started slow, losing game one 30-24 while hitting just .259. From there, the Cougars caught

fire, hitting .452 in game two to even the match at 1-1. In game three, BYU hit .636 and won 30-14 to go

up two games to one. The Cougars continued their hot hitting in game four, hitting .483 in the

match-clinching 30-24 win. Ivan Perez hit .500 and had a match-high 21 kills. On Saturday, BYU won game

one 30-26 but dropped game two 22-30 while hitting just .032, their lowest percentage for a single game

this season. The Cougars bounced back in game three, hitting .429 and winning 30-25. They

contin-ued to hit well in game four, registering a .522 hitting percentage but lost 30-26. Game five was close

throughout but UCLA made more plays and won 19-17. Perez led the Cougars with 20 kills.

THE POLLS

BYU maintained its No. 2 ranking in the 2006 CSTV/AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll

despite suffering its first loss of the season. The Cougars defeated UCLA 3-1 on Thursday, Jan. 26 but

then fell to the Bruins in five games on Saturday, Jan. 28. BYU has been No. 2 in the CSTV/AVCA poll

for three-consecutive weeks. The Cougars fell to No. 2 in the Volleyball Magazine Poll. BYU had been

No. 1 in the first three polls.

CSTV/AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll #3

Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2006 Record

Last Week

1 Pepperdine (15)

238 5-0

3

2 BYU (1)

217 7-1

2

3 Long Beach State

215 8-1

1

4 UC Irvine

183 6-3

4 5-tie

Cal State Northridge

170 6-3

5 5-tie

UCLA

170 5-4

6

7 Hawai’i

149 4-3

7

8 Ohio State

125 7-1

8

9 UC Santa Barbara

115 4-5

9

10 Ball State

92 6-0

10

11 Loyola-Chicago

79 8-0

11

12 Penn State

62 2-4

12

13 Southern California

55 4-4

13

14 Pacific

24 2-7

14

15 George Mason

16 7-0

NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: IPFW (2-4) 7.

BYU IN THE WEEKLY POLLS

1/9 1/16 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8

CSTV/AVCA 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd

Volleyball Magazine 1st 1st 1st 2nd

CALA CLEARED TO PLAY

BYU announced today the NCAA has completed its eligibility review of volleyball player Yosleyder

Cala. Cala was certified a qualifier by the NCAA Clearinghouse and enrolled at BYU in January 2006

for winter semester. He has not competed for the men’s volleyball team as the institution determined

he was involved in secondary violations of NCAA rules, and requested his reinstatement.

Following a thorough review of the information submitted to the NCAA, Cala’s eligibility was

rein-stated under the condition he sit out 30 percent of the regular season. Cala has been cleared to begin

competing for the Cougars on Friday, Feb. 3 vs. Pepperdine. Cala is a 6-8, outside hitter, from Ciego

Avila, Cuba. Cala played for the Cuban Junior National Team from 1998-2001 and later joined the

national team, where he competed from 2001-04.

COUGARS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS

Following is a list of where several Cougars and the BYU team rank in the top-20 in various statistical

categories.

Player

Statistic

Rank

Victor Batista

Hitting Pct. (.430)

11 Blocking (1.35)

17 Russell Holmes

Hitting Pct. (.407)

19 Blocking (1.61)

7 Ivan Perez

Kills (4.74)

3 Points (5.23)

6 Rob Neilson

Assists (13.68)

5 Team

Hitting Pct. (.349)

4

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MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION

STANDINGS

Conference

Overall

Team

W L Pct.

Pepperdine

5

0

1.000

5

0

1.000 Brigham Young

5

1 .833

7

1 .875

Long Beach State

4

1 .800

8

1 .889

UC Irvine

3

2 .600

6

3 .667

USC

3

2 .600

4

4 .500

UC Santa Barbara

3

3 .500

4

5 .444

CS Northridge

2

2 .500

6

3 .667

Hawai’i

2

2 .500

4

3 .571

UCLA

1

2 .333

5

4 .556

Pacific

1

5 .167

2

7 .222

Stanford

1

5 .167

2

8 .200

UC San Diego

0

5 .000

0

7 .000

MPSF PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jan. 9

Tyler Hildebrand, LBSU

Jan. 16

Matt Webber, UC Irvine

Jan. 23

Ivan Perez, BYU

Jan. 30

Feb. 6

Feb. 13

Feb. 20

Feb. 27

Mar. 6

Mar. 13

Mar. 20

Mar. 27

Apr. 3

Apr. 10

Apr. 17

AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

SPORTS IMPORTS/AVCA NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jan. 16

Duncan Budinger, LBSU

Jan. 23

Ivan Perez, BYU

Jan. 30

Hudson Bates, George Mason

Feb. 6

Feb. 13

Feb. 20

Feb. 27

Mar. 6

Mar. 13

Mar. 20

Mar. 27

Apr. 3

Apr. 10

Apr. 17

BYU’S 2006 RECORD WHEN...

Overall . . . .7-1

MPSF . . . .5-1

vs. Ranked teams . . . .5-1

At home . . . .6-0

On the road . . . .1-1

At a neutral site . . . .0-0

A match goes 3 games . . . .2-0

A match goes 4 games . . . .5-0

A match goes 5 games . . . .0-1

BYU win’s ﬁrst game . . . .5-1

BYU win’s ﬁrst two games . . . .3-0

BYU loses ﬁrst game . . . .2-0

BYU vs. PEPPERDINE STAT COMPARISON

Team Statistics

BYU

Pepperdine

Overall Record . . .

7-1

5-0

MPSF Record . . .

5-1

5-0

Attack . . .

Kills . . .

496

324 Errors . . .

160

101 Total Attacks . . .

961

643 Attack Pct. . .

.349

.347

Kills/Game . . .

16.0

17.1 Set . . .

Assists . . .

472

300 Attempts . . .

941

636 Assist Pct. . .

.502

.472

Assists/Game . . .

15.2

15.8 Serve . . .

Aces . . .

31

27 Errors . . .

124

79 Attempts . . .

883

553 Serve Pct. . .

.860

.857

Aces/Game . . .

1.0

1.4 Serve Receptions . . .

Errors . . .

24

20 Errors/Game . . .

0.8

1.1 Attempts . . .

660

427 Reception Pct. . .

.964

.953

Defense . . .

Digs . . .

272

180 Digs/Game . . .

8.8

9.5 Blocking . . .

Block Solo . . .

10

13 Block Assist . . .

180

114 Total Blocks . . .

100.0

70.0 Blocks/Game . . .

3.2

3.7 Block Errors . . .

28

11 Ball Handling Errors . . .

5

1 Attendance . . .

Total . . .

21173

444 Dates/Avg Per Date . . .

6/3529

3/1481

Neutral site #/Avg . . .

0/0

0-0

Current Win Streak . . .

0

5 Home Win Streak . . .

6

3 PEREZ SWEEPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS (Jan. 23)

Ivan Perez swept the national and league weekly honors the week of Jan. 23 by being named the

American Volleyball Coaches Association and Mountain Pacific Sport Federation Player of the Week

for his play in No. 2 BYU’s back-to-back wins over then No. 8 UC Santa Barbara. On Friday, the

sopho-more from Puerto Rico had a season-high 23 kills, hit .472 (23-6-36) and recorded six digs and four

blocks in leading the Cougars to a 3-1 win over Santa Barbara. BYU started the match with 14 kills on

15 attempts, including Perez going six-for-six. Perez continued his hot play by pounding out a

match-high 19 kills and hitting a season-match-high .571 (19-3-28) on Saturday. For the weekend, Perez averaged 6.00

kills per game, hit .516 (42-9-64) and had 46 service return attempts without and error.

ALMOST PERFECT

The Cougars had their second game of the season in which they hit over .600 in their win over UCLA,

Friday Jan. 26. After dropping game one to the Bruins and then winning game two, BYU dominated

game three, hitting .636 (15-1-22) and winning 30-14. The Cougars’ other game in which they hit over

.600 was game one against UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 20. BYU started that game 14-for-15 without any

errors and finished at .682 (17-2-22). Ivan Perez was a perfect 6-for-6 that game.

STRONG SERVING

Last season, BYU set a school record by serving 174 aces. While the Cougars are not on pace to match

that total in 2006, they had their best service match of the season on Thursday, Jan. 26 against UCLA.

In that match, BYU had nine aces, led by Victor Batisa’s career high of four and Taylor Evans’ three.

Rodrigo Gomes came off the bench to serve his first-career ace and Jonathan Charette added another.

BYU loses ﬁrst two games . . . .0-0

BYU’s attack pct. is over .500 . . . .0-0

BYU’s attack pct. is .400 - .500 . . . .3-0

BYU’s attack pct. is .300 - .400 . . . .3-0

BYU’s attack pct. is .200 - .300 . . . .1-1

BYU’s attack pct. is under .200 . . . .0-0

BYU has more digs . . . .4-1

BYU has more team blocks . . . .7-0

on Wednesday . . . .0-0

on Thursday . . . .1-0

on Fridays . . . .3-0

on Saturdays . . . .3-1

RESULTS

Wed., Jan 25

*UC Irvine d. Hawaii, 3-1

Thu., Jan 26

*BYU d. UCLA, 3-1

*Pep. d. Long Beach St., 3-1

Fri., Jan 27

*UCSB d. Pacific, 3-0

*CS Northridge d. Stanford, 3-0

*Pepperdine d. UCSD, 3-0

*Hawaii d. UC Irvine, 3-0

*Long Beach St. d. USC, 3-1

Sat., Jan 28

*UCLA d. BYU, 3-2

*USC d. UC San Diego, 3-0

*UC Santa Barbara d. Stanford, 3-0

*CS Northridge d. Pacific, 3-1

UPCOMING MATCHES

Tues., Jan 31

Princeton at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.

Wed., Feb 1

Princeton at UC San Diego, 7 p.m.

*UCLA at USC, 7 p.m.

*UCSB at Long Beach, 7 p.m.

Thu., Feb 2

*UCSB UC San Diego, 7 p.m.

UC Santa Cruz at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.

Fri., Feb 3

*Pepperdine at BYU, 7 p.m.

*Stanford at Pacific, 7 p.m.

UC Santa Cruz at UCLA, 7 p.m.

Long Beach State vs. IPFW (at Penn

State), 7 p.m.

USC at Rutgers Tournament

Sat., Jan 28

UC Santa Cruz at UCSB, 7 p.m.

*Pepperdine at BYU, 7 p.m.

Long Beach at Penn State, 7 p.m.

USC at Rutgers Tournament

*Indicates MPSF match

-All times local to site

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2005 REVIEW

FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS

The Cougars finished the 2005 season with a top-10 national

ranking for the ninth consecutive season, dating back to 1997

when BYU finished fourth. The Cougars have finished in the

top-10 in 12 of their 16 seasons since joining the NCAA.

USA Today/CSTV Top 15 Division I-II Coaches Poll

Rank School

Total Pts.

Rec.

Prev.

1 Pepperdine (16)

240 25-2

1

2 UCLA

219 26-6

4

3 Long Beach State

206 22-10

3

4 Penn State

190 30-4

2

5 UC Santa Barbara

174 16-14

5

6 Cal State Northridge

155 19-14

6

7 Hawai’i

147 19-9

7

8 BYU

132 20-10

8

9 Ohio State

119 24-8

9

10 Loyola-Chicago

91 26-3

10

11 Stanford

81 11-15

11

12 UC Irvine

64 9-20

12

13 Pacific

48 12-18

13

14 George Mason

34 19-10

14

15 Ball State

20 17-15

15 VOLLEYBALL FACTS:

2005 Overall Record: 20-10

Conference Record/Finish: 15-7 / 3rd in MPSF

Final National Ranking: 8th

Record vs Top-10 teams: 10-8

All-Time Record in NCAA Tournament Play: 7-1

All-Time Record in MPSF Tournament Play: 15-9

2005 ALL-MPSF PERFORMERS:

Michael Burke (Second Team)

Victor Batista (Second Team)

Ivan Perez (Second Team)

Rob Neilson (Honorable Mention)

2005 AVCA ALL-AMERICA PERFORMERS:

Michael Burke (Second Team)

Ivan Perez (Second Team)

2005 ASICS ALL-AMERICA PERFORMERS:

Michael Burke (First Team)

Victor Batista (Second Team)

Ivan Perez (Second Team)

2005 MPSF FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

MPSF

OVERALL

TEAM

W

L

Pct.

W

L

Pct.

Pepperdine

20

2 .909

23

2 .920

UCLA

18

4 .818

25

5 .833

BYU

15

7 .682

20

10 .667

Hawai’i

15

7 .682

19

9 .679

Long Beach State 14

8 .636

22

10 .688

UC Santa Barbara 13

9 .591

16

14 .533

CS Northridge

10

12 .455

19

14 .576

Stanford

10

12 .455

11

15 .423

UC Irvine

7

15 .318

9

20 .310

Pacific

6

16 .273

12

18 .400

USC

3

19 .136

6

23 .207

UC San Diego

1

21 .045

2

24 .077

MPSF PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL

BYU was picked to finish first in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for the 2006 season in the

first-ever MPSF Preseason Men’s Volleyball Coaches’ Poll. The Cougars finished third in the MPSF at 15-7

last season and were 20-10 overall and ranked No. 8 in the final USA Today/CSTV Coaches’ poll.

“It’s a great honor to think other coaches think so highly of our program,” BYU coach Tom Peterson

said. “Obviously it’s a good challenge for us to live up to those expectations. Of course the idea is to

be in that same spot at the end of the season.”

Rank Team

Points (First-place votes) 2005 team record

2005 MPSF finish

No. 1 Brigham Young

28 points (6)

20-10 (15-7 MPSF)

#3

No. 2 UCLA

37 points (3)

26-6 (18-4 MPSF)

#2

No. 3 Long Beach State

40 points (1)

22-10 (14-8 MPSF)

#5

No. 4 Pepperdine

47 points (1)

25-2 (20-2 MPSF)

#1 MPSF Champ

No. 5 Hawai`i

49 points

19-9 (15-7 MPSF)

#4

No. 6T Cal State Northridge

78 points (1)

19-13 (10-12 MPSF)

#7

No. 6T UC Santa Barbara

78 points

16-14 (13-9 MPSF)

#6

No. 8 UC Irvine

80 points

9-20 (7-15 MSPF)

#9

No. 9 Pacific

113 points

12-18 (14-8 MPSF)

#10

No. 10 USC

119 points

6-23 (3-19 MPSF)

#11

No. 11 Stanford

123 points

11-15 (10-12 MPSF)

#8

No. 12 UC San Diego

144 points

2-24 (1-21 MPSF)

#12

MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS

Date

Opponent

Score W/L Att.

Kills

Assists

Digs

Blocks

W-L

MPSF

1/6/06 Cal Baptist

3-1

W

2348 Perez (21)

Neilson (54)

Rowley (11) Batista (7)

1-0

0-0

1/7/06 Cal Baptist

3-0

W

2598 Evans (15)

Neilson (41)

Neilson (9)

Batista, Holmes (3)

2-0

0-0

1/13/06 CS Northridge

3-1

W

4386 Charette (16) Neilson (49)

Perez (9)

Holmes (12) 3-0

1-0

1/14/06 CS Northridge

3-1

W

4337 Perez (21)

Neilson (65)

Rowley (11) Holmes (8)

4-0

2-0

1/20/06 UC Santa Barbara 3-1

W

3912 Perez (23)

Neilson (66)

Neilson (7)

Bat., Hol., Per. (4) 5-0 3-0

1/21/06 UC Santa Barbara 3-0

W

3592 Perez (19)

Neilson (43)

Neilson (6)

Batista (6)

6-0

4-0

1/26/06 at UCLA

3-1

W

745 Perez (21)

Neilson (54)

Evans (9)

Holmes (7)

7-0

5-0

1/28/06 at UCLA

2-3

L

1750 Perez (20)

Neilson (52)

Evans, Perez (8)

Holmes (7)

7-1

5-1

2/3/06 Pepperdine

2/4/06 Pepperdine

2/10/06 USC

2/11/06 USC

2/16/06 at UC San Diego

2/18/06 at UC San Diego

3/3/06 Stanford

3/4/06 Stanford

3/10/06 at UC Irvine

3/11/06 at UC Irvine

3/17/06 Ohio State

3/18/06 Rutgers-Newark

3/31/06 Paciﬁc

4/1/06 Paciﬁc

4/6/06 Long Beach State

4/7/06 Long Beach State

4/14/06 at Hawai’i

4/15/06 at Hawai’i

2006 TEAM SEASON HIGHS

Three-Game Matches

Kills . . .

50 vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-21)

Attack% . . .

.457 vs. Cal Baptist (1-7)

Assists . . .

49 vs. Cal Baptist (1-7) and vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-21)

Digs . . .

28 vs. Cal Baptist (1-7)

Aces . . .

4 vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-21)

Total Blocks . . .

10.0 vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-21)

Four-Game Matches

Kills . . .

80 vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-20)

Attack% . . .

.450 vs. UCLA (1-26)

Assists . . .

75 vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-20)

Digs . . .

44 vs. Cal State Northridge (1-14)

Aces . . .

9 vs. UCLA (1-26)

Total Blocks . . .

24.0 vs. Cal State Northridge (1-14)

Five-Game Matches

Kills . . .

64 vs. UCLA (1-28)

Attack% . . .

.273 vs. UCLA (1-28)

Assists . . .

59 vs. UCLA (1-28)

Digs . . .

37 vs. UCLA (1-28)

Aces . . .

5 vs. UCLA (1-28)

Total Blocks . . .

11.5 vs. UCLA (1-28)

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page 5 • Opponent Information

LAST YEAR’S BOXES VS. PEPPERDINE

1st Match

Site: Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse) Date: Feb 11, 2005 Attend: 1174 Time: 1:45 Referees: Marvin Hall, Bob Oshita

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 2 STEWART, Bryan 2 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 BURKE, Michael 4 11 0 18 .611 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 12.5 6 HEYES, Matt 2 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 8 4 21 .190 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 PATTERSON, Ca. 4 9 6 21 .143 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 10.0 11 HOLMES, Russell 2 5 1 10 .400 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 5.5 14 NEILSON, Rob 4 2 1 5 .200 45 0 4 0 6 1 3 1 0 4.5 15 BATISTA, Victor 4 11 6 25 .200 2 2 5 1 2 2 1 1 0 15.5 17 EVANS, Taylor 4 8 8 25 .000 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 Totals... 4 55 27 128 .219 49 4 19 5 32 3 8 5 0 66.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 14 3 30 .367 2 16 8 34 .235 3 17 5 33 .364 4 8 11 31 -.097 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS Brigham Young Cougar 27 25 30 17 7-5, 2-3 MPSF Pepperdine 30 30 23 30 8-1, 8-1 MPSF

## Pepperdine GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 Hein, Andy 4 10 1 12 .750 0 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 0 15.0 9 Ka, James 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 Sutherland, Tanner 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 Mayer, John 4 14 4 23 .435 3 0 1 1 9 0 4 0 0 16.0 12 Rooney, Sean 4 17 6 39 .282 1 2 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 19.5 13 Grobe, Jon 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 Hulse, Tom 4 2 1 6 .167 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4.0 15 Winder, Jonathan 4 4 3 10 .100 47 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 7.0 16 Parfitt, John 4 13 3 27 .370 1 1 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 15.0 Totals... 4 60 19 119 .345 53 5 16 4 39 4 15 2 0 76.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 16 4 29 .414 2 16 2 33 .424 3 16 8 32 .250 4 12 5 25 .280 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5

2nd Match

Site: Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse) Date: Feb 12, 2005 Attend: 1732 Time: 1:20 Referees: John Martin, Marvin Hall

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 2 STEWART, Bryan 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 BURKE, Michael 3 9 1 14 .571 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 10.5 6 HEYES, Matt 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 12 7 22 .227 2 0 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 13.5 9 PATTERSON, Ca. 3 6 5 13 .077 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 4 4 10 .000 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.5 14 NEILSON, Rob 3 1 1 5 .000 42 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.0 15 BATISTA, Victor 3 12 8 23 .174 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 12.5 17 EVANS, Taylor 3 5 3 9 .222 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 Totals... 3 49 29 97 .206 48 0 8 5 26 2 4 2 0 53.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 15 9 28 .214 2 25 6 38 .500 3 9 14 31 -.161 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS Brigham Young Cougar 20 28 14 7-6, 2-4 MPSF Pepperdine 30 30 30 9-1, 9-1 MPSF

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 2 Spencer, Corey 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 Hein, Andy 3 8 1 12 .583 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 14.0 6 de Wolff, Max 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 9 Ka, James 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 Mayer, John 3 11 1 15 .667 2 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 14.0 12 Rooney, Sean 3 13 1 30 .400 0 0 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 16.5 13 Grobe, Jon 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 14 Hulse, Tom 3 2 0 4 .500 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.0 15 Winder, Jonathan 3 2 0 2 1.000 37 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 5.0 16 Parfitt, John 3 10 2 20 .400 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 10.0 Totals... 3 47 5 84 .500 39 5 6 0 14 7 13 2 0 65.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 15 2 25 .520 2 21 1 37 .541 3 11 2 22 .409 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5

A LOOK AT PEPPERDINE

Pepperdine enters the weekend ranked No. 1 for the first time this season. The Waves, 5-0 overall and

in the MPSF, received 15 of the possible 16 first-place votes in the CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll. Last

week, the Waves defeated then No. 1 Long Beach on the road in four games and then swept UC San

Diego. Pepperdine has four players averaging over 3.50 kills per game, led by Jon Grobe at 3.84.

LAST YEAR VS. PEPPERDINE

Pepperdine was the only team that BYU did not defeat in 2005 at least once. The Cougars and Waves

played two matches in Malibu, Calif. and Pepperdine won the first meeting 3-1. The Waves won games

one and two 30-27 and 30-25 and hit over .400 in each. BYU came back to win game three but lost game

four 30-17. Michael Burke had 11 kills, no errors and hit .611. The Waves swept the Cougars the next

night, 30-20, 30-28, 30-14. Pepperdine hit .500 compared to .206 for BYU. Burke had nine kills and hit

.571 whileVictor Batista and Ivan Perez had 12 kills apiece to lead the Cougars.

PEPPERDINE’S TOP PLAYERS

Pos. No. Name

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Prev. School

K/G Blk/G Dig/G

OH

11 Jon Grobe

6-3 190 Jr.

Kaneohe,Hawai`i / Iolani

3.84

0.89

2.05 OH

12 Paul Carroll

6-7 200 Fr.

Forster, Australia / N/A

3.79

0.74

0.95 S

3 Jonathan Winder 6-8 190 So.

Irvine, Calif. / Woodbridge HS

0.74 14.3 (ast.)

1.68 MB

3 Andy Hein

6-11 215 Sr.

Carol Stream, Ill. / West Chicago HS

3.60

1.53

0.40 SERIES NOTES

The Cougars and Waves will meet for the 37th and 38th times in the history of the series when they

square off Friday and Saturday in the Fieldhouse. Pepperdine owns a 21-15 lead but BYU has a 10-6

advantage in Provo, including three-consecutive wins in the Fieldhouse in 2004. The Waves won the

first nine matches of the series, from 1990-94. The teams have met 10 times since Tom Peterson took

over the BYU program in 2003, each team winning five times. Under Peterson, the Cougars have

knocked Pepperdine out of the MPSF tournament twice. In 2003, BYU went to Malibu and defeated

the Waves for the MPSF tournament title. In 2004, the Cougars defeated Pepperdine in the semifinals

in Provo. Both matches went to five games. Interestingly, BYU is 10-0 against Pepperdine when the

match reaches a fifth game.

Overall Series Record: 15-21

BYU Record in Provo: 10-6

BYU Record in Malibu, Calif.: 5-15

BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-0

BYU Record under Tom Peterson: 5-5

Longest BYU win streak: 3

Longest Pepperdine win streak: 9

Match-by-Match Results:

Date

Location

W

L

3 Games

4 Games

5 Games

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ROSTER BREAKDOWN

RETURNING STARTERS (6):

Victor Batista

MB/OH Sr. 3.53 kpg, 38 aces, 108 digs, 97 blks

Taylor Evans

OH/OPP Sr. 2.31 kpg, 33 aces, 92 digs

Russell Holmes

MB

So. 1.09 kpg, .368 pct, 67 blk

Rob Neilson

S

Sr. 2,670 ast, .340 pct, 137 digs, 98 blks

Ivan Perez

OH

So. 3.78 kpg, .331 pct, 150 digs, 75 blks

Brian Rowley

LIB

Sr. 206 digs, 25 ast

STARTERS LOST (2):

Michael Burke

MB

6-8 2.52 kpg, .460 pct, 144 blk

Casey Patterson OPP

6-6 2.45 kpg, 35 aces, 127 digs

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (9):

Victor Batista

MB/OH Sr. 3.53 kpg, 38 aces, 108 digs, 97 blks

Brian Congelliere S

So. 5 gp, 4 ast

Taylor Evans

OH/OPP Sr. 2.31 kpg, 33 aces, 92 digs

Russell Holmes

MB

So. 1.09 kpg, .368 pct, 67 blk

Rob Neilson

S

Sr. 2,670 ast, .340 pct, 137 digs, 98 blks

Ivan Perez

OH

So. 3.78 kpg, .331 pct, 150 digs, 75 blks

Brian Rowley

LIB

Sr. 206 digs, 25 ast

Bryan Stewart

OPP/MB Jr. 39 gp, 11 kills, 1 aces

LETTERWINNERS LOST (3):

Rob Congelliere OH

6-4 14 gp, 5 kills, 6 digs

Michael Burke

MB

6-8 2.52 kpg, .460 pct, 144 blk

Casey Patterson OPP

6-6 2.45 kpg, 35 aces, 127 digs

OTHER RETURNING PLAYERS (2):

Scott Cox

OPP

6-3 Jr.

Trent Sorensen

MB

6-7 So.

RETURNING FROM LDS MISSIONS (2):

Shaun Mauina

OH

6-1 Fr. (Redshirt in 2003)

Chip Neff

S

6-4 Fr. (Redshirt in 2003)

NEWCOMERS (10):

Joshua Allen

OH

6-4 Jr.

Signed out of Golden West College (Hacienda Heights, Calif.)

Josh Brecheisen OPP

6-4 Jr.

Walkon

Yosleyder Cala

OH

6-8 Fr.

Signed out of Cuba

Jonathan Charette OPP

6-2 Jr.

Signed out of Long Beach City (Fullerton, Calif.)

Curtis Cohun

OH

6-5 Fr.

Signed out of Agoura HS (Calabasas Hills, Calif.)

Rodrigo Gomes OH

6-2 Fr.

Signed out of Impacto (Rio de Janiero, Brazil)

Ryan Oates

MB

6-6 Fr.

Signed out of Wheaton HS (Wheaton, Ill.)

Yamil Perez

S

6-1 Fr.

Signed out of Colegio Marista (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)

Andy Pompei

LIB

5-10 Fr.

Signed out of Fairview Park HS (Fairview, Ohio)

Quentin Smith

OPP

6-6 Fr.

Signed out of Skyline HS (Sandy, Utah)

Va’a Futi Tavana OH

6-8 Fr.

Signed out of Kauai HS (Kalheo, Hawai`i)

Tom Peterson, coach of two NCAA national championship teams, BYU alum

and 1994 NCAA Coach of the Year, enters his fourth year as the head coach of

the Cougar men’s volleyball program. In 2005, he led BYU to a 20-10 overall

record and a third-place finish in the MPSF at 15-7 despite returning just two

starters from the 2004 National Championship team. It was the Cougar’s

fourth-consecutive 20-win season and third in three years under Peterson. He coached

four All-MPSF performers and three All-Americans in 2005.

Peterson guided the Cougars to one of their most successful seasons in 2004,

leading BYU to a 29-4 record and a first-place finish at the NCAA Tournament

while coaching four All-Americans and the school’s first AVCA National

Player of the Year. He also guided the Cougars to regular-season and

MPSF-tournament championships. By defeating UC Irvine in the first round of the MPSF Tournament, Peterson

earned the 300th win of his collegiate coaching career. His record currently stands at 200-72 coaching NCAA

men’s volleyball (BYU and Penn State) and 324-151 overall.

With a victory over Lewis in the NCAA Semifinals, Peterson led BYU to its fourth National Championship

match in six years. After splitting the first four games with Long Beach State, the Cougars came back from a

10-6 deficit and saved two 49er match points to win the decisive fifth game, 19-17. A native of Orem, Utah,

Peterson came to BYU in 2002 with over 20 years of volleyball coaching experience, including 17 years as

a collegiate head coach. In 1983, he was an assistant to women’s coach Elaine Michaelis. In 1984, Peterson

assumed the head-coaching duties of the BYU men’s volleyball club team, guiding the Cougars to three

consecutive National Collegiate Club Championships from 1986-88.

After five seasons at BYU as coach of the club team, Peterson was hired as the head coach of the Penn

State NCAA men’s volleyball team (1989-94). He guided Penn State to five NCAA Final Four appearances

in six years, including a National Championship in 1994. That National Championship victory was one

of Peterson’s most memorable coaching experiences, as it was “a thrill to be the first non-California team

to win.” The Nittany Lions earned a 25-3 (.893) record in 1994 and Peterson was named the NCAA Men’s

Volleyball Coach of the Year. During his six years at Penn State, Peterson guided the Nittany Lions to a

128-50 (.719) overall record.

His next coaching stop was a three-season stint as the head women’s coach at Salt Lake Community

College, where he posted an 83-38 (.686) record from 1996-98. He had been working full-time as a physical

education teacher at SLCC when he was asked to start a women’s volleyball team. The team was ranked

No. 7 in its first year.

After SLCC he coached the Utah State women’s team for two seasons, leading the team to a 22-10 record in

2000, only his second year with the program. That season, the Aggies earned an NCAA Tournament berth

for the first time in program history, advancing to the second round. Peterson guided Utah State to as high

as No. 17 in the national polls and finished ranked No. 22, marking the program’s first top-25 ranking.

The University of New Mexico then hired Peterson as the head coach of its women’s team. He coached the

Lobos for one season before returning to BYU in 2002.

Education has always been important to Peterson, who holds a doctoral degree in physical education

administration, curriculum and instruction from BYU with a minor in educational psychology (1992). He

earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and his secondary teaching certificate from BYU in 1978.

In 1982 Peterson earned a master’s degree in professional leadership from BYU. He currently teaches sports

psychology at BYU. Peterson is married to the former Sheryl Rice of Bakersfield, Calif. Sheryl is also active

in the volleyball circle, having served as the director of the Lobo Volleyball League in Albuquerque, one of

the largest recreational volleyball programs in the country. Outside of volleyball, the Petersons enjoy

travel-ing, yard sales and gardening.

THE PETERSON FILE

• Coach of the 2004 (BYU) and 1994 (Penn State) NCAA National Champions

• First coach in NCAA history to win a National Championship at two different schools

• 1994 NCAA Coach of the Year and 2003 MPSF Co-Coach of the Year

• Seven Final Four appearances as a head coach

• Led BYU to both MPSF regular-season and post-season tournament championships

• Coached the first non-California team to win the NCAA National Championship in 1994 (Penn State)

• Spent five years as the head coach of the BYU men’s club volleyball team from 1984-1988, winning

three-consecutive National Collegiate Club Championships

CAREER RECORD

Year

School

Record

2005

BYU

20-10

2004

BYU

29-4

2003

BYU

23-7

2001

New Mexico (Women’s)

5-20

2000

Utah State (Women’s)

22-10

1999

Utah State

14-12

1998

Salt Lake Community (Women’s)

33-14

1997

Salt Lake Community

25-11

1996

Salt Lake Community

25-13

1994

Penn State

25-3

1993

Penn State

21-5

1992

Penn State

17-13

1991

Penn State

28-6

1990

Penn State

20-12

1989

Penn State

17-11

Totals

(Overall) 324-151

(NCAA Men’s) 200-71

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2006 BYU NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO.

NAME

HT.

WT.

POS.

YR.

HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1 Yosleyder Cala

6-8

200 OH

Fr.

Ciego Avila, Cuba / Marcelo Salado

2 Bryan Stewart

6-5

190 OPP/MB Jr.

Sandy, Utah / Alta HS

3 Jonathan Charette

6-2

185 OPP

Jr.

Fullerton, Calif. / Long Beach City

5 Brian Congelliere

6-2

190 S

So.

Newbury Park, Calif. / St. Louis School

6 Shaun Muaina

6-1

195 OH

Fr.

Henderson, Nev. / Basic High School

7 Brian Rowley

6-0

175 LIB

Sr.

San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS

8 Ivan Perez

6-4

210 OH

So.

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico / Colegio San Benito

10 Scott Cox

6-3

195 OPP

Jr.

Blackfoot, Idaho / UVSC

11 Russell Holmes

6-8

185 MB

So.

Fountain Valley, Calif. / Fountain Valley HS

12 Andy Pompei

5-10

140 LIB

Fr.

Fairview Park, Ohio / St. Edward HS

14 Rob Neilson

6-3

180 S

Sr.

Pacific Palisades, Calif. / Pacific Palisades

15 Victor Batista

6-6

170 OH/MB

Sr.

Tamayo, Dominican Republic / Maria Antonio Gomez HS

17 Taylor Evans

6-2

175 OH/OPP Sr.

Alamo, Calif. / Monte Vista HS

18 Rodrigo Gomes

6-2

200 OH

Fr.

Rio de Janiero, Brazil / Impacto

19 Trent Sorensen

6-7

225 MB

So.

Palmdale, Calif. / Highland HS

Joshua Allen

6-4

180 OH

Jr.

Hacienda Heights, Calif. / Golden West Col.

Josh Brecheisen

6-2

195 OPP

Sr.

Livermore, Calif. / Granada HS

Curtis Cohun

6-5

195 OH

Fr.

Calabasas Hills, Calif. / Agoura HS

Chip Neff

6-4

165 S

Fr.

Thousand Oaks, Calif. / Thousand Oaks HS

Ryan Oates

6-6

195 MB

Fr.

Winfield, Ill. / Wheaton North HS

Yamil Perez

6-1

175 S

Fr.

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico / Colegio Marista

Quentin Smith

6-6

200 OPP

Fr.

Sandy, Utah / Skyline, HS

Futi Tavana

6-8

250 OH

Fr.

Kalaheo, Hawai`i / Kauai HS

Head Coach: Tom Peterson, 4th year (BYU, 1978)

Assistant Coaches: Grayson DuBose (BYU, 1995), Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1995)

Volunteer Assistant: Chris Gorny (BYU, 2005)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Victor Batista

Ba-TEE-sta

Josh Brecheisen

BREEK-sen

Yosleyder Cala

Yo-SLAY-der CA-la

Jonathan Charette

Shar-ET

Curtis Cohun

Coh-HOON

Brian Congelliere

Con-ja-LEER

Rodrigo Gomes

Rod-REE-go GO-mes

Shaun Muaina

Mo-I-na

Ivan Perez

E-von PEH-rez

Yamil Perez

Yah-MEEL PEH-rez

Andy Pompei

Pom-PAY

Futi Tavana

FOO-tee Tah-VAH-nah

Grayson DuBose

Doo-BOES

Shawn Patchell

PATCH-ul

BREAKDOWN BY CLASS

FRESHMAN

Yosleyder Cala

6-8

OH

Curtis Cohun

6-5

OH

Rodrigo Gomes

6-2

OH

Shaun Muaina

6-1

OH

Chip Neff

6-4

S

Ryan Oates

6-6

MB

Yamil Perez

6-1

S

Andy Pompei

5-10

LIB

Quentin Smith

6-6

OPP

Futi Tavana

6-8

OH

SOPHOMORE

Brian Congelliere

6-2

S

Russell Holmes

6-8

MB

Ivan Perez

6-4

OH

Trent Sorensen

6-7

MB

JUNIOR

Joshua Allen

6-4

OH

Jonathan Charette

6-2

OPP

Scott Cox

6-3

OPP

Bryan Stewart

6-5

OPP / MB

SENIOR

Victor Batista

6-6

OH / MB

Josh Brecheisen

6-2

OP

Taylor Evans

6-2

OH

Rob Neilson

6-3

S

Brian Rowley

6-0

LIB

BREAKDOWN BY POSITION

OUTSIDE HITTER

Joshua Allen

6-4

OH

Yosleyder Cala

6-8

OH

Curtis Cohun

6-5

OH

Taylor Evans

6-2

OH

Rodrigo Gomes

6-2

OH

Shaun Muaina

6-1

OH

Ivan Perez

6-4

OH

Futi Tavana

6-8

OH

OPPOSITE HITTER

Josh Brecheisen

6-2

OPP

Jonathan Charette

6-2

OPP

Scott Cox

6-3

OPP

Quentin Smith

6-6

OPP

Bryan Stewart

6-5

OPP / MB

MIDDLE BLOCKER

Victor Batista

6-6

MB / OH

Russell Holmes

6-8

MB

Ryan Oates

6-6

MB

Trent Sorensen

6-7

MB

SETTER

Brian Congelliere

6-2

S

Chip Neff

6-4

S

Rob Neilson

6-3

S

Yamil Perez

6-1

S

LIBERO

Andy Pompei

5-10

LIB

Brian Rowley

6-0

LIB

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2006 SEASON BOX SCORES

Match 1

Cal Baptist at BYU • Jan. 6, 2006

## Cal Baptist GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 AJANAKO, Seidu 4 13 7 38 .158 2 0 6 0 7 0 2 0 0 14.0 3 GUNTHOR, Urs 4 14 2 26 .462 0 2 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 16.5 4 SPENCE, Corey 4 19 4 31 .484 0 0 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 19.5 5 AWUDU, Shamsu 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 PLUNKETT, Eric 4 2 0 3 .667 51 0 3 0 5 1 0 2 4 3.0 23 VETTER, Romain 4 11 5 22 .273 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 14.0 6 SUN, Yukai 4 8 5 23 .130 2 0 6 0 9 0 3 0 0 9.5 9 BUEHRING, Dan 2 0 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 HAGSTROM, Tyler 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 41 ANDERS, Bryan 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 4 67 23 144 .306 63 2 24 3 43 2 11 2 4 76.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS CBU Lancers 26 30 27 26 0-2 NAIA BYU Cougars 30 26 30 30 1-0;0-0 MPFS

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 4 8 5 22 .136 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 9.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 4 21 5 42 .381 2 0 3 0 7 0 3 0 0 22.5 11 HOLMES, Russell 4 6 3 14 .214 2 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 9.0 14 NEILSON, Rob 4 3 1 5 .400 54 0 1 0 9 0 5 0 0 5.5 15 BATISTA, Victor 4 10 2 19 .421 1 2 5 0 2 0 7 1 0 15.5 17 EVANS, Taylor 4 14 4 29 .345 0 1 4 2 6 0 1 0 0 15.5 7 ROWLEY, Brian 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 Totals... 4 62 20 131 .321 60 3 16 2 43 1 23 2 1 77.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 15 4 27 .407 2 16 8 37 .216 3 18 4 38 .368 4 13 4 29 .310 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.5 Site: Smith Fieldhouse BYU (Elaine Michaelis) Date: Jan 06, 2006 Attend: 2348 Time: 2H 5M Referees: Tom Given, Les Calles, Maetani

Match 2

Cal Baptist at BYU • Jan. 7, 2006

## Cal Baptist GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 AJANAKO, Seidu 3 16 6 33 .303 0 0 7 0 8 0 1 0 0 16.5 3 GUNTHOR, Urs 3 9 0 18 .500 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 10.0 4 SPENCE, Corey 3 10 6 21 .190 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 SUN, Yukai 3 2 4 7 -.286 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3.5 11 PLUNKETT, Eric 3 0 0 1 .000 39 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1.5 23 VETTER, Romain 3 7 1 14 .429 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 7.0 7 SCOTIA, Dan 2 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.0 12 HAGSTROM, Tyler 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 3 45 19 99 .263 42 2 15 2 25 0 5 2 2 49.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS CBU Lancers 22 26 27 0-3; NAIA BYU Cougars 30 30 30 2-0;0-0 MPFS

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 3 6 0 14 .429 2 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 7.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 12 6 24 .250 0 1 3 0 6 0 2 0 0 14.0 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 8 1 13 .538 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 9.5 14 NEILSON, Rob 3 1 0 2 .500 41 0 1 0 9 0 1 1 1 1.5 15 BATISTA, Victor 3 9 0 16 .562 1 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 1 10.5 17 EVANS, Taylor 3 15 1 22 .636 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 17.0 5 CONGELLIERE, B. 1 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 COX, Scott 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 3 51 9 92 .457 49 2 15 2 28 0 13 2 2 59.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 18 1 28 .607 2 16 3 29 .448 3 17 5 35 .343 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5 Site: Smith Fieldhouse BYU (Elaine Michaelis) Date: Jan 07, 2006 Attend: 2598 Time: 1H 30M Referees: Maile Jewkes, Tom Given, Maetani

Match 3

No. 5 Cal State Northridge at No. 4 BYU • Jan. 13, 2006

## CS Northridge GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 Kneubuhl, Isaac 4 6 8 23 -.087 1 0 5 1 8 0 2 0 1 7.0 3 Lischer, James 4 12 3 23 .391 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 13.5 4 Waite, Brian 4 13 9 29 .138 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 14.5 7 Rhodes, Dan 3 10 9 27 .037 0 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 12.5 8 Hanson, Cary 4 9 6 21 .143 2 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 Bluemling, Travis 4 1 0 2 .500 50 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 3.0 10 Bellante, Matt 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 Pedraza, Seb. 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 0.0 14 Vance, Eric 3 6 2 11 .364 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 17 Schneider, Aaron 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 4 57 37 136 .147 55 1 18 2 37 1 13 2 2 65.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS CSN Matadors 30 26 24 24 2-2; 0-1 MPFS BYU Cougars 24 30 30 30 3-0; 1-0 MPFS

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 4 14 3 30 .367 0 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 0 17.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 4 10 9 31 .032 1 0 5 0 9 0 7 0 0 13.5 11 HOLMES, Russell 4 11 1 18 .556 1 1 0 0 0 2 10 1 0 19.0 14 NEILSON, Rob 4 3 1 4 .500 49 0 2 0 4 2 3 0 1 6.5 15 BATISTA, Victor 4 7 2 11 .455 1 0 5 0 3 1 8 2 0 12.0 17 EVANS, Taylor 4 10 8 28 .071 0 1 3 1 3 0 4 1 0 13.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 4 55 24 122 .254 53 2 19 1 32 5 38 4 1 81.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 14 7 34 .206 2 14 8 35 .171 3 11 7 24 .167 4 16 2 29 .483 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 24.0 Site: Smith Fieldhouse BYU (Elaine Michaelis) Date: Jan 13, 2006 Attend: 4386 Time: 2 H 5 M Referees: Burt Fuller, Daphne Nelson, Maetani

Match 4

No. 5 Cal State Northridge at No. 4 BYU • Jan. 14, 2006

## CS Northridge GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 1 Kneubuhl, Isaac 4 10 5 19 .263 0 0 1 0 7 1 3 0 0 12.5 3 Lischer, James 2 7 1 13 .462 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9.0 4 Waite, Brian 4 16 6 30 .333 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 19.5 7 Rhodes, Dan 2 2 7 13 -.385 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.5 8 Hanson, Cary 4 7 4 24 .125 0 1 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 9.5 9 Bluemling, Travis 4 2 3 5 -.200 60 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 2.5 10 Bellante, Matt 4 7 0 10 .700 0 1 0 1 4 1 5 1 0 11.5 11 Pedraza, Seb. 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 Vance, Eric 4 15 3 29 .414 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 17 Schneider, Aaron 4 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1.0 Totals... 4 66 29 143 .259 64 5 13 4 33 4 20 3 0 85.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS CSN Matadors 28 25 30 25 2-3; 0-2 MPFS BYU Cougars 30 30 26 30 4-0; 2-0 MPFS

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 4 9 6 26 .115 0 1 2 0 7 0 6 1 0 13.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 4 21 5 38 .421 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 21.5 11 HOLMES, Russell 4 9 0 13 .692 0 1 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 14.0 14 NEILSON, Rob 4 0 1 4 -.250 65 0 1 0 10 1 4 0 0 3.0 15 BATISTA, Victor 4 18 5 28 .464 1 1 3 0 1 1 4 3 0 22.0 17 EVANS, Taylor 4 11 7 29 .138 0 1 3 1 8 1 2 1 0 14.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 4 0 2 2 -1.000 1 0 0 4 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 COX, Scott 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals... 4 68 26 140 .300 67 4 10 5 44 3 25 5 0 87.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Game K E TA Pct 1 17 7 32 .312 2 17 6 35 .314 3 15 7 32 .250 4 19 6 41 .317 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5 Site: Smith Fieldhouse BYU

Date: Jan 14, 2006 Attend: 4337 Time: 2H 7M Referees: Daphne Nelson, Burt Fuller, Maetani

Match 5

No. 8 UC Santa Barbara at No. 2 BYU • Jan. 20, 2006

## UC Santa Barbara GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 4 Berman, Bryan 4 14 4 21 .476 0 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 0 15.5 8 Fisher, Michael 4 2 3 16 -.062 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 3.0 11 Klineman, Max 4 1 0 2 .500 49 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.5 21 Brunner, Theo 4 10 1 16 .562 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10.5 33 Richman, Aaron 3 6 4 16 .125 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 40 Patak, Evan 4 29 14 52 .288 0 1 9 0 3 0 1 1 0 30.5 3 Godinez, Jared 4 8 0 10 .800 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 Wilson, Drew 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 Jensen, Dane 2 1 0 1 1.000 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.5 12 Zakarian, Armen 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 15 Otte, Derek 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 Kennedy, David 2 0 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 Totals... 4 71 26 137 .328 69 1 19 2 26 1 11 2 0 78.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS UCSB 17 37 23 30 2-4; 1-2 MPSF BYU Cougars 30 35 30 32 5-0; 3-0 MPSF

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 4 10 6 23 .174 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 11.0 8 PEREZ, Ivan 4 23 6 36 .472 1 0 2 0 6 0 4 0 0 25.0 11 HOLMES, Russell 4 9 2 16 .438 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 11.0 14 NEILSON, Rob 4 5 0 5 1.000 66 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 5.5 15 BATISTA, Victor 4 14 2 21 .571 2 1 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.0 17 EVANS, Taylor 4 19 6 30 .433 3 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 0 21.0 7 ROWLEY, Brian 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 COX, Scott 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Totals... 4 80 22 131 .443 75 2 11 1 31 0 17 4 0 90.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Site: SMITH FIELDHOUSE BYU (ELAINE MICHAELIS CRT) Date: Jan 20, 2006 Attend: 3912 Time: 2 H 16M Referees: TOM GIVEN, LES CALLES, K. MAETANI

Match 6

No. 8 UC Santa Barbara at No. 2 BYU • Jan. 21, 2006

## UC Santa Barbara GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 Godinez, Jared 2 3 4 11 -.091 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 Berman, Bryan 3 4 4 13 .000 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 Fisher, Michael 3 10 0 15 .667 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 11.0 11 Klineman, Max 3 0 0 2 .000 41 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0.0 21 Brunner, Theo 3 6 2 13 .308 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.5 40 Patak, Evan 3 18 13 43 .116 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 19.0 5 Wilson, Drew 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 Jensen, Dane 1 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Zakarian, Armen 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Richman, Aaron 3 5 1 6 .667 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 5.5 Totals... 3 46 24 103 .214 46 2 11 4 32 0 6 2 0 51.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS UCSB Gauchos 24 28 24 2-5, 1-3 MPFS BYU Cougars 30 30 30 6-0; 4-0 MPFS

## BYU GP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE BHE PTS 3 CHARETTE, Jon. 3 9 2 20 .350 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 11.5 8 PEREZ, Ivan 3 19 3 28 .571 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 20.5 11 HOLMES, Russell 3 7 2 14 .357 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 9.0 14 NEILSON, Rob 3 1 0 3 .333 43 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1.0 15 BATISTA, Victor 3 8 3 22 .227 2 1 3 0 5 0 6 1 0 12.0 17 EVANS, Taylor 3 5 5 16 .000 1 2 4 1 2 0 3 1 0 8.5 7 ROWLEY, Brian 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 COX, Scott 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 18 GOMES, Rodrigo 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 SORENSEN, Trent 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.5 Totals... 3 50 15 104 .337 49 4 12 2 25 0 20 3 1 64.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME

Site: SMITH FIELDHOUSE BYU (ELAINE MICHAELIS) Date: Jan 21, 2006 Attend: 3592 Time: 1H 35M Referees: LES CALLES, MAILE JEWKES