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The University of Utah Athletics
Women's Volleyball Falls to BYU
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Volleyball
October 30, 1998
PROVO - Led by outside hitter Mari Burningham Carpenter, fourth-ranked BYU defeated in-state rival Utah 15-6, 15-4, 15-9 Friday in front of 2,201 fans, the second largest crowd to watch a match this year at the Smith Fieldhouse.
Carpenter, a junior college transfer from Ricks College who also plays on the Cougars' basketball team, knocked down 15 kills in 24 attempts without making an error to headline BYUs offensive attack. She also played well defensively at the net, totaling four blocks on the night.
"Mari is a real talent," said BYU coach Elaine Michaelis, who last week achieved her 25th consecutive 20-win season. "Mari is an outstanding hitter and has been working on her blocking. She did a nice job tonight with her blocking."
Junior Stacie Greenwalt and sophomores Brooke Barton and Kalani Tonga paced Utah with six kills apiece. Tonga also had a team-leading 11 digs while Barton contributed eight.
BYU (21-1, 8-0 WAC) out hit Utah (14-7, 4-4 WAC) .274 to .076 and also edged the Utes at the net with 11 team blocks to eight for Utah.
"You're never happy to lose, but we know they're a good team and I was pleased with our performance," said Utah coach Beth Launiere. "I think we held their middles in check pretty well. I also thought we served well after some early mistakes, and passed well and played good defense. I liked our game plan and we carried it out. BYU is just a very good team that blocks and plays defense well."
BYU got off to a 11-2 start to build early momentum and take game one. The Utes slowed the Cougars at the beginning of the second game until BYU pulled even at 4-4 and then never looked back, rolling to a 15-4 win. In the third game, Utah held 7-4 and 9-6 advantages before BYU once again went on a scoring run that produced a 15-9 victory.
"It was important for us to have a match like tonight against a good Utah team before going to Hawaii," said Michaelis.
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