BYU campus briefs

Published: Tuesday, Nov. 2 2010 12:12 a.m. MDT

Summary

Starting the second half of Mountain West Conference play with a loss at Utah, the BYU women's volleyball team (9-14, 4-5 MWC) now looks to come back with another win against San Diego State (12-12, 5-5 MWC) Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Starting the second half of Mountain West Conference play with a loss at Utah, the BYU women's volleyball team (9-14, 4-5 MWC) now looks to come back with another win against San Diego State (12-12, 5-5 MWC) Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.

The match will be televised live on BYUtv.

In their only match this week, the Cougars will take on SDSU in the 58th meeting between the teams. BYU leads the all-time series at 40-17, with the Cougars taking the last four matches, including a 3-0 sweep at San Diego earlier this season.

The Cougars are coming off a 3-2 loss at Utah, where they started the match strong, but lost steam and eventually fell to the Utes for the sixth-consecutive time. Jennifer Hamson and Stephanie Snow led the Cougars on the attack with 14 and 13 kills, respectively, with Kiana Rogers distributing the ball 42 times. Senior Christina Measom was also in double-digits at the net with 12 kills.

Three Cougars had double-digit digs, led by libero Kendalyn Hartsock (12), Rogers (11) and Brooke Soon (10). Both Nicole Warner and Hamson added seven blocks.

SDSU is coming off a 3-0 loss to No. 14 Colorado State.

After Saturday's match the Cougars will travel to UNLV on Nov. 11 and Air Force on Nov. 13.

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