LARAMIE -- With back-to-back road games, the BYU women’s volleyball team (9-9, 5-3) ended the week with a five-game win over Wyoming (10-12, 1-7) 23-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11.

“It was a much better team effort tonight,” said BYU head coach Shay Goulding. “I changed things around and it really helped our attack, especially in the middle. Wyoming played a great volleyball game tonight and dug us well.”

The Cougars had three spikers in double-digits with Christie Carpenter leading the way with a career-high 21, Christina Measom with 13, hitting .310 and Nicole Warner with 12 (career-high tied), hitting .370. On the defensive side of the ball Morgan Lloyd Sorensen led the team with 18 digs, accompanied by Melissa Lake Wright with 12 and Carpenter, Chelsea Goodsell and Kiana Rogers all tallying eight digs each.

“Christie keeps getting better and better,” said Goulding. “Morgan also played well, holding up our back row and serving aggressively.”

Wyoming started out the night on the run with three-straight unanswered points. BYU answered back with a 3-1 run to precede back-and-forth play for the two teams. Two-straight points from BYU off of a kill by Camilla Phillips and a service ace from Christie Carpenter, the Cougars knotted the score at six. After trading one point each, the Cowgirls picked up a three-point lead at 12-9.

The Cougars weren’t finished with the set, posting a 5-0 run with kills by Measom and Warner and three Wyoming attack errors, taking the lead at 14-12. At 16-14 Wyoming hit its groove with a 5-0 run ending at 19-16. BYU struggled to come back with the lead, falling in the first set 25-23.

Although set two started out in the same fashion as set one with the Cowgirls posting a 3-0 lead to begin, the Cougars gained the lead at 7-6 and kept it the rest of the set, putting it away 25-21.

For the third set in a row, Wyoming started on a 3-0 run, the Cougars trailing until knotting the score at 12 due to kills by Measom and Warner. A 6-0 Cougar run put the Cougars up at 15-12. The Cowgirls fought back, later posting a 6-0 run ending at 20-18 to take the lead and hold onto it until finishing off the set 25-22.

BYU turned the tables in set four with a 4-0 start sparked by a service ace by Morgan Lloyd Sorensen. Later, another service ace by Kiana Rogers gave the Cougars their largest lead of the match thus far with six at 8-2. They tallied four more six-point leads until pulling away at 17-10 with a seven-point lead off of a Carpenter kill.

A block by Phillips and Warner gave BYU an 18-10 lead before the Cowgirls posted a 4-0 run. Carpenter got the sideout with a kill at 19-14, later trading points, causing Wyoming to call a timeout at 20-15 with a block from Phillips and Warner. Coming out of a BYU timeout at 22-18, the Cougars ended with a 3-0 run by kills from Measom, Carpenter and a block by Rogers and Measom, ending 25-18, sending the match to five.

The fifth set started out with the score being tied five times until the Cougars pulled away after 7-7. A kill by Measom gave the Cougars the lead at 8-7, followed by a Wyoming attack error, a block by Measom, a timeout by Wyoming and a kill by Carpenter to bring the score to 11-7. BYU maintained the lead to win the match at 15-11 in the fifth set.

The Cougars will be back at the Smith Fieldhouse Friday at 7 p.m. to face in-state rival Utah. The Cougars dropped one to the Utes in five on the Crimson Court on Sept. 25th an look to defeat the Utes for the Deseret Duel.

Volleyball Box Score
                           BYU Cougar Volleyball 2009
             BYU Cougars vs Wyoming (Oct 17, 2009 at Laramie, Wyo.)
   BYU Cougars            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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6  GOODSELL, Chelsea...  5|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   2|  1|  8| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
7  MEASOM, Christina...  5| 13   4  29  .310|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 2  4  0|  0|  17.0
9  ROGERS, Kiana.......  5|  1   1   8  .000| 45|  2   2|  0|  8| 0  5  0|  0|   5.5
11 LAKE WRIGHT, Melissa  5|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  2   2|  0| 12| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
14 CARPENTER, Christie.  5| 21   8  56  .232|  0|  1   1|  0|  8| 0  1  0|  0|  22.5
15 WARNER, Nicole......  5| 12   2  27  .370|  0|  0   0|  0|  6| 0  4  0|  0|  14.0
1  LLOYD SORENSEN, Morg  5|  0   0   0  .000|  5|  1   1|  0| 18| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
10 PHILLIPS, Camilla...  5|  5   7  23 -.087|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0|   6.0
16 LAU, Stephanie......  5|  7   6  24  .042|  0|  0   0|  1|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   7.0
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |   |   0.0
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   Totals..............  5| 59  28 167  .186| 52|  7   8|  3| 63| 2 16  0|  0|  76.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  12  5  42  .167  14-25  56%   SET SCORES                1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
   2  16  5  42  .262  12-21  57%   BYU Cougars......... (3) 23 25 22 25 15  10-9 (5-3 MWC)
   3  12 10  37  .054  11-25  43%   Wyoming............. (2) 25 21 25 18 11  10-12 (1-7 MWC)
   4  12  7  31  .161  11-18  61%
   5   7  1  15  .400   9-11  81%
   Wyoming                |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 SP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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1  BEDORE, Dani........  5|  3   3  12  .000| 48|  2   0|  0| 16| 0  7  0|  0|   8.5
3  WHITNEY, Lauren.....  5| 14  13  44  .023|  0|  0   0|  3|  5| 0  0  0|  0|  14.0
5  PURDY, Jodi.........  5| 20   5  40  .375|  0|  0   0|  2| 12| 0  3  0|  0|  21.5
15 JESTER, JennaRae....  5| 12   4  28  .286|  1|  0   2|  0|  2| 0 10  0|  0|  17.0
20 COFFMAN, Camille....  5|  6   8  26 -.077|  3|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0|   7.0
24 BARTSCH, Makenzie...  5|  4   4  14  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0|   5.0
2  SAPP, Nikky.........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
6  KAGARISE, Jessica...  5|  0   0   0  .000|  4|  1   1|  1| 25| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
9  CROWE, Brianna......  4|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   2|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
16 TRAMOSLJANIN, J.....  5|  1   0   6  .167|  0|  0   1|  1|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
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   Totals..............  5| 60  37 170  .135| 58|  3   7|  7| 72| 0 24  0|  0|  75.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER SET                                            TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0
 Set   K  E  TA   Pct Sideout Pct
   1  16  8  46  .174  14-23  60%   Site: Laramie, Wyo. (UniWyo Sports Cmplx)
   2  11  7  34  .118  12-25  47%   Date: Oct 17, 2009   Attend: 528   Time: 2:14
   3  14  8  37  .162  11-22  50%   Referees: Tana Martin, Glo Bailey
   4  10  7  30  .100  11-27  40%
   5   9  7  23  .087   9-15  60%
                                         1   2   3   4   5 Total
                        Tie scores       4  10   2   0   5    21
                        Lead changes     2   5   2   0   1    10

PROVO -- After splitting two conference matches last week, the BYU women’s volleyball team (9-8, 4-2) will fight two Mountain West Conference opponents on the road Thursday and Saturday. Thursday the Cougars will play MWC-undefeated Colorado State (14-3, 6-0) Saturday at 7 p.m. MT and Thursday they will play Wyoming (10-10, 1-5) at 1 p.m. MT.

“Colorado State is certainly playing some great volleyball right now so in order to beat them we will be patient, intelligent and persistent on their court,” said BYU head coach Shay Goulding. “If we stay true to game plan and aggressively execute on the serve and serve receive aspect of the game we will do very well. We have a lot of athletes stepping up in big ways right now so I like our chances.”

BYU leads the all-time record against the Rams at 48-22-1. After a three-game losing streak last year, the Cougars hosted the Rams and came out with a win in five games. Colorado State boasts a 10-match winning streak going into Thursday’s match.

As for Wyoming, BYU leads the series 63-4, the last meeting also coming from last season, the Cougars winning 3-0. The last nine-straight matches were in favor of the Cougars.

“We will continue to focus on the serve and serve receive battle as we go into Laramie,” said Goulding. “If we serve aggressively, Wyoming will have a hard time getting past our defense. I expect Wyoming to come out strong and eager to win, so we will have to put pressure on them early and keep it on through the match.”

BYU leads the MWC in blocks, averaging 2.95 blocks per set while Colorado State leads in kills averaging 13.1 per set. BYU is also No. 5 in the nation in blocks per set.

Freshman Nicole Warner leads the conference in blocks with 1.34 per set while Senior Kayla Walker leads the MWC in points (4.68/set) and kills (4.16/set).

Both matches can be followed on GameTracker by clicking on the link on the BYU women’s volleyball schedule page HERE.