USF Volleyball Falls to No. 21 BYU, 3-0

Thursday, November 7

San Francisco

6:30 p.m.

University of San Francisco

11-12 (7-6WCC)

BYU

20-4 (13-1WCC)

Team	1	2	3	Final F
BYU	25	25	25	3
San Francisco Dons	20	19	8	0

Photo by: Stephanie Trapp

11/7/2013 8:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO – Despite a close first set, the San Francisco women's volleyball team couldn't match No. 21 BYU, falling to the visiting Cougars 3-0 at War Memorial Gym Thursday night.

With the win, the league-leading Cougars advance their season record to 20-4, and stand at 13-1 in West Coast Conference action. Meanwhile, the Dons move to 11-12 (7-6 WCC) on the season.

USF was paced by 11 kills off the hand of Katarina Pilepic and Mackenzie Murtagh's 14-assist, 12-dig double-double. Three Cougars hit the double-digit kill tally as BYU finished the match with a .376 attack percentage, compared to USF's .167 hitting on the night.

The Dons, who were riding a four-match home winning streak, found themselves in a tight battle in the first set. USF started with the serve and earned the first two points of the match after Valentina Zaloznik got the point from a Murtagh set. The match would see ties at 2, 3 and 5 points apiece before BYU went on a 8-3 run to set the score at 13-8.

USF battled back to get within three when a Malina Terrell hit off the assist from Kiara McKibben shaved the Cougars' lead to 18-15. A 5-2 spurt by the Cougars helped the visitors finish off the set with a 25-20 victory to take the lead in the match.

In the second frame, the score stayed close in the early goings when BYU went of a 8-3 run to put the score at 12-6 after an Alexa Gray kill. The Dons came on strong and used a 5-0 spurt of their own to put within 17-15 as Terrell's solo stuff of Kathryn LeCheminant gave USF the point. The Cougars eventually took the set 25-19 heading into halftime.

After the break it was all Cougars the visitors put together a string of seven straight to jump to a 13-3 advantage. Scoring the last five points of the night, BYU handed USF a 25-8 loss in the final frame.

USF looks to regroup against No. 8 San Diego on Saturday at 2 p.m.