Sept. 21, 2009
Week 5 Notes
OREM, Utah - After playing three games in three consecutive days last week - including their Great West Conference opener - the Utah Valley Wolverines will take a break from league action when they host Southern Utah University Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Shurian Family Activity Center.
"There is so much of the game in which we need to improve," UVU volleyball coach Sam Atoa said. "That's what we continue to do in practice and in competition. As we continue to go through our conference schedule we still need to get better and that is what our focus is."
The T-Birds are 3-9 this season with wins over Delaware State, Texas-Pan American and IPFW.
SUU, which is 0-4 in true road games this season, enters on a two-game losing streak with road losses at Western Illinois and IUPUI last week. Analaine Pelaez leads the team with 177 kills (.162) while Jazmine Ma'afala has 120 kills (.195). Brittney Clark leads the T-Birds with 365 assists, while Courtney Lelepali leads the team with 176 digs.
This is the first meeting between the two schools. SUU just brought back volleyball after a 20-year absence.
Kayli Broadbent and Camie Manwill lead UVU's offensive attack with 176 and 134 kills, respectively, while Allyce Jones leads the Wolverines with 207 digs and Chelsea Fa'alogo has recorded 438 assists.
The Wolverines, who went 2-1 last week with wins over Boise State and Chicago State while losing to 3-0 to No. 12 Oregon, saw several players establish personal highs.
Sophomore OH Chelsey Garfield set a personal season-high with 12 kills against Boise State while junior DS Lanni O'Reilly had a personal season-high seven digs against Chicago State.
Also, sophomore S Rachel Anderson tallied 13 assists against Chicago State; SO RS Jaicee Kuresa had seven kills against Chicago State, and freshman MB Erica Nish posted a career-high seven kills against Chicago State.
In addition, senior MB Marla Morin recorded a personal season-best two kills against Chicago State and sophomore S Chelsea Fa'alogo recorded 12 digs at Boise State.
