BYU BLOCK STUFFS PENN ST. UPSET BID BYU 3, PENN ST. 1.Byline: Pamela Lewis Staff Writer In the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a competitive match, Brigham Young found the one thing that could make a difference - the block. It was the Cougars trump card so many times in the final two games, so it was only fitting that Scott Bunker got the block on the final play of the game to give BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding a 3-1 victory over Penn State in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association men's volleyball tournament semifinal before 4,297 at the Pyramid Thursday. BYU (22-4), ranked No. 2 in the nation, held off 10th-ranked Penn State 30-28, 28-30, 30-28, 30-26 to set up a showdown with defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre and No. 1 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Saturday at 4 p.m. The Cougars won the 1999 national title. ``We led our conference (MPFS MPFS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule MPFS Multi-Path File System (EMC² Celerra) MPFS Microchip File System MPFS Monty Python's Flying Circus ) in blocking and it's something we work on continuously,'' BYU coach Carl McGown said. ``If we don't have that we're going to be in trouble. The two stats that are going to be most dramatic are serving and blocking.'' The Cougars had only three team blocks in the first two games, but they had seven in Game 3 and eight in Game 4. Joaquin Acosta led BYU with 17 kills and five blocks, Bunker had 10 kills and 11 blocks and Mike Wall had 15 kills and four blocks. Penn State (24-8) lost Game 1 despite near flawless hitting with one error in 23 attempts (.783 percent). In Game 2, Penn State kept opening leads but each time allowed BYU to rally. But this time, the Nittany Lions recovered, tying the match 1-1 on a kill by Carlos Guerra. Penn State led 10-5 in Game 3, but let BYU rally. |
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