49ers Rally To Beat BYU
Hildebrand Becomes Career Assist Leader
April 6, 2006 | MEN'S VOLLEYBALL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | RECORDS | | #2 BYU | 31 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 18-5, 14-5 | | #7 Long Beach State | 29 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 18-9, 11-8 | BYU Kill Leader: Yosleyder Cala (19)
LBSU Kill Leader: Robert Tarr (21)
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LONG BEACH, CA-- Robert Tarr had 21 kills and Norm Hutton added 10 kills off the bench to lift No. 7-ranked Long Beach State to a 29-31, 26-30, 30-26, 30-22, 15-13 win over No. 2-ranked Brigham Young on Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers improved to 18-9 overall and 11-8 in the MPSF while the Cougars fell to 18-5 and 14-5 in league play. The 49ers snapped a three-match losing skid with the victory.
Senior setter Tyler Hildebrand put his name in the record books in the match becoming the 49ers career assist leader. He needed just two to pass Jason Stimpfig's mark of 6,324. Hildebrand had 52 assists and now stands at 6,375. He also added a career-high tying six kills on 10 swings and had seven digs and three block assists.
BYU had four players tally double digits in kills as Yosleyder Cala led the way with 19 kills, Ivan Perez added 15 and Victor Batista 13. Setter Rob Neilson finished with 60 assists and nine digs. The Cougars hit .247 on the evening and had 19 service errors.
After two games the 49ers were down two games to none and were hitting just .092 (23-17-65) as a team. But the 49ers broke through two-thirds of the way through game three and then caught fire. Long Beach led 22-21 in game three before pulling away and coming away with a 30-26 win. The Beach hit .310 (16-7-29) in the game and Hutton had five of his 10 kills. In game four the 49ers led throughout, jumping to leads of 6-1 and 13-7. The 49ers hit an impressive .583 (16-2-24) in that game as Tarr accounted for six kills.
Game five the 49ers took control thanks to Tarr. Tied at 9-9, Tarr recorded a kill on the right side to give LBSU a 10-9 lead. He then stepped back and served an ace to make the cushion 11-9. The two teams then traded points. Point number 15 came on a kill by Tarr on the right side.
Tarr hit .368 (21-7-38) on the evening, but in games three, four and five he hit .650 (15-2-20). Hutton, who played in just three games, tallied 10 kills, four digs and four block assists and hit .300. The double-figure kill effort was just the second this season for Hutton who had a career-high 17 kills earlier this season against IPFW. Duncan Budinger chipped in with 14 kills and seven blocks and Tarry Liles had nine kills and a team-high nine blocks.
The 49ers recorded 18.5 team blocks with three solos and 31 block assists. Russell Holmes led the Cougars with nine blocks.
The same two teams will get together on Friday night at 7:30 pm in the Walter Pyramid. |
