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MWC Weekly Court Notes
No. 19 Utah hosting top-ranked Hawai'i highlights last week of regular-season play.
Nov. 23, 2004
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NCAA SELECTIONS NOVEMBER 28 In the first five years of the league's existence, four teams (BYU, Colorado State, San Diego State and Utah) have earned invitations to the NCAA Tournament with three advancing to the Sweet 16. BYU has made it to the NCAA's 21 of the past 23 years. Utah has six straight NCAA appearances, while CSU will make its 10th straight appearance this season. SDSU has made four appearances in the last 11 years. Overall, the MWC has an 18-15 record in NCAA Tournaments since the league was formed in 1999. ACADEMIC HONORS MWC IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY NATIONAL STATISTICS Individually, the MWC has four players ranked in the NCAA statistics. In the blocks per game category, BYU middle blocker Lindsy Hartsock currently ranks second at 1.83 per game, while Utah middle blocker Lyndsey Henderson is No. 7 on the list at 1.71 blocks per game. Hartsock also ranks 24th in hitting percentage (.387). Colorado State senior middle blocker Katie Jo Shirley-Cahoon ranks 22nd in hitting percentage with a .387 efficiency, while teammate Melissa Courtney is 13th in assists per game (13.60). DANGERFIELD AND EVANS DIG A NEW RECORD 200 WIN CLUB QUICK HITS BYU -- BYU's 3-0 win over San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the MWC Tournament was its 11th sweep of the season. Several Cougars achieved milestones in the MWC tournament. Freshman Erica Lott recorded her 300th career kill, sophomore Lindsy Hartsock posted her 400th career kill and 300th career block, junior Kim Wilson notched her 300th kill for the season and senior April Varner picked up her 500th career dig. With 44 assists in the match, All-MWC setter Lauren Richards reached 2,711 career assists, moving her into sixth place all-time at BYU. COLORADO STATE -- Senior Melissa Courtney led the Rams to the MWC Tournament title last week, averaging 13.30 assists, 1.70 kills and 2.20 digs per game. She tallied a .660 hitting percentage for the tournament and had zero hitting errors. She was named Tournament MVP, as well as AVCA National Player of the Week for her performance. CSU became the first host team to win an MWC Tournament. The Rams also became the second straight team to repeat as MWC Tournament champions (Utah won in 2001 and 2002). NEW MEXICO -- Sophomore Kelly Therkelsen led the Lobos with a .429 hitting percentage in their opening round loss to Colorado State at the MWC Tournament. As a team the UNM hit .093, which marked the second time in three matches that the Lobos hit under .100 vs. the Rams. Junior Chelsea Sondrup recorded three blocks in the match, giving her 313 for her career, which ties Robyn Wentworth for third best on the all-time charts at UNM. Senior Monica Meihack dished out 24 assists in her final match as a Lobo. She closed out her career sixth all-time in the school record books with 2,840 assists. SAN DIEGO STATE - The Aztecs lost in the first round of MWC Tournament play for the first time since 2001. Junior Melissa Stapley collected 13 kills in the three-game loss to BYU, while senior Kara Moriarity had a team-best 13 digs. As a team, SDSU had 53 digs in three games for an average of 17.67 per game. UNLV -- The Rebels tallied a MWC Tournament record 96 digs in their 3-2 semifinal round loss to Utah. Senior Nicki King tallied 54 assists, 15 digs and eight kills in the loss to Utah. As a team, UNLV averaged a tournament-best 18.56 digs per game. Individually, freshman libero Jada Walker had a tournament-high 43 digs in nine games played (4.78 per game average) on her way to being named all-tournament libero. She was also awarded the first-ever MWC Sportsmanship Award at the conclusion of tournament play UTAH -- The Utes scooped up an MWC Tournament record 96 digs in the five-game win over UNLV in the MWC semifinals. Senior Kelsie Kartchner turned in her 10th double-double of the season against UNLV. She also led the team with 33 assists and a career-high 24 digs. The 24 digs was one shy of the MWC Tournament single-match mark. Junior Shelly Sommerfeldt led Utah with 3.18 kills and 1.91 digs per game while hitting .222 for the tournament. She currently averages 3.02 kills and 1.71 digs per game for the season, while hitting at a .206 clip. WYOMING -- Freshman libero Michelle Weydert recorded a career-high 17 digs in the quarterfinal loss to UNLV at the MWC Tournament. Senior Amy Doman recorded 56 assists during the final weekend of the regular season, taking over first-place all-time at Wyoming. She ended her Cowgirl career with 4,832 after collecting 41 against the Rebels in the MWC Tournament. She also finished her career tied for 10th place in service aces with 92. Senior Sara Maytorena finished her career fourth place all-time at UW in career service aces (110). She also finished at 1,304 career kills (fourth all-time) and ninth in digs (865).
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