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Show DAILY Sunday, December 9. 2007 HERALD D9 NATIONAL FINALS RODEO BYU VOLLEYBALL Elite Eight Continued from Dl hitting .303 in the process. She finished the year recording double-digwinners in every match she played in this season. Junior Bryn Porter posted 10 kills. Goodman and juniors Rachel Dyer and Amy Schlaud-e- r were named to the Regional Team, the first time in program history three Cougars have received that honor. Perm State had three players each tally 12 kills, it including I 1VM - j ji selec- tions Nicole Fawcett, Christa Harmotto and Arielle Wilson, who was named the regional's most outstanding player. "We have played some very goods teams this year, including Wisconsin, Stanford and Washington, but Perm State is by quite easily the best team we've played," Watson said. "They are very deserving of their ranking. We hope they go win the national championship; they're that caliber of a Press DAVISAssociated GARRETT Jason Miller of Lance Creek, Wyo, wrestles down a steer during Round 3 of the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on Saturday night. NFR rookie McDaniel breaks Photos by ABOVE: BYU's Bryn kills. BELOW: BYU's PHILBRICKBYU MARK NFR, arena bareback record Porter, right spikes the ball against Penn State on Saturday. Porter had 10 Chelsea Goodman, in her final match as a Cougar, led BYU with 13 kills. THE team" BYU had an early lead in Game 1, with both Nittany Lion points coming on Cougar service errors, until three straight PSU kills put the home team in front 54. Both teams settled down from there, trading points until a kill from Porter and a block by Goodman and Dyer put BYU up 10-- However, four straight Nittany lion points gave them their biggest lead of the night to that point Lott ended the run at with a deep kill, but Penn State pushed the lead to 7 in the game. BYU never recovered, .360, which BYU head coach Shawn Patchell said is a benchmark for the team's success this season. "I think everyone played well today," Patchell said. "We hit .360 tonight, and that's our team goal so we feel pretty good about that." After taking a close 9 victory in Game 1, the Cougars won Game 2 handily, UPR kept it close in the early going as the game's first 14 points featured six ties. With the set knotted at 7 BYU took command the rest of the way, building its lead to as many as 10 points. Senior opposite Jonathan Charette led the way with six kills for the 4-- 2 o After three straight PSU points to begin Game 2, Porter put down her fifth kill of the night to get BYU on the board, followed by a lift call on the Nittany Lions to make the score However, the Cougars couldn't anything going on either side of the ball against the Nittany Lions after a 0 PSU run as the lead grew to . Finally, Ashton Hansen found a hole in the Penn State block and put down a kill that began a 0 Cougar spurt to cut the lead to 10 points. But 1 run. BYU tried to fight back the Nittany Lion advantage proved insurmountable as BYU with kills from Lott, Hansen, Goodman and Porter to cut the fell, Game 3 began with a battle, lead to four points at but as the Cougars regained their Penn State showed why it is the nation's top team with a composure and refused to let Penn State pull away. Howrun to put BYU away for good. ever, a 10-- 9 Nittany Lion lead quickly became 0 after a 6-- I BYU men's volleyball sweeps 8-- 3 17-1- 2, 20-6- 30-1- 5. 19-1- 6-- 0 28-2- one-poi- 31-2- 9, a team, the Cougars hit RUSTY ALLEN In steer wrestling, Jason Miller of Lance Creek, Wyo., won in 4.0 seconds. With three top-si- x finishes in three rounds, Miller took over the event lead with an aggregate time of 11.4. "I came in pretty low, so in order to have any chance at all, I need to start winning as much money as I can," Miller said. "I just try to go at them in the every night." In bull riding, Howdy Cloud 8-- Puerto Rico in preseasson action: The BYU men's volleyball team swept the University of Puerto Rico in three games Saturday night in preseason play. The Cougars won JESS DAVIS Payson, Bareback Riding 13th place, 78 points; Overall: 12th, 241 pts. ing." 18-1- 4-- Payson, Bull Riding Fifth place, 84 points; Overall: First, 257 points "I can hardly believe that, and it hasn't quite set in yet," said McDaniel, making his first NFR appearance. "It's pretty awesome. There's no better feeling than to set a record, especially at the National Finals for (the) first time. It's a very cool feel- The third game went much the same way, as the Cougars went on an run after gaining an early 54 lead. With his team ahead Patchell subbed in four of his six starters. Puerto Rico responded by winning two of the next three points, cutting its deficit to four points at Another 3 BYU run pushed the team's lead to eight, but UPR continued to fight. Puerto Rico climbed to but the within one at margin would be as close as it would get. The Cougars finished Game 3 taking the final two points off a Brian Congelliere kill and a Mat Taylor block. 6-- WESLEY SILCOX Lehi, Saddle Bronc Riding Tie 8th place, no score; $152,183. game. 3-- look at how Utah County rodeo athletes fared on Saturday and where they stand overall: A event. McDaniel, from Porum, Okla., broke the record of 91 set by Will Lowe in 2002 on Big Bear Sign Dip. With the career-bes- t ride, McDaniel moved into second place in the PRCA season standings with $122,595. Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., leads with 7-- 30-2- 3. Locals fared record Saturday night with a 91.5xint ride on Delta Ship in the third round of the season-endin- g 30-2- 22-1- ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS Justin McDaniel broke the National Finals Rodeo and Thomas & Mack Center arena bareback 31-2- 13-1- falling r -" nt Overall: 12th, 81.5 pts. of Kountze, Texas, won with a 90 on God's Gift. B.J. 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