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Show DAILY Sunday, March 5, HERALD "BYU VOLLEYBALL ies: STWitae Technology Sponsored by the Provo-Orem Chamber Expo Cougars hold off Cardinalrally for secondstraight home sweep After Stanford's embarrassing 3-and-outloss to the BYU men's volleyball teamon Fri- day, the Cardinal cameup with a great strategy for Saturday's rematch. They decidedtolull BYU into false senseof security and then take advantageof the Cougars’ lethargicplay. Better luck nexttime. It was close for a while, but in the end the Cougars swept the Cardinal out of the tes mentally for another easy win. Second,it madeit siasm w difficult for the Cougarsto play loweredits gameto where it lookedlike an even contest. Stanford had a chance to wrapup the second game and avoid the p,leading 29-28, but that’s when the Cougars woke up. Yosleyder Cala spiked the ball so hardthat Elaine Michaelis Court may have been dented to tie things up at 29. The Cougars then played their best volleyball of the match to comeback and win 33-31. The Cougarsand the Cardinal then slugged it outin thefinal frame, with Holmes and Cala rding 10 kills to power BYU pastthe Cardinal again, 32-30. Althoughthe Cardinal playedtheir best game,hitting 448 with 18 kills andfive erre wasn't enough. Calafinished the match with 13 kills and twoerrors, while BYUhit .537 for the match with 54 kills and 10 errors. The Cardinal hit rcent in the match,tallying 42 kills and 19 errors. The gamealso allowed Peterson to rest manyofhis starters andgive his bench sometimeonthe court. After the match, Peterson said the win was good forhis team, which improved to 14-2 (12-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation). However,healso said the Cougarsshould have played their best game no matter who theywerefacing, and will need It got so badthatat onepoint, the two teamsrecordedfive service errorsin a row. to do better against tougher teamsin the future. “Wedidn’t respect (Stanford) enough to play our’best game,” he said. Cotto beats out Branco to improve to 26-0 Pedro Zayas BOXING BAYAMON,Puerto Rico — Miguel Cotto stoppedchallenger secondsinto the eighth round Saturdaynight to retain the WBOjuniorwelter- weighttitle. Branco said “no mas”as he shook his head andpointed to his right shoulder with his left glove. “I started to work on him with thefirst ring of the bell,” Cotto said. “It wasn’t an easyfight, it was a toughfight.” Cotto improved to 26-0, its good punchesbut this was ‘outs. The 25-year-old champion defendedhis title for the fifth time,all knockouts,beforea full house at Coliseo RubenRodriguezinhis native Puerto Rico. Cottolandedleft jabs and hooksto the faceat will. His aggressive attack kept Branco step- ping backward, into the ropes. Brancotriedto fight ba by throwing wild punchesthat rarely penetrated Cotto’s defensive stance. “Hedid not ‘hurt me. He had swell in the first round, and Cotto quickly went to work on. thechalleng ‘ight eye in the second roundas well. Bythe endofthefight, Branco’s right eye and the right side ofhis jawwerepuffed and slightly bleeding. Branco, who punched Cotto belowthebeltin the fourth round, complained severaltimes to no avail about low blows and headbutts. NEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION Smith's world famous “Reality Model” seminar. See your life in a great new way. You'll be glad you came. = Dozens of great door prizes including laptops, IPods, vacation packages, dining certificates, business services and much more, including a drawing for a classic Mercedes-Benz! eV elem rode the momentumand looked sharp in the opening off the white jers Gianluca Branco pe | oe | us.” It wasn't obviousatfirst. Af- had a fewconsequences. First of all, it took the crowd out of Russell Holmes, who paced A momentum, and momentumefattitude. onfire, executing well and moving well off the ball. Ivan Perez broughtthe crowdto its feet whenhe tattooed the chest of Stanford libero Jarod Keller with spiked ball th with the sameintensity, allowing Stanford to get back into the match. PailuFHerald can sayaboutit is it’s a game, of momentum. Attitude effect8 .034. The Cougars recorded 17 kills and one error as they blew asthefans prepared Enjoy a great lunch Ul volleyball is thatit's a team sport,” added BYU coach Tom Peterson. “The other thing you ter winningthe first game, BYU However,the lopsided win Nearly 200 great exhibitors 3 great catering restaurants Great keynotes including Hyrum g you can sayabout BYUcameoutroaring, hitting a red-hot.7¢ in the first frameto bury the byStanford,closing out the contest witha 17-7 run in which at the McKay Events Center Orem, UT 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ning thefirst game so handily, together, play together and fin- “Tf we don’t get better at that soon, I thinkit’s goingto bite the Cougars could do no wrong. (Wednesday & Thursday} win asthe Cougars prepare to play harder gamesontheroad. hadgotten a little complacent, especiallyafter win- Stanford played w:thea ie of enthusiasm at times, but the No. 1 team in the nation wastoo muchfor the Cardinal to handle, Cardinal, who manageda lowly March 8th & 9th the Cougarswith 13kills and oneerrorin the match, said BYU needs to learn from this Benefit Golf CVE” lournament VEEN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006 EAST BAY GOLF COURSE PROVO, UTAH 9:00 a.m. TTC ¢ ye) Novell ZIONS BANK pee earrer er All proceeds godirectly to benefi the children and classrooms in the Nebo School District EB GREEN FEES INCLUDE: Clinic with Bobby Casper excelgraphics EDUCATION FOUNDATION eLunch eGolf Cart ¢Many Contests & Prizes ¢Fun wayto help our schools STNasa nes ENGENUITY orgnonelecw-\ enna ‘yand SacLeeoan ve a, ve please contact eae) eta PY) i ie 801.354.7400. Go to www. UVEXPO.com or call 801.802.0200 for details. as-mail cey |