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The Aggies blocked well, recording 14 team blocks compared to four from the Spartans. "With blocking, it goes back to confidence," Fowles said. "When we're fired up and we're excited, we just want to block the ball so bad, and that's what we did." Hymas attributed the Aggies' success to ball control. "Chelsea (Fowles) was setting the ball really well," she said. "I thought our ball control was really good." Fowles had a career-high seven kills, 43 assists and 10 digs, while hitting .778. "She's getting better and better all the time," head coach Grayson DuBose said of Fowles. "She's getting good and making really good decisions." Fowles credited her passers, noting the team's "amazing" passing in the match. After winning the first two games, the Aggies struggled in the third set, recording five service errors. "Before the third game we talked about not missing serves, and I think sometimes when you talk about things too much, it just gets in your head and then you miss serves," Fowles said. "I think that were weren't focused enough." DuBose said it was disappointing to miss five serves and have no service aces, but the team was able to come back in the fourth game and play hard. With the win, the Aggies improve to 8-6 in the WAC, while San Jose State drops to 5-8 in conference play. Seniors Heather Hillier and Rebecca Anderson, along with Hymas and Osterloh, were honored before the game. DuBose said the team loves playing in the Spectrum and was appreciative of the crowd support this season. -joseph.w@aggiemail.usu.edu 135U700HLogan USU SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER MELISSA OSTERLOH, 3, goes for a kill during Thursday night's 3-1 victory in the Spectrum over San Jose State. It was Osterloh's final home game at USU. PATRICK ODEN photo That's Right, WAC: Utah State enters tourney as No. 1 seed Hydraulics Baby. [J continuedfrompage 9 That's How We Roll. minutes. "It was frustrating, but at the same time, that's what non-conference season is for," Malaska said. "That's what you do, you figure out what's not working, what's not clicking." Following a devastating 0-2 loss to BYU, the Aggies entered WAC play with a 57-1 record. But, as in years past, USU kicked it in gear for conference play and rattled off seven consecutive wins, setting school records for win streaks, conference wins, most wins in a season and a I Got Caught Reading I t first-ever WAC regular season title. "Close to half the people in our top 18 are new players and it did take us a while to gel," Cairns said. "Obviously its paid off. The talent that we've added has really boosted to what we had. I think it can only be a good thing in the long run, and by the long run I mean Friday." With the success of the conference schedule came confidence, something Cairns said is an advantage the Aggies didn't necessarily have going into the tournament in previous years. "We feel like we can score on anybody, we feel like we can keep anybody off the board," Cairns said. "We feel confident with any of the match-ups that we would get." While she is confident in her team, Cairns said she knows it will be no easy ride to claim the title and it doesn't help that their first game is against Boise State, a heated rival for the Aggies. When they met up during the regular season, USU beat Boise State 2-0 on the road, but it was a brutal match in which six players received yellow cards and 50 fouls were committed. While it may be a tough semifinal game, Cairns said the Aggies' first-round bye could be an advantage. Last season, the Aggies played back-to-back matches in the tournament and fell in overtime to Hawaii, who went on to win the tournament. Cairns said part of the reason they lost was the Aggies ran out of energy. However, Cairns said the bye could also be a disadvantage, as Boise State is in a rhythm from recently having played. Either way, Cairns said she is ready. "The disadvantage will keep us hungry and the advantage will keep us confident," Cairns said. WAC Honors On the eve of the WAC Tournament, the USU soccer team received more accolades from the conference, as Cairns was named the WAC Coach of the Year and freshman forward Shantel Flanary received the WAC Freshman of the Year award. Cairns joins volleyball coach Grayson DuBose and cross country/track coach Gregg Gensel as the only USU coaches to receive WAC Coach of the Year honors. Cairns is also the only soccer coach in USU history to be named WAC Coach of the Year. Flanary s award was no less prestigious, as she becomes the second Aggie soccer player to win the WAC Freshman of the Year award. Junior midfielder Lindsey Smart received the award in 2006. Flanary was second in scoring for the Aggies this season, with five goals and two assists. As if those two awards weren't enough, seven Aggie soccer players received allWAC honors - the most ever for USU. Smart, senior forward Candice Clark and freshman midfielder Chandra Salmon were named First-Team AllWAC, while Flanary, Lowry, sophomore forward Lauren Hansen and senior goalkeeper Ali Griffin were named Second-Team All-WAC. -seth.h@aggiemaiLusu.edu Friday Sports Picks dames Brant Whitehead Boise State BYU Boise State BYU Nevada @ Fresno State Fresno State Nevada Nevada La. 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