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Sept. 13, 2003

Box Score

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State came in second at the Cougar Mania Volleyball Tournament but after scoring a pair of wins Saturday at Bohler Gym, the Cougars felt like champions.

WSU handed No. 22 Loyola Marymount its first defeat in 11 matches this season in the final tournament match. The Cougars defeated the Lions 30-28, 30-21, 26-30, 32-30. In the earlier evening match, Saint Louis defeated New Mexico 30-27, 30-21, 24-30, 30-28.

LMU (10-1), SLU (5-7) and WSU (3-6) all ended with 2-1 records but based on head-to-head games won, Loyola Marymount won the tournament and WSU was second with SLU third. New Mexico (3-6) went 0-3 in the two-day tourney.

In the LMU match, WSU's Zanda Bautre, Kristen Carlson and Jennifer Todd, all-tournament selections, combined for 40 kills. Todd added nine blocks and Bautre had 21 digs and 34 assists. Jen Barcus had a match-high 10- blocks. Cougar Mania MVP, Kealani Kimball tallied 22 kills and 25 digs for LMU. Dina DeBernardi added 14 kills and was named to the all-tourney team.

Washington State out-blocked LMU 19 to 11 and held the Lions to .179 hitting percentage for the match.

"This was an incredibly well-balanced team today. I think they grew up right before everybody's eyes and figured out just how good they are," Cougar Head Coach Cindy Fredrick said. "They showed a lot of great hitting and a lot of great blocking."

In the first match Saturday night, Saint Louis' Ashley Hunter had 14 kills and 15 digs to lead the Billikens to the 3-1 win over New Mexico. Anna Reines had 23 kills for the Lobos.

In the early matches Saturday, Kimball had 16 kills to lead Loyola Marymount to a 30-13, 30-27, 32-30, win over Saint Louis. Courtnay Leonard added 14 digs and DeBernardi added three aces and four blocks to the Lions win. The Billikens were led by Ashley Hunter's nine kills and 12 digs. LMU hit .336 and held SLU to .150.

The Cougars will have a short week as Pacific-10 Conference action begins Thursday with Arizona coming to Pullman, followed by a Friday night visit from Arizona State.

Cougar Mania Tournament Final Standings 
1. Loyola Marymount 2-1
2.Washington State 2-1
3. Saint Louis 2-1
4. New Mexico 0-3
Champion determined in games won head to head.


Cougar Mania All-Tournament Team
MVP - Kaelani Kimball, LMU
Jessica Kmitta, SLU
Nichole Oehlman, LMU
Jennifer Todd, WSU
Dina DeBernardi, LMU
Kristen Carlson, WSU
Zanda Bautre, WSU

No. 22 Loyola Marymount (10-0)	30	30	32
Saint Louis (4-7)			13	27	30
STATISTICS:
KILLS - LMU 53 (Kimball 16), SLU 40 (Hunter 9)
HITTING PERCENTAGE - LMU .336, SLU .150
ASSISTS - LMU 49 (Oehlman 45), SLU 35 (McClanahan 23)
DIGS - LMU 47 (Leonard 14), SLU 41 (Hunter 12)
BLOCKS - LMU 9 (Newsome 6), SLU 4 (Merchant, K. Kmitta 2 each)
SERVICE ACES - LMU 8 (DeBernardi 3), SLU 6 (J. Kmitta 4)


Washington State (2-6)	30	30	30
New Mexico (3-5)		25	21	22
STATISTICS:
KILLS - WSU 48 (Bautre 14), NM 33 (Reines 10)
HITTING PERCENTAGE - WSU .298, NM .082
ASSISTS - WSU 41 (Richards 24), NM 31 (Smith 30)
DIGS - WSU 47 (Carlson 13), NM 43 (Burke 13)
BLOCKS - WSU 11 (Barcus 8), NM 2 (four with 1 block assist each)
SERVICE ACES - WSU 6 (Barcus 3), NM 9 (Sondrup 4)
Attendance:  476.


Saint Louis (5-7)	30	30	24	30
New Mexico (3-6)	27	21	30	28
STATISTICS:
KILLS - SLU 56 (Hunter 14), NM 55 (Reines 23)
HITTING PERCENTAGE - SLU .206, NM .159
ASSISTS - SLU 51 (McClanahan 38), NM 54 (Smith 48)
DIGS - SLU 58 (Hunter 15), NM 52 (Meihack 16)
BLOCKS - SLU 11 (Merchant 6), NM 8 (Sondrup, Heasty, Dunsmoor 4 each)
SERVICE ACES - SLU 7 (Sorich 4), NM 12 (Burke 4)


Washington State (3-6)		30	30	26	32
No. 22 Loyola Marymount (10-1)	28	21	30	30
STATISTICS:
KILLS - WSU 72 (Carlson 17), LMU 68 (Kimball 22)
HITTING PERCENTAGE - WSU .257, LMU .179
ASSISTS - WSU 62 (Bautre 34), LMU 64 (Oehlman 53)
DIGS - WSU 78 (Bautre 21), NM 78 (Kimball 25)
BLOCKS - WSU 19 (Barcus 10), LMU 11 (Houseman 6)
SERVICE ACES - WSU 6 (Todd, Richards 2 each), LMU 5 (Krone 2)
Attendance:  807.