Nov. 18, 2004
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - San Diego State's trip to the 2004 Mountain West Conference Tournament came to an end as it fell to Brigham Young, 3-0 (301-8, 30-28, 30-15), Thursday afternoon at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.
The loss dropped the Aztecs' record to 4-24 as they lost for the seventh time in their last eight outings. The Cougars, meanwhile, improved to 18-10 as they moves to the tourney semifinals to face the winner of Thursday evening's Colorado State-New Mexico match.
BYU came out quickly, hitting .417 in the first game as they enjoyed as 12-point winning margin. SDSU came back in game two, tying the contest at 25-25 before the Cougars ran off three straight points and went on to the two-point victory. In game three, the letdown of l0sing a close second contest took its toll as the Aztecs hit -.023 and were outscored by a two-to-one margin.
Brigham had three players finish in double figures in kills led by Erica Lott with 15. April Varner and Lexi Brown had 13 and 12 respectively for the Cougars who hit .341 as a team over the three games.
San Diego State was led by Melissa Stapley with 13 kills and nine digs. Fellow Aztec Melanie Greene contributed eight kills while Kara Moriarty and Kari Dykema anchored the defense with 13 and 10 assists respectively.
The Aztecs now return home to prepare for their final match of the season as they will visit University of San Diego on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 8:00 p.m. That contest will be televised live on channel 4SD as part of a women's basketball-volleyball doubleheader.