It was another five-set heartbreaker Saturday for the Wyoming Cowgirls.
For the third straight match and fourth time Mountain West Conference play, the Cowgirl volleyball team fell in five, tnhis time to BYU 23-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-18 and 15-11 in the UniWyo Sports Complex. Wyoming, 1-7 in MWC, 10-12, led Utah 2-1 on Thursday before falling in five and also dropped a five-setter to San Diego State a week ago.
The win moved the Cougars to 5-3, 10-9.
“These were two tremendously tough losses this weekend,” said UW head coach Carrie Yerty. “We’ve got to get better at finishing and going into a fifth set with confidence and close it out. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to do that to this point and we need to work on that. Dani Bedore is doing a great job setting, and JennaRae (Jester) and Jodi (Purdy) are really a stabilizing force that we depend on. As a team, they are battling, continuing to improve, and our blocking has improved tremendously.”
Three Cowgirls finished their night in double-digits, led byPurdy, who recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 20 kills and 12 digs, while hitting .375 (20-5-40). She was followed by Lauren Whitney with 14 kills and Jester with 12 kills and 10 block assists. Senior Jessica Kagarise recorded a career high 25 digs, while Bedore finished with a career high 48 assists and 16 digs. Wyoming hit .135 (60-37-170) for the match and out-blocked the Cougars 12-10.
BYU was led by Christie Carpenter with 21 kills and eight digs, while Christian Measom had 13 kills and six blocks, while Nicole Warner added 12 kills. The Cougars hit .186 (59-28-167).
The Cowgirls will be back out on the road next week for two matches. They will face the New Mexico Lobos Thursday at 7 p.m. and the TCU Horned Frogs Saturday at noon MT.
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