Utah Valley State (5-3) vs. Idaho State University (3-10)

Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Date: September 21st
Time: 7:00 pm (MST)
Site: Reed Gym @ Idaho State University
Internet Broadcast: A live internet broadcast
can be heard by going to: www.isubengals.com
Series Record: First Meeting

OREM, Utah -€“ The Utah Valley State volleyball team will travel to Pocatello, Idaho to play Idaho State University on Tuesday, September 21 st . First serve is scheduled for 7:00 pm (MST). A live internet broadcast can be heard by going to: www.isubengals.com.

Wolverine Update:
The Wolverines (5-4) lost in three games to University of Portland in the championship game of the Nike Portland Pilot Invitational last weekend. Deise Borghetti and Alina Wallauer were named to the All-Tournament team.

UVSC finished 2-2 in the tournament, losing 30-24, 30-21, 30-15, to the host Pilots who went a perfect 4-0 to take the title.

-€œI thought we had a great tournament, finishing second,-€ said head coach Sam Atoa. -€œI am proud of the girls coming out here and competing as well as they did against four good teams.-€

UVSC didn't have any players in double-figure kills for the first time this season. Borghetti finished one shy with nine, and setter Lacee Koelliker had eight kills to go along with her 28 assists. Borghetti did have a team-high 11 digs, and Wallauer tallied nine.

Borghetti earns All-Tournament honors for the second straight week, having been the only UVSC player to be named to the All-Tourney team in the BYU/Mizuno Classic week. She had two matches with 20-plus kills (26 against UC-Davis, and 22 against Cal Poly-SLO) and in four matches averaged a double-double with 17 kills and 10.25 digs per match.

Wallauer was just as impressive, notching a 20 kill, 23 dig match against Cal Poly. For the tournament Wallauer also averaged a double-double with 14.25 kills and 15.75 digs per match.

The Wolverines claimed second-place, Portland State finished in third place, Cal Poly was fourth and UC Davis finished in fifth-place.

Borghetti Honored Two Weeks in a Row:
Senior right side hitter, Deise Borghetti was named to the Nike Portland Pilot Invitational All-Tournament Team last weekend, and the week before she was named to the Mizuno Classic All-Tournament team. In the Mizuno Classic Borghetti averaged 4.45 kills, and 3.18 digs per game in the tournament. She had match-high kills against UCF (21), and Oklahoma (18).

Endres Named Newcomer of the Week:
Freshman middle blocker Jessica Endres was named the Division I Independent Volleyball Newcomer of the Week for her performance in the BYU/Mizuno Classic September 10-11. The weekly award is given to a true freshman or transfer player.

Endres, a true freshman from Gilbert, Arizona, helped the Wolverines go 2-1 in the Mizuno Classic. UVSC sandwiched wins over Central Florida and Memphis around a loss to Oklahoma. Against UCF Endres was called upon 20 different times, notching 13 kills and a .500 hitting percentage. Against OU she tallied seven kills, and against Memphis, Endres carried the team with a match-high 17 kills, while hitting an impressive .536.

The award was the first of the season for Endres, and it is the first award for UVSC this year.

This season, eight Division I Independent schools have grouped together to elect Player of the Week awards. Those teams are Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas-Pan American, IPFW, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Providence, and Utah Valley State. Awards are voted on by participating team sports information directors and released each Tuesday.

Last Year's Post Season Honors:
UVSC returns three players who received NCAA Division I Independent honors in 2003. They are: outside hitters Alina Wallauer and Krystal Taylor, and setter Lacee Koelliker.

Wallauer (173 K, 2.37 K/G) received two honors as she was named the D-I Independent -€œNewcomer of the Year,-€ and to the All-Independent Second Team. Koelliker (379 A, 4.51 A/G) and Taylor (109 K, 1.85 K/G) were both named to the Independent All-Freshman Team.

Scouting the Opposition:
Idaho State: The Bengals come into Tuesday's match with a 3-10 overall record. ISU hosted the Idaho State Classic last weekend and in their final match dropped a 3-1 decision to New Mexico State Saturday. The Bengals finished fourth with a 0-3 tournament record . Ali Gorny led the Bengals with 18 kills and 17 digs in the NMSU match. For her efforts over the weekend, Gorny was named to the All-Tournament Team. Nikki Randall has been the offensive force so far this season averaging 3.30 K/G.

Up Next:
The Wolverines will be on the road again this weekend as they travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to match up against UNLV on Saturday, September 25 th . The UNLV game is scheduled for 2:00 pm (MST).