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No. 1/2 Long Beach State and No. 3/3 BYU lived up and even surpassed all the hype surround the match.
BYU extended the nation’s longest winning streak and moved into first place in the MPSF as it beat Long Beach State 20-25, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25, 17-15 on Friday at Smith Fieldhouse to open their two-match home series.
All-American outside attacker Jake Langlois had a team-high 20 kills on a .341 attack percentage, including the match-winning kill in the fifth-game overtime. In addition, opposite Tim Dobbert added 12 kills, five blocks and a career-high 16 digs.
Dobbert started in place of All-American opposite Ben Patch, who did not start for the 12th consecutive matches because of an injury. The Cougars (21-2, 14-1 MPSF) at match-point in the decisive fifth game though, inserted Patch into the match for a few plays, and he even had an attack attempt during a rally that the 49ers won to force overtime.
All-American outside attacker TJ DeFalco in the loss finished with a match-high 25 kills on a .340 attack percentage and led the 49ers (21-3, 14-2 MPSF) with 14 digs.
With this victory, BYU now has a half-match lead against second-place Long Beach State entering the series finale on Saturday.
Check out people’s reaction on Twitter to this classic MPSF match between BYU and Long Beach State.
https://twitter.com/byutvsports/status/845482735191785473
Probably the best regular season match I’ve ever seen https://t.co/cRWGHnH4jR
— Mike Guardabascio (@Guardabascio) March 25, 2017
COUGARS WIN!!!! #BYUMVB @BYUvolleyball pic.twitter.com/VrpCuItpXD
— Jeremy Hall (@jeremyhall) March 25, 2017
Unreal atmosphere! Unreal match! Took down # 1! #CougarNation loves @BYUvolleyball and so do I. Let's do it again tomorrow boys! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/263rM4t1Y1
— Liz Darger (@lizdarger) March 25, 2017
What. A. Match. #3 @BYUvolleyball beats #1 @LBSU_MVB in 5, 17-15. 5,213 fans were. Epic match tonight in the Fieldhouse. #BYU
— Jarom Jordan (@jaromjordan) March 25, 2017
This first @LBSU_MVB vs @BYUvolleyball lasted 2:42 and I would have been happy if it lasted 3 hours. @offtheblock11 pic.twitter.com/mlc36m7yzF
— MPSF Bias (@MPSF_Bias) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/JimVilk/status/845481987255255040
Just appreciate the high level of volleyball in Provo. Nicely done @LBSU_MVB & @BYUvolleyball
— Tiff (@tifferspxp) March 25, 2017
Langlois closes out the match with a kill. WOW, that was as good as volleyball gets #BYUMVB
— Brandon Gurney (@BrandonCGurney) March 25, 2017
.@BYUvolleyball takes the 5th in dramatic fashion 17-15, and the match 3-2 vs. @LBSU_MVB. Same teams tomorrow night. Nice work @jaromjordan
— Rob Espero 🇺🇸🏄🏾🏐🎤 (@robonthemic) March 25, 2017
that match was everything that is good about men's volleyball
— Brandon Johnson (@Bjohnson_VBall) March 25, 2017
that might be the greatest match I've ever watched. All-timer. That's how you grow the game!
— Puni Sanchez (@snowsurfah) March 25, 2017
Wow that 5th set for @BYUvolleyball!! What a win! #byutvsports
— Dillon Olsen (@OlsenDillon) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/JimVilk/status/845483037932576768
BYU WINS!#Epic https://t.co/gl17QdIcbv
— Steven Facer/BYU-BIG12 Member (@MRCOUGAR) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/Yoder1Jared/status/845483917373165569
https://twitter.com/Mormon_madness1/status/845486091691999233
Literally feel like this pic.twitter.com/fc9h4CiQOR
— Rae Loverde (mostly on hiatus) (@RaeLoverde) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/_DanReilly/status/845483001253367809
https://twitter.com/PaulSmith_2019/status/845493156506349568
https://twitter.com/microsamonomics/status/845499925374873600
it really felt like 49ers lost that match
— The Line Shot (@thelineshot) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidjbartonmd/status/845487800157782016
https://twitter.com/treevisVBall/status/845483110569590784
B-Y-U#GoCougs #BYUMVB pic.twitter.com/nYDeJcBSPq
— BYU Men’s Volleyball (@BYUmvolleyball) March 25, 2017