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Ninth-ranked BYU volleyball team sweeps two in Nike Invitational

Provo • The ninth-ranked BYU women’s volleyball team opened its season with a pair of sweeps Friday in the BYU Nike Invitational, defeating Boise State 25-13, 25-21, 25-17 and Utah Valley 25-21, 25-21, 25-20.

In the win over the Broncos, freshman setter Whitney Bower made her debut as a Cougar with 31 assists, five aces, five digs, a kill and a block. Bower’s five aces set a BYU freshman rally era record.

Senior McKenna Miller had a match-high 13 kills and junior Kennedy Eschenberg followed with nine.

Freshman Kate Grimmer came out with six blocks and seven kills while senior Mary Lake contributed 18 digs for BYU.