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BYU downs UCLA 3-1 to win MPSF tournament championship, punch ticket to NCAA tourney

Provo • There was a time during Saturday night’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s volleyball championship match when it looked like the visiting UCLA Bruins were on their way to a sweep of the Cougars in front of more than 3,000 shell-shocked BYU fans.

UCLA won the first set 25-17 and was ahead 13-11 in the second set after a kill by talented senior Jake Arnitz. About that time, BYU seniors Leo Durkin, Brenden Sander and Price Jarman gathered their teammates together and reminded them that they were playing at home, and needed to garner what Durkin called “the free energy.