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BYU volleyball: Cougars overcome slow start to cruise past American and into the second round

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

PROVO — American University volleyball coach Barry Goldberg perhaps summed up BYU's straight-set win over his team on Friday best by stating, "It looked like it was going to be a pretty good match there for the first five minutes."

In those first few minutes the No. 13-seeded Cougars came out a bit tight and the Patriots took advantage, forging a 6-3 lead early before the home team woke up. Players relaxed, came into their own and answered the rough start with an 8-0 run before taking the first set 25-11.