2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

The 2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by second year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.[4] They reached the NCAA National Championship for the second year in a row before being swept by Ohio State. The Cougars finished the year ranked #2 in the nation.[5]

2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament 3–seed, L, Final 3–0
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record26-5 (16-2 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Luka Slabe[1] (2nd season)
  • Jaylen Reyes[2] (2nd season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Long Beach State   162 .889274 .871
No. 2 BYU   162 .889265 .839
No. 4 Hawaiʻi   144 .778276 .818
No. 5 UC Irvine   135 .722207 .741
No. 6 UCLA   108 .5561710 .630
No. 8 Pepperdine   810 .4441012 .455
No. 9 Stanford   810 .4441313 .500
No. 11 USC   810 .4441414 .500
No. 15 CSUN   513 .2781215 .444
UCSB   513 .2781016 .385
UC San Diego   315 .167719 .269
Cal Baptist   216 .111721 .250
Conference champion
  • y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
    As of May 8, 2017
    Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2017 BYU Cougars roster[6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 7 Taylor Richards - Sophomore
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Junior
  • 22 Mitchel Worthington - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Junior
  • 17 Joseph Grosh - Senior
  • 19 Miki Jauhiainen - Freshman
  • 20 Sam Cagle - Freshman
  • 21 Christian Rupert - RS Sophomore
 

Outside hitters

  • 5 Kiril Meretev - Senior
  • 6 Zach Eschenberg - Freshman
  • 10 Jake Langolis - Senior
  • 14 Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga - Freshman
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Junior
  • 24 Tanner Skabelund - RS Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Jacob Komenda - Freshman
  • 13 Ben Patch - Junior
  • 16 Tim Dobbert - RS Junior

Setters

  • 3 Wil Stanley - Freshman
  • 4 Leo Durkin - Junior
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

BYU Radio will simulcast most BYUtv games with the BYUtv feed.
Campus Insiders TheW.tv will air select games when BYUtv has basketball commitments. These games will not be aired on BYU Radio.
Date
time
Opponent Rank Arena
city
(tournament)
Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/6
6 p.m.
#6 Lewis #3[7] Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL
GLVC SN W 3–0
(27–25, 27–25, 25–22)[8]
981 1–0
1/7
6 p.m.
#11 Loyola-Chicago #3 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL
ESPN3 L 3–1
(25–20, 25–22, 22–25, 33–31)[9]
604[10] 1–1
1/12
7 p.m.
McKendree #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–16, 25–19, 25–20)
1,830[11] 2–1
1/13
7 p.m.
Concordia-Irvine #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–17, 26–24)
2,814[12] 3–1
1/14
7 p.m.
McKendree #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–22, 25–17)
2,665[13] 4–1
1/19
8 p.m.
CSUN* #3 Matadome
Northridge, CA
Matador SN W 3–1
(23–25, 25–20, 25–17, 25–15)
598 5–1
(1–0)
1/20
8 p.m.
CSUN* #3 Matadome
Northridge, CA
Matador SN W 3–1
(26–24, 25–15, 22–25, 26–24)
489 6–1
(2–0)
1/27
7 p.m.
#7 UC Irvine* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 3–2
(25–23, 28–26, 32–34, 21–25, 15–12)
3,029[14] 6–2
(2–1)
1/28
7 p.m.
#7 UC Irvine #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 28–26)
2,636[15] 7–2
2/3
7 p.m.
#2 UCLA* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–2
(28–26, 25–23, 13–25, 22–25, 18–16)
4,047[16] 8–2
(3–1)
2/4
7 p.m.
#2 UCLA* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–13, 25–23, 31–29)
4,582[17] 9–2
(4–1)
2/10
8 p.m.
USC* #3 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 USC W 3–0
(27–25, 25–17, 25–16)
700 10–2
(5–1)
2/17
7 p.m.
UC San Diego* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 26–24, 25–23)
3,878 11–2
(6–1)
2/18
6 p.m.
UC San Diego #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(27–25, 25–21, 25–22)
3,707 12–2
2/23
8 p.m.
#8 Stanford* #3 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAY W 3–0
(25–21, 25–20, 25–21)
550 13–2
(7–1)
2/24
8 p.m.
#8 Stanford* #3 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 STAN W 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–23, 26–24)
1,339 14–2
(8–1)
3/3
7 p.m.
Cal Baptist* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–16, 25–17, 28–30, 25–15)
4,142 15–2
(9–1)
3/10
8 p.m.
#9 Pepperdine* #3 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 25–17)
637 16–2
(10–1)
3/11
8 p.m.
#9 Pepperdine* #3 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 26–24)
942 17–2
(11–1)
3/17
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(28–26, 25–18, 25–20)
4,544 18–2
(12–1)
3/18
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–23, 28–26)
3,555 19–2
(13–1)
3/21
7 p.m.
Princeton #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18)
2,160 20–2
3/24
7 p.m.
#1 Long Beach State* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–2
(20–25, 26–24, 25–20, 21–25, 17–15)
5,213 21–2
(14–1)
3/25
8 p.m.
#1 Long Beach State* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–21)
5,783 21–3
(14–2)
4/6
8 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara* #3 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA
Stretch Internet W 3–1
(24–26, 25–23, 25–16, 25–15)
500 22–3
(15–2)
4/7
8 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara* #3 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA
Stretch Internet W 3–0
(25–22, 25–14, 25–21)
1,150 23–3
(16–2)
4/15
7 p.m.
#9 Stanford* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–18)
2,982 24–3
4/20
6 p.m.
vs. #4 Hawai'i* #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
Flo Volleyball L 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–22)
2,489 24–4
5/02
4 p.m.
vs. Barton College #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Play-in)
Buckeye Vision W 3–0
(25–19, 25–11, 25–15)
695 25–4
5/04
4 p.m.
vs. #1 Long Beach State #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Semifinal)
NCAA.com W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–23)
4,834 26–4
5/06
5 p.m.
vs. #2 Ohio State #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Championship)
ESPN2 L 3–0
(25–19, 25–20, 25–22)
8,205 26–5
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • Lewis: No commentary
  • Loyola-Chicago: Jason Goch & Ray Gooden
  • McKendree: Dave Neely
  • Concordia-Irvine: Dave Neely
  • McKendree: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • CSUN: No commentary
  • CSUN: No commentary
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC Irvine: Dave Neely
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UCLA: Robbie Bullough & Dave Neely
  • USC: Paul Duchesne & Paul Yoder
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Stanford: Kevin Barnett & Don Shaw
  • Stanford: No commentary
  • Cal Baptist: Robbie Bullough & Dave Neely
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Hawai'i: Rob Espero & Nate Ngo
  • Barton: No commentary
  • Long Beach State: Ralph Bednarczyk
  • Ohio State: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett

References

  1. "Men's volleyball adds Slabe to coaching staff". Deseret News. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. "Former libero Reyes returns to BYU as assistant coach". Off the Block. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. "BYU picked as favorite to win MPSF in conference preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. "AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN'S FINAL POLL: MAY 8, 2017". AVCA. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  6. "2017 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics".
  7. "AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN'S PRESEASON POLL: DEC. 8, 2016". AVCA. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  8. "Patch rallies No. 3 BYU past No. 6 Lewis, 3-0, in season opener". Deseret News. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  9. "No. 3 BYU falls at No. 11 Loyola-Chicago in four". Deseret News. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  10. "BYU @ Loyola-Chicago (1/7/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  11. "McKendree @ BYU (1/12/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  12. "Concordia-Irvine @ BYU (1/13/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  13. "McKendree @ BYU (1/14/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  14. "UC Irvine @ BYU (1/27/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  15. "UC Irvine @ BYU (1/28/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  16. "UCLA @ BYU (2/3/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  17. "UCLA @ BYU (2/4/17) Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
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