2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record19–7 (8–4 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young[1] (5th season)
  • Otavio Souza[2] (1st season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

The 2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by eighth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars were members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF quarterfinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.[4]

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
No. 8  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 7   .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍y 6 – 6   .500 22 – 8   .733
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 15 – 13   .536
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 16 – 14   .533
No. 12 USC ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 10 – 16   .385
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 8 – 19   .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion
y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

  • Kupono Browne won the National Opposite of the Week award for Week 0 games.[5]

Roster

2023 BYU Cougars roster[6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Senior
  • 6 Jackson Fife - Freshman
  • 12 Mitchel Worthington - Senior
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 5 Alessandro Gianotti - Freshman
  • 10 Gavin Julien - Redshirt Junior
  • 19 Ethan Gant - Freshman
  • 21 Teon Taylor - Sophomore
  • 33 Caleb Sorenson - Freshman
  

Outside hitters

  • 1 Luke Benson - Sophomore
  • 3 Kupono Browne - Junior
  • 9 Trent Moser - Freshman
  • 11 Jared Brady - Freshman
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Freshman
  • 23 Miks Ramanis - Sophomore
  • 24 Brigham Spilsbury - Freshman
  

Opposite hitters

  • 13 Anthony Cherfan - Sophomore

Setters

  • 7 Heath Hughes - Senior
  • 8 Bartosz Slawinski - Junior
  • 16 Noa Haine - Junior
  • 20 Cooper Jarman - Freshman
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:[7]

All home games will be televised on BYUtv or BYUtv.org. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time 		Opponent Rank
(tournament seed) 		Arena
city
(tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/6
7 p.m. 		McKendree Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–20, 25–21, 25–20)[8] 		N/A 1–0
1/7
7 p.m. 		#14 Lewis Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(25–20, 23–25, 25–17)[9] 		3,259 2–0
1/20
7 p.m. 		Fairleigh Dickinson #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–15)[10] 		3,513 3–0
1/21
7 p.m. 		Fairleigh Dickinson #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–15, 25–19, 25–15)[11] 		4,125 4–0
1/25
8 p.m. 		@ #6 UC Irvine[12] #12 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 0-3
(21–25, 23–25, 16–25) 		1,102 4–1
1/27
8 p.m. 		@ #6 UC Irvine #12 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–2
(26–24, 21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 15–9)[13] 		1,743 5–1
2/02
5 p.m. 		@ #8 Ball State #11 Worthen Arena
Muncie, IN 		ESPN3 W 3–1
(24–26, 25–23, 25–21, 27–25)[14] 		1,567 6–1
2/04
1 p.m. 		@ #8 Ball State #11 Worthen Arena
Muncie, IN 		ESPN3 L 1–3
(26–24, 23–25, 19–25, 23–25) 		1,711 6–2
2/10
7 p.m. 		#14 UC Santa Barbara #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–1
(22–25, 25–19, 25–23, 25–20) 		3,516 7–2
2/11
7 p.m. 		#14 UC Santa Barbara #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(25–19, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17) 		3,785 8–2
2/17
8 p.m. 		@ #2 UCLA* #8 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA L 0–3
(20–25, 22–25, 18–25) 		1,432 8–3
(0–1)
2/18
8 p.m. 		@ #2 UCLA* #8 John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA L 0–3
(17–25, 21–25, 18–25) 		1,012 8–4
(0–2)
2/24
8 p.m. 		@ Concordia Irvine* #8 CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		Eagle Eye W 3–0
(25–18, 25–19, 25–19) 		105 9–4
(1–2)
2/25
8 p.m. 		@ Concordia Irvine* #8 CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		Eagle Eye W 3–2
(24–26, 26–24, 19–25, 31–29, 15–12) 		421 10–4
(2–2)
3/03
6 p.m. 		@ #5 Grand Canyon* #8 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ L 0–3
(18–25, 22–25, 21–25) 		2,134 10–5
(2–3)
3/04
6 p.m. 		@ #5 Grand Canyon* #8 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ L 2–3
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 17–25, 15–17) 		2,567 10–6
(2–4)
3/10
7 p.m. 		#15 Ohio State #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–1
(25–23, 25–23, 23–25, 25–21) 		3,598 11–6
3/11
7 p.m. 		#15 Ohio State #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(25–23, 25–15, 14–25, 23–25, 15–7) 		5,071 12–6
3/24
7 p.m. 		#7 Pepperdine* #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 25–20, 15–11) 		4,156 13–6
(3–4)
3/25
7 p.m. 		#7 Pepperdine* #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–2
(22–25, 25–16, 25–21, 23–25, 15–13) 		4,325 14–6
(4–4)
3/30
7 p.m. 		#11 USC* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–1
(25–21, 22–25, 25–17, 25–20) 		3,283 15–6
(5–4)
3/31
7 p.m. 		#11 USC* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(25–20, 30–28, 24–26, 25–14) 		4,261 16–6
(6–4)
4/14
7 p.m. 		#8 Stanford* #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–1
(25–20, 19–25, 25–21, 26–24) 		4,358 17–6
(7–4)
4/15
7 p.m. 		#8 Stanford* #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–19) 		4,178 18–6
(8–4)
4/19
4:05 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine (7) #6
(2) 		Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal) 		FloVolleyball W 3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15) 		505 19–6
4/20
8:05 p.m. 		@ #8 Stanford
(3) 		#6
(2) 		Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Semifinal) 		FloVolleyball L 2–3
(20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25–22, 12–15) 		617 19–7
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • McKendree: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber
  • Lewis: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber
  • Fairleigh Dickinson: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain[15]
  • Fairleigh Dickinson: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • Ball State: Lexi Eblen & Hudson French
  • Ball State: Mick Tidrow, Amber Seaman, & Madison Surface
  • UC Santa Barbara: Jarom Jordan, Kenzie Koerber, & Lauren McClain
  • UC Santa Barbara: Jarom Jordan, Kenzie Koerber, & Lauren McClain; Guest Analyst: Kevin Barnett
  • UCLA: Brian Webber
  • UCLA: Denny Cline
  • Concordia Irvine: Alex Parisian
  • Concordia Irvine: Jeff Runyan & Alex Parisian
  • Grand Canyon: Houston Boe & Amanda Roach
  • Grand Canyon: Houston Boe & Amanda Roach
  • Ohio State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • Ohio State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • Pepperdine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Pepperdine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • USC: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • USC: Jason Shepherd, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Koerber-Dahle
  • MPSF Quarterfinal- :

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA CoachesRV[16]13[17]13[18]12[19]11[20]10[21]8[22]8[23]8[24]8[25]8[26]8[27]776678
Off the Block MediaNot releasedRV[28]RV[29]RV[30]979999877558

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

See also: 2022 BYU Cougars football team, 2022–23 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2022 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2022 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2023 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2023 BYU Cougars softball team
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