2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record16-9 (7-5 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young[1] (6th season)
  • Otavio Souza[2] (2nd season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

The 2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by ninth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish tied for third with Grand Canyon in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.[4]

2024 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 21 – 4   .840
No. 3 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍ 9 – 2   .818 21 – 4   .840
No. 6  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 16 – 8   .667
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 11 – 11   .500
No. 9 Pepperdine ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 17 – 9   .654
No. 13 USC ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 12 – 12   .500
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 0 – 11   .000 6 – 17   .261
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 MPSF Tournament champion
y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

  • Trent Brown won the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week award for Week 2 games.
  • Tyler Hergert won the National Setter of the Week award for Week 2 games.[5]

Roster

2024 BYU Cougars roster[6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Redshirt Senior
  • 6 Jackson Fife - Sophomore
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 5 Tyler Watts - Sophomore
  • 8 Caleb Sorenson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 10 Gavin Julien - Redshirt Senior
  • 19 Ethan Gant - Sophomore
  • 21 Teon Taylor - Junior
  

Outside hitters

  • 1 Luke Benson - Sophomore
  • 9 Trent Moser - Sophomore
  • 11 Jared Brady - Sophomore
  • 22 Jack Sutton - Sophomore
  • 23 Miks Ramanis - Junior
  • 24 Brigham Spilsbury - Sophomore
  

Opposite hitters

  • 13 Kupono Browne - Senior
  • 14 Ian Little - Sophomore

Setters

  • 2 Kyle Saurer - Freshman
  • 3 Tyler Hergert[7] - Sophomore
  • 7 Noa Haine - Junior
  • 20 Cooper Jarman - Sophomore
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:[8]

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)
1/5
7 p.m. 		#15 Ball State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–20)[9] 		3,242 1–0
1/6
7 p.m. 		#15 Ball State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 25–16)[10] 		1,800 2–0
1/11
6 p.m. 		@ #10 Loyola Chicago #9 Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL 		NBCS CHIC+
ESPN+ 		W 3–2
(19–25, 26–24, 25–27, 25–22, 15–13)[11] 		489 3–0
1/13
6 p.m. 		@ #15 Lewis #9 Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL 		Volleyball World on YouTube L 2–3
(25–15, 25–19, 25–15) 		4,125 3–1
1/19
8 p.m. 		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #9 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-1
(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 25–20)[12] 		642 4–1
1/20
7 p.m. 		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #9 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–23, 25–20, 27–25)[13] 		502 5–1
1/22
7 p.m. 		#14 Princeton #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–21)[14] 		2,735 6–1
1/23
7 p.m. 		#14 Princeton #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–23) 		2,473 7–1
1/26
7 p.m. 		#7 UC Irvine #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv 'L 1–3
(25–22, 25–27, 18–25, 20–25)[15] 		3,662 7–2
1/27
7 p.m. 		#7 UC Irvine #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2–3
(25–23, 24–26, 18–25, 25–23, 13–15) 		3,880 7–3
2/8
7 p.m. 		LIU #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–22, 25–16)[16] 		2,911 8–3
2/10
7 p.m. 		LIU #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–21)[17] 		3,184 9–3
2/16
7 p.m. 		#2 Grand Canyon* #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 0–3
(32–34, 23–25, 23–25) 		3,944 9–4
(0–1)
2/17
7 p.m. 		#2 Grand Canyon* #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 0–3
(21–25, 20–25, 23–25) 		4,149 9–5
(0–2)
2/23
7 p.m. 		#4 UCLA* #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(31–29, 23–25, 18–25, 25–21, 15–12)[18] 		4,514 10–5
(1–2)
2/24
7 p.m. 		#4 UCLA* #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2–3
(21–25, 25–21, 25–19, 23–25, 10–15)[19] 		5,024 10–6
(1–3)
3/8
8 p.m. 		@ #7 Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 BAY W 3–2
(25–13, 16–25, 23–25, 25–23, 18–16)[20] 		745 11–6
(2–3)
3/9
7 p.m. 		@ #7 Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 BAY L 0–3
(19–25, 20–25, 21–25) 		980 11–7
(2–4)
3/22
7 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-2
(24-26, 25-19, 25-22, 20-25, 15-12) 		1273 12-7
(3-4)
3/23
6 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-2
(23-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 15-7) 		1263 13-7
(4-4)
3/29
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-21, 29-27, 25-21) 		4450 14-7
(5-4)
3/30
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-15, 25-16, 25-19) 		4518 15-7
(6-4)
4/5
7 p.m. 		@ USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USC W 3-1
(22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-13) 		583 16-7
(7-4)
4/6
7 p.m. 		@ USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USC L 2-3
(25-20, 25-17, 28-26, 27-29, 16-18) 		1007 16-8
(7-5)
4/17
TBA 		vs. USC Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal) 		FloVolleyball L 2-3
(32-30, 27-29, 23-25, 25-18, 12-15) 		618 16-9
(7-5)
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • Ball State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Ball State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Loyola Chicago: Scott Sudikoff & Ray Gooden
  • Lewis: Rick Roquet & Rachel Kaczorowski
  • UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
  • UC Santa Barbara: Hunter Shumake & Katie Spieler
  • Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • LIU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • LIU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Stanford: Ted Enberg
  • Stanford: Troy Clardy
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
  • USC:
  • USC:
  • MPSF Quarterfinal- :

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches9998886866
Off the Block MediaNot released8[21]7[22]9[23]9[24]8[25]9[26]8[27]7[28]

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

References

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  2. ^ "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "BYU men's volleyball tied for third in MPSF preseason poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Recipients unveiled for Off the Block National Weekly Awards". Off the Block. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics". BYU Athletics.
  7. ^ "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "BYU roundup: Cougar men's volleyball announces 2024 schedule". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "On attack: No. 9 BYU men's volleyball sweeps No. 11 Ball State in opener". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ball State swept by BYU for second-straight match". Ball State Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "No. 9 Cougars outlast No. 10 Loyola Chicago in five sets". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "No. 9 BYU men's volleyball sweeps No. 15 UC Santa Barbara". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "BYU roundup: No. 9 Cougar men's volleyball beats UCSB twice". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "No. 8 BYU recovers from slow start to sweep No. 14 Princeton". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  15. ^ "No. 8 BYU's 18-match home win streak snapped by No. 7 UC Irvine". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  16. ^ "Back to work: No. 8 BYU powers through Long Island in a sweep". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  17. ^ "BYU's 'Super Saturday' warrants an extension of attention". Deseret News. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "Cougars rally to squeeze past No. 4 UCLA in five sets". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  19. ^ "BYU roundup: Cougar men's volleyball loses thriller to UCLA in front of record crowd". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  20. ^ "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball pulls off five-set victory at No. 7 Stanford". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  21. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 16, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  22. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 23, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  23. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 30, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  24. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Feb 6, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  25. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Feb 13, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  26. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Feb 20, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  27. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Feb 27, 2024)". Off the Block. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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