2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
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NCAA Tournament 3–seed, L, Final 3–0
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record26-5 (16-2 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Luka Slabe [1] (2nd season)
  • Jaylen Reyes [2] (2nd season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
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

The 2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by second year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. [3] The Cougars were 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]

Contents

Season highlights

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
OpponentRankArena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(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]
9811–0
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 #4Smith 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#4Smith 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)
5985–1
(1–0)
1/20
8 p.m.
CSUN*#3Matadome
Northridge, CA
Matador SNW 3–1
(26–24, 25–15, 22–25, 26–24)
4896–1
(2–0)
1/27
7 p.m.
#7 UC Irvine* #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 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#3Smith 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* #4Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 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*#4Smith 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 USCW 3–0
(27–25, 25–17, 25–16)
70010–2
(5–1)
2/17
7 p.m.
UC San Diego* #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–21, 26–24, 25–23)
3,87811–2
(6–1)
2/18
6 p.m.
UC San Diego#3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(27–25, 25–21, 25–22)
3,70712–2
2/23
8 p.m.
#8 Stanford* #3 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAY W 3–0
(25–21, 25–20, 25–21)
55013–2
(7–1)
2/24
8 p.m.
#8 Stanford*#3Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 STAN W 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–23, 26–24)
1,33914–2
(8–1)
3/3
7 p.m.
Cal Baptist* #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–16, 25–17, 28–30, 25–15)
4,14215–2
(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)
63716–2
(10–1)
3/11
8 p.m.
#9 Pepperdine*#3Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 26–24)
94217–2
(11–1)
3/17
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i* #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(28–26, 25–18, 25–20)
4,54418–2
(12–1)
3/18
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i*#3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–19, 25–23, 28–26)
3,55519–2
(13–1)
3/21
7 p.m.
Princeton #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18)
2,16020–2
3/24
7 p.m.
#1 Long Beach State* #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(20–25, 26–24, 25–20, 21–25, 17–15)
5,21321–2
(14–1)
3/25
8 p.m.
#1 Long Beach State*#3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–21)
5,78321–3
(14–2)
4/6
8 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara* #3 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA
Stretch InternetW 3–1
(24–26, 25–23, 25–16, 25–15)
50022–3
(15–2)
4/7
8 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara*#3Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA
Stretch InternetW 3–0
(25–22, 25–14, 25–21)
1,15023–3
(16–2)
4/15
7 p.m.
#9 Stanford*#3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–18)
2,98224–3
4/20
6 p.m.
vs. #4 Hawai'i*#3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
Flo VolleyballL 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–22)
2,48924–4
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)
69525–4
5/04
4 p.m.
vs. #1 Long Beach State#4St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Semifinal)
NCAA.com W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–23)
4,83426–4
5/06
5 p.m.
vs. #2 Ohio State #4St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Championship)
ESPN2 L 3–0
(25–19, 25–20, 25–22)
8,20526–5
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

References

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