2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
2018 Outriggers Classic Champions
2018 MPSF Champions
2018 NCAA Tournament, L- Semifinals
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record22-7 (10-2 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Luka Slabe [1] (3rd season)
  • Jaylen Reyes [2] (3rd season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
←  2017
2019 →

The 2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by third 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]

Contents

2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y10–2 .83322–7 .759
No. 3 UCLA  ‍‍‍y9–3 .75026–8 .765
No. 8 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍8–4 .66715–8 .652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍5–7 .41716–15 .516
No. 14 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍4–8 .33318–11 .621
USC  ‍‍‍3–9 .2508–20 .286
Stanford  ‍‍‍3–9 .2506–20 .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 MPSF Tournament champion
y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
As of May 5, 2018
Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Roster

2018 BYU Cougars roster [5]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 6 Zach Hendrickson - Freshman
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Senior
  • 10 Taylor Richards - Junior

Middle blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Senior
  • 16 Felipe de Brito Ferreira - Freshman
  • 17 Branden Oberender - Freshman
  • 18 Miki Jauhiainen - Sophomore
  • 21 Christian Rupert - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Sophomore
  • 11 Zach Eschenberg - Sophomore
  • 14 Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga - Sophomore
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Senior
  • 19 Alex Ah Sue - Freshman
  • 24 Tanner Skabelund - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Opposite hitters

  • 5 Gabi Garcia Fernandez - Freshman
  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Sophomore
  • 13 Charlie Sragusa - Freshman

Setters

  • 3 Wil Stanley - Sophomore
  • 4 Leo Durkin - Senior
  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

TheW.tv will air select games when BYUtv has basketball commitments.
Date
time		OpponentRankArena
city
(tournament)		TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/5
7 p.m.		#13 Loyola-Chicago #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2–3
(25–22, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 12–15)		3,3390–1
1/6
7 p.m.		#6 Lewis #3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–21, 23–25, 25–15, 25–15)		3,0241–1
1/12
5:30 p.m.		#14 Ball State #6 Worthen Arena
Muncie, IL 		ESPN3 W 3–1
(25–19, 16–25, 25–15, 25–20)		1,7642–1
1/13
5 p.m.		#1 Ohio State #6 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH 		Buckeye VisionW 3–2
(21–25, 25–21, 25–20, 21–25, 15–8)		2,2373–1
1/19
8 p.m.		 Barton #5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–12, 25–15, 25–17)		3,5954–1
1/20
8 p.m.		Barton#5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		TheW.tvW 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 26–24)		2,1165–1
1/26
8 p.m.		#6 UC Irvine #5 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		Big West TVL 1–3
(22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 21–25)		1,7775–2
1/27
8 p.m.		#6 UC Irvine#5Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		Big West TVL 2–3
(16–25, 26–24, 18–25, 25–21, 13–15)		1,6375–3
1/28
7 p.m.		#14 UCSB #6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 25–27)		3,5185–4
2/3
7 p.m.		#14 UCSB#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–20)		4,0866–4
2/8
7 p.m.		 UC San Diego #7 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA 		Big West TVW 3–1
(18–25, 25–19, 25–22, 25–16)		4087–4
2/10
8 p.m.		#14 USC* #7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USC W 3–1
(25–23, 21–25, 25–23, 27–25)		5508–4
(1–0)
2/15
7 p.m.		#10 Grand Canyon* #7 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		GCU TV W 3–0
(25–17, 25–20, 25–17)		3,3149–4
(2–0)
2/17
2 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine* #7CU Arena
Irvine, CA		CIU on StretchW 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–15)		35010–4
(3–0)
2/23
8 p.m.		 Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 W 3–1
(33–31, 25–27, 25–23, 25–21)		41111–4
(4–0)
2/24
8 p.m.		Stanford*#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–2
(23–25, 20–25, 25–14, 25–10, 15–12)		3,45812–4
(5–0)
3/1
7 p.m.		#8 Pepperdine* #5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		TheW.tvW 3–2
(22–25, 27–29, 25–23, 25–22, 15–11)		2,58513–4
(6–0)
3/3
7 p.m.		#3 UCLA* #5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		TheW.tvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–21, 25–20)		5,01714–4
(7–0)
3/8
7 p.m.		#11 Penn State #4 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		W 3–2
(21–25, 29–27, 25–22, 19–25, 15–13)		3,09215–4
3/9
7 p.m.		#8 Lewis#4Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		W 3–1
(25–15, 18–25, 25–23, 26–24)		4,08716–4
3/10
10 p.m.		#2 Hawai'i #4Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		 SPEC HI
Big West TV		W 3–1
(20–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–23)		5,98917–4
3/15
7 p.m.		USC*#2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–1
(23–25, 25–16, 25–23, 25–21)		3,24018–4
(8–0)
3/29
7 p.m.		#14 Concordia Irvine*#2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 2–3
(25–19, 25–16, 22–25, 21–25, 14–16)		3,92118–5
(8–1)
3/31
7 p.m.		#13 Grand Canyon*#2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–23)		3,56819–5
(9–1)
4/5
8 p.m.		#4 Pepperdine*#2 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		TheW.tvW 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–14)		1,65720–5
(10–1)
4/7
8 p.m.		#5 UCLA*#2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		P12 LAL 0–3
(21–25, 23–25, 22–25)		5,67120–6
(10–2)
4/19
7 p.m.		USC*#4Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Semifinal)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)		2,07121–6
4/21
7 p.m.		#2 UCLA*#4Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Championship)		BYUtvW 3–1
(17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)		3,01722–6
5/3
8:30 p.m.		#3 UCLA#2Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Semifinal)		NCAA.comL 1–3
(22–25, 26–24, 27–29, 19–25)		4,24922–7
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

References

  1. ↑ "Men's volleyball adds Slabe to coaching staff". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. 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 TOPS 2018 MPSF MEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACHES' POLL" (PDF). MPSF. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "2018 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics".
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