2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

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2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
NCAA, Second Round
Conference West Coast Conference
Record26–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (6th season)
  • Jonny Neeley [2] (4th season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
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2020–21  →

The 2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fifth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

Contents

BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship [3] and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Stanford in the national semifinal. [4]

The Cougars would put together another impressive season with a 25-4 record. However two losses in conference play caused the Cougars to finish second in the WCC. The Cougars were granted an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were given the #14 seed, allowing them to host the first two rounds. BYU would be swept by Utah in the 2nd Round to finish the season at 26-5. After the tournament was completed BYU finished ranked #17 in the nation.

2019 West Coast Conference volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 San Diego  ‍†‍‍y17–1 .94425–5 .833
No. 17 BYU  ‍‍‍y16–2 .88926–5 .839
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍14–4 .77818–11 .621
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍10–8 .55621–12 .636
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍9–9 .50015–15 .500
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍7–11 .38911–17 .393
Pacific  ‍‍‍5–13 .27813–17 .433
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍5–13 .27811–19 .367
San Francisco  ‍‍‍4–14 .2228–21 .276
Portland  ‍‍‍3–15 .16711–18 .379
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 2019-11-23
Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2019 BYU Cougars roster [5]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Morgan Bower - Freshman
  • 6 Callie Whitney - Freshman
  • 17 Grace Wee - Freshman
  • 18 Mary Lake - Senior

Opposite hitters

  • 12 Kate Grimmer - Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Junior
  • 9 Madelyn Robinson - Sophomore
  • 10 Erin Anderson - Freshman
  • 11 Abbey Dayton - Freshman
  • 13 Morgan Johnson - Freshman
  • 14 McKenna Miller - Senior
  • 20 Riley Lyman - Senior
 

Setters

  • 7 Whitney Bower - Freshman
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Sophomore
  • 15 Kiani Moea'i - Redshirt.svg Senior

Middle blockers

  • 2 Heather Gneiting- Sophomore
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Schedule

Date
Time		OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)		TelevisionResultAttendanceRecord
(WCC Record)
8/30
12 p.m.		 Boise State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Nike Invitational)		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–13, 25–21, 25–17)		7501–0
8/30
7:30 p.m.		 Utah Valley #9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash)/(BYU Nike Invitational)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–21, 25–21, 25–20)		2,8872–0
8/31
7 p.m.		#16 Marquette #9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Nike Invitational)		BYUtvL 1–3
(25–22, 16–25, 22–25, 12–25)		4,0752–1
9/05
7 p.m.		 LIU #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic)		 WCC Network W 3–0
(25–14, 25–17, 25–10)		2,1153–1
9/06
7 p.m.		 Sam Houston State #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic)		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(24–26, 25–13, 25–16, 25–18)		1,8824–1
9/07
7 p.m.		 Weber State #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic)		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–22, 25–16, 25–22)		2,2475–1
9/12
6 p.m.		@ Wichita State #13 Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic)		YurViewW 3–1
(23–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–20)		2,6086–1
9/13
3:30 p.m.		vs. #3 Texas #13Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic)		 FloVolleyball L 1–3
(25–23, 22–25, 19–25, 18–25)		2,4356–2
9/14
11 a.m.		vs. VCU #13Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic)		FloVolleyballW 3–1
(25–8, 22–25, 25–22, 25–21)		1,2477–2
9/19
6 p.m.		@ #18 Utah #12 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Deseret First Duel)		 P12 W 3–1
(25–22, 25–21, 12–25, 25–18)		4,1108–2
9/21
1 p.m.		@ #2 Stanford #12 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12W 3–1
(18–25, 25–22, 25–23, 31–29)		2,9649–2
9/26
7 p.m.		@ Gonzaga*#9 Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Spokane, WA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–13, 25–13, 25–17)		1,65710–2
(1–0)
9/28
1 p.m.		@ Portland*#9 Chiles Center
Portland, OR 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–20, 25–22, 25–18)		74211–2
(2–0)
10/01
7 p.m.		 Loyola Marymount*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		WCC NetworkW 3–2
(25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 15–7)		2,82212–2
(3–0)
10/03
8 p.m.		@ Pacific*#9 Alex G. Spanos Center
Stockton, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 26–24)		76913–2
(4–0)
10/05
2 p.m.		@ Saint Mary's*#9 McKeon Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–12, 25–22, 29–27)		40814–2
(5–0)
10/10
7 p.m.		 San Francisco*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		byutv.orgW 3–0
(25–11, 25–14, 25–23)		2,49915–2
(6–0)
10/12
1 p.m.		 Santa Clara*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–16, 25–11, 25–10)		2,60416–2
(7–0)
10/18
7 p.m.		 San Diego*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 2–3
(18–25, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17, 10–15)		4,40516–3
(7–1)
10/24
8 p.m.		@ Loyola Marymount#12 Gersten Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(25-22, 25-12, 15-25, 25-22)		58317–3
(8–1)
10/26
2 p.m.		@ Pepperdine*#12 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25-21, 25-15, 29-27)		87318–3
(9–1)
10/31
7 p.m.		Saint Mary's#11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		byutv.orgW 3–0
(25-15, 25-11, 25-13)		2,33119–3
(10–1)
11/02
1 p.m.		Pacific*#11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–1
(22–25, 25-11, 25-12, 25-20)		2,68520–3
(11–1)
11/07
8 p.m.		@ Santa Clara*#11 Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(25-22, 20–25, 25-23, 25-18)		35521–3
(12–1)
11/09
8 p.m.		@ San Francisco*#11 War Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25-17, 25-14, 25-23)		23022–3
(13–1)
11/15
8 p.m.		@ #24 San Diego*#10 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		WCC NetworkL 2–3
(25–18, 23–25, 26–24, 16–25, 9–15)		2,04822–4
(13–2)
11/21
7 p.m.		Portland*#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25-15, 25-14, 25-17)		2,41223–4
(14–2)
11/23
1 p.m.		Gonzaga*#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–1
(21-25, 25-9, 25–20, 25–16)		3,20324–4
(15–2)
11/26
8 p.m.		Pepperdine*#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 ESPNU W 3–2
(25-15, 25-19, 20–25, 20–25, 15–3)		3,64625–4
(16–2)
12/06
7 p.m.		y- New Mexico State #13
(14-seed)		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 1st Round)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–7, 25–23, 25–19)		2,40126–4
(16–2)
12/07
7 p.m.		y- #17 Utah#13
(14-seed)		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 2nd Round)		BYUtvL 0–3
(15–25, 15–25, 15–25)		3,25026–5
(16–2)
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

[6]

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or WCC Network (formerly TheW.tv). Most road game will also be televised or streamed.

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References

For information on BYU's other fall and winter sports please check out the following:

  1. ↑ "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "No. 1 women's volleyball improves to 27-0, clinches WCC title". The Daily Universe. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Stanford sweeps BYU out of NCAA Women's volleyball championships". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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  6. ↑ "BYU women's volleyball releases 2019 schedule". The Daily Universe. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
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