2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record17-1 (6-0 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young [1] (2nd season)
  • Micah Naone [2] (2nd season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
 2019
2021  

The 2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2020 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fifth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. [3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll. [4] On March 12 the NCAA, BYU, and the MPSF shutdown the remainder of the season due to COVID-19, leaving BYU to end the season ranked #1 and undefeated in conference play. [5]

Contents

2020 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 BYU  60 1.000171 .944
No. 11 Grand Canyon  42 .667147 .667
No. 8 Pepperdine  32 .60076 .538
No. 13 Concordia Irvine  34 .4291110 .524
No. 9 UCLA  23 .400109 .526
No. 14 Stanford  24 .333611 .353
USC  16 .143514 .263
Conference champion
2020 MPSF Tournament champion

Season highlights

Roster

2020 BYU Cougars roster [6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Freshman
  • 6 Zach Hendrickson - Junior
  • 12 Mitchel Worthington - Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 10 Gavin Julien - Freshman
  • 16 Felipe de Brito Ferreira - Junior
  • 17 Branden Oberender - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 18 Miki Jauhiainen - Senior
  • 21 Max Pothier - Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Davide Gardini - Sophomore
  • 4 Jon Stanley - Freshman
  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Senior
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Sophomore
  • 11 Zach Eschenberg - Senior
  • 13 Kana'i Akana - Sophomore
  • 20 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Alex Ah Sue - Sophomore
  • 5 Gabi Garcia Fernandez - Junior

Setters

  • 3 Wil Stanley - Senior
  • 23 Gavin Heap - Freshman
  • 24 Brody Earnest - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on BYUtv. Most road games will also be streamed.
Date
time
OpponentRankArena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/3
6 p.m.
@ #11 Loyola-Chicago #3 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL
ESPN3 W 3–1
(25–22, 22–25, 25–22, 25–16)
4961–0
1/4
6 p.m.
@ #6 Lewis #3 Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL
GLVCSNW 3–1
(25–21, 25–21, 22–25, 25–16)
9952–0
1/10
7 p.m.
#15 Penn State #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–22)
4,4403–0
1/11
5 p.m.
#15 Penn State#3Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–21)
3,0804–0
1/17
5 p.m.
@ Mount Olive #2 Kornegay Arena
Mount Olive, NV
Conference Carolinas DNW 3–0
(25–17, 25–10, 25–22)
2285–0
1/18
11 a.m.
@ Mount Olive#2Kornegay Arena
Mount Olive, NC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 25–16)
3846–0
1/22
8 p.m.
@ #5 UC Irvine #2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
Big West TVW 3–1
(25–17, 21–25, 25–20, 25–16)
6377–0
1/24
8 p.m.
@ #5 UC Irvine#2Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
Big West TVW 3–1
(28–30, 27–25, 25–17, 27–25)
1,6658–0
1/31
7 p.m.
#3 UCSB #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(25–16, 21–25, 25–21, 25–17)
4,6929–0
2/1
6 p.m.
#3 UCSB#2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(23–25, 25–22, 20–25, 28–26, 15–11)
3,65510–0
2/6
7 p.m.
#7 UCLA* #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(31–29, 25–12, 25–23)
3,10011–0
(1–0)
2/8
5 p.m.
#8 Pepperdine* #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(25–18, 25–22, 22–25, 25–20)
3,77512–0
(2–0)
2/14
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon* #2 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
GCU TV W 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 28–26)
3,87913–0
(3–0)
2/20
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine* #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–15, 25–19, 25–20)
2,76214–0
(4–0)
2/22
6 p.m.
USC* #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–18, 25–15, 25–19)
4,15115–0
(5–0)
2/29
7 p.m.
#13 Stanford* #2Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–12, 25–21, 25–22)
5,81716–0
(6–0)
3/5
10 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'i #2 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
SPEC HI
Big West TV
W 3–0
(25–15, 25–17, 25–20)
6,97717–0
3/6
10 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'i#2Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
SPEC HI
Big West TV
L 2–3
(25–20, 25–22, 22–25, 23–25, 17–19)
10,30017–1
3/13
8 p.m.
@ #14 Stanford*#1 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STAN Cancelled- COVID-19
3/26
8 p.m.
@ USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC
3/27
2 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
CIU on Stretch
4/2
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv.org
4/9
8 p.m.
@ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WCC Network
4/11
5 p.m.
@ UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA
TBATBA*(MPSF Tournament)
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

References

  1. "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. "BYU Adds Micah Noone to the staff for 2019". Volley Mob. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. "BYU Claims Top Spot in MPSF Volleyball Coaches' Poll". MPSF. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  5. "NCAA cancels March Madness and spring sports championships. Utah, BYU, USU all on hiatus". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. "2020 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics".