2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

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2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
2021 WCC Champions
Conference West Coast Conference
Record30–2 (18–0 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (8th season)
  • Jonny Neeley [2] (6th season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
←  2020–21
2022  →

The 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by seventh 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 finished first and won the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an automatic big to the NCAA tournament falling to Wisconsin.

2021 West Coast Conference fall volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 BYU  ‍†‍‍y18–0 1.00030–2 .938
No. 25 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y14–4 .77822–5 .815
San Diego  ‍‍‍y14–4 .77821–7 .750
Pacific  ‍‍‍10–8 .55613–16 .448
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍9–9 .50015–12 .556
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍8–9 .47112–15 .444
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍8–10 .44417–11 .607
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍5–13 .2789–20 .310
Portland  ‍‍‍2–14 .1255–20 .200
San Francisco  ‍‍‍0–17 .0000–25 .000
Portland games at San Francisco and Santa Clara were cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols. Since neither game had an impact on determining the conference champion, neither game was rescheduled. [3]
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 12, 2024
Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2020–21 BYU Cougars roster [4]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Morgan Bower - Junior
  • 14 Aria McComber - Graduate
  • 18 Madi Allen - Sophomore
  • 25 Gretchen Reinert - Graduate

Opposite hitters

  • 4 Kenzie Koerber - Graduate
  • 12 Kate Grimmer - Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Senior
  • 9 Alyssa Montoya - Freshman
  • 10 Erin Livingston - Sophomore
  • 11 Abbey Dayton - Junior
  • 15 Elyse Stowell - Freshman
  • 22 Sophia Callahan - Freshman
 

Setters

  • 6 Zayna Meyer - Freshman
  • 7 Whitney Bower - Junior
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Senior

Middle blockers

  • 2 Heather Gneiting - Junior
  • 5 Bri Albright - Freshman
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Graduate
 

Schedule

Date
Time		OpponentRank
(Tournament Seed)		Arena
City
(Tournament)		TelevisionResultAttendanceRecord
(WCC Record)
08/27
12 p.m.		 Southern Utah #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic)		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–11, 25–16, 25–13)		4571–0
08/27
7 p.m.		 LIU #15Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–11, 25–10, 25–9)		4,8232–0
08/28
7 p.m.		 UNLV #15Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–14, 25–16, 25–15)		4,4533–0
09/02
7 p.m.		 Weber State #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational)		BYUtvW 3–2
(25–23, 23–25, 18–25, 25–19, 15–4)		2,8524–0
09/03
7 p.m.		 Dixie State [5] #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–8, 25–16, 25–20)		2,8555–0
09/04
7 p.m.		 Michigan State #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–14, 25–21, 25–19)		2,4866–0
09/10
10 a.m.		vs. Bowling Green #12 Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge)		 W 3–0
(25–13, 25–16, 25–19)		1007–0
09/10
5 p.m.		@ #4 Pitt #12Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge)		 ACCN Extra L 1–3
(21–25, 25–21, 20–25, 24–26)		1,2587–1
09/11
2 p.m.		vs. High Point #12Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge)		W 3–0
(25–17, 25–19, 25–19)		1008–1
09/16
7 p.m.		#10 Utah #15Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(Deseret First Duel)		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 25–16)		5,1409–1
09/18
6 p.m.		@ Utah Valley #15 Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash)		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–16, 25–18, 25–20)		1,56410–1
09/23
7 p.m.		 Pacific*#11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv.orgW 3–0
(25–13, 25–12, 25–17)		2,49011–1
(1–0)
09/25
1 p.m.		 Saint Mary's*#11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–18, 25–17, 25–18)		2,35112–1
(2–0)
09/30
1 p.m.		@ Santa Clara*#10 Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–9)		32213–1
(3–0)
10/02
1 p.m.		@ San Francisco*#10 The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–23, 25–16, 25–18)		19314–1
(4–0)
10/07
7 p.m.		 Portland*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv.orgW 3–0
(25–16, 25–15, 25–10)		2,62415–1
(5–0)
10/09
12 p.m.		 Gonzaga*#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv.orgW 3–0
(25–7, 25–20, 25–14)		2,18716–1
(6–0)
10/14
8 p.m.		@ Loyola Marymount*#8 Gersten Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(22–25, 25–16, 25–22, 25–19)		30017–1
(7–0)
10/16
1 p.m.		@ #24 Pepperdine*#8 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(21–25, 25–19, 25–10, 25–16)		73718–1
(8–0)
10/22
7 p.m.		#21 San Diego*#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–17, 25–13, 25–13)		2,82819–1
(9–0)
10/28
7 p.m.		San Francisco*#7Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–19, 25–15, 25–14)		2,46620–1
(10–0)
10/30
1 p.m.		Santa Clara*#7Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–14, 25–10, 25–17)		2,41321–1
(11–0)
11/04
7 p.m.		@ Gonzaga*#6 Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Spokane, WA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–9, 25–19, 25–21)		75522–1
(12–0)
11/06
1 p.m.		@ Portland*#6 Chiles Center
Portland, OR 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–21, 25–17, 25–12)		41423–1
(13–0)
11/11
7 p.m.		Pepperdine*#5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–15, 25–17, 25–18)		2,97324–1
(14–0)
11/13
1 p.m.		Loyola Marymount*#5Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–1
(25–20, 24–26, 25–21, 25–22)		3,59225–1
(15–0)
11/18
8 p.m.		@ Pacific*#4 Alex G. Spanos Center
Stockton, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 29–27)		46826–1
(16–0)
11/20
2 p.m.		@ Saint Mary's*#4 University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(25–17, 25–15, 19–25, 25–14)		31327–1
(17–0)
11/23
8 p.m.		@ San Diego*#4 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		WCC NetworkW 3–1
(25–10, 14–25, 25–21, 25–22)		1,21328–1
(18–0)
12/3
7 p.m.		y- Boise State#4
(11-seed)		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 1st Round)		ESPN+W 3–0
(25–6, 25–19, 25–10)		5,34029–1
12/4
7 p.m.		y- Utah#4
(11-seed)		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 2nd Round)		ESPN+W 3–1
(17–25, 25–22, 25–23, 25–23)		4,72930–1
12/9
11 a.m.		y- #8
(6-seed) Purdue		#4
(11-seed)		Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
Pittsburgh, PA
(NCAA Tournament Regional semifinal)		 ESPNU L 2–3
(12–25, 25–16, 25–21, 13–25, 16–18)		1,47930–2
*-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 the BYUtv App. Most road games will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network, with the game at Pitt on ACC Network Extra, Utah Valley on ESPN+, and the other two Panther Classic matches being untelevised.

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References

For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season 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. ↑ "Portland Volleyball Matches this Week Canceled". Portland Pilots. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's Volleyball Roster". Byucougars.com. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ known as Utah Tech University as of Summer 2022
  6. ↑ "BYU Women's Volleyball 2021 Schedule Features Five In-State Opponents". Kslsports.com. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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