2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	8–17 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Devin Young [1] (4th season) Micah Naone [2] (4th season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
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The 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by seventh year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. ^[3] The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll. ^[4] After finishing last season ranked #2 the Cougars enter the 2022 season with the #6 ranking. ^[5]

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	1		.917			22	–	5		.815
No. 7 USC  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			22	–	7		.759
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	5		.583			19	–	10		.655
No. 11 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			16	–	12		.571
No. 9 Stanford  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			14	–	14		.500
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			10	–	16		.385
BYU  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			8	–	17		.320
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of March 17, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Roster

2022 BYU Cougars roster [6]
	Defensive specialist/libero 4 Jon Stanley - Junior 6 Jackson Fife - Freshman 12 Mitchel Worthington - Senior Middle blockers 5 Alessandro Gianotti - Freshman 10 Gavin Julien - Sophomore 17 Branden Oberender - Senior 19 Ethan Gant - Freshman 21 Teon Taylor - Freshman		Outside hitters 1 Davide Gardini - Senior 3 Kupono Browne - Sophomore 9 Jack Palmer - Freshman 11 Jared Brady - Freshman 18 Luke Benson - Freshman 23 Miks Ramanis - Freshman		Opposite hitters 2 Alex Ah Sue - Senior 13 Anthony Cherfan - Freshman Setters 7 Truman Morley - Freshman 8 Bartosz Slawinski - Sophomore 14 Zeo Meyer - Sophomore 16 Noa Haine - Freshman

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on BYUtv or BYUtv.org. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.

Date time	Opponent	Rank (tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/6 5 p.m.	@ #5 Penn State	#6	Rec Hall State College, PA	B1G+	L 0–3 (14–25, 18–25, 19–25) [7]	197	0–1
1/8 5 p.m.	@ #5 Penn State	#6	Rec Hall State College, PA	B1G+	L 0–3 (21–25, 19–25, 24–26) [8]	473	0–2
1/21 7 p.m.	#13 UC Irvine	#10	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (25–23, 25–23, 17–25, 25–27, 15–12) [9]	3,174	1–2
1/22 7 p.m.	#13 UC Irvine	#10	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv.org	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–18, 25–21) [10]	2,691	2–2
1/27 7 p.m.	Mount Olive	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (24–26, 25–19, 25–20, 22–25, 15–12) [11]	2,509	3–2
1/29 7 p.m.	Mount Olive	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–1 (26–24, 27–25, 19–25, 25–20) [12]	3,224	4–2
2/04 7 p.m.	#10 Ball State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (30–32, 20–25, 25–20, 25–22, 15–10) [13]	2,990	5–2
2/05 7 p.m.	#10 Ball State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 1–3 (25–23, 19–25, 31–33, 20–25)	2,702	5–3
2/11 7 p.m.	#14 UC San Diego	#11	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (27–25, 25–23, 18–25, 29–31, 11–15)	3,019	5–4
2/12 7 p.m.	#14 UC San Diego	#11	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (22–25, 25–15, 25–22, 15–25, 12–15)	3,085	5–5
2/18 8 p.m.	@ #6 UC Santa Barbara	#13	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (21–25, 18–25, 23–25)	100	5–6
2/19 8 p.m.	@ #6 UC Santa Barbara	#13	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA		L 1–3 (22–25, 26–28, 28–26, 24–26)	125	5–7
2/25 7 p.m.	#9 Grand Canyon*	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 1–3 (25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 22–25)	3,149	5–8 (0–1)
2/26 7 p.m.	#9 Grand Canyon*	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (26–24, 30–28, 22–25, 26–28, 16–18)	2,753	5–9 (0–2)
3/04 8 p.m.	@ #6 USC*	#15	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12+ USC	L 1–3 (23–25, 19–25, 25–18, 20–25)	450	5–10 (0–3)
3/05 8 p.m.	@ #6 USC*	#15	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12 LA	L 0–3 (18–25, 10–25, 17–25)	451	5–11 (0–4)
3/11 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–14, 25–17)	3,069	6–11 (1–4)
3/12 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–1 (19–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–22)	3,041	7–11 (2–4)
3/25 7 p.m.	@ #7 Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WaveCasts	W 3–2 (32–30, 21–25, 20–25, 31–29, 15–9)	705	8–11 (3–4)
3/26 7 p.m.	@ #7 Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WaveCasts	L 0–3 (22–25, 21–25, 19–25)	682	8–12 (3–5)
4/08 8 p.m.	@ #12 Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	L 0–3 (27–29, 20–25, 22–25)	630	8–13 (3–6)
4/09 7 p.m.	@ #12 Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	L 2–3 (25–19, 27–25, 23–25, 20–25, 22–24)	1,142	8–14 (3–7)
4/15 7 p.m.	#1 UCLA*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 1–3 (25–20, 23–25, 16–25, 18–25)	3,987	8–15 (3–8)
4/16 7 p.m.	#1 UCLA*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (28–26, 25–20, 23–25, 22–25, 9–15)	4,185	8–16 (3–9)
4/20 6 p.m.	#8 Pepperdine (3)	(6)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal)	FloVolleyball	L 2–3 (22—25, 20–25, 25–23, 25–21, 14–16)	450	8–17

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Penn State: No commentary
• Penn State: Jake Starr & Jordan Mansberger
• UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano
• UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Mount Olive: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Mount Olive: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Ball State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Ball State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
• Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
• USC: Anne Marie Anderson
• Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Stanford: Ted Enberg
• Stanford: Ted Enberg
• UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• MPSF Quarterfinal- Pepperdine: Nick Kopp

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	6 [14]	7 [15]	10 [16]	8 [17]	9 [18]	11 [19]	13 [20]	13 [21]	15	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
Off the Block Media	Not released	9 [22]	RV [23]	9 [24]	RV [25]	RV [26]	— [27]	— [28]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.

References

See also: 2021 BYU Cougars football team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2022 BYU Cougars softball team

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