2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record8–17 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young [1] (4th season)
  • Micah Naone [2] (4th season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
  2021
2023  

The 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by seventh year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. [3] The Cougars are 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]

Contents

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 UCLA  y111 .917225 .815
No. 7 USC  84 .667227 .759
No. 5 Pepperdine  y75 .5831910 .655
No. 11 Grand Canyon  66 .5001612 .571
No. 9 Stanford  48 .3331414 .500
Concordia Irvine  39 .2501016 .385
BYU  39 .250817 .320
Conference champion
2022 MPSF Tournament champion

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 - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 Branden Oberender - Redshirt.svg 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
OpponentRank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(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]
1970–1
1/8
5 p.m.
@ #5 Penn State#6Rec Hall
State College, PA
B1G+L 0–3
(21–25, 19–25, 24–26) [8]
4730–2
1/21
7 p.m.
#13 UC Irvine #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(25–23, 25–23, 17–25, 25–27, 15–12) [9]
3,1741–2
1/22
7 p.m.
#13 UC Irvine#10Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv.orgW 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–21) [10]
2,6912–2
1/27
7 p.m.
Mount Olive #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(24–26, 25–19, 25–20, 22–25, 15–12) [11]
2,5093–2
1/29
7 p.m.
Mount Olive#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(26–24, 27–25, 19–25, 25–20) [12]
3,2244–2
2/04
7 p.m.
#10 Ball State #9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(30–32, 20–25, 25–20, 25–22, 15–10) [13]
2,9905–2
2/05
7 p.m.
#10 Ball State#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 1–3
(25–23, 19–25, 31–33, 20–25)
2,7025–3
2/11
7 p.m.
#14 UC San Diego #11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 2–3
(27–25, 25–23, 18–25, 29–31, 11–15)
3,0195–4
2/12
7 p.m.
#14 UC San Diego#11Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 2–3
(22–25, 25–15, 25–22, 15–25, 12–15)
3,0855–5
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)
1005–6
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)
1255–7
2/25
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon*#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 1–3
(25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 22–25)
3,1495–8
(0–1)
2/26
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon*#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 2–3
(26–24, 30–28, 22–25, 26–28, 16–18)
2,7535–9
(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)
4505–10
(0–3)
3/05
8 p.m.
@ #6 USC*#15Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAL 0–3
(18–25, 10–25, 17–25)
4515–11
(0–4)
3/11
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–16, 25–14, 25–17)
3,0696–11
(1–4)
3/12
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(19–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–22)
3,0417–11
(2–4)
3/25
7 p.m.
@ #7 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCastsW 3–2
(32–30, 21–25, 20–25, 31–29, 15–9)
7058–11
(3–4)
3/26
7 p.m.
@ #7 Pepperdine*Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCastsL 0–3
(22–25, 21–25, 19–25)
6828–12
(3–5)
4/08
8 p.m.
@ #12 Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAYL 0–3
(27–29, 20–25, 22–25)
6308–13
(3–6)
4/09
7 p.m.
@ #12 Stanford*Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAYL 2–3
(25–19, 27–25, 23–25, 20–25, 22–24)
1,1428–14
(3–7)
4/15
7 p.m.
#1 UCLA*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 1–3
(25–20, 23–25, 16–25, 18–25)
3,9878–15
(3–8)
4/16
7 p.m.
#1 UCLA*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 2–3
(28–26, 25–20, 23–25, 22–25, 9–15)
4,1858–16
(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)
4508–17
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches6 [14] 7 [15] 10 [16] 8 [17] 9 [18] 11 [19] 13 [20] 13 [21] 15RVRVRVRVRVRV
Off the Block MediaNot released9 [22] RV [23] 9 [24] RV [25] RV [26] [27] [28]

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

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