2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record19–7 (8–4 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young [1] (5th season)
  • Otavio Souza [2] (1st season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
  2022
2024  

The 2023 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by eighth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. [3] The Cougars were members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF quarterfinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll. [4]

Contents

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA  y120 1.000312 .939
No. 8 BYU  84 .667197 .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon  y66 .500228 .733
No. 9 Stanford  66 .5001513 .536
No. 10 Pepperdine  57 .4171614 .533
No. 12 USC  39 .2501016 .385
Concordia Irvine  210 .167819 .296
Conference champion
2023 MPSF Tournament champion
y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Roster

2023 BYU Cougars roster [6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Senior
  • 6 Jackson Fife - Freshman
  • 12 Mitchel Worthington - Senior
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 5 Alessandro Gianotti - Freshman
  • 10 Gavin Julien - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 19 Ethan Gant - Freshman
  • 21 Teon Taylor - Sophomore
  • 33 Caleb Sorenson - Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Luke Benson - Sophomore
  • 3 Kupono Browne - Junior
  • 9 Trent Moser - Freshman
  • 11 Jared Brady - Freshman
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Freshman
  • 23 Miks Ramanis - Sophomore
  • 24 Brigham Spilsbury - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 13 Anthony Cherfan - Sophomore

Setters

  • 7 Heath Hughes - Senior
  • 8 Bartosz Slawinski - Junior
  • 16 Noa Haine - Junior
  • 20 Cooper Jarman - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information: [7]

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
7 p.m.
McKendree Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–0
(25–20, 25–21, 25–20) [8]
N/A1–0
1/7
7 p.m.
#14 Lewis Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(25–20, 23–25, 25–17) [9]
3,2592–0
1/20
7 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson #13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–15) [10]
3,5133–0
1/21
7 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson#13Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–15, 25–19, 25–15) [11]
4,1254–0
1/25
8 p.m.
@ #6 UC Irvine [12] #12 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+ L 0-3
(21–25, 23–25, 16–25)
1,1024–1
1/27
8 p.m.
@ #6 UC Irvine#12Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–2
(26–24, 21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 15–9) [13]
1,7435–1
2/02
5 p.m.
@ #8 Ball State #11 Worthen Arena
Muncie, IN
ESPN3 W 3–1
(24–26, 25–23, 25–21, 27–25) [14]
1,5676–1
2/04
1 p.m.
@ #8 Ball State#11Worthen Arena
Muncie, IN
ESPN3L 1–3
(26–24, 23–25, 19–25, 23–25)
1,7116–2
2/10
7 p.m.
#14 UC Santa Barbara #10Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–1
(22–25, 25–19, 25–23, 25–20)
3,5167–2
2/11
7 p.m.
#14 UC Santa Barbara#10Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(25–19, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17)
3,7858–2
2/17
8 p.m.
@ #2 UCLA*#8 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LA L 0–3
(20–25, 22–25, 18–25)
1,4328–3
(0–1)
2/18
8 p.m.
@ #2 UCLA*#8 John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAL 0–3
(17–25, 21–25, 18–25)
1,0128–4
(0–2)
2/24
8 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine*#8CU Arena
Irvine, CA
Eagle EyeW 3–0
(25–18, 25–19, 25–19)
1059–4
(1–2)
2/25
8 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine*#8CU Arena
Irvine, CA
Eagle EyeW 3–2
(24–26, 26–24, 19–25, 31–29, 15–12)
42110–4
(2–2)
3/03
6 p.m.
@ #5 Grand Canyon*#8 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 0–3
(18–25, 22–25, 21–25)
2,13410–5
(2–3)
3/04
6 p.m.
@ #5 Grand Canyon*#8GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 2–3
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 17–25, 15–17)
2,56710–6
(2–4)
3/10
7 p.m.
#15 Ohio State #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–1
(25–23, 25–23, 23–25, 25–21)
3,59811–6
3/11
7 p.m.
#15 Ohio State#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(25–23, 25–15, 14–25, 23–25, 15–7)
5,07112–6
3/24
7 p.m.
#7 Pepperdine*#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 25–20, 15–11)
4,15613–6
(3–4)
3/25
7 p.m.
#7 Pepperdine*#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–2
(22–25, 25–16, 25–21, 23–25, 15–13)
4,32514–6
(4–4)
3/30
7 p.m.
#11 USC*#7Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–1
(25–21, 22–25, 25–17, 25–20)
3,28315–6
(5–4)
3/31
7 p.m.
#11 USC*#7Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–1
(25–20, 30–28, 24–26, 25–14)
4,26116–6
(6–4)
4/14
7 p.m.
#8 Stanford*#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–1
(25–20, 19–25, 25–21, 26–24)
4,35817–6
(7–4)
4/15
7 p.m.
#8 Stanford*#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–19)
4,17818–6
(8–4)
4/19
4:05 p.m.
Concordia Irvine (7)#6
(2)
Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball W 3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15)
50519–6
4/20
8:05 p.m.
@ #8 Stanford
(3)
#6
(2)
Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
FloVolleyballL 2–3
(20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25–22, 12–15)
61719–7
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA CoachesRV [16] 13 [17] 13 [18] 12 [19] 11 [20] 10 [21] 8 [22] 8 [23] 8 [24] 8 [25] 8 [26] 8 [27] 776678
Off the Block MediaNot releasedRV [28] RV [29] RV [30] 979999877558

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

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  11. "No. 13 Cougar men's volleyball sweeps Fairleigh Dickinson for second time". Daily Herald . Retrieved January 21, 2023.
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