2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record11–7 (2–4 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young [1] (6th season)
  • Otavio Souza [2] (2nd season)
Home arena Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons
←  2023
2025  →

The 2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by ninth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. [3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish tied for third with Grand Canyon in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll. [4]

Contents

2024 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍6–0 1.00015–2 .882
No. 4 UCLA  ‍‍‍5–1 .83315–4 .789
No. 10 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍2–3 .40014–5 .737
No. 6 BYU  ‍‍‍2–4 .33311–7 .611
No. 12 USC  ‍‍‍2–4 .33310–9 .526
No. 7 Stanford  ‍‍‍2–4 .3339–9 .500
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍0–3 .0006–8 .429
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 MPSF Tournament champion

Season highlights

Roster

2024 BYU Cougars roster [6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 6 Jackson Fife - Sophomore
  • 18 Bernardo Adam - Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 5 Tyler Watts - Sophomore
  • 8 Caleb Sorenson - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 10 Gavin Julien - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 19 Ethan Gant - Sophomore
  • 21 Teon Taylor - Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Luke Benson - Sophomore
  • 9 Trent Moser - Sophomore
  • 11 Jared Brady - Sophomore
  • 22 Jack Sutton - Sophomore
  • 23 Miks Ramanis - Junior
  • 24 Brigham Spilsbury - Sophomore
 

Opposite hitters

  • 13 Kupono Browne - Senior
  • 14 Ian Little - Sophomore

Setters

  • 2 Kyle Saurer - Freshman
  • 3 Tyler Hergert [7] - Sophomore
  • 7 Noa Haine - Junior
  • 20 Cooper Jarman - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information: [8]

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)
1/5
7 p.m.		#15 Ball State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–20) [9] 		3,2421–0
1/6
7 p.m.		#15 Ball State#9Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 25–16) [10] 		1,8002–0
1/11
6 p.m.		@ #10 Loyola Chicago #9 Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL 		NBCS CHIC+
ESPN+ 		W 3–2
(19–25, 26–24, 25–27, 25–22, 15–13) [11] 		4893–0
1/13
6 p.m.		@ #15 Lewis #9Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL 		Volleyball World on YouTube L 2–3
(25–15, 25–19, 25–15)		4,1253–1
1/19
8 p.m.		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #9 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+W 3-1
(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 25–20) [12] 		6424–1
1/20
7 p.m.		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara#9Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA		ESPN+W 3–0
(25–23, 25–20, 27–25) [13] 		5025–1
1/22
7 p.m.		#14 Princeton #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–21) [14] 		2,7356–1
1/23
7 p.m.		#14 Princeton#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–23)		2,4737–1
1/26
7 p.m.		#7 UC Irvine #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv'L 1–3
(25–22, 25–27, 18–25, 20–25) [15] 		3,6627–2
1/27
7 p.m.		#7 UC Irvine#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 2–3
(25–23, 24–26, 18–25, 25–23, 13–15)		3,8807–3
2/8
7 p.m.		 LIU #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–23, 25–22, 25–16) [16] 		2,9118–3
2/10
7 p.m.		LIU#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–21) [17] 		3,1849–3
2/16
7 p.m.		#2 Grand Canyon*#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 0–3
(32–34, 23–25, 23–25)		3,9449–4
(0–1)
2/17
7 p.m.		#2 Grand Canyon*#6Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 0–3
(21–25, 20–25, 23–25)		4,1499–5
(0–2)
2/23
7 p.m.		#4 UCLA*#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvW 3–2
(31–29, 23–25, 18–25, 25–21, 15–12) [18] 		4,51410–5
(1–2)
2/24
7 p.m.		#4 UCLA*#8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 2–3
(21–25, 25–21, 25–19, 23–25, 10–15) [19] 		5,02410–6
(1–3)
3/8
8 p.m.		@ #7 Stanford*#6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 BAY W 3–2
(25–13, 16–25, 23–25, 25–23, 18–16) [20] 		74511–6
(2–3)
3/9
7 p.m.		@ #7 Stanford*#6Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA		P12 BAYL 0–3
(19–25, 20–25, 21–25)		98011–7
(2–4)
3/22
7 p.m.		@ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		ESPN+
3/23
6 p.m.		@ Pepperdine*Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		ESPN+
3/29
7 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv
3/30
7 p.m.		Concordia Irvine*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtv
4/5
7 p.m.		@ USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USC
4/6
7 p.m.		@ USC*Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA		P12+ USC
4/17
TBA		Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)		 FloVolleyball
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
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PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches9998886866
Off the Block MediaNot released8 [21] 7 [22] 9 [23] 9 [24] 8 [25] 9 [26] 8 [27] 7 [28]

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

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