2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	19–10 (7–5 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Devin Young [1] (7th season) Otavio Souza [2] (3rd season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
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The 2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by tenth 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 third in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll. ^[4]

2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	2		.833			22	–	7		.759
No. 6 USC  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			21	–	7		.750
No. 8 BYU  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			19	–	10		.655
No. 4 Pepperdine  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	5		.583			21	–	10		.677
Menlo  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			13	–	13		.500
No. 11 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			8	–	10		.444
No. 12 Stanford  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			13	–	15		.464
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			10	–	19		.345
Vanguard  ‍‍‍	2	–	10		.167			8	–	18		.308
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

• Luke Benson won the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week for games held Opening Week. Likewise Teon Taylor won the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week Opening Week. ^[5]

Roster

2025 BYU Cougars roster [6]
	Defensive specialist/libero 6 Jackson Fife - Junior 15 Bernardo Adam - Junior Middle blockers 5 Niko Hales - Freshman 17 Gavin Chambers - Freshman 19 Ethan Gant - Junior 21 Teon Taylor - Senior		Outside hitters 1 Luke Benson - Senior 9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Sophomore 10 Lucas Torres - Junior 11 Jared Brady - Junior 20 Keoni Thiim - Senior 22 Jack Sutton - Junior 23 Miks Ramanis - Senior 24 Cole Hauser - Junior		Opposite hitters 10 Lucas Torres - Junior 14 Ian Little - Sophomore Setters 2 Kyle Saurer - Freshman 3 Tyler Hergert [7] - Junior

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information: ^[8]

All home games will be televised on BYUtv, BYUtv.org, and BTN+/B1G+. 8 home matches will be live on BTN+ and shown tape delayed on BYUtv while the other 8 will be live on both platforms. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.

Date time	Opponent	Rank (tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/3 5 p.m.	@ #11 Ohio State	#6	Covelli Center Columbus, OH	BTN+	W 3–1 (19–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–18) [9]	1,292	1–0
1/4 5 p.m.	@ #11 Ohio State	#6	Covelli Center Columbus, OH	BTN+	W 3–1 (29–27, 23–25, 25–15, 25–17) [10]	1,116	2–0
1/10 7 p.m.	St. Thomas Aquinas	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org BTN+	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–14, 25–21) [11]	3,453 [12]	3–0
1/11 7 p.m.	St. Thomas Aquinas	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–16, 25–16) [13]	3,609 [14]	4–0
1/16 5 p.m.	@ #6 Ball State	#5	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+	W 3–2 (23–25, 25–27, 25–15, 25–19, 15–12) [15]	2,018	5–0
1/17 5 p.m.	@ #6 Ball State	#5	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+	W 3–2 (22–25, 26–24, 22–25, 25–17, 15–9) [16]	2,040	6–0
1/22 7 p.m.	@ #2 UC Irvine	#5	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 3-2 (17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 12-15)	1,518	6-1
1/24 7 p.m.	@ #2 UC Irvine	#5	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 0-3 (21-25, 12-25, 19-25)	2,823	6-2
1/31 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	L 2-3 (25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 16-25, 20-22)	5,019	6-3
2/1 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	L 1-3 (18-25, 22-25, 25-22, 22-25)	5,387	6-4
2/7 7 p.m.	#15 UC Santa Barbara	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-18)	3,705	7-4
2/8 7 p.m.	#15 UC Santa Barbara	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22)	3,907	8-4
2/14 8 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	#7	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+	W 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 17-25, 25-17)	221	9-4 (1-0)
2/15 8 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	#7	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+	W 3-2 (25-21, 25-15, 18-25, 20-25, 15-8)	348	10-4 (2-0)
2/21 7 p.m.	Barry	#7	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3-1 (25-14, 25-15, 19-25, 25-13)	3,529	11-4 (2-0)
2/22 7 p.m.	Barry	#7	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 26-24)	3,914	12-4 (2-0)
3/7 7 p.m.	#5 USC*	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	'L 2–3 (25–23, 21–25, 23–25, 25–21, 21–23)	4,606	12–5 (2–1)
3/8 7 p.m.	#5 USC*	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	L 0–3 (25–27, 24–26, 20–25)	3,613	12–6 (2–2)
3/15 7 p.m.	Harvard	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–18, 25–15)	4,869	13–6
3/17 7 p.m.	Harvard	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ BYUtv (TD)	W 3–1 (21–25, 25–14, 25–20, 25–21)	3,029	14–6
3/21 7 p.m.	@ #14 Grand Canyon*	#6	Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ	BTN+	W 3–1 (25–18, 25–18, 22–25, 25–23)	1,647	15–6 (3–2)
3/22 7 p.m.	@ #14 Grand Canyon*	#6	Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ	BTN+	L 0–3 (16–25, 17–25, 19–25)	1,527	15–7 (3–3)
4/3 7 p.m.	#12 Stanford*	#7	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–19, 25–23)	3,696	16–7 (4–3)
4/4 7 p.m.	#12 Stanford*	#7	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	W 3–1 (25–23, 20–25, 25–23, 25–17)	4,436	17–7 (5–3)
4/11 8 p.m.	@ #2 UCLA*	#7	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+	L 2–3 (25–22, 15–25, 21–25, 27–25, 17–19)	1,066	17–8 (5–4)
4/12 6 p.m.	@ #2 UCLA*	#7	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN	L 1–3 (17–25, 25–22, 21–25, 17–25)	2,018	17–9 (5–5)
4/18 7 p.m.	#7 Pepperdine*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	W 3–2 (25–21, 26–28, 25–17, 17–25, 15–12)	3,530	18–9 (6–5)
4/19 7 p.m.	#7 Pepperdine*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+	W 3–1 (25–19, 25–20, 23–25, 25–17)	3,596	19–9 (7–5)
4/24 9 p.m.	#12 Stanford	#8	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+	L 2–3 (23–25, 25–19, 25–27, 25–19, 10–15)	305	19–10

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Ohio State: Jonathan Matthes & Dylan Tyrer
• Ohio State: Sara Sharp & Hanna Williford
• St. Thomas Aquinas: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• St. Thomas Aquinas: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Ball State: Jordan Klimes, Dominick Liacone, & Brayden Carroll
• Ball State: Dominick Liacone, Jordan Klimes, & Brayden Carroll
• UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
• UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
• Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UC Santa Barbara: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UC Santa Barbara: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Concordia Irvine: Charlie Dalton
• Concordia Irvine: Charlie Dalton & Tavin Carncross
• Barry: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• Barry: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• USC: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• USC: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• Harvard: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• Harvard: Jarom Jordan & Andrew Stewart
• Grand Canyon: Tyler Hartman & Annabella Howerton
• Grand Canyon: Tyler Hartman & Annabella Howerton
• Stanford: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Jon Alleman, & Joe Hillman
• UCLA: Darren Preston & Victoria Dennis
• UCLA: Kevin Barnett & Camryn Irwin
• Pepperdine: Jason Shepherd & Kenzie Dahle
• Pepperdine: Jarom Jordan & Kenzie Dahle
• MPSF Tournament- Stanford: Al Epstein & Joey Vergilis

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	6 [17] [18]	5 [19] [20]	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	8
Off the Block Media	Not released		4 [21]	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	7	6	9	7	8	9	8

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

References

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2. "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
3. "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
4. "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved December 16, 2024.
5. "Benson, Taylor earn MPSF men's volleyball awards". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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10. "Benson's 21 kills leads No. 6 BYU men's volleyball to another win at No. 11 Ohio State". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
11. "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball sweeps St. Thomas Aquinas in home opener". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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21. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 21, 2025)". Off the Block.