2016 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

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2016 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
WCC Regular Season Champs
NCAA, Regional Semifinals
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2016 record29–4 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (3rd season)
  • Jonny Neeley[2] (1st season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 West Coast Conference volleyball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 BYU  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 2   .889 29 – 4   .879
No. 22 San Diego  ‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 24 – 6   .800
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 19 – 11   .633
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 17 – 11   .607
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 17 – 13   .567
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 16 – 14   .533
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 11 – 18   .379
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 0 – 18   .000 4 – 27   .129
† – Conference champion

The 2016 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by second year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament.

Season highlights[]

Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster[]

2016 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 1 Jaiden Kaka – Junior
  • 8 Makenna Santiago – Senior
  • 17 Tristyn Moser – Freshman
  • 18 Mary Lake – Freshman

Opposite Hitters

  • 2 Cosy Burnett – Redshirt Junior
  • 5 Emily Lewis – Redshirt Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 11 Lacy Haddock – Sophomore
  • 12 Veronica Jones-Perry – Sophomore
  • 13 Danelle Parady – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 14 McKenna Miller – Freshman

Setters

  • 3 Alohi Robins-Hardy – Junior
  • 6 Lyndie Haddock – Sophomore
  • 15 Kiani Tuileta – Redshirt Freshman
  

Middle Blockers

  • 4 Madeline Graham – Junior
  • 7 Sophie Hartsock – Sophomore
  • 10 Amy Boswell – Redshirt Senior
  • 16 Whitney Young Howard – Redshirt Senior
  • 21 Megan Mowry – Freshman
  • 24 Kennedy Redding – Freshman
  

Schedule[]

Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Result Attendance Record
(WCC Record)
8/26
7 p.m. 		Utah Valley #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-14, 25-14, 25-13)[4] 		4,672[5] 1–0
8/27
12:30 p.m. 		Rice #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–2
(25-20, 23-25, 24-26, 25-18, 15-8)[6] 		384[7] 2–0
8/27
7:30 p.m. 		Cal Poly #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-16, 25-13, 25-20)[8] 		1,678[9] 3–0
9/02
8 a.m. 		vs. Wyoming #10 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic) 		W 3–0
(25-20, 25-22, 25-14)[10] 		N/A[11] 4–0
9/02
3:30 p.m. 		vs. LIU-Brooklyn #10 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic) 		W 3–0
(25-16, 25-8, 25-13)[12] 		N/A[13] 5–0
9/03
5 p.m. 		@ #11 Ohio State #10 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic) 		W 3–2
(19-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-20, 15-9)[14] 		1,341[15] 6–0
9/09
4 p.m. 		vs. Boise State #10 Holt Arena
Pocatello, ID
(Idaho State Invitational) 		W 3–0
(25-11, 25-23, 25-18)[16] 		97[17] 7–0
9/10
12 p.m. 		vs. Missouri #10 Holt Arena
Pocatello, ID
(Idaho State Invitational) 		W 3–0
(26-24, 26-24, 25-17)[18] 		N/A[19] 8–0
9/10
7 p.m. 		@ Idaho State #10 Holt Arena
Pocatello, ID
(Idaho State Invitational) 		Watch Big Sky W 3–0
(25-14, 25-21, 25-14)[20] 		939[21] 9–0
9/15
7 p.m. 		Utah #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(Deseret First Duel) 		BYUtv L 3–2
(27-25, 25-20, 23-15, 17-25, 15-13)[22] 		2,688[23] 9–1
9/16
7 p.m. 		CSUN #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(UVU/BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-19, 25-23, 25-20)[24] 		1,581[25] 10–1
9/17
5 p.m. 		UNLV #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(UVU/BYU Invitational) 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-19, 25-17, 25-21)[26] 		1,130[27] 11–1
9/22
7 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-19, 29-27, 25-17)[28] 		1,433[29] 12–1
(1–0)
9/24
1 p.m. 		San Francisco* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-15, 25-16, 25-10)[30] 		1,448[31] 13–1
(2–0)
9/27
8 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* #11 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–1
(22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-21)[32] 		433[33] 14–1
(3–0)
9/30
8 p.m. 		@ #6 San Diego* #11 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		TheW.tv
Twitter 		L 3–0
(25-20, 25-23, 25-23)[34] 		1,752[35] 14–2
(3–1)
10/06
8 p.m. 		Saint Mary's* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-20, 25-14, 25-10)[36] 		2,143[37] 15–2
(4–1)
10/08
1 p.m. 		Pacific* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-22, 25-11, 25-17)[38] 		1,362[39] 16–2
(5–1)
10/13
8 p.m. 		@ Portland* #11 Chiles Center
Portland, OR 		TheW.tv L 3–2
(25-22, 25-27, 25-22, 17-25, 15-9)[40] 		1,113[41] 16–3
(5–2)
10/15
1 p.m. 		@ Gonzaga* #11 McCarthey Athletic Center
Spokane, WA 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-13, 25-16, 25-19)[42] 		836[43] 17–3
(6–2)
10/20
7 p.m. 		Pepperdine* #16 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-14, 25-12, 25-20)[44] 		1,420[45] 18–3
(7–2)
10/22
1 p.m. 		Loyola Marymount* #16 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12)[46] 		1,536[47] 19–3
(8–2)
10/28
7 p.m. 		#5 San Diego* #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(26-16, 25-22, 27-25) 		2,814[48] 20–3
(9–2)
11/03
8 p.m. 		@ Pacific* #12 Alex G. Spanos Center
Stockton, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-15, 25-20, 25-19) 		830[49] 21–3
(10–2)
11/05
2 p.m. 		@ Saint Mary's* #12 McKeon Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-21, 25-19, 25-23) 		342[50] 22–3
(11–2)
11/10
7 p.m. 		Gonzaga * #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(25-16, 25-17, 19–25, 25-14) 		2,513[51] 23–3
(12–2)
11/12
1 p.m. 		Portland* #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25-10, 32-30, 25-15) 		670[52] 24–3
(13–2)
11/17
8 p.m. 		@ San Francisco* #10 War Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–1
(25-10, 21–25, 25-13, 25-9) 		114[53] 25–3
(14–2)
11/19
2 p.m. 		@ Santa Clara* #10 Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–1
(25-15, 15–25, 26-24, 25-12) 		400[54] 26–3
(15–2)
11/22
8 p.m. 		@ Loyola Marymount* #10 Gersten Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		ESPNU W 3–2
(16–25, 16–25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-13) 		789[55] 27–3
(16–2)
12/02
7 p.m. 		y- Princeton #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-22, 25-15, 25-23) 		2,696[56] 28–3
12/03
7 p.m. 		y- UNLV #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25-23, 25-21, 25-12) 		2,049 29–3
12/09
7 p.m. 		y- @ #5 Texas #10 Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, TX 		ESPNU L 3–2
(25–23, 25–14, 24-26, 22-25, 16-14) 		3,478[57] 29–4

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*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games[]

All home games will be on BYUtv or Campus Insiders TheW.tv. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

  • Utah Valley: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Rice: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Cal Poly: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Idaho State: Matt Steuart & Kade Vance
  • Utah: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
  • CSUN: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
  • UNLV: Mitchell Marshall
  • Santa Clara: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Jason Shepherd
  • San Francisco: Robbie Bullough & Mitchell Marshall
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • San Diego: Darren Preston
  • Saint Mary's: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Pacific: Mitchell Marshall
  • Portland: Cody Barton
  • Gonzaga: No commentary
  • Pepperdine: Robbie Bullough & Mitchell Marshall
  • Loyola Marymount: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • San Diego: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Pacific: Don Gubbins
  • Saint Mary's: Alex Jensen
  • Gonzaga: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Portland: Mitchell Marshall
  • San Francisco: Pat Olsen
  • Santa Clara: No commentary
  • Loyola Marymount: Paul Sunderland & Dain Blanton
  • Princeton: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • UNLV: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Texas: Tiffany Greene & Maria Taylor

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