2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
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NCAA Tournament 3–seed, L, Final 3–0
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
2017 record26-5 (16-2 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Luka Slabe[1] (2nd season)
  • Jaylen Reyes[2] (2nd season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 2   .889 27 – 4   .871
No. 2 BYU  ‍‍‍ 16 – 2   .889 26 – 5   .839
No. 4 Hawaiʻi  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 27 – 6   .818
No. 5 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 20 – 7   .741
No. 6 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 17 – 10   .630
No. 8 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 10 – 12   .455
No. 9 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 13 – 13   .500
No. 11 USC  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 14 – 14   .500
No. 15 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 12 – 15   .444
UCSB  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 10 – 16   .385
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 7 – 19   .269
Cal Baptist  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 7 – 21   .250
† – Conference champion
  • y- Invited to the
    As of May 8, 2017; Rankings from AVCA

The 2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by second year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.[4] They reached the NCAA National Championship for the second year in a row before being swept by Ohio State. The Cougars finished the year ranked #2 in the nation.[5]

Season highlights[]

  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster[]

2017 BYU Cougars Roster[6]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 7 Taylor Richards - Sophomore
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Junior
  • 22 Mitchel Worthington - Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Junior
  • 17 Joseph Grosh - Senior
  • 19 Miki Jauhiainen - Freshman
  • 20 Sam Cagle - Freshman
  • 21 Christian Rupert - RS Sophomore
  

Outside Hitters

  • 5 Kiril Meretev - Senior
  • 6 Zach Eschenberg - Freshman
  • 10 Jake Langolis - Senior
  • 14 Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga - Freshman
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Junior
  • 24 Tanner Skabelund - RS Freshman
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 2 Jacob Komenda - Freshman
  • 13 Ben Patch - Junior
  • 16 Tim Dobbert - RS Junior

Setters

  • 3 Wil Stanley - Freshman
  • 4 Leo Durkin - Junior
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Freshman
  

Schedule[]

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

BYU Radio will simulcast most BYUtv games with the BYUtv feed.
Campus Insiders TheW.tv will air select games when BYUtv has basketball commitments. These games will not be aired on BYU Radio.
Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF Record)
1/6
6 p.m. 		#6 Lewis #3[7]
Romeoville, IL 		GLVC SN W 3–0
(27–25, 27–25, 25–22)[8] 		981 1–0
1/7
6 p.m. 		#11 Loyola-Chicago #3 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL 		ESPN3 L 3–1
(25–20, 25–22, 22–25, 33–31)[9] 		604[10] 1–1
1/12
7 p.m. 		McKendree #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–16, 25–19, 25–20) 		1,830[11] 2–1
1/13
7 p.m. 		Concordia-Irvine #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–17, 26–24) 		2,814[12] 3–1
1/14
7 p.m. 		McKendree #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–22, 25–17) 		2,665[13] 4–1
1/19
8 p.m. 		CSUN* #3 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Matador SN W 3–1
(23–25, 25–20, 25–17, 25–15) 		598 5–1
(1–0)
1/20
8 p.m. 		CSUN* #3 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Matador SN W 3–1
(26–24, 25–15, 22–25, 26–24) 		489 6–1
(2–0)
1/27
7 p.m. 		#7 UC Irvine* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 3–2
(25–23, 28–26, 32–34, 21–25, 15–12) 		3,029[14] 6–2
(2–1)
1/28
7 p.m. 		#7 UC Irvine #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 28–26) 		2,636[15] 7–2
2/3
7 p.m. 		#2 UCLA* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(28–26, 25–23, 13–25, 22–25, 18–16) 		4,047[16] 8–2
(3–1)
2/4
7 p.m. 		#2 UCLA* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–13, 25–23, 31–29) 		4,582[17] 9–2
(4–1)
2/10
8 p.m. 		USC* #3 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 USC W 3–0
(27–25, 25–17, 25–16) 		700 10–2
(5–1)
2/17
7 p.m. 		UC San Diego* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 26–24, 25–23) 		3,878 11–2
(6–1)
2/18
6 p.m. 		UC San Diego #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(27–25, 25–21, 25–22) 		3,707 12–2
2/23
8 p.m. 		#8 Stanford* #3 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 BAY W 3–0
(25–21, 25–20, 25–21) 		550 13–2
(7–1)
2/24
8 p.m. 		#8 Stanford* #3 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 STAN W 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–23, 26–24) 		1,339 14–2
(8–1)
3/3
7 p.m. 		Cal Baptist* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–16, 25–17, 28–30, 25–15) 		4,142 15–2
(9–1)
3/10
8 p.m. 		#9 Pepperdine* #3 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 25–17) 		637 16–2
(10��1)
3/11
8 p.m. 		#9 Pepperdine* #3 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 26–24) 		942 17–2
(11–1)
3/17
7 p.m. 		#4 Hawai'i* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(28–26, 25–18, 25–20) 		4,544 18–2
(12–1)
3/18
7 p.m. 		#4 Hawai'i* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–23, 28–26) 		3,555 19–2
(13–1)
3/21
7 p.m. 		Princeton #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18) 		2,160 20–2
3/24
7 p.m. 		#1 Long Beach State* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–2
(20–25, 26–24, 25–20, 21–25, 17–15) 		5,213 21–2
(14–1)
3/25
8 p.m. 		#1 Long Beach State* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–21) 		5,783 21–3
(14–2)
4/6
8 p.m. 		UC Santa Barbara* #3 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA 		Stretch Internet W 3–1
(24–26, 25–23, 25–16, 25–15) 		500 22–3
(15–2)
4/7
8 p.m. 		UC Santa Barbara* #3 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA 		Stretch Internet W 3–0
(25–22, 25–14, 25–21) 		1,150 23–3
(16–2)
4/15
7 p.m. 		#9 Stanford* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Quarterfinal) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–18) 		2,982 24–3
4/20
6 p.m. 		vs. #4 Hawai'i* #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(MPSF Semifinal) 		Flo Volleyball L 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–22) 		2,489 24–4
5/02
4 p.m. 		vs. Barton College #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Play-in) 		Buckeye Vision W 3–0
(25–19, 25–11, 25–15) 		695 25–4
5/04
4 p.m. 		vs. #1 Long Beach State #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Semifinal) 		NCAA.com W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–23) 		4,834 26–4
5/06
5 p.m. 		vs. #2 Ohio State #4 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Championship) 		ESPN2 L 3–0
(25–19, 25–20, 25–22) 		8,205 26–5
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games[]

  • Lewis: No commentary
  • Loyola-Chicago: Jason Goch & Ray Gooden
  • McKendree: Dave Neely
  • Concordia-Irvine: Dave Neely
  • McKendree: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • CSUN: No commentary
  • CSUN: No commentary
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC Irvine: Dave Neely
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UCLA: Robbie Bullough & Dave Neely
  • USC: Paul Duchesne & Paul Yoder
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Stanford: Kevin Barnett & Don Shaw
  • Stanford: No commentary
  • Cal Baptist: Robbie Bullough & Dave Neely
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Hawai'i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Hawai'i: Rob Espero & Nate Ngo
  • Barton: No commentary
  • Long Beach State: Ralph Bednarczyk
  • Ohio State: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett

References[]

See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team, 2016–17 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2016–17 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2016 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2016 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2017 BYU Cougars softball team
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