2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

The 2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.[4]

2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 BYU ‍†‍‡‍y 10–2 .833  22–7 .759
No. 3 UCLA ‍‍‍y 9–3 .750  26–8 .765
No. 8 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .667  15–8 .652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍ 5–7 .417  16–15 .516
No. 14 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 4–8 .333  18–11 .621
USC  ‍‍‍ 3–9 .250  8–20 .286
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 3–9 .250  6–20 .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 MPSF Tournament champion
2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2018 Outriggers Classic Champions
2018 MPSF Champions
2018 NCAA Tournament, L- Semifinals
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
2018 record22-7 (10-2 MPSF)
Head coach
  • Shawn Olmstead (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Luka Slabe[1] (3rd season)
  • Jaylen Reyes[2] (3rd season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

Season highlights
  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster
2018 BYU Cougars Roster[5]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 6 Zach Hendrickson - Freshman
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Senior
  • 10 Taylor Richards - Junior

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Senior
  • 16 Felipe de Brito Ferreira - Freshman
  • 17 Branden Oberender - Freshman
  • 18 Miki Jauhiainen - Sophomore
  • 21 Christian Rupert - Junior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Sophomore
  • 11 Zach Eschenberg - Sophomore
  • 14 Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga - Sophomore
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Senior
  • 19 Alex Ah Sue - Freshman
  • 24 Tanner Skabelund - Sophomore
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 5 Gabi Garcia Fernandez - Freshman
  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
  • 9 Andrew Lincoln - Sophomore
  • 13 Charlie Sragusa - Freshman

Setters

  • 3 Wil Stanley - Sophomore
  • 4 Leo Durkin - Senior
  • 7 Cyrus Fa'alogo - Sophomore
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

TheW.tv will air select games when BYUtv has basketball commitments.
Date
Time		 Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)		 Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF Record)
1/5
7 p.m.		 #13 Loyola-Chicago #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(25–22, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 12–15)		 3,339 0–1
1/6
7 p.m.		 #6 Lewis #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–21, 23–25, 25–15, 25–15)		 3,024 1–1
1/12
5:30 p.m.		 #14 Ball State #6 Worthen Arena
Muncie, IL		 ESPN3 W 3–1
(25–19, 16–25, 25–15, 25–20)		 1,764 2–1
1/13
5 p.m.		 #1 Ohio State #6 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH		 Buckeye Vision W 3–2
(21–25, 25–21, 25–20, 21–25, 15–8)		 2,237 3–1
1/19
8 p.m.		 Barton #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–12, 25–15, 25–17)		 3,595 4–1
1/20
8 p.m.		 Barton #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 26–24)		 2,116 5–1
1/26
8 p.m.		 #6 UC Irvine #5 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		 Big West TV L 1–3
(22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 21–25)		 1,777 5–2
1/27
8 p.m.		 #6 UC Irvine #5 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		 Big West TV L 2–3
(16–25, 26–24, 18–25, 25–21, 13–15)		 1,637 5–3
1/28
7 p.m.		 #14 UCSB #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 25–27)		 3,518 5–4
2/3
7 p.m.		 #14 UCSB #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–20)		 4,086 6–4
2/8
7 p.m.		 UC San Diego #7 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA		 Big West TV W 3–1
(18–25, 25–19, 25–22, 25–16)		 408 7–4
2/10
8 p.m.		 #14 USC* #7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA		 P12+ USC W 3–1
(25–23, 21–25, 25–23, 27–25)		 550 8–4
(1–0)
2/15
7 p.m.		 #10 Grand Canyon* #7 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ		 GCU TV W 3–0
(25–17, 25–20, 25–17)		 3,314 9–4
(2–0)
2/17
2 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine* #7 CU Arena
Irvine, CA		 CIU on Stretch W 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–15)		 350 10–4
(3–0)
2/23
8 p.m.		 Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA		 P12 W 3–1
(33–31, 25–27, 25–23, 25–21)		 411 11–4
(4–0)
2/24
8 p.m.		 Stanford* #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–2
(23–25, 20–25, 25–14, 25–10, 15–12)		 3,458 12–4
(5–0)
3/1
7 p.m.		 #8 Pepperdine* #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 TheW.tv W 3–2
(22–25, 27–29, 25–23, 25–22, 15–11)		 2,585 13–4
(6–0)
3/3
7 p.m.		 #3 UCLA* #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–21, 25–20)		 5,017 14–4
(7–0)
3/8
7 p.m.		 #11 Penn State #4 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		 W 3–2
(21–25, 29–27, 25–22, 19–25, 15–13)		 3,092 15–4
3/9
7 p.m.		 #8 Lewis #4 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		 W 3–1
(25–15, 18–25, 25–23, 26–24)		 4,087 16–4
3/10
10 p.m.		 #2 Hawai'i #4 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outriggers Classic)		 SPEC HI
Big West TV		 W 3–1
(20–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–23)		 5,989 17–4
3/15
7 p.m.		 USC* #2 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–1
(23–25, 25–16, 25–23, 25–21)		 3,240 18–4
(8–0)
3/29
7 p.m.		 #14 Concordia Irvine* #2 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(25–19, 25–16, 22–25, 21–25, 14–16)		 3,921 18–5
(8–1)
3/31
7 p.m.		 #13 Grand Canyon* #2 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–23)		 3,568 19–5
(9–1)
4/5
8 p.m.		 #4 Pepperdine* #2 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		 TheW.tv W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–14)		 1,657 20–5
(10–1)
4/7
8 p.m.		 #5 UCLA* #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		 P12 LA L 0–3
(21–25, 23–25, 22–25)		 5,671 20–6
(10–2)
4/19
7 p.m.		 USC* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Semifinal)		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)		 2,071 21–6
4/21
7 p.m.		 #2 UCLA* #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Championship)		 BYUtv W 3–1
(17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)		 3,017 22–6
5/3
8:30 p.m.		 #3 UCLA #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Semifinal)		 NCAA.com L 1–3
(22–25, 26–24, 27–29, 19–25)		 4,249 22–7
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games
  • Loyola-Chicago: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, Karch Kiraly, & Lauren McClain
  • Lewis: Robbie Bullough & Cosy Burnett
  • Ball State: Mick Tidrow & Alex Thomas
  • Ohio State: No commentary
  • Barton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Barton: Jarom Jordan
  • UC Irvine: No commentary
  • UC Irvine: No commentary
  • UCSB: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • UCSB: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • UC San Diego: Tim Strombel & Ricci Luyties
  • USC: Paul Duchesne
  • Grand Canyon: Michael Potter & Taylor Griffin
  • Concordia Irvine: Jon O'Neill
  • Stanford: Kevin Barnett
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Pepperdine: Robbie Bullough & Cosy Burnett
  • UCLA: Robbie Bullough & Amy Boswell
  • Hawai'i: Scott Robbs & Chris McLachlin
  • USC: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • UCLA: Kevin Barnett
  • USC: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
  • UCLA: Lincoln Rose

References
See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team, 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2017 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2017 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2018 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2018 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. "Men's volleyball adds Slabe to coaching staff". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  2. "Former libero Reyes returns to BYU as assistant coach". Off the Block. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  3. "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  4. "BYU TOPS 2018 MPSF MEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACHES' POLL" (PDF). MPSF. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  5. "2018 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics".
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