2016 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2016 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2016 AVCA Showcase Champions
2016 MPSF Regular Season Champions
2016 MPSF Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament 1–seed, L, Final 3–0
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
2016 record 27–3 (19–3 MPSF)
Head coach Shawn Olmstead (1st year)
Assistant coach Luka Slabe[1] (1st year)
Assistant coach Jaylen Reyes[2] (1st year)
Home stadium Smith Fieldhouse

The 2016 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by first 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]

2016 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 BYU †y 19 – 3   .864     27 – 4   .871
#3 UCLA y 17 – 5   .773     25 – 7   .781
#4 Long Beach State y 17 – 5   .773     25 – 8   .758
#6 Stanford 17 – 5   .773     19 – 6   .760
#5 UCSB 14 – 8   .636     20 – 10   .667
#7 Pepperdine 12 – 10   .545     13 – 11   .542
#8 Hawaiʻi 11 – 11   .500     16 – 12   .571
UC Irvine 7 – 15   .318     10 – 20   .333
#14 CSUN 7 – 15   .318     14 – 15   .483
Cal Baptist 6 – 16   .273     14 – 16   .467
USC 5 – 17   .227     7 – 19   .269
UC San Diego 0 – 22   .000     5 – 23   .179
† – Conference champion

Season highlights

Roster

2016 BYU Cougars Roster[5]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Evan Chang - Senior
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Sophomore

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Sophomore
  • 17 Joseph Grosh - Junior
  • 21 Christian Rupert - RS Freshman
  • 23 Michael Hatch - Senior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 5 Kiril Meretev - Junior
  • 10 Jake Langolis - Junior
  • 14 Tyler Hutchins - Senior
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Sophomore
  • 20 Tanner Skabelund - Freshman
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 2 Carson Heninger - Senior
  • 11 Matt Underwood - Senior
  • 13 Ben Patch - Sophomore
  • 16 Tim Dobbert - RS Sophomore

Setters

  • 4 Leo Durkin - Sophomore
  • 18 Robbie Sutton - Senior
  • 24 Andrew Lincoln - Freshman
  

Schedule

Radio information:

BYU Radio simulcasted all BYUtv games with the BYUtv feed except March 18 against Pepperdine. March 18 against Pepperdine was pulled from BYU Radio so they could broadcast the BYU men's basketball NIT game instead.
KBEACH broadcast both BYU @ Long Beach State matches live. The radio call will be simulcast on LBSU TV.
KKEA broadcast both BYU at Hawaiʻi matches live.
Bruin TV broadcast a radio stream of both BYU at UCLA matches.
BYU Radio carried the NCAA Semifinal and Final.
Date
Time		 Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)		 Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF Record)
1/8
7 p.m.		 #3 Loyola-Chicago #1[6] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(AVCA Showcase)		 BYUtv W 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–19, 25–19)[7]		 5,637[8] 1–0
1/9
7 p.m.		 #14 George Mason #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(AVCA Showcase)		 TheW.tv W 3–1
(25–17, 25–17, 29–31, 25–12)[9]		 2,727[10] 2–0
1/15
7 p.m.		 #11 Stanford* #1[11] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo,UT 		BYUtv L 3–2
(25–18, 19–25, 23–25, 25–23, 15–11)[12]		 5,059[13] 2–1
(0–1)
1/16
7 p.m.		 #11 Stanford* #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–2
(16–25, 25–23, 25–21, 22–25, 15–10)[14]		 4,830[15] 3–1
(1–1)
1/22
8 p.m.		 @ #2 Long Beach State* #3[16] Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 BigWest.tv W 3–1
(26–24, 25–17, 16–25, 25–21)[17]		 2,027 4–1
(2–1)
1/23
8 p.m.		 @ #2 Long Beach State* #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 BigWest.tv L 3–0
(25–16, 25–23, 25–18)[18]		 1,883 4–2
(2–2)
1/29
8 p.m.		 @ #9 UC Irvine* #3[19] Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		 YouTube W 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 25–20)[20]		 1,649 5–2
(3–2)
1/30
3 p.m.		 @ #9 UC Irvine* #3 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		 YouTube W 3–0
(26–24, 28–26, 25–15)[21]		 1,156 6–2
(4–2)
2/5
7 p.m.		 #10 UC Santa Barbara* #3[22] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–20, 25–16, 26–24)[23]		 4,063[24] 7–2
(5–2)
2/6
7 p.m.		 #10 UC Santa Barbara* #3 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–17, 25–23, 25–14)[25]		 3,813[26] 8–2
(6–2)
2/12
5 p.m.		 @ Princeton #3[27] Dillon Gymnasium
Princeton, NJ		 Ivy League DN W 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–22)[28]		 1,154 9–2
2/13
5:30 p.m.		 @ NJIT #3 Fleisher Center
Newark, NJ		 ESPN3 W 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–19)[29]		 500 10–2
2/19
8 p.m.		 @ #15 Cal Baptist* #2[30] Van Dyne Gymnasium
Riverside, CA		 CBU TV W 3–0
(25–19, 25–20, 25–22)[31]		 627 11–2
(7–2)
2/20
8 p.m.		 @ #15 Cal Baptist* #2 Van Dyne Gymnasium
Riverside, CA		 CBU TV W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–19)[32]		 722 12–2
(8–2)
2/26
7 p.m.		 #12 CSUN* #2[33] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–15)[34]		 3,519[35] 13–2
(9–2)
2/27
8 p.m. 		#12 CSUN* #2 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–16, 25–16, 25–19)[36]		 3,445[37] 14–2
(10–2)
3/2
10 p.m. 		@ #7 Hawaiʻi* #2[38] Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		 Oc 16 W 3–0
(25–20, 25–20, 25–23)		 3,038[39] 15–2
(11–2)
3/4
10 p.m.		 @ #7 Hawaiʻi* #2 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		 Oc 16 W 3–1
(25–22, 25–22, 23–25, 25–22)		 4,838[40] 16–2
(12–2)
3/18
7 p.m.		 #8 Pepperdine* #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(28–26, 25–19, 25–20)		 3,325[41] 17–2
(13–2)
3/19
7 p.m. 		#8 Pepperdine* #1[42] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 3–1
(23–25, 33–31, 25–23, 25–22)[43]		 3,567[44] 17–3
(13–3)
3/25
8 p.m.		 @ UC San Diego* #3[45] RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA		 Triton Zone W 3–0
(25–18, 26–24, 25–21)[46]		 888 18–3
(14–3)
3/26
8 p.m.		 @ UC San Diego* #3 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA		 Triton Zone W 3–0
(25–19, 25–13, 25–21)[47]		 624 19–3
(15–3)
4/1
9 p.m.		 @ #1 UCLA* #3[48] Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		 P12 LA W 3–1
(25–17, 19–25, 27–25, 25–13)		 1,838 20–3
(16–3)
4/2
8 p.m.		 @ #1 UCLA* #3 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		 P12 UCLA W 3–1
(20–25, 25–20, 25–18, 25–23)		 1,829 21–3
(17–3)
4/8
7 p.m.		 USC* #1[49] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–15, 25–13, 25–15)		 4,137[50] 22–3
(18–3)
4/9
7 p.m.		 USC* #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–16, 25–12, 25–17)		 4,011[51] 23–3
(19–3)
4/16
7 p.m.		 x-#14 UC Irvine #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Quarterfinal)		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–20, 25–23)		 3,535[52] 24–3
4/21
7:30 p.m.		 x-#6 UC Santa Barbara #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Semifinal)		 BYUtv W 3–2
(25–18, 25–22, 23–25, 24–26, 15–12)		 3,151[53] 25–3
4/23
7 p.m.		 x-#3 UCLA #1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Championship)		 BYUtv W 3–1
(25–20, 25–19, 18–25, 25–15)		 4,875[54] 26–3
5/5
4 p.m.		 y-vs. #4 Long Beach State #1 Rec Hall
University Park, PA
(NCAA Semifinal)		 NCAA.com W 3–1
(25–21, 23–25, 25–19, 25–18)		 N/A 27–3
5/7
6 p.m.		 y-vs.#2 Ohio State #1 Rec Hall
University Park, PA
(NCAA Final)		 ESPN2 L 3–0
(32–30, 25–23, 25–17)		 2,745 27–4
*-Indicates conference match.
x-Indicates MPSF Tournament.
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

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