2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

The 2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fifth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
NCAA, Second Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	26–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach	Heather Olmstead^[1] (5th season)
Assistant coaches	David Hyte (6th season) Jonny Neeley^[2] (4th season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2018 2020–21 →

BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship^[3] and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Stanford in the national semifinal.^[4]

The Cougars would put together another impressive season with a 25-4 record. However two losses in conference play caused the Cougars to finish second in the WCC. The Cougars were granted an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were given the #14 seed, allowing them to host the first two rounds. BYU would be swept by Utah in the 2nd Round to finish the season at 26-5. After the tournament was completed BYU finished ranked #17 in the nation.

2019 West Coast Conference volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 21 San Diego  ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	1		.944			25	–	5		.833
No. 17 BYU  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	2		.889			26	–	5		.839
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	14	–	4		.778			18	–	11		.621
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			11	–	17		.393
Pacific  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			8	–	21		.276
Portland  ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			11	–	18		.379
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 2019-11-23 Rankings from AVCA Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2019 BYU Cougars roster^[5]
	Defensive Specialist/Libero 3 Morgan Bower - Freshman 6 Callie Whitney - Freshman 17 Grace Wee - Freshman 18 Mary Lake - Senior Opposite hitters 12 Kate Grimmer - Freshman		Outside hitters 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Junior 9 Madelyn Robinson - Sophomore 10 Erin Anderson - Freshman 11 Abbey Dayton - Freshman 13 Morgan Johnson - Freshman 14 McKenna Miller - Senior 20 Riley Lyman - Senior		Setters 7 Whitney Bower - Freshman 8 Tayler Tausinga - Sophomore 15 Kiani Moea'i -   Senior Middle blockers 2 Heather Gneiting- Sophomore 21 Whitney Llarenas -   Freshman 24 Kennedy Eschenberg -   Junior

Schedule

Date Time	Opponent	Rank	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Result	Attendance	Record (WCC Record)
8/30 12 p.m.	Boise State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–21, 25–17)	750	1–0
8/30 7:30 p.m.	Utah Valley	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (UCCU Crosstown Clash)/(BYU Nike Invitational)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–21, 25–20)	2,887	2–0
8/31 7 p.m.	#16 Marquette	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational)	BYUtv	L 1–3 (25–22, 16–25, 22–25, 12–25)	4,075	2–1
9/05 7 p.m.	LIU	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Doterra Classic)	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–14, 25–17, 25–10)	2,115	3–1
9/06 7 p.m.	Sam Houston State	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Doterra Classic)	WCC Network	W 3–1 (24–26, 25–13, 25–16, 25–18)	1,882	4–1
9/07 7 p.m.	Weber State	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Doterra Classic)	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–16, 25–22)	2,247	5–1
9/12 6 p.m.	@ Wichita State	#13	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS (Shocker Volleyball Classic)	YurView	W 3–1 (23–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–20)	2,608	6–1
9/13 3:30 p.m.	vs. #3 Texas	#13	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS (Shocker Volleyball Classic)	FloVolleyball	L 1–3 (25–23, 22–25, 19–25, 18–25)	2,435	6–2
9/14 11 a.m.	vs. VCU	#13	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS (Shocker Volleyball Classic)	FloVolleyball	W 3–1 (25–8, 22–25, 25–22, 25–21)	1,247	7–2
9/19 6 p.m.	@ #18 Utah	#12	Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT (Deseret First Duel)	P12	W 3–1 (25–22, 25–21, 12–25, 25–18)	4,110	8–2
9/21 1 p.m.	@ #2 Stanford	#12	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12	W 3–1 (18–25, 25–22, 25–23, 31–29)	2,964	9–2
9/26 7 p.m.	@ Gonzaga*	#9	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre Spokane, WA	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–13, 25–17)	1,657	10–2 (1–0)
9/28 1 p.m.	@ Portland*	#9	Chiles Center Portland, OR	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–22, 25–18)	742	11–2 (2–0)
10/01 7 p.m.	Loyola Marymount*	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	WCC Network	W 3–2 (25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 15–7)	2,822	12–2 (3–0)
10/03 8 p.m.	@ Pacific*	#9	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–17, 26–24)	769	13–2 (4–0)
10/05 2 p.m.	@ Saint Mary's*	#9	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–12, 25–22, 29–27)	408	14–2 (5–0)
10/10 7 p.m.	San Francisco*	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–14, 25–23)	2,499	15–2 (6–0)
10/12 1 p.m.	Santa Clara*	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–11, 25–10)	2,604	16–2 (7–0)
10/18 7 p.m.	San Diego*	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (18–25, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17, 10–15)	4,405	16–3 (7–1)
10/24 8 p.m.	@ Loyola Marymount	#12	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	WCC Network	W 3–1 (25-22, 25-12, 15-25, 25-22)	583	17–3 (8–1)
10/26 2 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*	#12	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25-21, 25-15, 29-27)	873	18–3 (9–1)
10/31 7 p.m.	Saint Mary's	#11	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org	W 3–0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-13)	2,331	19–3 (10–1)
11/02 1 p.m.	Pacific*	#11	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–1 (22–25, 25-11, 25-12, 25-20)	2,685	20–3 (11–1)
11/07 8 p.m.	@ Santa Clara*	#11	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA	WCC Network	W 3–1 (25-22, 20–25, 25-23, 25-18)	355	21–3 (12–1)
11/09 8 p.m.	@ San Francisco*	#11	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-23)	230	22–3 (13–1)
11/15 8 p.m.	@ #24 San Diego*	#10	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA	WCC Network	L 2–3 (25–18, 23–25, 26–24, 16–25, 9–15)	2,048	22–4 (13–2)
11/21 7 p.m.	Portland*	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	WCC Network	W 3–0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-17)	2,412	23–4 (14–2)
11/23 1 p.m.	Gonzaga*	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–1 (21-25, 25-9, 25–20, 25–16)	3,203	24–4 (15–2)
11/26 8 p.m.	Pepperdine*	#13	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	ESPNU	W 3–2 (25-15, 25-19, 20–25, 20–25, 15–3)	3,646	25–4 (16–2)
12/06 7 p.m.	y- New Mexico State	#13 (14-seed)	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 1st Round)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–7, 25–23, 25–19)	2,401	26–4 (16–2)
12/07 7 p.m.	y- #17 Utah	#13 (14-seed)	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 2nd Round)	BYUtv	L 0–3 (15–25, 15–25, 15–25)	3,250	26–5 (16–2)

*-Indicates Conference Opponent

y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

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Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or WCC Network (formerly TheW.tv). Most road game will also be televised or streamed.

• Boise State: Spencer Linton^{[permanent dead link]}, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd^{[permanent dead link]}
• Utah Valley: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
• Marquette: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
• LIU: Royce Hinton
• Sam Houston State: Royce Hinton
• Weber State: Royce Hinton
• Wichita State: Shane Dennis
• Texas: Shane Dennis
• VCU: Shane Dennis
• Utah: Krista Blunk & Amy Gant
• Stanford: Kate Scott & Rich Feller
• Gonzaga: Connor Basch, Faith Smith, &
• Portland: Bryan Sleik
• Loyola Marymount: Royce Hinton
• Pacific: Paul Muyskens
• Saint Mary's: Alex Jensen & Andy Schroeder
• San Francisco: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
• Santa Clara: Royce Hinton
• San Diego: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
• Loyola Marymount: Betsi Flint & Sean/Shawn/Shaun Mare
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Saint Mary's: Spencer Linton & Amy Gant
• Pacific: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
• Santa Clara: Anthony Passarelli
• San Francisco: Pat Olson
• San Diego: Jack Cronin
• Portland: Royce Hinton
• Gonzaga: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
• Pepperdine: Paul Sunderland & Karch Kiraly
• New Mexico State: Spencer Linton & Amy Gant
• Utah: Spencer Linton & Amy Gant

References

For information on BYU's other fall and winter sports please check out the following:

See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team, 2019 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, and 2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

1. "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
2. . Daily Herald. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
3. "No. 1 women's volleyball improves to 27-0, clinches WCC title". The Daily Universe. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
4. "Stanford sweeps BYU out of NCAA Women's volleyball championships". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
5. "Women's Volleyball 2023".
6. "BYU women's volleyball releases 2019 schedule". The Daily Universe. Retrieved June 3, 2019.