2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

The 2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by ninth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.^[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish tied for third with Grand Canyon in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.^[4]

2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	11–7 (2–4 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Devin Young^[1] (6th season) Otavio Souza^[2] (2nd season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	6	–	0		1.000			15	–	2		.882
No. 4 UCLA ‍‍‍	5	–	1		.833			15	–	4		.789
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	2	–	3		.400			14	–	5		.737
No. 6 BYU ‍‍‍	2	–	4		.333			11	–	7		.611
No. 12 USC ‍‍‍	2	–	4		.333			10	–	9		.526
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍	2	–	4		.333			9	–	9		.500
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	0	–	3		.000			6	–	8		.429
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of April 11, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

• Trent Brown won the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week award for Week 2 games.

• Tyler Hergert won the National Setter of the Week award for Week 2 games.^[5]

Roster

2024 BYU Cougars roster^[6]
	Defensive specialist/libero 4 Jon Stanley -   Senior 6 Jackson Fife - Sophomore 18 Bernardo Adam - Sophomore Middle blockers 5 Tyler Watts - Sophomore 8 Caleb Sorenson -   Freshman 10 Gavin Julien -   Senior 19 Ethan Gant - Sophomore 21 Teon Taylor - Junior		Outside hitters 1 Luke Benson - Sophomore 9 Trent Moser - Sophomore 11 Jared Brady - Sophomore 22 Jack Sutton - Sophomore 23 Miks Ramanis - Junior 24 Brigham Spilsbury - Sophomore		Opposite hitters 13 Kupono Browne - Senior 14 Ian Little - Sophomore Setters 2 Kyle Saurer - Freshman 3 Tyler Hergert^[7] - Sophomore 7 Noa Haine - Junior 20 Cooper Jarman - Sophomore

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:^[8]

All home games will be televised on BYUtv or BYUtv.org. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.

Date time	Opponent	Rank ^(tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/5 7 p.m.	#15 Ball State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–21, 25–20)^[9]	3,242	1–0
1/6 7 p.m.	#15 Ball State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–17, 25–16)^[10]	1,800	2–0
1/11 6 p.m.	@ #10 Loyola Chicago	#9	Gentile Arena Chicago, IL	NBCS CHIC+ ESPN+	W 3–2 (19–25, 26–24, 25–27, 25–22, 15–13)^[11]	489	3–0
1/13 6 p.m.	@ #15 Lewis	#9	Neil Carey Arena Romeoville, IL	Volleyball World on YouTube	L 2–3 (25–15, 25–19, 25–15)	4,125	3–1
1/19 8 p.m.	@ #15 UC Santa Barbara	#9	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA	ESPN+	W 3-1 (28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 25–20)^[12]	642	4–1
1/20 7 p.m.	@ #15 UC Santa Barbara	#9	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–20, 27–25)^[13]	502	5–1
1/22 7 p.m.	#14 Princeton	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–21)^[14]	2,735	6–1
1/23 7 p.m.	#14 Princeton	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–18, 25–23)	2,473	7–1
1/26 7 p.m.	#7 UC Irvine	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	'L 1–3 (25–22, 25–27, 18–25, 20–25)^[15]	3,662	7–2
1/27 7 p.m.	#7 UC Irvine	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (25–23, 24–26, 18–25, 25–23, 13–15)	3,880	7–3
2/8 7 p.m.	LIU	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–22, 25–16)^[16]	2,911	8–3
2/10 7 p.m.	LIU	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–18, 25–21)^[17]	3,184	9–3
2/16 7 p.m.	#2 Grand Canyon*	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 0–3 (32–34, 23–25, 23–25)	3,944	9–4 (0–1)
2/17 7 p.m.	#2 Grand Canyon*	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 0–3 (21–25, 20–25, 23–25)	4,149	9–5 (0–2)
2/23 7 p.m.	#4 UCLA*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (31–29, 23–25, 18–25, 25–21, 15–12)^[18]	4,514	10–5 (1–2)
2/24 7 p.m.	#4 UCLA*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (21–25, 25–21, 25–19, 23–25, 10–15)^[19]	5,024	10–6 (1–3)
3/8 8 p.m.	@ #7 Stanford*	#6	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3–2 (25–13, 16–25, 23–25, 25–23, 18–16)^[20]	745	11–6 (2–3)
3/9 7 p.m.	@ #7 Stanford*	#6	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	L 0–3 (19–25, 20–25, 21–25)	980	11–7 (2–4)
3/22 7 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	ESPN+
3/23 6 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	ESPN+
3/29 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
3/30 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
4/5 7 p.m.	@ USC*		Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12+ USC
4/6 7 p.m.	@ USC*		Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12+ USC
4/17 TBA			Galen Center Los Angeles, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal)	FloVolleyball

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Ball State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Ball State: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Loyola Chicago: Scott Sudikoff & Ray Gooden
• Lewis: Rick Roquet & Rachel Kaczorowski
• UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
• UC Santa Barbara: Hunter Shumake & Katie Spieler
• Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Princeton: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• LIU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• LIU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Stanford: Ted Enberg
• Stanford: Troy Clardy
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kenzie Dahle
• USC:
• USC:
• MPSF Quarterfinal- :

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	8	6	6
Off the Block Media	Not released		8^[21]	7^[22]	9^[23]	9^[24]	8^[25]	9^[26]	8^[27]	7^[28]

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

See also: 2023 BYU Cougars football team, 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2023–24 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2023 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2024 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2024 BYU Cougars softball team

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