2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

The 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by sixth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2020–21 record3–0 (2–0 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (7th season)
  • Jonny Neeley[2] (5th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

BYU comes off a season where they finished second in the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an at-large bid and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Utah in the second round.

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the 2020 fall season was delayed until winter/spring, and the Cougars were ascheduled to play a conference only schedule. However when the Santa Clara series was postponed, BYU was able to set up a non-conference match with Utah Valley.

2021 West Coast Conference spring volleyball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 4–0 1.000  4–0 1.000
No. 14 BYU  ‍‍‍ 2–0 1.000  3–0 1.000
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 2–2 .500  2–2 .500
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 1–3 .250  1–3 .250
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 1–3 .250  1–3 .250
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
No. 21 San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  0–0 –
Portland  ‍‍‍ 0–2 .000  0–2 .000
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of February 5, 2021; Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster
2020–21 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Morgan Bower - Sophomore
  • 17 Grace Wee - Sophomore
  • 18 Madi Allen - Freshman

Opposite Hitters

  • 12 Kate Grimmer - Sophomore
  • 14 Makayla Tolman - Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Senior
  • 4 Leilani Dodson - Freshman
  • 11 Abbey Dayton - Sophomore
  • 13 Morgan Johnson - Freshman
  • 14 Makayla Tolman - Freshman
  

Setters

  • 7 Whitney Bower - Sophomore
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Junior

Middle Blockers

  • 16 Allie Hakes - Freshman
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas - Sophomore
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Senior
  

Schedule

The series with Santa Clara has been postponed. A new date will be announced at a later time.

Date
Time		 Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)		 Television Result Attendance Record
(WCC Record)
1/26
1 p.m.		 @ Portland* #16 Chiles Center
Portland, OR		 WCC Network W 3–0
(25–9, 25–22, 25–17)		 0 1–0
(1–0)
1/27
1 p.m.		 @ Portland* #16 Chiles Center
Portland, OR		 WCC Network W 3–0
(25–23, 26–24, 25–22)		 0 2–0
(2–0)
2/04
6 p.m.		 @ Utah Valley #14 Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash)		 WAC DN W 3–1
(25–17, 22–25, 25–20, 25–20)		 260 3–0
2/09
7 p.m.		 Gonzaga* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
2/10
7 p.m.		 Gonzaga* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
2/16
7 p.m.		 Loyola Marymount* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
2/17
7 p.m.		 Loyola Marymount* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
2/23
TBA		 @ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		 WCC Network
2/24
TBA		 @ Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		 WCC Network
3/05
TBA		 @ San Francisco* The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA		 WCC Network
3/06
TBA		 @ San Francisco* The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA		 WCC Network
03/12
1 p.m.		 Pacific* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
03/13
1 p.m.		 Pacific* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
03/19
TBA		 @ San Diego* Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA		 WCC Network
03/20
6 p.m.		 San Diego* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
03/26
TBA		 @ Saint Mary's* University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA		 WCC Network
03/27
TBA		 @ Saint Mary's* University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA		 WCC Network
TBA
TBA		 Santa Clara* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
TBA
TBA		 Santa Clara* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

[4]

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. All road game will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network.

  • Portland: No commentary
  • Portland: No commentary
  • Utah Valley: Matthew Baiamonte & Kayli Doxey
  • Gonzaga:
  • Gonzaga:
  • Loyola Marymount:
  • Loyola Marymount:
  • Pepperdine:
  • Pepperdine:
  • San Francisco:
  • San Francisco:
  • Pacific:
  • Pacific:
  • San Diego:
  • San Diego:
  • Saint Mary's:
  • Saint Mary's:

References

For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:

See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2021 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  2. "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. http://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball
  4. "Conference schedules announced for women's volleyball and soccer". Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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