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2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record17–10 (14–8 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Neilson (8th season)
  • Mike Wilton (7th season)
  • Carl McGown (4th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →

The 2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Chris McGown, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll.[1] The Cougars finished the season 14–8 in conference play, good for fifth in the conference. They were eliminated in the first round of the MPSF Playoffs and did not make the NCAA Tournament.

2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 UC Irvine  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 3   .864 28 – 5   .848
No. 6 Hawaiʻi  ‍‍‍y 18 – 4   .818 24 – 7   .774
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 17 – 5   .773 24 – 6   .800
No. 7 USC  ‍‍‍ 15 – 7   .682 19 – 9   .679
No. 8 BYU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8   .636 17 – 10   .630
No. 9 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9   .591 17 – 10   .630
No. 11 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500 15 – 13   .536
No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 13 – 14   .481
No. 13 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 10 – 18   .357
No. 14 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 10 – 18   .357
Cal Baptist  ‍‍‍ 2 – 20   .091 6 – 22   .214
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0 – 22   .000 2 – 26   .071
† – Conference champion

Season highlights

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  • BYU began the season looking to replace Taylor Sander, a three-time All-American who was BYU's best attacker, best passer, and best server. Sander led BYU to the Final Four twice and to 3-consecutive MPSF Championship matches. Josue Rivera, who was second on the team in kills in 2014, comes in a little dinged after having off-season shoulder surgery. 3 starters return from the 2014 team: Rivera, Michael Hatch, and Jaylen Reyes. These three are largely expected to make-up Sander's production along with some newcomers.[2]

Roster

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2015 BYU Cougars roster[3]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 3 Evan Chang - Junior
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Freshman
  • 12 Jaylen Reyes - Senior

Middle blockers

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

Outside hitters

  • 5 Kiril Meretev - Sophomore
  • 6 Josue Rivera - Senior
  • 7 Phil Fuchs - Senior
  • 10 Jake Langolis - Sophomore
  • 14 Tyler Hutchins - Junior
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Freshman
  

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Carson Heninger - Junior
  • 11 Matt Underwood - Junior
  • 16 Tim Dobbert - Sophomore

Setters

  • 4 Leo Durkin - Freshman
  • 9 Tyler Heap - Junior
  • 18 Robbie Sutton - Junior
  • 22 Chandler Gibb - Freshman
  

Schedule

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BYU Radio will simulcast all BYUtv games with the BYUtv feed.

Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/9
6 p.m. 		vs. #2 Loyola-Chicago #6[4] Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		Pac-12 Digital L 3-1
(25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23) 		483[5] 0-1[6]
1/10
5:30 p.m. 		vs. #9 Lewis #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		Pac-12 Digital W 3-2
(25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 24-26, 15-11) 		623[7] 1-1[8]
1/16
7 p.m. 		#4 UCLA #7[9] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-12, 25-17, 25-17) 		4,105[10] 2-1
(1-0)[11]
1/17
7 p.m. 		#4 UCLA #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-1
(17-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-15) 		3,961[12] 3-1
(2-0)[13]
1/23
8 p.m. 		@ #8 UC Santa Barbara #4[14] Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA 		L 3-0
(21-25, 18-25, 22-25) 		380 3-2
(2-1)[15]
1/24
8 p.m. 		@ #8 UC Santa Barbara #4 Robertson Gymnasium
Goleta, CA 		W 3-2
(25-20, 25-19, 19-25, 19-25, 15-13) 		625 4-2
(3-1)[16]
1/30
7 p.m. 		UC San Diego #7[17] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-18, 25-17, 25-18) 		3,415[18] 5-2
(4-1)[19]
1/31
7 p.m. 		UC San Diego #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		W 3-0
(25-18, 25-20, 25-21) 		2,463[20] 6-2
(5-1)[21]
2/6
7 p.m. 		Cal Baptist #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-1
(23-25, 25-18, 25-10, 25-15) 		3,041[22] 7-2
(6-1)[23]
2/7
7 p.m. 		Cal Baptist #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-18, 25-20, 25-20) 		3,106[24] 8-2
(7-1)[25]
2/12
8 p.m. 		@ #2 USC #7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		Pac-12 Digital L 3-2
(20-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 16-14) 		900 8-3
(7-2)[26]
2/13
8 p.m. 		@ #2 USC #7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		Pac-12 Digital W 3-1
(25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19) 		1,500 9-3
(8-2)[27]
2/20
7 p.m. 		#9 Long Beach State #5[28] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-22, 25-16, 25-22) 		3,337[29] 10-3
(9-2)[30]
2/21
7 p.m. 		#9 Long Beach State #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-1
(26-28, 25-23, 25-18, 25-23) 		3,299[31] 11-3
(10-2)[32]
2/27
7 p.m. 		#13 Ball State #4[33] Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-22, 25-19, 25-23) 		2,675[34] 12-3[35]
2/28
7 p.m. 		#13 Ball State #4 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-0
(25-23, 25-23, 25-19) 		2,890[36] 13-3[37]
3/6
8 p.m. 		@ Stanford #4 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		Pac-12 Digital L 3-1
(25-21, 19-25, 16-25, 18-25) 		779[38] 13-4
(10-3)[39]
3/7
8 p.m. 		@ Stanford #4 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		Pac-12 Digital L 3-1
(21-25, 26-24, 24-26, 18-25) 		1,055[40] 13-5
(10-4)[41]
3/20
8 p.m. 		@ #4 Pepperdine #6[42] Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WavesCast L 3-2
(23-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-13, 15-13) 		1,188[43] 13-6
(10-5)[44]
3/21
8 p.m. 		@ #4 Pepperdine #6 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WavesCast L 3-1
(24-26, 17-25, 25-23, 25-27) 		1,454[45] 13-7
(10-6)[46]
3/27
7 p.m. 		#5 UC Irvine #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 3-1
(25-20, 19-25, 27-29, 23-25) 		3,962[47] 13-8
(10-7)[48]
3/28
8 p.m. 		#5 UC Irvine #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 3-1
(25-23, 22-25, 19-25, 18-25) 		3,610[49] 13-9
(10-8)[50]
4/10
8 p.m. 		@ #13 Cal State Northridge #6 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Matador TV W 3-0
(28-26, 25-21, 25-15) 		309 14-9
(11-8)[51]
4/11
8 p.m. 		@ #13 Cal State Northridge #6 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Matador TV W 3-0
(26-24, 25-23, 25-22) 		594 15-9
(12-8)[52]
4/17
7 p.m. 		#1 Hawaiʻi #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-1
(27-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17) 		3,780[53] 16-9
(13-8)[54]
4/18
7 p.m. 		#1 Hawaiʻi #6 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3-2
(22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 15-13) 		3,953[55] 17-9
(14-8)[56]
4/25
8 p.m. 		@ #8 USC #6 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal) 		Pac-12 Digital L 3-2
(17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 13-15) 		2,000 17–10
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

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  • vs. Loyola: No announcers
  • vs. Lewis: No announcers
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • Cal Baptist: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Cal Baptist: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • @ USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
  • @ USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • Long Beach State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Ball State: Spencer Linton & Steve Vail
  • Ball State: Spencer Linton & Steve Vail
  • @ Stanford: No announcers
  • @ Stanford: No announcers
  • @ Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • @ Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • @ Cal State Northridge: No announcers
  • @ Cal State Northridge: No announcers
  • Hawai′i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • Hawai′i: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren Francom
  • @ USC: Mark Beltran

References

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See also: 2014 BYU Cougars football team, 2014–15 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2014 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, and 2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team
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