2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	18–0 (8–0 WCC)
Head coach	Heather Olmstead (4th season);
Assistant coaches	David Hyte (5th season); Jonny Neeley (3rd season);
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fourth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

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 Kentucky in the third round^[4].

2018 West Coast Conference volleyball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 BYU ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	1	.944	31	–	2	.939
Pepperdine ‍‍‍^y	14	–	4	.778	22	–	9	.710
San Diego ‍‍‍^y	13	–	5	.722	18	–	13	.581
Saint Mary's ‍‍‍^y	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8	.556	21	–	10	.677
Pacific ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	13	–	16	.448
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	11	–	18	.379
Portland* ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	20	–	13	.606
San Francisco ‍‍‍	2	–	16	.111	9	–	20	.310
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	1	–	17	.056	6	–	24	.200
*invited to the 2018 Women's NVIC

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 2018-12-13 Rankings from AVCA Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Roni Jones-Perry won the WCC Player of the Week (Sept. 3) and the AVCA Player of the Week (Sept. 4) awards for her performance during BYU's win over Stanford at the BYU Nike Invitational. Additionally she was the tournament MVP.^[5]
The 5,472 attendance against Utah was a record for the highest attendance ever in the Smith Fieldhouse.^[6]
Mary Lake was awarded the #2 play on the SportsCenter Top 10 for the night for her save against Utah.
The 1,137 attendance against Weber State was a record for the highest attendance in Swenson Gym since it was remodeled and made specifically into a volleyball court in 2006.
Lyndie Haddock-Eppich won the WCC player of the week award on Sept. 17 for her performances against Utah and Weber State.

Roster

2018 BYU Cougars Roster^[7]

Defensive Specialist/Libero

9 Sydnie Martindale - Senior
18 Mary Lake - Junior

Opposite Hitters

5 Emily Lewis-Bushman - Junior
22 Sara Hamson - Sophomore

Outside Hitters

1 Taylen Ballard - Sophomore
3 Madi Robinson - Freshman
11 Lacy Haddock - Senior
12 Roni Jones-Perry - Senior
13 Danelle Stetler - Senior
14 McKenna Miller - Junior
20 Riley Lyman - Junior

Setters

6 Lyndie Haddock-Eppich - Senior
8 Tayler Tausinga - Freshman
15 Kiani Moea'i - Junior

Middle Blockers

2 Heather Gneiting- Freshman
5 Emily Lewis-Bushman - Junior
16 Allison Stapleton - Sophomore
21 Whitney McEwan - Freshman
24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Sophomore

Schedule^[8]

Date Time	Opponent	Rank	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Result	Attendance	Record (WCC Record)
8/18 1 p.m.	Utah Valley	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (UCCU Crosstown Clash)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (27–25, 25–22, 25–20)	N/A	Exhibition
8/24 5:30 p.m.	@ Duke	#8	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC	ACC Extra	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–19, 25–16)	2,159	1–0
8/25 4:30 p.m.	@ Duke	#8	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC	ACC Extra	W 3–1 (16–25, 25–19, 25–22, 25–17)	1,773	2–0
8/30 7 p.m.	West Virginia	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational)	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–11, 25–14)	1,201	3–0
8/31 7 p.m.	#1 Stanford	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational)	BYUtv	W 3–2 (25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 20–25, 15–11)	3,389	4–0
9/01 7 p.m.	Wichita State	#9	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational)	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–12, 25–20)	2,231	5–0
9/07 9 a.m.	vs. #10 USC	#3	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament)	Facebook	W 3–0 (30–28, 25–21, 25–14)	175	6–0
9/07 4 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	#3	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament)	Facebook	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–20, 25–20)	768	7–0
9/08 5 p.m.	@ #25 Marquette	#3	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament)	MUTV	W 3–1 (23–25, 25–22, 25–20, 25–14)	1,481	8–0
9/13 7 p.m.	#24 Utah	#1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (Deseret First Duel)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–14, 25–17)	5,472	9–0
9/15 2 p.m.	@ Weber State	#1	Swenson Gym Ogden, UT	Pluto TV 235	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–18, 25–16)	1,137	10–0
9/20 7:05 p.m.	Pacific*	#1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–12, 25–20, 25–14)	2,210	11–0 (1–0)
9/22 1:05 p.m.	Saint Mary's*	#1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–10, 25–14, 25–13)	2,270	12–0 (2–0)
9/25 7 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*	#1	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	ESPNU	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–18, 25–21)	1,211	13–0 (3–0)
9/27 7:05 p.m.	Gonzaga*	#1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–12, 25–10, 25–15)	1,741	14–0 (4–0)
9/29 1 p.m.	Portland*	#1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–14, 25–15, 25–18)	2,109	15–0 (5–0)
10/05 8 p.m.	@ San Diego*	#1	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–1 (25–21, 24–26, 25–16, 25–10)	1,382	16–0 (6–0)
10/11 8 p.m.	@ San Francisco*	#1	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–20, 25–21)	313	17–0 (7–0)
10/13 2 p.m.	@ Santa Clara*	#1	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–22, 25–13)	447	18–0 (8–0)
10/18 7 p.m.	Loyola Marymount		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
10/20 1 p.m.	Pepperdine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
10/25 8 p.m.	@ Portland*		Chiles Center Portland, OR	TheW.tv
10/27 1 p.m.	@ Gonzaga*		McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA	TheW.tv
11/02 7 p.m.	San Diego*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
11/08 7 p.m.	Santa Clara*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv
11/10 1 p.m.	San Francisco*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv
11/15 8 p.m.	@ Saint Mary's*		McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA	TheW.tv
11/17 1 p.m.	@ Pacific*		Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA	TheW.tv
11/20 8 p.m.	@ Loyola Marymount*		Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	TheW.tv

*-Indicates Conference Opponent

y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or TheW.tv powered by Stadium. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

Utah Valley: Spencer Linton, Jarom Jordan, & Jason Shepherd
Duke: Ryan Craig & Emma Paradiso
Duke: Ryan Craig & Emma Paradiso
West Virginia: Mitchell Marshall
Stanford: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
Wichita State: Mitchell Marshall
USC: No commentary
Syracuse: No commentary
Marquette: Dan Avington and Zoe Comerford
Utah: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
Weber State: Brandon Garside
Pacific: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
Saint Mary's: Mitchell Marshall
Pepperdine: Paul Sunderland & Holly McPeak
Gonzaga: Mitchell Marshall
Portland: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
San Diego: Nick Rice
San Francisco: Joe Hallisy
Santa Clara: Anthony Passarelli
Loyola Marymount:
Pepperdine:
Portland:
Gonzaga:
San Diego:
Santa Clara:
San Francisco:
Saint Mary's:
Pacific:
Loyola Marymount:

References

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

^ "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
^ "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
^ "No. 7 BYU women's volleyball wins WCC championship, sweeps LMU". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
^ "13th-seeded BYU volleyball falls to host Kentucky in NCAA Regional Semifinal". KSL. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
^ "Player of the Year watch: Roni Jones-Perry grand in BYU's upset of Stanford". ESPNW. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
^ "#1 BYU sweeps #24 Utah in women's volleyball showdown". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
^ http://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball
^ "Olmstead releases 2018 women's volleyball schedule". Deseret News. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

[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] "No. 7 BYU women's volleyball wins WCC championship, sweeps LMU". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2017-11-22.

[4] "13th-seeded BYU volleyball falls to host Kentucky in NCAA Regional Semifinal". KSL. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

[5] "Player of the Year watch: Roni Jones-Perry grand in BYU's upset of Stanford". ESPNW. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

[6] "#1 BYU sweeps #24 Utah in women's volleyball showdown". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-14.

[7] ttp://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball

[8] "Olmstead releases 2018 women's volleyball schedule". Deseret News. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

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Season highlights

Roster

Schedule[8]

Announcers for televised games

References

Schedule^[8]