2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
2015 record 17–10 (14–8 MPSF)
Head coach Chris McGown (4th season)
Assistant coach Rob Neilson (8th season)
Assistant coach Mike Wilton (7th season)
Assistant coach Carl McGown (4th season)
Home stadium Smith Fieldhouse

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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#3 UC Irvine  ‍†‍‍y 19–3 .864  28–5 .848
#6 Hawaiʻi  ‍‍‍y 18–4 .818  24–7 .774
#5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 17–5 .773  24–6 .800
#7 USC  ‍‍‍ 15–7 .682  19–9 .679
#8 BYU  ‍‍‍ 14–8 .636  17–10 .630
#9 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 13–9 .591  17–10 .630
#11 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11–11 .500  15–13 .536
#12 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 9–13 .409  13–14 .481
#13 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 7–15 .318  10–18 .357
#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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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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  2. ↑ "Cougars look forward to proving themselves without star Taylor Sander". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. ↑ http://byucougars.com/roster/m-volleyball
  4. ↑ "AVCA Division I-II Men's Preseason Poll: December 10, 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
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  7. ↑ "#6 BYU vs. #9 Lewis". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
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