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2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

The 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars were led by seventh year head coach Heather Olmstead and played their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
2021 WCC Champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record30–2 (18–0 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (8th season)
  • Jonny Neeley[2] (6th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2020–21
2022 →

BYU came off a season where they finished first and won the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an automatic big to the NCAA tournament falling to Wisconsin.

2021 West Coast Conference fall volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 BYU  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 0   1.000 30 – 2   .938
No. 25 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 14 – 4   .778 22 – 5   .815
San Diego  ‍‍‍y 14 – 4   .778 21 – 7   .750
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 13 – 16   .448
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 15 – 12   .556
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 12 – 15   .444
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 17 – 11   .607
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310
Portland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125 5 – 20   .200
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 0 – 17   .000 0 – 25   .000
Portland games at San Francisco and Santa Clara were cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols. Since neither game had an impact on determining the conference champion, neither game was rescheduled.[3]
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 22, 2024
Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Roster

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2020–21 BYU Cougars roster[4]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Morgan Bower - Junior
  • 14 Aria McComber - Graduate
  • 18 Madi Allen - Sophomore
  • 25 Gretchen Reinert - Graduate

Opposite hitters

  • 4 Kenzie Koerber - Graduate
  • 12 Kate Grimmer - Junior
  

Outside hitters

  • 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Senior
  • 9 Alyssa Montoya - Freshman
  • 10 Erin Livingston - Sophomore
  • 11 Abbey Dayton - Junior
  • 15 Elyse Stowell - Freshman
  • 22 Sophia Callahan - Freshman
  

Setters

  • 6 Zayna Meyer - Freshman
  • 7 Whitney Bower - Junior
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Senior

Middle blockers

  • 2 Heather Gneiting - Junior
  • 5 Bri Albright - Freshman
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas -   Senior
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Graduate
  

Schedule

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Date
Time 		Opponent Rank
(Tournament Seed) 		Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Result Attendance Record
(WCC Record)
08/27
12 p.m. 		Southern Utah #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–11, 25–16, 25–13) 		457 1–0
08/27
7 p.m. 		LIU #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–11, 25–10, 25–9) 		4,823 2–0
08/28
7 p.m. 		UNLV #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(dōTERRA Classic) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–14, 25–16, 25–15) 		4,453 3–0
09/02
7 p.m. 		Weber State #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–2
(25–23, 23–25, 18–25, 25–19, 15–4) 		2,852 4–0
09/03
7 p.m. 		Dixie State[5] #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–8, 25–16, 25–20) 		2,855 5–0
09/04
7 p.m. 		Michigan State #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–14, 25–21, 25–19) 		2,486 6–0
09/10
10 a.m. 		vs. Bowling Green #12 Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge) 		W 3–0
(25–13, 25–16, 25–19) 		100 7–0
09/10
5 p.m. 		@ #4 Pitt #12 Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge) 		ACCN Extra L 1–3
(21–25, 25–21, 20–25, 24–26) 		1,258 7–1
09/11
2 p.m. 		vs. High Point #12 Fitzgerald Field House
Pittsburgh, PA
(Panther Challenge) 		W 3–0
(25–17, 25–19, 25–19) 		100 8–1
09/16
7 p.m. 		#10 Utah #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(Deseret First Duel) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–23, 25–23, 25–16) 		5,140 9–1
09/18
6 p.m. 		@ Utah Valley #15 Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash) 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–16, 25–18, 25–20) 		1,564 10–1
09/23
7 p.m. 		Pacific* #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–13, 25–12, 25–17) 		2,490 11–1
(1–0)
09/25
1 p.m. 		Saint Mary's* #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–18, 25–17, 25–18) 		2,351 12–1
(2–0)
09/30
1 p.m. 		@ Santa Clara* #10 Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–9) 		322 13–1
(3–0)
10/02
1 p.m. 		@ San Francisco* #10 The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–23, 25–16, 25–18) 		193 14–1
(4–0)
10/07
7 p.m. 		Portland* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–16, 25–15, 25–10) 		2,624 15–1
(5–0)
10/09
12 p.m. 		Gonzaga* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–7, 25–20, 25–14) 		2,187 16–1
(6–0)
10/14
8 p.m. 		@ Loyola Marymount* #8 Gersten Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(22–25, 25–16, 25–22, 25–19) 		300 17–1
(7–0)
10/16
1 p.m. 		@ #24 Pepperdine* #8 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(21–25, 25–19, 25–10, 25–16) 		737 18–1
(8–0)
10/22
7 p.m. 		#21 San Diego* #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–17, 25–13, 25–13) 		2,828 19–1
(9–0)
10/28
7 p.m. 		San Francisco* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–15, 25–14) 		2,466 20–1
(10–0)
10/30
1 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–14, 25–10, 25–17) 		2,413 21–1
(11–0)
11/04
7 p.m. 		@ Gonzaga* #6 Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Spokane, WA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–9, 25–19, 25–21) 		755 22–1
(12–0)
11/06
1 p.m. 		@ Portland* #6 Chiles Center
Portland, OR 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–21, 25–17, 25–12) 		414 23–1
(13–0)
11/11
7 p.m. 		Pepperdine* #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–15, 25–17, 25–18) 		2,973 24–1
(14–0)
11/13
1 p.m. 		Loyola Marymount* #5 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(25–20, 24–26, 25–21, 25–22) 		3,592 25–1
(15–0)
11/18
8 p.m. 		@ Pacific* #4 Alex G. Spanos Center
Stockton, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 29–27) 		468 26–1
(16–0)
11/20
2 p.m. 		@ Saint Mary's* #4 University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25–17, 25–15, 19–25, 25–14) 		313 27–1
(17–0)
11/23
8 p.m. 		@ San Diego* #4 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25–10, 14–25, 25–21, 25–22) 		1,213 28–1
(18–0)
12/3
7 p.m. 		y- Boise State #4
(11-seed) 		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 1st Round) 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–6, 25–19, 25–10) 		5,340 29–1
12/4
7 p.m. 		y- Utah #4
(11-seed) 		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 2nd Round) 		ESPN+ W 3–1
(17–25, 25–22, 25–23, 25–23) 		4,729 30–1
12/9
11 a.m. 		y- #8
(6-seed) Purdue 		#4
(11-seed) 		Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
Pittsburgh, PA
(NCAA Tournament Regional semifinal) 		ESPNU L 2–3
(12–25, 25–16, 25–21, 13–25, 16–18) 		1,479 30–2
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

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Announcers for televised games

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All home games will be on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. Most road games will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network, with the game at Pitt on ACC Network Extra, Utah Valley on ESPN+, and the other two Panther Classic matches being untelevised.

  • Southern Utah: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • LIU: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • UNLV: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Weber State: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Dixie State: Jason Shepherd & Amy Gant
  • Michigan State: Brandon Crow & Amy Gant
  • Pitt: Josh Rowntree & Amanda Silay
  • Utah: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Utah Valley: Matt Baiamonte[permanent dead link‍] & Madison Dennison
  • Pacific: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • Saint Mary's: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Santa Clara: Anthony Passarelli
  • San Francisco: Joaquin Wallace
  • Portland: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Gonzaga: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Loyola Marymount: Jonathan Grace & Joely Karrer
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • San Francisco: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Santa Clara: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Gonzaga: Thomas Gallagher & Bella Fontaine
  • Portland: Bryan Sleik & Carly Dumanon
  • Pepperdine: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Loyola Marymount: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Kiki Solano
  • Pacific: Paul Muyskens & Carmelo DeLa Fuente
  • Saint Mary's: Ben Ross
  • San Diego: Jack Cronin[permanent dead link‍]
  • Boise State: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • Utah: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • Purdue: Alex Loeb & Missy Whittemore

References

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

See also: 2021 BYU Cougars football team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2022 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. ^ "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Portland Volleyball Matches this Week Canceled". Portland Pilots. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Volleyball Roster". Byucougars.com. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  5. ^ known as Utah Tech University as of Summer 2022
  6. ^ "BYU Women's Volleyball 2021 Schedule Features Five In-State Opponents". Kslsports.com. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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