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
Conference	West Coast Conference
2020–21 record	3–0 (2–0 WCC)
Head coach	Heather Olmstead[1] (6th season)
Assistant coaches	David Hyte (7th season) Jonny Neeley[2] (5th season)
Home arena	Smith 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
Team	W		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.

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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:

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.