2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	2–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Devin Young (7th season); Otavio Souza (3rd season);
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.^[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish third in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.^[4]

2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 BYU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Menlo ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 13 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Vanguard ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of January 5, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

To be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2025 BYU Cougars roster^[5]

Defensive specialist/libero

6 Jackson Fife - Junior
15 Bernardo Adam - Junior

Middle blockers

5 Niko Hales - Freshman
17 Gavin Chambers - Freshman
19 Ethan Gant - Junior
21 Teon Taylor - Senior

Outside hitters

1 Luke Benson - Senior
9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Sophomore
10 Lucas Torres - Junior
11 Jared Brady - Junior
20 Keoni Thiim - Senior
22 Jack Sutton - Junior
23 Miks Ramanis - Senior
24 Cole Hauser - Junior

Opposite hitters

10 Lucas Torres - Junior
14 Ian Little - Sophomore

Setters

2 Kyle Saurer - Freshman
3 Tyler Hergert^[6] - Junior

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:^[7]

All home games will be televised on BYUtv, BYUtv.org, and BTN+/B1G+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.

Date time	Opponent	Rank ^{(tournament seed)}	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/3 5 p.m.	@ #11 Ohio State	#6	Covelli Center Columbus, OH	BTN+	W 3–1 (19–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–18)^[8]	1,292	1–0
1/4 5 p.m.	@ #11 Ohio State	#6	Covelli Center Columbus, OH	BTN+	W 3–1 (29–27, 23–25, 25–15, 25–17)	1,116	2–0
1/10 7 p.m.	St. Thomas Aquinas		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
1/11 7 p.m.	St. Thomas Aquinas		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
1/16 5 p.m.	@ Ball State		Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+
1/17 5 p.m.	@ Ball State		Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+
1/22 7 p.m.	@ UC Irvine		Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+
1/24 7 p.m.	@ UC Irvine		Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+
1/31 7 p.m.	Hawai'i		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
2/1 7 p.m.	Hawai'i		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
2/7 7 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
2/8 7 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
2/14 8 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
2/15 8 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
2/21 7 p.m.	Barry		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
2/22 7 p.m.	Barry		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
3/7 7 p.m.	USC*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
3/8 7 p.m.	USC*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
3/15 7 p.m.	Harvard		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
3/17 7 p.m.	Harvard		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
3/21 7 p.m.	@ Grand Canyon*		Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+ BTN+
3/22 7 p.m.	Grand Canyon*		Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+ BTN+
4/3 7 p.m.	Stanford*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
4/4 7 p.m.	Stanford*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
4/11 8 p.m.	@ UCLA*		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
4/12 6 p.m.	@ UCLA		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
4/18 7 p.m.	Pepperdine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
4/19 7 p.m.	Pepperdine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv BTN+
4/22-4/26 TBA			Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Ohio State: Jonathan Matthes & Dylan Tyrer
Ohio State: Sara Sharp & Hanna Williford
St. Thomas Aquinas:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Ball State:
Ball State:
UC Irvine:
UC Irvine:
Hawai'i:
Hawai'i:
UC Santa Barbara:
UC Santa Barbara:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Barry:
Barry:
USC:
USC:
Harvard:
Harvard:
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon:
Stanford:
Stanford:
UCLA:
UCLA:
Pepperdine:
Pepperdine:
MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	6^[9]^[10]
Off the Block Media	Not released

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

^ "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
^ "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
^ "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
^ "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
^ "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics". BYU Athletics.
^ "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ "BYU embracing opportunity of facing 'one of the toughest schedules in the country'". Deseret News. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
^ "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball earns 3-1 victory at No. 11 Ohio State in opener". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
^ "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[1] "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[2] "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[3] "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[4] "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

[5] "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics". BYU Athletics.

[6] "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[7] "BYU embracing opportunity of facing 'one of the toughest schedules in the country'". Deseret News. Retrieved January 2, 2025.

[8] "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball earns 3-1 victory at No. 11 Ohio State in opener". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

[9] "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[10] "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

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