2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

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2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
WCC regular season champion
NCAA, Regional semifinals
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record17–2 (15–1 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (7th season)
  • Jonny Neeley[2] (5th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →

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.

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 scheduled 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
No. 14 BYU  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 1   .938 17 – 2   .895
No. 20 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 14 – 2   .875 17 – 4   .810
No. 21 San Diego  ‍‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 13 – 5   .722
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 7 – 9   .438
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 7 – 10   .412
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 7 – 10   .412
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 6 – 11   .353
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 5 – 12   .294
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7   .222 2 – 7   .222
Portland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 13   .133 2 – 13   .133
Pacific suspended their season on March 15, 2021.
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 12, 2024
Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights[edit]

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster[edit]

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 - Redshirt Freshman
  • 14 Makayla Tolman - Freshman
  

Setters

  • 7 Whitney Bower - Sophomore
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Junior

Middle blockers

  • 16 Allie Hakes - Freshman
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Redshirt Senior
  

Schedule[edit]

Date
Time 		Opponent Rank
(Tournament Seed) 		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)[4] 		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)[5] 		0 2–0
(2–0)
02/02
7 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #14 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv
PPD- COVID-19 cases at Santa Clara
02/03
7 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #14 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv
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)[6] 		260 3–0
2/09
6 p.m. 		Gonzaga* #12 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–1
(25–17, 23–25, 25–12, 25–17)[7] 		150 4–0
(3–0)
2/10
4 p.m. 		Gonzaga* #12 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–22)[8] 		150 5–0
(4–0)
2/16
7 p.m. 		Loyola Marymount* #12 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–20, 25–19) 		150 6–0
(5–0)
2/17
7 p.m. 		Loyola Marymount* #12 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–17, 27–25, 25–23) 		150 7–0
(6–0)
2/23
8 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* #12 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC Network L 0–3
(20–25, 16–25, 19–25) 		0 7–1
(6–1)
2/24
8 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* #12 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC Network W 3–2
(24–26, 25–23, 19–25, 25–21, 15–13) 		0 8–1
(7–1)
3/05
2 p.m. 		@ San Francisco* #15 The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–23, 25–20, 25–21) 		0 9–1
(8–1)
3/06
2 p.m. 		@ San Francisco* #15 The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25–15, 20–25, 26–24, 25–18) 		0 10–1
(9–1)
03/12
1 p.m. 		Pacific* #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv
Canceled- COVID-19 cases at Pacific
03/13
1 p.m. 		Pacific* #15 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv
03/17
2 p.m. 		@ #21 San Diego* #16 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25–20, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17) 		1 11–1
(10–1)
03/20
1 p.m. 		#21 San Diego* #16 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–17) 		550 12–1
(11–1)
03/26
5 p.m. 		@ Saint Mary's* #15 University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–17, 25–15, 26–24) 		0 13–1
(12–1)
03/27
4 p.m. 		@ Saint Mary's* #15 University Credit Union Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–19, 25–23, 25–21) 		0 14–1
(13–1)
03/30
1 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #14 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–18, 25–20, 25–11) 		400 15–1
(14–1)
03/31
1 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #14 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–9) 		400 16–1
(15–1)
04/15
8:30 p.m. 		y- #15 UCLA #14
(16) 		CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 4
Omaha, NE
(NCAA 2nd Round) 		ESPN3 W 3–0
(26–24, 31–29, 25–17) 		0 17–1
(15–1)
04/17
6:00 p.m. 		y- #1 (1) Wisconsin #14
(16) 		CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 3
Omaha, NE
(NCAA regional semifinal) 		ESPN3 L 0–3
(20–25, 17–25, 12–25) 		0 17–2
(15–1)
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

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Announcers for televised games[edit]

All home games will be on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. All road game will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network.

References[edit]

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

See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2021 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. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. ^ https://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball/2020
  4. ^ "No. 16 Cougars open season with sweep of Portland". Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 16 BYU completes road sweep at Portland". Daily Herald. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "BYU women's volleyball holds off determined effort to win at UVU". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "No. 12 BYU adapts to changes in 3-1 victory against Gonzaga". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Grimmer's timely play leads to sweep of Gonzaga". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "Conference schedules announced for women's volleyball and soccer". Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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