Matches 31-32 | BYU vs. Princeton & Utah/UNLV | Dec. 2 & Dec. 3 | Friday, 7 p.m. MST & Saturday, 7 p.m. MST | www.BYUcougars.com VOLLEYBALL Royce Hinton, BYU Athletic Communications | C: (801) 602-4155 | O: (801) 422-8999 | [email protected] | @byuwvolleyball, @byucougars BYU 2016 SCHEDULE GAME INFORMATION PRINCETON Date Day Opponent Time/Result Video First serve vs. .......... 7:05 p.m. MST 8/26 FRI Utah Valley^ W 3-0 BYUtv TV .......................... BYUtv Record: 19-4, 13-1 Ivy Talent ...... Spencer Linton (play-by-play) Coach: Sabrina King, 6th 8/27 SAT Rice^ W 3-2 BYUtv Kristen Kozlowski (color) Alma Mater: PU, ‘01 8/27 SAT Cal Poly^ W 3-0 BYUtv Jason Shepherd (sideline) Career: 88-57 (.607) 9/2 FRI Wyoming# W 3-0 Radio .................... BYU Radio 9/2 FRI LIU-Brooklyn# W 3-0 Video streaming �������������������������� BYUtv.org UTAH 9/3 SAT No. 11 Ohio State# W 3-2 Audio streaming ........... BYURadio.org Record: 20-11, 11-9 Pac-12 9/9 FRI Boise State! W 3-0 Live Stats ............ BYUCougars.com Coach: Beth Launiere, 27th 9/10 SAT (RV) Missouri! W 3-0 13 seed BYU COUGARS Alma Mater: Aquinas, ‘85 9/10 SAT Idaho State! W 3-0 (27-3, 16-2 WCC) SERIES INFORMATION Career: 753-617 (.550) 9/15 THU Utah% L 2-3 BYUtv Head Coach ....... Heather Olmstead BYU leads PU ��������������������������������������� 3-0 UNLV 9/16 FRI CSUN W 3-0 BYUtv Alma Mater ........ Utah State, 2002 Last Meeting ...... BYU won 3-0, 9/15/12 9/17 SAT (RV) UNLV W 3-0 TheW.tv Record at BYU ������������������� 55-7 (.887) BYU leads UU ����������������������������������� 69-30 Record: 23-7, 12-6 MWC Coach: Cindy Fredirck, 6th 9/22 THU (RV) Santa Clara* W 3-0 BYUtv Years at BYU . 2 Last Meeting ..... Utah won 3-2, 9/15/16 9/24 SAT San Francisco* W 3-0 TheW.tv BYU leads UNLV ��������������������������������� 28-6 Alma Mater: AC, ‘74 Record vs. LMU �����������������������������2-1 Career: 523-404 (.564) 9/27 TUE Pepperdine* W 3-1 TheW.tv Last Meeting ...... BYU won 3-0, 9/17/16 9/30 FRI No. 6 San Diego* L 0-3 TheW.tv 10/6 THU Saint Mary’s* W 3-0 BYUtv BYU STORYLINES 10/8 SAT Pacific* W 3-0 TheW.tv • Series history. BYU holds a perfect 3-0 record against Princeton, last winning in three in 2012. The Cougars lead 10/13 THU Portland* L 2-3 TheW.tv the series with the Utes 69-30, but fell in five at the Smith Fieldhouse earlier this season. BYU leads the series with 10/15 SAT Gonzaga* W 3-0 TheW.tv UNLV 28-6, having last won in three at home earlier this year. 10/20 THU Pepperdine* W 3-0 TheW.tv • Atop the WCC. The Cougars won the outright West Coast Conference title for the third-consecutive season. McK- 10/22 SAT Loyola Marymount* W 3-2 BYUtv enna Miller was named the WCC Freshman of the Year and was added to the All-WCC First Team along with Amy 10/28 FRI No. 5 San Diego* W 3-0 BYUtv Boswell and Whitney Young Howard. 11/3 THU Pacific* W 3-0 TheW.tv • Top in the nation. BYU is ranked in a 56th-consecutive AVCA Coaches’ Poll dating back to the week of Oct. 7, 11/5 SAT Saint Mary’s* W 3-0 TheW.tv 2013. 11/10 THU Gonzaga* W 3-1 BYUtv • Home sweet home. The Cougars hold a 66-2 home record since Nov. 2011 and are 44-0 in conference play during 11/12 SAT Portland* W 3-0 TheW.tv that stretch. Both losses came in five sets. BYU is 14-1 overall at home this season. • National prominence. McKenna Miller is ranked No. 49 nationally in kills per set (4.03), No. 69 in total kills (427) 11/17 THU San Francisco* W 3-1 TheW.tv and No. 70 in points per set (4.29). Amy Boswell is ranked No. 22 in hitting percentage (.388), No. 57 in blocks 11/19 SAT Santa Clara* W 3-1 TheW.tv per set (1.25) and No. 62 in total blocks (132). Lyndie Haddock is ranked No. 65 in assists per set (10.44), Whitney 11/22 TUE Loyola Marymount* W 3-2 ESPNU Young Howard is ranked No. 70 in hitting percentage (.354), No. 70 in blocks per set (1.19) and No. 89 in total 12/2 FRI Princeton 7 p.m. MST BYUtv blocks (125) and Mary Lake is ranked No. 95 in digs per set (4.51). 12/3 SAT No. 22 Utah/UNLV 7 p.m. MST BYUtv • Team rankings. BYU is ranked No. 4 nationally in hitting percentage (.292) No. 5 in W-L percentage (.900), No. 7 in Home matches are in BOLD ^ BYU Invitational RPI, No. 23 in opponent hitting percentage (.165), No. 23 in blocks per set (2.67), No. 36 in kills per set (14.02), No. * Conference matches # Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic 44 in total team blocks (283.0), No. 48 in assists per set (12.91) and No. 94 in aces per set (1.35). ! Idaho State Invitational % Deseret First Duel BYU ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Cosy Burnett RS 6-2 JR 2L San Diego, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS) 3 Alohi Robins-Hardy S 6-2 JR 2L Waimanalo, Hawai’i (Kamehameha HS) 4 Maddie Graham MB 6-0 JR 2L Auburn, Calif. (Placer HS) 5 Emily Lewis RS 6-4 FR RS Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS) 6 Lyndie Haddock S 5-10 SO 1L Longmont, Colo. (Timpview HS) 7 Sophie Hartsock MB 6-3 SO 1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Bonanza HS) 8 Makenna Santiago DS/L 5-7 SR 3L Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS) TEAM COMPARISON 10 Amy Boswell MB 6-4 SR 3L Aloha, Ore. (Aloha HS) (as of 11/28) 11 Lacy Haddock OH 5-10 SO 1L Longmont, Colo. (Timpview HS) BYU CATEGORY PU/UU/UNLV 12 Roni Jones-Perry OH 6-0 SO 1L West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills HS) 27-3, 16-2 W-L 19-4/20-11/23-7 13 Danelle Parady-Stetler OH 6-0 SO 1L Bluffdale, Utah (Riverton HS) 10-0 Last 10 9-1/5-5/5-5 14 McKenna Miller OH 6-1 FR HS Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley HS) 5-0 Last 5 4-1/2-3/2-3 15 Kiani Tuileta S 5-10 FR RS Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou HS) 106 Sets 84/124/110 1487 Kills 1184/1758/1523 16 Whitney Young Howard MB 6-0 SR 3L Roberts, Idaho (Rigby HS) 14.03 Kills Per Set 14.1/14.2/13.9 17 Tristyn Moser DS/L 5-8 FR HS Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) 11.60 Opp. Kills Per Set 11.4/12.7/12.8 18 Mary Lake DS/L 5-7 FR HS Palm Springs, Calif. (Palm Springs HS) .293 Hitting % .267/.252/.236 20 Hannah Robison OH 6-0 SR 3L Orem, Utah (Orem HS) .165 Opp. Hitting % .193/.211/.189 21 Megan Mowry MB 6-3 FR HS Nampa, Idaho (Skyville HS) 12.92 Assists Per Set 13.5/13.4/12.7 1.35 Aces Per Set 1.4/1.2/1.1 24 Kennedy Redding MB 6-4 FR HS Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS) 13.69 Digs Per Set 16.0/14.7/14.7 Head Coach: Heather Olmstead (Utah State, 2002) – second season 12.95 Opp. Digs Per Set 14.0/14.0/15.5 Assistant Coaches: Dave Hyte, Jonny Neeley Technical Assistant: Chelsea Nitta 2.66 Blocks Per Set 1.6/2.2/2.5 Athletic Trainer: Dan Graham 46 Solo Blocks 32/41/40 Pronunciations Block Assists 472 196/461/478 Makenna Santiago San-TEE-aw-GO Alohi Robins-Hardy AH-low-HEE Danelle Parady DUH-nehl Kiani Tuileta KEE-aw-NEE TOO-ee-LAY-tuh Roni Jones-Perry RAW-nee Hannah Robison RAW-bih-son BYU VOLLEYBALL TEAM NOTES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION WEEKLY RELEASE Location ......................Provo, Utah 84602 No. 13 seed BYU to host first two rounds of NCAA Tournament Elevation. 4,553 feet Enrollment ............................ 29,672 PROVO, Utah – No. 13 seed BYU women’s volleyball will participate in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Founded. October 15, 1875 hosting Princeton Friday night at the Smith Fieldhouse in the first round. Owned ...........................LDS Church “I’m thrilled for the team to be able to play at home again in front of our great crowd,” BYU head coach Nickname ............................Cougars Heather Olmstead said. “We’re excited to play Princeton in the first round. We’re familiar with both UNLV Mascot ......................Cosmo the Cougar and Utah, but we’re focused on the Tigers.” Colors ..................... Dark blue and white Conference ..............West Coast Conference The Cougars (27-3, 16-2 West Coast Conference) will play against Princeton in the first round and the Arena ................. Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) winner will compete against the winner of the match between Utah and UNLV. BYU and Princeton will BYU President . Kevin J Worthen (BYU, 1982) play Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. MST with Utah and UNLV facing off right before at 5 p.m. MST on Elaine Athletic Director ..........Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) Michaelis Court. The winners of each match will play Saturday at 7 p.m. MST in the second round. Head Coach ... Heather Olmstead (Utah State, 2002) BYU, Princeton, Utah and UNLV are part of the Texas Region.