Week 1 | No. 9 Lewis (N), Fri. Jan. 9, 5 p.m. PST | No. 2 Loyola (N), Sat. Jan. 10, 5 p.m. PST | Maples Pavilion | Stanford, Calif. | Follow on www.BYUcougars.com VOLLEYBALL Royce Hinton, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-8999 | [email protected] | twitter: @byuvolleyball, facebook.com/byuvolleyball NEUTRAL SITE OPPONENTS BYU 2014 SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV No. 2 LOYOLA RAMBLERS (0-0. 0-0 MIVA) 1/9 Fri No. 2 Loyola (N) 5 p.m. PST 1/10 Sat No. 9 Lewis (N) 5 p.m. PST Head Coach ...... Shane Davis Career Record .. 237-86 (.734) 1/16 Fri UCLA* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Alma Mater ..... Loyola, 2003 Record at UCSB ������������ 74- 91 1/17 Sat UCLA* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Year at Loyola . 12th Record vs. BYU . 4-28 1/23 Fri UC Santa Barbara* 7 p.m. PST 1/24 Sat UC Santa Barbara* 7 p.m. PST 1/30 Fri UC San Diego* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R No. 9 LEWIS FLYERS (0-0. 0-0 MIVA) 1/31 Sat UC San Diego* 7 p.m. MST W.tv Head Coach ....... Dan Friend Career Record . 194-110 (.638) 2/6 Fri Cal Baptist* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R No. 6 BYU COUGARS Alma Mater .. Washburn, 1997 Record at Lewis �������������� Same 2/7 Sat Cal Baptist* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R (0-0, 0-0 MPSF) Year at Lewis .......... 11th Record vs. BYU . 2-5 2/12 Thu USC* 7 p.m. PST 2/13 Fri USC* 7 p.m. PST Head Coach .......... Chris McGown 2/20 Fri Long Beach State* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Alma Mater . .BYU, 1994 GAME INFORMATION SERIES INFORMATION 2/21 Sat Long Beach State* 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Loyola Loyola 2/27 Fri Ball State 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Career Record ����������������� 71-21 (.772) 2/28 Sat Ball State 7 p.m. MST BYUtv/R Record at BYU ����������������������������Same First serve ............ Fri., 5 p.m. PST BYU leads . .4-2 Year at BYU ������������������������������������4th TV .......................... N/A Last Meeting .... Loyola won 3-0, 1/3/14 3/6 Fri Stanford* 7 p.m. PST Record vs. Loyola ���������������������������1-1 Streaming .................... N/A H/A/N ................. 1-0/2-2/1-0 3/7 Sat Stanford* 7 p.m. PST Record vs. Lewis . .1-2 Live Stats ........... BYUcougars.com 3/20 Fri Pepperdine* 7 p.m. PDT Lewis 3/21 Sat Pepperdine* 7 p.m. PDT Lewis 3/27 Fri UC Irvine* 7 p.m. MDT BYUtv/R First serve ........... Sat., 5 p.m. PST BYU leads . .12-3 3/28 Sat UC Irvine* 7 p.m. MDT TBD TV .......................... N/A Last Meeting .. Lewis won 3-1, 1/4/2014 Streaming .................... N/A H/A/N ................. 8-1/3-2/1-0 4/10 Fri Cal State Northridge* 7 p.m. PDT Live Stats ........... BYUcougars.com 4/11 Sat Cal State Northridge* 7 p.m. PDT 4/17 Fri Hawai’i* 7 p.m. MDT BYUtv/R BYU STORYLINES 4/18 Sat Hawai’i* 7 p.m. MDT BYUtv/R Bold – home matches • Last meetings. BYU opens 2015 as it did the 2014 season, with matches against Loyola-Chicago and * – MPSF matches Lewis. Last year the Cougars lost both opening-weekend matches, falling 3-0 to eventual NCAA champion Loyola and 3-1 to Lewis on the road • Preseason poll. After taking both the MPSF regular-season and MPSF tournament title in 2014, BYU was TEAM COMPARISON picked to finish sixth in the league and the nation in the preseason polls. • New faces. BYU volleyball welcomes five newcomers to the team this season. Erik Sikes, Brenden Sander, (2014 stats) Christian Rupert and Chandler Gibb join the team as true freshmen. Ty Hutchins is a junior transfer from Orange Coast College, and Leo Durkin returns as a redshirt freshman following an LDS mission. CATEGORY BYU • Junior corps. The Cougars return six juniors who saw action in 2014, including five who started during the W-L 21-9 season. (With the Hutchins transfer, there are seven total.) The roster also includes three seniors and four Last 10 5-5 sophomores, all of which played last season. Last 5 3-2 Sets 113 Kills 1424 Kills Per Set 12.6 BYU ROSTER Opp. Kills Per Set 12.75 No. Name Ht. Pos. Class Hometown/Last school Hitting % .300 1 Price Jarman 6-8 MB R Fr. Las Vegas, Nev./Bonanza High School Opp. Hitting % .261 2 Carson Heninger 6-6 OPP Jr. Magrath, AB, Canada/Mount Royal University Assists Per Set 11.96 3 Evan Chang 6-0 LIB Jr. San Francisco, Calif./Urban School of San Francisco Aces Per Set 1.32 4 Leo Durkin 6-4 S R Fr. Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial High School Digs Per Set 8.28 5 Kiril Meretev 6-6 OH So. Saedinenie, Bulgaria/Math High School 6 Josue Rivera 6-3 OH Sr. San Juan, P.R./Colegio San Ignacio Opp. Digs Per Set 9.03 7 Phil Fuchs 6-3 OPP Sr. Lindon, Utah/Brookfield East High School Blocks Per Set 2.96 8 Erik Sikes 6-1 L Fr. Coto de Caza, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic Solo Blocks 28 9 Tyler Heap 6-6 S Jr. La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla High School Block Assists Per Set 5.42 10 Jake Langlois 6-10 MB So. San Jose, Calif./Santa Teresa High School 11 Matt Underwood 6-5 OPP Jr. San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo High School LOYOLA CATEGORY LEWIS 12 Jaylen Reyes 6-1 LIB Sr. Honolulu, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools 29-1 W-L 23-8 14 Ty Hutchins 6-4 OH Jr. Orem, Utah/Orange Coast College 10-0 Last 10 8-2 15 Brenden Sander 6-4 OH Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif./Norco High School 5-0 Last 5 3-2 16 Tim Dobbert 6-10 OPP So. Aichelberg, Germany/Claude Dornier Schule 106 Sets 115 17 Joseph Grosh 6-7 MB So. Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley High School 18 Robbie Sutton 6-5 S So. San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo High School 1482 Kills 1441 21 Christian Rupert 6-7 MB Fr. Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks High School West 13.98 Kills Per Set 12.53 22 Chandler Gibb 6-1 S Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison High School 10.57 Opp. Kills Per Set 11.9 23 Michael Hatch 6-8 MB Jr. Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura High School .366 Hitting % .328 .204 Opp. Hitting % .210 Head coach: Chris McGown 13.05 Assists Per Set 11.72 Associate head coach: Rob Neilson 1.72 Aces Per Set 1.14 Assistant coaches: Mike Wilton, Carl McGown 8.98 Digs Per Set 8.5 Technical assistant: Giuseppe Vinci 7.15 Opp. Digs Per Set 7.78 Trainer: Blain Empey 2.25 Blocks Per Set 2.92 34 Solo Blocks 64 Pronunciations Phil Fuchs FYOOKS Kiril Meretev KIHR-ee-ahl 3.85 Block Assists Per Set 4.73 Carson Heninger HEHN-in-ger (g sound as in go) Josue Rivera Hoh-SWAY Ree-VEH-rah Jake Langlois Lang-LOYS Jaylen Reyes RAY-uhs BYU VOLLEYBALL TEAM NOTES 2014 QUICK FACTS WEEKLY RELEASE Location ......................Provo, Utah 84602 PROVO, Utah – No. 6 BYU men’s volleyball begins the season this week with a pair of nonconference neutral-site Elevation. 4,553 feet matchups against No. 2 Loyola-Chicago and No. 9 Lewis. Enrollment ............................ 32,980 Founded. October 15, 1875 The Cougars (0-0) return five starters this season from last year’s squad that finished 21-9 and 18-6 in Mountain Owned ...........................LDS Church Pacific Sports Federation play. Nickname ............................Cougars Loyola-Chicago Mascot ......................Cosmo the Cougar Colors .....................Dark Blue and White • BYU first faces off against Loyola-Chicago (0-0) Friday at 5 p.m. PST on a neutral court at Stanford. Arena .................. Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) • The Cougars are 4-2 all-time against the Ramblers. The defending national champions picked up the last Court .....................Elaine Michaelis Court win in the series in Chicago 3-0. BYU President . Kevin J Worthen (BYU, 1979) • Loyola-Chicago played an exhibition match against Windsor last week, winning a close battle in five sets. Athletics Director .........Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) • The Ramblers were picked to finish first in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, receiving all Head Coach ...........Chris McGown (BYU, 1994) nine first-place votes. Seasons ........................entering 3rd yr. Lewis Career Record .....................71-21 (.772) Record at BYU .......................... Same • Saturday at 5 p.m. PST, BYU will take on Lewis (0-0) at Stanford’s court in its final match of the week. Associate head coach ............... Rob Neilson • The Flyers picked up the last victory in the series 3-1 in 2014, but the Cougars hold a 12-3 overall advan- Assist. Coaches ........Milke Wilton, Carl McGown, tage. Giuseppe Vinci • Lewis swept Windsor in an exhibition match last week and will face off against UC Irvine Monday and 2014 Overall Record ......................21-9 Stanford Friday before playing BYU. • The Flyers were picked to finish second in the MIVA behind last year’s winner, Loyola-Chicago. 2014 MPSF Record .......................18-6 2013 Overall Record ......................26-5 Links to live stats for both matches can be found on the BYU men’s volleyball schedule page. 2013 MPSF Record .......................21-3 Final 2014 National Ranking .................No. 4 Starters Returning/Lost ..................... 5/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................13/2 Newcomers ................................5 National Championships ...... 3 (1999, 2001, 2004) Winning Seasons ..........................20 RETURNING STARTERS (5) BREAKDOWN BY GEOGRAPHY MPSF Championships .......................4 Tim Dobbert So.