@BYUVOLLEYBALL MEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT Braden Taylor | [email protected] BYU VOLLEYBALL @bradenjtaylor | 385-230-4088 THREE-TIME NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - 1999, 2001, 2004 | 23 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS - BEST ACTIVE STREAK IN THE NCAA #2 BYU #3 UCSB 2020 SCHEDULE STAT COMPARISON H 2-0 | A 6-0 | N 0-0 #2 BYU W/L JANUARY VS. 8-0 6-0 28 SETS 18 3 at #11 Loyola-Chicago W 3-1 #3 UCSB 382 K 241 4 at #6 Lewis W 3-1 JANUARY 31 & FEBRUARY 1 109 E 65 COUGARS GAUCHOS TA 10 #15 Penn State W 3-0 SMITH FIELDHOUSE 759 475 8-0 0-0 PROVO, UTAH 6-0 0-0 .360 HIT% .371 OVERALL MPSF OVERALL BIG WEST 11 #15 Penn State W 3-0 .231 OPP% .113 17 at Mount Olive W 3-0 13.64 K/S 13.39 357 ASTS 223 18 at Mount Olive W 3-0 QUICK HITS 12.75 ASTS/S 12.39 22 at #5 UC Irvine W 3-1 54 SA 36 24 at #5 UC Irvine W 3-1 • No. 2 BYU men’s volleyball and No. 3 UC Santa Barbara both come into the matchup 99 SE 84 undefeated. The former conference opponents have played 66 times with the Cougars 1.93 SA/S 2.00 31 UCSB BYUtv 7 p.m. leading the overall series 42-24. While the Gauchos have historically struggled in Provo with 262 DIGS 187 a record of 7-25, they have won five of the last six matches in the Smith Fieldhouse. FEBRUARY 9.36 DIGS/S 10.39 • Winning their first eight matches of the season, the Cougars are off to their best start since 5 BS 5 1 UCSB BYUtv 6 p.m. going 12-0 to open the 2008 season. 152 BA 81 6 UCLA BYUtv 7 p.m. 81 TBLK 45.5 • The two matches against UCSB will be the seventh and eighth matches BYU has played 2.89 BLK/S 2.53 8 Pepperdine BYUtv 5 p.m. against ranked opponents this season. The Cougars boast one of the toughest schedules in the country with six of their first eight matches also being on the road. 517 PTS 322.5 14 at Grand Canyon GCUTV 6 p.m. 20 Concordia BYUtv 7 p.m. • The Cougars remained at No. 2 in the most recent AVCA Coaches Poll (1/27) while receiving two first-place votes for the first time this year. BYU has been ranked for 472-consecutive 22 USC BYUtv 6 p.m. weeks dating back to the final rankings of the 1991 season. Under BYU head coach Shawn WINNING WAYS The Cougars historically rank among the best 29 Stanford BYUtv 7 p.m. Olmstead, the Cougars have now been ranked fifth or better 55 times, including 43 weeks rated inside the top-3. in the NCAA. The last five seasons (2015-19) have seen especially high win totals, with MARCH • BYU swept MPSF weekly honors for the second time this season as Gabi Garcia Fernandez BYU ranking among the top teams in win 5 at Hawaii Spectrum Sports 7 p.m. received his second Offensive Player of the Week award and Wil Stanley was named percentage, home win percentage and away Defensive Player of the Week. The Cougars have collected five of the eight total weekly win percentage. 6 at Hawaii Spectrum Sports 7 p.m. honors so far this year. 13 at Stanford 6 p.m. LAST 5 YEARS BY WIN PERCENTAGE • Opposite hitter Gabi Garcia Fernandez currently leads the NCAA with an average of 1.00 1. Long Beach State .815 123-28 26 at USC Pac-12/USC 7 p.m. aces per set. The junior is also second in points per set (5.86) and fifth in kills per set (4.39). 2. Hawaii .760 114-36 Outside hitter Davide Gardini ranks fourth in both kills per set (4.50) and points per set 27 at Concordia Eagle TV 7 p.m. 3. Ohio State .759 120-38 (5.30). Setter Wil Stanley is averaging 11.56 assists per set to rank second in the nation 4. Loyola-Chicago .745 108-37 while middle blocker Felipe de Brito Ferreira is seventh in blocks per set (1.409) APRIL 5. Lewis .735 114-41 6. BYU .734 105-38 2 Grand Canyon BYUtv App 7 p.m. • As a team, BYU currently ranks second in the NCAA in both kills per set (13.64) and assists per set (12.75). The team is third in the nation in hitting percentage (.360) while ranking 9 at Pepperdine 7 p.m. fourth in blocks per set (2.893) LAST 5 YEARS BY AWAY WIN PERCENTAGE 11 at UCLA Pac-12/UCLA 5 p.m. 1. Long Beach State .741 43-15 • Olmstead entered the 2020 season with the highest winning percentage of any active men’s 2. Lewis .661 41-21 18 MPSF Quarterfinal volleyball coach in NCAA DI-II (88-28, .759, 2016-19). 3. BYU .623 38-23 23 MPSF Semifinal 4. Barton .609 39-25 • BYU has been picked to finish first in the MPSF by the conference’s head coaches; the 5. UC Irvine .603 44-29 25 MPSF Championship Cougars have been crowned conference champions three of the four last seasons. LAST 5 YEARS BY HOME WIN PERCENTAGE MAY • Olmstead returns one of the most experienced rosters in recent history with BYU returning 16 players that have been with the program for at least one season, including one player 1. Hawaii .871 74-11 7-9 NCAA Semifinals & Final returning from a two-year church mission. The Cougars welcomed three true freshman that Ohio State .871 74-11 joined the program this offseason. 3. Barton .843 59-11 4. Loyola-Chicago .835 66-13 All times local to site • Coming off its 23rd winning season in a row, the BYU men’s volleyball program holds the MPSF games in bold 5. BYU .833 60-12 @BYUVOLLEYBALL BYUCOUGARS.COM 2020 QUICK FACTS BYU FAMILIES TEAM OF LINGUISTS Playing sports at BYU has increasingly become a family BYU has a wide variety of languages spoken by its players. GENERAL INFORMATION affair. Seven players have close family members who also There are nine languages other than English spoken by competed or are competing as Cougars. members of the team. Of the 19 players on the 2020 School: ...............................................Brigham Young University roster, 12 of them are fluent in at least two languages. Location: ....................................................................Provo, Utah Alex Ah Sue Wife, McKenna Miller (Volleyball; 2016-19) Finnish: Miki Jauhiainen Founded: ................................................................................1875 Italian: Davide Gardini Brody Earnest Enrollment: ........................................................................ 33,633 Mandarin Chinse: Max Pothier Father, Aaron (Basketball; 1990) Marshallese: Branden Oberender Nickname: ........................................................................Cougars Uncle, Brian Congelliere (Volleyball; 2004-08) Polish: Gavin Julien Uncle, John (Volleyball; 1999-00) Colors: ........................................................Navy Blue and White Portuguese: Felipe de Brito Ferreira* Spanish: Alex Ah Sue Conference: ...................... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Zach Eschenberg Wife, Kennedy (Volleyball; 2016-present) Felipe de Brito Ferreira* President: .........................................................Kevin J. Worthen Zach Eschenberg Gavin Heap Gabi Garcia Fernandez Athletics Director: ...................................................Tom Holmoe Father, Elmer (Basketball 1981-83) Gavin Heap Brother, Andrew (Volleyball; 2008, 2012-13) Mitchel Worthington Brother, Tyler (Volleyball; 2010, 2013-15) Tagalog & Ilokano: Body Earnest* *Fluent in at least three languages ARENA INFORMATION Jon & Wil Stanley Father, Jon (Basketball; 1963-65) Home Court: ...................................................Smith Fieldhouse BYU’S RECORD IN 2020 WHEN... Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga Capacity: ...............................................................................5,000 Brother, Storm Fa’agata-Tufuga (Volleyball; 2017-19) Overall . 8-0 Surface: ............................................................................Taraflex Conference. .0-0 Nonconference . .8-0 Home . .2-0 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Away. .6-0 Neutral. .0-0 Media Relations Director ......................................Braden Taylor COACHING FAMILY TREE Head coach Shawn Olmstead comes from a family of Email ...................................................mvolleyball_sid@byu.edu volleyball coaches. His father, Rick, is a well-known high Day. .1-0 school and club coach in California who coached U.S. star Night. .7-0 Phone ...................................................................801-422-8999 and current National Team head coach Karch Kiraly at Santa Twitter ................................................................. @bradenjtaylor Barbara High. Playing ranked opponents . 8-0 Playing unranked oppponents. .2-0 Assoc. AD/Communications: ....................................Duff Tittle Shawn’s sisters, Laci and Heather, both played volleyball Email ............................................................duff_tittle@byu.edu at the collegiate level. Laci was a setter for the Cougars In three sets. .4-0 In four sets . .4-0 BYU Athletics Website .....................................byucougars.com (1994-95) and Heather played four seasons as a libero at Utah State (1998-01). In five sets. .0-0 BYU Volleyball Twitter & Instagram ................@BYUVolleyball Mailing Address ............................... 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602 Heather has been the BYU women’s volleyball head coach Winning the first set . 7-0 the last five seasons. She’s led her team to four conference Winning the second set . .6-0 titles and NCAA Sweet 16 berths, including a Final Four Winning the third set. .7-0 appearance in 2018. Previously, Shawn and Heather worked Winning the fourth set . .4-0 together on the women’s team for four seasons with TEAM INFORMATION Shawn as head coach, helping BYU to two conference titles Losing the first set . .1-0 2019 Record ............................................................. 13-12 (.520) and three trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a 2014 Losing the second set . .2-0 national runner-up finish. Both Shawn and Heather have Losing the third set. .1-0 2019 Final Ranking.................................................................11th been named the AVCA NCAA Women’s Volleyball DI Coach Losing the fourth set . .0-0 2019 Postseason Finish ........................... 1-1, MPSF Semifinals of the Year. Hitting .250 or better. .8-0 2019 MPSF Record .....................................................6-6, T-4th Hitting .249 or worse .