2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

The 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by seventh year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll.[4] After finishing last season ranked #2 the Cougars enter the 2022 season with the #6 ranking.[5]

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 UCLA ‍†‍‍y 11–1 .91722–5 .815
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍ 8–4 .66722–7 .759
No. 5 Pepperdine ‍‍‡‍y 7–5 .58319–10 .655
No. 11 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50016–12 .571
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍ 4–8 .33314–14 .500
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 3–9 .25010–16 .385
BYU ‍‍‍ 3–9 .2508–17 .320
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 MPSF Tournament champion
2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record8–17 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young[1] (4th season)
  • Micah Naone[2] (4th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

Roster
2022 BYU Cougars roster[6]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Jon Stanley - Junior
  • 6 Jackson Fife - Freshman
  • 12 Mitchel Worthington - Senior

Middle blockers

  • 5 Alessandro Gianotti - Freshman
  • 10 Gavin Julien - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 Branden Oberender - Redshirt Senior
  • 19 Ethan Gant - Freshman
  • 21 Teon Taylor - Freshman
  

Outside hitters

  • 1 Davide Gardini - Senior
  • 3 Kupono Browne - Sophomore
  • 9 Jack Palmer - Freshman
  • 11 Jared Brady - Freshman
  • 18 Luke Benson - Freshman
  • 23 Miks Ramanis - Freshman
  

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Alex Ah Sue - Senior
  • 13 Anthony Cherfan - Freshman

Setters

  • 7 Truman Morley - Freshman
  • 8 Bartosz Slawinski - Sophomore
  • 14 Zeo Meyer - Sophomore
  • 16 Noa Haine - Freshman
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on BYUtv or BYUtv.org. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time		 Opponent Rank
(tournament seed)		 Arena
city
(tournament)		 Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/6
5 p.m.		 @ #5 Penn State #6 Rec Hall
State College, PA		 B1G+ L 0–3
(14–25, 18–25, 19–25)[7]		 197 0–1
1/8
5 p.m.		 @ #5 Penn State #6 Rec Hall
State College, PA		 B1G+ L 0–3
(21–25, 19–25, 24–26)[8]		 473 0–2
1/21
7 p.m.		 #13 UC Irvine #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–2
(25–23, 25–23, 17–25, 25–27, 15–12)[9]		 3,174 1–2
1/22
7 p.m.		 #13 UC Irvine #10 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv.org W 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–21)[10]		 2,691 2–2
1/27
7 p.m.		 Mount Olive #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–2
(24–26, 25–19, 25–20, 22–25, 15–12)[11]		 2,509 3–2
1/29
7 p.m.		 Mount Olive #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–1
(26–24, 27–25, 19–25, 25–20)[12]		 3,224 4–2
2/04
7 p.m.		 #10 Ball State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–2
(30–32, 20–25, 25–20, 25–22, 15–10)[13]		 2,990 5–2
2/05
7 p.m.		 #10 Ball State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 1–3
(25–23, 19–25, 31–33, 20–25)		 2,702 5–3
2/11
7 p.m.		 #14 UC San Diego #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(27–25, 25–23, 18–25, 29–31, 11–15)		 3,019 5–4
2/12
7 p.m.		 #14 UC San Diego #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(22–25, 25–15, 25–22, 15–25, 12–15)		 3,085 5–5
2/18
8 p.m.		 @ #6 UC Santa Barbara #13 The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA		 ESPN+ L 0–3
(21–25, 18–25, 23–25)		 100 5–6
2/19
8 p.m.		 @ #6 UC Santa Barbara #13 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA		 L 1–3
(22–25, 26–28, 28–26, 24–26)		 125 5–7
2/25
7 p.m.		 #9 Grand Canyon* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 1–3
(25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 22–25)		 3,149 5–8
(0–1)
2/26
7 p.m.		 #9 Grand Canyon* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(26–24, 30–28, 22–25, 26–28, 16–18)		 2,753 5–9
(0–2)
3/04
8 p.m.		 @ #6 USC* #15 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA		 P12+ USC L 1–3
(23–25, 19–25, 25–18, 20–25)		 450 5–10
(0–3)
3/05
8 p.m.		 @ #6 USC* #15 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA		 P12 LA L 0–3
(18–25, 10–25, 17–25)		 451 5–11
(0–4)
3/11
7 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–0
(25–16, 25–14, 25–17)		 3,069 6–11
(1–4)
3/12
7 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv W 3–1
(19–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–22)		 3,041 7–11
(2–4)
3/25
7 p.m.		 @ #7 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		 WaveCasts W 3–2
(32–30, 21–25, 20–25, 31–29, 15–9)		 705 8–11
(3–4)
3/26
7 p.m.		 @ #7 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		 WaveCasts L 0–3
(22–25, 21–25, 19–25)		 682 8–12
(3–5)
4/08
8 p.m.		 @ #12 Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA		 P12 BAY L 0–3
(27–29, 20–25, 22–25)		 630 8–13
(3–6)
4/09
7 p.m.		 @ #12 Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA		 P12 BAY L 2–3
(25–19, 27–25, 23–25, 20–25, 22–24)		 1,142 8–14
(3–7)
4/15
7 p.m.		 #1 UCLA* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 1–3
(25–20, 23–25, 16–25, 18–25)		 3,987 8–15
(3–8)
4/16
7 p.m.		 #1 UCLA* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT		 BYUtv L 2–3
(28–26, 25–20, 23–25, 22–25, 9–15)		 4,185 8–16
(3–9)
4/20
6 p.m.		 #8 Pepperdine
(3)		 (6) Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)		 FloVolleyball L 2–3
(22—25, 20–25, 25–23, 25–21, 14–16)		 450 8–17
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games
  • Penn State: No commentary
  • Penn State: Jake Starr & Jordan Mansberger
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Mount Olive: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Mount Olive: Spencer Linton, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Ball State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Ball State: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
  • Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Grand Canyon: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
  • USC: Anne Marie Anderson
  • Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Concordia Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Stanford: Ted Enberg
  • Stanford: Ted Enberg
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • MPSF Quarterfinal- Pepperdine: Nick Kopp

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches6[14]7[15]10 [16]8 [17]9[18]11[19]13[20]13[21]15RVRVRVRVRVRV—
Off the Block MediaNot released9[22]RV[23]9[24]RV[25]RV[26]—[27]—[28]———————

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.

References
See also: 2021 BYU Cougars football team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2022 BYU Cougars softball team
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