2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

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ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record17–10 (14–8 MPSF)
Headcoach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Neilson (8th season)
  • Mike Wilton (7th season)
  • Carl McGown (4th season)
2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record17–10 (14–8 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Neilson (8th season)
  • Mike Wilton (7th season)
  • Carl McGown (4th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →

The 2015 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Chris McGown, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll.[1] The Cougars finished the season 14–8 in conference play, good for fifth in the conference. They were eliminated in the first round of the MPSF Playoffs and did not make the NCAA Tournament.

2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 UC Irvine  ‍†‍‍y 19–3 .86428–5 .848
No. 6 Hawaiʻi  ‍‍‍y 18–4 .81824–7 .774
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 17–5 .77324–6 .800
No. 7 USC  ‍‍‍ 15–7 .68219–9 .679
No. 8 BYU  ‍‍‍ 14–8 .63617–10 .630
No. 9 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 13–9 .59117–10 .630
No. 11 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11–11 .50015–13 .536
No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 9–13 .40913–14 .481
No. 13 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 7–15 .31810–18 .357
No. 14 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 7–15 .31810–18 .357
Cal Baptist  ‍‍‍ 2–20 .0916–22 .214
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0–22 .0002–26 .071
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA
  • BYU began the season looking to replace Taylor Sander, a three-time All-American who was BYU's best attacker, best passer, and best server. Sander led BYU to the Final Four twice and to 3-consecutive MPSF Championship matches. Josue Rivera, who was second on the team in kills in 2014, comes in a little dinged after having off-season shoulder surgery. 3 starters return from the 2014 team: Rivera, Michael Hatch, and Jaylen Reyes. These three are largely expected to make-up Sander's production along with some newcomers.[2]

Roster

2015 BYU Cougars roster[3]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 3 Evan Chang - Junior
  • 8 Erik Sikes - Freshman
  • 12 Jaylen Reyes - Senior

Middle blockers

  • 1 Price Jarman - Freshman
  • 17 Joseph Grosh - Sophomore
  • 21 Christian Rupert - Freshman
  • 23 Michael Hatch - Junior
  

Outside hitters

  • 5 Kiril Meretev - Sophomore
  • 6 Josue Rivera - Senior
  • 7 Phil Fuchs - Senior
  • 10 Jake Langolis - Sophomore
  • 14 Tyler Hutchins - Junior
  • 15 Brenden Sander - Freshman
  

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Carson Heninger - Junior
  • 11 Matt Underwood - Junior
  • 16 Tim Dobbert - Sophomore

Setters

  • 4 Leo Durkin - Freshman
  • 9 Tyler Heap - Junior
  • 18 Robbie Sutton - Junior
  • 22 Chandler Gibb - Freshman
  

Schedule

Announcers for televised games

References

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