2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament 3–seed, L, Final 3–0
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	26-5 (16-2 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Luka Slabe (2nd season); Jaylen Reyes (2nd season);
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation

Record26-5 (16-2 MPSF)

Headcoach

Shawn Olmstead (2nd season)

Assistant coaches

Luka Slabe^[1] (2nd season)
Jaylen Reyes^[2] (2nd season)

2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Long Beach State ‍‍‍	16	–	2	.889	27	–	4	.871
No. 2 BYU ‍‍‍	16	–	2	.889	26	–	5	.839
No. 4 Hawaiʻi ‍‍‍	14	–	4	.778	27	–	6	.818
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍	13	–	5	.722	20	–	7	.741
No. 6 UCLA ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	17	–	10	.630
No. 8 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	10	–	12	.455
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	13	–	13	.500
No. 11 USC ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	14	–	14	.500
No. 15 CSUN ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	12	–	15	.444
UCSB ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	10	–	16	.385
UC San Diego ‍‍‍	3	–	15	.167	7	–	19	.269
Cal Baptist ‍‍‍	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from AVCA

The 2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by second year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.^[3] The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.^[4] They reached the NCAA National Championship for the second year in a row before being swept by Ohio State. The Cougars finished the year ranked #2 in the nation.^[5]

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Date time	Opponent	Rank	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/6 6 p.m.	#6 Lewis	#3^[7]	Neil Carey Arena Romeoville, IL	GLVC SN	W 3–0 (27–25, 27–25, 25–22)^[8]	981	1–0
1/7 6 p.m.	#11 Loyola-Chicago	#3	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL	ESPN3	L 3–1 (25–20, 25–22, 22–25, 33–31)^[9]	604^[10]	1–1
1/12 7 p.m.	McKendree	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–19, 25–20)	1,830^[11]	2–1
1/13 7 p.m.	Concordia-Irvine	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–17, 26–24)	2,814^[12]	3–1
1/14 7 p.m.	McKendree	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–22, 25–17)	2,665^[13]	4–1
1/19 8 p.m.	CSUN*	#3	Matadome Northridge, CA	Matador SN	W 3–1 (23–25, 25–20, 25–17, 25–15)	598	5–1 (1–0)
1/20 8 p.m.	CSUN*	#3	Matadome Northridge, CA	Matador SN	W 3–1 (26–24, 25–15, 22–25, 26–24)	489	6–1 (2–0)
1/27 7 p.m.	#7 UC Irvine*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 3–2 (25–23, 28–26, 32–34, 21–25, 15–12)	3,029^[14]	6–2 (2–1)
1/28 7 p.m.	#7 UC Irvine	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–18, 28–26)	2,636^[15]	7–2
2/3 7 p.m.	#2 UCLA*	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (28–26, 25–23, 13–25, 22–25, 18–16)	4,047^[16]	8–2 (3–1)
2/4 7 p.m.	#2 UCLA*	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–23, 31–29)	4,582^[17]	9–2 (4–1)
2/10 8 p.m.	USC*	#3	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12 USC	W 3–0 (27–25, 25–17, 25–16)	700	10–2 (5–1)
2/17 7 p.m.	UC San Diego*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–21, 26–24, 25–23)	3,878	11–2 (6–1)
2/18 6 p.m.	UC San Diego	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (27–25, 25–21, 25–22)	3,707	12–2
2/23 8 p.m.	#8 Stanford*	#3	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–20, 25–21)	550	13–2 (7–1)
2/24 8 p.m.	#8 Stanford*	#3	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 STAN	W 3–1 (25–19, 23–25, 25–23, 26–24)	1,339	14–2 (8–1)
3/3 7 p.m.	Cal Baptist*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–1 (25–16, 25–17, 28–30, 25–15)	4,142	15–2 (9–1)
3/10 8 p.m.	#9 Pepperdine*	#3	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–23, 25–17)	637	16–2 (10–1)
3/11 8 p.m.	#9 Pepperdine*	#3	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–22, 26–24)	942	17–2 (11–1)
3/17 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (28–26, 25–18, 25–20)	4,544	18–2 (12–1)
3/18 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–23, 28–26)	3,555	19–2 (13–1)
3/21 7 p.m.	Princeton	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18)	2,160	20–2
3/24 7 p.m.	#1 Long Beach State*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (20–25, 26–24, 25–20, 21–25, 17–15)	5,213	21–2 (14–1)
3/25 8 p.m.	#1 Long Beach State*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 3–0 (25–21, 25–22, 25–21)	5,783	21–3 (14–2)
4/6 8 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara*	#3	Robertson Gymnasium Goleta, CA	Stretch Internet	W 3–1 (24–26, 25–23, 25–16, 25–15)	500	22–3 (15–2)
4/7 8 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara*	#3	Robertson Gymnasium Goleta, CA	Stretch Internet	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–14, 25–21)	1,150	23–3 (16–2)
4/15 7 p.m.	#9 Stanford*	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (MPSF Quarterfinal)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–21, 25–18)	2,982	24–3
4/20 6 p.m.	vs. #4 Hawai'i*	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA (MPSF Semifinal)	Flo Volleyball	L 3–0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–22)	2,489	24–4
5/02 4 p.m.	vs. Barton College	#4	St. John Arena Columbus, OH (NCAA Play-in)	Buckeye Vision	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–11, 25–15)	695	25–4
5/04 4 p.m.	vs. #1 Long Beach State	#4	St. John Arena Columbus, OH (NCAA Semifinal)	NCAA.com	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–18, 25–23)	4,834	26–4
5/06 5 p.m.	vs. #2 Ohio State	#4	St. John Arena Columbus, OH (NCAA Championship)	ESPN2	L 3–0 (25–19, 25–20, 25–22)	8,205	26–5

v t e BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Venues	Smith Fieldhouse (1990–present)
Seasons	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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