2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
2018 Outriggers Classic Champions; 2018 MPSF Champions
2018 NCAA Tournament, L- Semifinals
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	22-7 (10-2 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Luka Slabe (3rd season); Jaylen Reyes (3rd season);
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation

Record22-7 (10-2 MPSF)

Headcoach

Shawn Olmstead (3rd season)

Assistant coaches

Luka Slabe^[1] (3rd season)
Jaylen Reyes^[2] (3rd season)

The 2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by third 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]

2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 BYU ‍†‍‡‍^y	10	–	2	.833	22	–	7	.759
No. 3 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	9	–	3	.750	26	–	8	.765
No. 8 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	5	–	7	.417	16	–	15	.516
No. 14 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	4	–	8	.333	18	–	11	.621
USC ‍‍‍	3	–	9	.250	8	–	20	.286
Stanford ‍‍‍	3	–	9	.250	6	–	20	.231

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

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Date time	Opponent	Rank	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/5 7 p.m.	#13 Loyola-Chicago	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (25–22, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 12–15)	3,339	0–1
1/6 7 p.m.	#6 Lewis	#3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–1 (25–21, 23–25, 25–15, 25–15)	3,024	1–1
1/12 5:30 p.m.	#14 Ball State	#6	Worthen Arena Muncie, IL	ESPN3	W 3–1 (25–19, 16–25, 25–15, 25–20)	1,764	2–1
1/13 5 p.m.	#1 Ohio State	#6	St. John Arena Columbus, OH	Buckeye Vision	W 3–2 (21–25, 25–21, 25–20, 21–25, 15–8)	2,237	3–1
1/19 8 p.m.	Barton	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–12, 25–15, 25–17)	3,595	4–1
1/20 8 p.m.	Barton	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–22, 26–24)	2,116	5–1
1/26 8 p.m.	#6 UC Irvine	#5	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	Big West TV	L 1–3 (22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 21–25)	1,777	5–2
1/27 8 p.m.	#6 UC Irvine	#5	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	Big West TV	L 2–3 (16–25, 26–24, 18–25, 25–21, 13–15)	1,637	5–3
1/28 7 p.m.	#14 UCSB	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 0–3 (23–25, 20–25, 25–27)	3,518	5–4
2/3 7 p.m.	#14 UCSB	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–20)	4,086	6–4
2/8 7 p.m.	UC San Diego	#7	RIMAC Arena La Jolla, CA	Big West TV	W 3–1 (18–25, 25–19, 25–22, 25–16)	408	7–4
2/10 8 p.m.	#14 USC*	#7	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12+ USC	W 3–1 (25–23, 21–25, 25–23, 27–25)	550	8–4 (1–0)
2/15 7 p.m.	#10 Grand Canyon*	#7	GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	GCU TV	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–20, 25–17)	3,314	9–4 (2–0)
2/17 2 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	#7	CU Arena Irvine, CA	CIU on Stretch	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–22, 25–15)	350	10–4 (3–0)
2/23 8 p.m.	Stanford*	#6	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12	W 3–1 (33–31, 25–27, 25–23, 25–21)	411	11–4 (4–0)
2/24 8 p.m.	Stanford*	#6	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–2 (23–25, 20–25, 25–14, 25–10, 15–12)	3,458	12–4 (5–0)
3/1 7 p.m.	#8 Pepperdine*	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–2 (22–25, 27–29, 25–23, 25–22, 15–11)	2,585	13–4 (6–0)
3/3 7 p.m.	#3 UCLA*	#5	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–21, 25–20)	5,017	14–4 (7–0)
3/8 7 p.m.	#11 Penn State	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outriggers Classic)		W 3–2 (21–25, 29–27, 25–22, 19–25, 15–13)	3,092	15–4
3/9 7 p.m.	#8 Lewis	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outriggers Classic)		W 3–1 (25–15, 18–25, 25–23, 26–24)	4,087	16–4
3/10 10 p.m.	#2 Hawai'i	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outriggers Classic)	SPEC HI Big West TV	W 3–1 (20–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–23)	5,989	17–4
3/15 7 p.m.	USC*	#2	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–1 (23–25, 25–16, 25–23, 25–21)	3,240	18–4 (8–0)
3/29 7 p.m.	#14 Concordia Irvine*	#2	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 2–3 (25–19, 25–16, 22–25, 21–25, 14–16)	3,921	18–5 (8–1)
3/31 7 p.m.	#13 Grand Canyon*	#2	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–23)	3,568	19–5 (9–1)
4/5 8 p.m.	#4 Pepperdine*	#2	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	TheW.tv	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–14)	1,657	20–5 (10–1)
4/7 8 p.m.	#5 UCLA*	#2	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	P12 LA	L 0–3 (21–25, 23–25, 22–25)	5,671	20–6 (10–2)
4/19 7 p.m.	USC*	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (MPSF Semifinal)	BYUtv	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–22)	2,071	21–6
4/21 7 p.m.	#2 UCLA*	#4	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (MPSF Championship)	BYUtv	W 3–1 (17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)	3,017	22–6
5/3 8:30 p.m.	#3 UCLA	#2	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Semifinal)	NCAA.com	L 1–3 (22–25, 26–24, 27–29, 19–25)	4,249	22–7

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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2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball

2018 Outriggers Classic Champions 2018 MPSF Champions
2018 NCAA Tournament, L- Semifinals
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	22-7 (10-2 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Luka Slabe^[1] (3rd season) Jaylen Reyes^[2] (3rd season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →