The 2016 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented BYU during the
2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
The 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 35th season of National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA championship women's college soccer. The Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer, Penn State Nittany Lions were the defending natio ...
. The Cougars were coached for a 22nd consecutive season by
Jennifer Rockwood
Jennifer Rockwood (born September 20, 1966) is an American soccer coach, and the head coach for the BYU Cougars women's soccer team, a position she has held since 1989. She is the only coach the school recognizes since the club joined NCAA competi ...
, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. The Cougars entered the 2016 season having won four consecutive
West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...
championships and having made the NCAA Tournament each of the last four seasons and in 17 of the 21 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. The Cougars came off of a season were they advanced to the second round of the College Cup before being defeated by Stanford to finish the season 16–3–2. The Cougars split the WCC regular season title with Pepperdine and advanced to the third round of the NCAA College Cup before falling to South Carolina 1–0.
Media
Television & Internet Streaming
Every BYU women's soccer game was shown live on
BYUtv
BYU TV (stylized as BYUtv) is a television channel, founded in 2000, which is owned and operated as a part of Brigham Young University (BYU). The channel, available through cable and satellite distributors in the United States, produces a number ...
,
TheW.tv, had a road television broadcast, or had a road internet stream. Information on these television broadcasts can be found under each individual match.
Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network
For a third consecutive season the Cougar
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Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell will provide play-by-play for most games with Robbie Bullough being the back-up play-by-play broadcaster. Former men's assistant coach Hugh Van Wagenen (typically home games) and Colette Smith (typically road games) will once again act as analysts.
ESPN 960 and
BYU Radio
BYU Radio is a talk radio station run by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Operating at Sirius XM channel 143 (and in northern Utah on 107.9 KUMT and 89.1-2 KBYU-HD2), it is known on-air as BYU Radio. The station features "news, current e ...
will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer.
Schedule
: *- Denotes WCC game
:x- Denotes Cougar IMG Sports Network/ESPN 960 broadcast
:y- Television Broadcast
:z- Internet Stream
x-Exhibition: Blue/White Game
Two 35 minutes halves were played.
Broadcasters:
Greg Wrubell' &
Hugh Van Wagenen' (ESPN 960)
x-Exhibition: Alumni Game
Two 40 minutes halves were played.
Broadcasters: ''Greg Wrubell'', ''Cody John Walker'' (1st Half), & ''Jaleah Tuttle'' (2nd Half) (ESPN 960)
x-Exhibition: UCLA
Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–1
Broadcasters: ''Greg Wrubell'' &
Colette Smith' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Washington State
Series History: BYU leads series 3–2–2
Broadcasters:
Troy Clardy' &
Kyndra de St. Aubin' (
P12)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Nebraska
Series History: Nebraska leads series 3–2–0
Broadcasters:
Spencer Linton', ''Natalyn Lewis'', &
Lauren Francom' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Penn State
/h2>
Series History: BYU leads series 1–0–0
Broadcasters: ''No commentary'' (GoPSUnow)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Tennessee
Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–0
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Utah
Series History: BYU leads series 20–7–1
Broadcasters: ''
Ann Schatz
Ann Schatz is a sports broadcaster who works for CBS Sports Network, ESPN, Pac-12 Network, Westwood One, and the Portland Thorns FC.
Early life
Schatz was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, as one of six siblings. Schatz attended Creighton Uni ...
'' & ''Kyndra de St. Aubin'' (P12)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-SMU
Series History: BYU leads series 3–0–0
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Ohio State
Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters:
Kevin Neibecker' &
Nathan Rubinstein' (
BTN+)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Utah State
/h2>
Series History: BYU leads series 12–0–0
Broadcasters: ''Chuck Longoria'' (
MW Network)
Robbie Bullough' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Denver
/h2>
Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–0
Broadcasters:''
''Mitchell Marshall''(
TheW.tv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Long Beach State
Series History: BYU leads series 6–2–0
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Robbie Bullough'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Santa Clara*
Series History: Santa Clara leads series 6–1–3
Broadcasters:''
''Jarom Jordan'' ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-San Francisco*
Series History: BYU leads series 5–1–0
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Loyola Marymount*
Series History: BYU leads series 6–1–0
Broadcasters: ''
Trey Bender
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Bender calls football, basketball, baseball, and swimming for ESPNU, ESPN Plus, ESPN3, and NBC ...
'' & ''
Cat Whitehill
Catherine Reddick Whitehill (born Catherine Anne Reddick; February 10, 1982) is an American retired professional soccer defender, who was also an assistant coach of the Boston Breakers in the NWSL. Whitehill last played for the Boston Breakers ...
'' (
ESPNU
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)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Pepperdine
Series History: BYU leads series 4–3–0
Broadcasters:''
''Jen Karson''(TheW.tv)
''Robbie Bullough'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960)
xy-Portland*
Series History: BYU leads series 6–4–0
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
San Diego
Series History: BYU leads series 6–2–0
Broadcasters:''
''Jack Cronin''(TheW.tv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Saint Mary's
Series History: BYU leads series 5–0–1
Broadcasters:''
''Corey Crone''''Anne Whipple''(TheW.tv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Pacific
Series History: BYU leads series 6–1–0
Broadcasters:''
''Paul Muyskens''(
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''Robbie Bullough'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
x
Gonzaga
Series History: BYU leads series 8–0–0
Broadcasters: ''Robbie Bullough'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (TheW.tv/ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-UNLV
Series History: BYU leads series 15–1–2
Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Natalyn Lewis'', & ''Lauren Francom'' (BYUtv)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Hugh Van Wagenen'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
yz-Oklahoma
Series History: Series tied 1–1–0
Broadcasters: ''No commentary'' (
ESPN3
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)
''Greg Wrubell'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
yz-South Carolina
Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters: ''
''Brad Muller''''Nancy Goffi''(
SEC+)
''Robbie Bullough'' & ''Colette Smith'' (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
Roster
Rankings
References
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