2018 BYU Cougars Women's Volleyball Team

The 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fourth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship and once again participated in the NCAA tournament before falling to Kentucky in the third round.

Season highlights

*Roni Jones-Perry won the WCC Player of the Week (Sept. 3) and the AVCA Player of the Week (Sept. 4) awards for her performance during BYU's win over Stanford at the BYU Nike Invitational. Additionally she was the tournament MVP.
*The 5,472 attendance against Utah was a record for the highest attendance ever for women's volleyball in the Smith Fieldhouse.
*Mary Lake was awarded the #2 play on the SportsCenter Top 10 for the night for her save against Utah.
*The 1,137 attendance at Weber State was a record for the highest attendance in Swenson Gym since it was remodeled and made specifically into a volleyball court in 2006.
*Lyndie Haddock-Eppich won the WCC player of the week award on Sept. 17 for her performances against Utah and Weber State.
*The 2,259 attendance at Portland was a record for the highest volleyball attendance at Chiles Center.
*The November 17 game at Pacific was relocated from Stockton due to the California Wildfires causing bad air quality.
*Heather Olmstead was voted as the 2018 AVCA Coach of the Year.

Roster

Schedule

: *-Indicates Conference Opponent
: y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
: Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or TheW.tv powered by Stadium. All but one road game will also be televised or streamed. The Pacific game was originally scheduled to be streamed on TheW.tv, but a change in venues due to the bad air quality from the California Wildfires cancelled the stream.
*Utah Valley
''Spencer Linton''''Jarom Jordan''

''Jason Shepherd''
*Duke
''Ryan Craig''

''Emma Paradiso''
*Duke: ''Ryan Craig'' & ''Emma Paradiso''
*West Virginia
''Mitchell Marshall''
*Stanford: ''Spencer Linton''
''Amy Gant''
& ''Jason Shepherd''
*Wichita State: ''Mitchell Marshall''
*USC: ''No commentary''
*Syracuse: ''No commentary''
*Marquette
''Dan Avington''
an
''Zoe Comerford''

*Utah: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Amy Gant'', & ''Jason Shepherd''
*Weber State
''Brandon Garside''

*Pacific: ''Spencer Linton''
''Kristen Kozlowski''
& ''Jason Shepherd''
*Saint Mary's: ''Mitchell Marshall''
*Pepperdine: ''Paul Sunderland'' & ''Holly McPeak''
*Gonzaga: ''Mitchell Marshall''
*Portland: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Kristen Kozlowski'', & ''Jason Shepherd''
*San Diego
''Nick Rice''
*San Francisco: ''Joe Hallisy''
*Santa Clara
''Anthony Passarelli''

*Loyola Marymount: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Kristen Kozlowski'', & ''Jason Shepherd''
*Pepperdine: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Kristen Kozlowski'', & ''Jason Shepherd''
*Portland
''Tom Kolker''
& ''Laura Humphrey''
*Gonzaga: ''No commentary''
*San Diego: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
*Santa Clara: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
*San Francisco: ''Robbie Bullough''
*Saint Mary's
''Alex Jensen''
& ''Andy Schroeder''
*Loyola Marymount: ''Max O'Neill''
*Stony Brook: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Kristen Kozlowski'', & ''Jason Shepherd''
*Utah: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
*Florida
''Sam Gore''
& ''Dain Blanton''
*Texas: ''Sam Gore'' & ''Dain Blanton''
*Semifinal: ''Paul Sunderland'', '' Karch Kiraly'', & '' Holly Rowe''

References

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