The 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents
Brigham Young University
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in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by sixth 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
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where they finished second in the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an at-large bid and once again participated in the NCAA tournament before falling to Utah in the second round.
Due to the
COVID-19
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coronavirus, the 2020 fall season was delayed until winter/spring, and the Cougars were scheduled to play a conference only schedule. However when the Santa Clara series was postponed, BYU was able to set up a non-conference match with Utah Valley.
Season highlights
Will be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster
Schedule
: *-Indicates Conference Opponent
: y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
: Times listed are
Mountain Time Zone
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Announcers for televised games
All home games will be on
BYUtv or the BYUtv App. All road game will also be televised or streamed on
WCC Network.
*Portland: ''No commentary''
*Portland: ''No commentary''
*Utah Valley
''Matthew Baiamonte''& ''Kayli Doxey''
*Gonzaga
''Jarom Jordan''(Set 1)
''Spencer Linton''(Sets 2–4),
''Amy Gant''*Gonzaga: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Amy Gant''
*Loyola Marymount: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Amy Gant''
*Loyola Marymount: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Amy Gant''
*Pepperdine
''Al Epstein''*Pepperdine: ''Al Epstein ''
*San Francisco: ''Charlie Walter''
*San Francisco: ''Charlie Walter''
*San Diego
''Jack Cronin''*San Diego: ''Jarom Jordan '' & ''Amy Gant''
*Saint Mary's: ''Charlie Walter''
*Saint Mary's: ''Ben Ross''
*Santa Clara: ''Jarom Jordan'' & ''Amy Gant''
*Santa Clara: ''Jarom Jordan'' & ''Amy Gant''
*UCLA: ''
Paul Sunderland
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*Wisconsin
''Tyler Denning''''Jenny Hazelwood''
References
For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:
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