2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team American college volleyball season
The 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars were led by sixth year head coach Heather Olmstead and played their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse . The Cougars were members of the WCC .
BYU came off a season 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 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
2020–21 BYU Cougars roster [ 3]
Defensive Specialist/Libero
3 Morgan Bower - Sophomore
17 Grace Wee - Sophomore
18 Madi Allen - Freshman Opposite hitters
12 Kate Grimmer - Sophomore
14 Makayla Tolman - Freshman
Outside hitters
1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Senior
4 Leilani Dodson - Freshman
11 Abbey Dayton - Sophomore
13 Morgan Johnson -
14 Makayla Tolman - Freshman
Setters
7 Whitney Bower - Sophomore
8 Tayler Tausinga - Junior Middle blockers
16 Allie Hakes - Freshman
21 Whitney Llarenas -
24 Kennedy Eschenberg -
Schedule
Date
Opponent
Rank(Tournament Seed)
Arena
Television
Result
Attendance
Record
1/26
@ Portland *
#16
Chiles Center Portland, OR
WCC Network
W 3–0 [ 4] 0
1–0
1/27
@ Portland*
#16
Chiles Center
WCC Network
W 3–0 [ 5] 0
2–0
02/02
Santa Clara *
#14
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
02/03
Santa Clara*
#14
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
2/04
@ Utah Valley
#14
Lockhart Arena Orem, UT WAC DN
W 3–1 [ 6] 260
3–0
2/09
Gonzaga *
#12
Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
BYUtv.org
W 3–1 [ 7] 150
4–0
2/10
Gonzaga*
#12
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv.org
W 3–0 [ 8] 150
5–0
2/16
Loyola Marymount *
#12
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
W 3–0 150
6–0
2/17
Loyola Marymount*
#12
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv.org
W 3–0 150
7–0
2/23
@ Pepperdine *
#12
Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
WCC Network
L 0–3 0
7–1
2/24
@ Pepperdine*
#12
Firestone Fieldhouse
WCC Network
W 3–2 0
8–1
3/05
@ San Francisco *
#15
The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
WCC Network
W 3–0 0
9–1
3/06
@ San Francisco*
#15
The Sobrato Center
WCC Network
W 3–1 0
10–1
03/12
Pacific *
#15
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
03/13
Pacific*
#15
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
03/17
@ #21 San Diego *
#16
Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
WCC Network
W 3–1 1
11–1
03/20
#21 San Diego*
#16
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
W 3–0 550
12–1
03/26
@ Saint Mary's *
#15
University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
WCC Network
W 3–0 0
13–1
03/27
@ Saint Mary's*
#15
University Credit Union Pavilion
WCC Network
W 3–0 0
14–1
03/30
Santa Clara*
#14
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv.org
W 3–0 400
15–1
03/31
Santa Clara*
#14
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv.org
W 3–0 400
16–1
04/15
y- #15 UCLA
#14(16)
CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 4Omaha, NE NCAA 2nd Round )
ESPN3
W 3–0 0
17–1
04/17
y- #1 (1) Wisconsin
#14(16)
CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 3 NCAA regional semifinal )
ESPN3
L 0–3 0
17–2
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone . [ 9]
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 .
References
For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:
^ "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches" . Deseret News . June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015 .^ "Sports Briefs for Thursday" . Daily Herald . Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016 .^ https://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball/2020 ^ "No. 16 Cougars open season with sweep of Portland" . Daily Herald . Retrieved January 26, 2021 .^ "No. 16 BYU completes road sweep at Portland" . Daily Herald . Retrieved January 27, 2021 .^ "BYU women's volleyball holds off determined effort to win at UVU" . Daily Herald . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .^ "No. 12 BYU adapts to changes in 3-1 victory against Gonzaga" . Daily Herald . Retrieved February 9, 2021 .^ "Grimmer's timely play leads to sweep of Gonzaga" . Daily Herald . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "Conference schedules announced for women's volleyball and soccer" . Retrieved December 4, 2020 .
