2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team American college volleyball season
The 2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse .[ 3] MPSF . After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish third in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.[ 4]
2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 6 BYU
0
–
0
–
2
–
0
1.000
Concordia Irvine
0
–
0
–
1
–
0
1.000
Menlo
0
–
0
–
1
–
0
1.000
No. 9 Grand Canyon
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
No. 10 Pepperdine
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
No. 13 Stanford
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
No. 1 UCLA
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
No. 7 USC
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
Vanguard
0
–
0
–
0
–
0
–
† – Conference champion 2025 MPSF Tournament champion
Season highlights
To be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster
2025 BYU Cougars roster [ 5]
Defensive specialist/libero
6 Jackson Fife - Junior
15 Bernardo Adam - Junior Middle blockers
5 Niko Hales - Freshman
17 Gavin Chambers - Freshman
19 Ethan Gant - Junior
21 Teon Taylor - Senior
Outside hitters
1 Luke Benson - Senior
9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Sophomore
10 Lucas Torres - Junior
11 Jared Brady - Junior
20 Keoni Thiim - Senior
22 Jack Sutton - Junior
23 Miks Ramanis - Senior
24 Cole Hauser - Junior
Opposite hitters
10 Lucas Torres - Junior
14 Ian Little - Setters
2 Kyle Saurer -
3 Tyler Hergert[ 6] Junior
Schedule
TV/Internet Streaming information:[ 7]
All home games will be televised on BYUtv , BYUtv.org, and BTN+/B1G+ . 8 home matches will be live on BTN+ and shown tape delayed on BYUtv while the other 8 will be live on both platforms. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.
Date
Opponent
Rank(tournament seed)
Arena
Television
Score
Attendance
Record
1/3
@ #11 Ohio State
#6
Covelli Center Columbus, OH
BTN+
W 3–1 [ 8] 1,292
1–0
1/4
@ #11 Ohio State
#6
Covelli Center
BTN+
W 3–1 [ 9] 1,116
2–0
1/10
St. Thomas Aquinas
#6
Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
BYUtv
1/11
St. Thomas Aquinas
#6
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
1/16
@ Ball State
Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
ESPN+
1/17
@ Ball State
Worthen Arena
ESPN+
1/22
@ UC Irvine
Bren Events Center Irvine, CA
ESPN+
1/24
@ UC Irvine
Bren Events Center
ESPN+
1/31
Hawai'i
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
2/1
Hawai'i
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
2/7
UC Santa Barbara
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
2/8
UC Santa Barbara
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
2/14
@ Concordia Irvine *
CU Arena BTN+
2/15
@ Concordia Irvine*
CU Arena
BTN+
2/21
Barry
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
2/22
Barry
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
3/7
USC *
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
3/8
USC*
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
3/15
Harvard
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
3/17
Harvard
Smith Fieldhouse
BTN+
3/21
@ Grand Canyon *
Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ
BTN+
3/22
@ Grand Canyon*
Global Credit Union Arena
BTN+
4/3
Stanford *
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
4/4
Stanford*
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
4/11
@ UCLA *
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles , CA
BTN+
4/12
@ UCLA*
Pauley Pavilion
BTN+
4/18
Pepperdine *
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
4/19
Pepperdine*
Smith Fieldhouse
BYUtv
4/22-4/26
Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA MPSF Tournament )
BTN+
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone .
Announcers for televised games
Ohio State: Jonathan Matthes & Dylan Tyrer
Ohio State: Sara Sharp & Hanna Williford
St. Thomas Aquinas:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Ball State:
Ball State:
UC Irvine:
UC Irvine:
Hawai'i:
Hawai'i:
UC Santa Barbara:
UC Santa Barbara:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Barry:
Barry:
USC:
USC:
Harvard:
Harvard:
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon:
Stanford:
Stanford:
UCLA:
UCLA:
Pepperdine:
Pepperdine:
MPSF Tournament:
Rankings
Ranking movements Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AVCA Coaches 6[ 10] [ 11] Off the Block Media Not released
^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.
References
^ "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young" . Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018 .^ "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach" . Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved December 16, 2022 .^ "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches" . Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015 .^ "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll" . Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved December 16, 2024 .^ "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics" . BYU Athletics.^ "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity" . Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 26, 2024 .^ "BYU embracing opportunity of facing 'one of the toughest schedules in the country' . Deseret News . Retrieved January 2, 2025 .^ "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball earns 3-1 victory at No. 11 Ohio State in opener" . Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 3, 2025 .^ "Benson's 21 kills leads No. 6 BYU men's volleyball to another win at No. 11 Ohio State" . Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 4, 2025 .^ "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30" . AVCA . Retrieved December 30, 2024 .^ "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll" . Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024 .
