VOLLEYBALL - BYU Cougars

Week 4 | BYU vs. UC Irvine | Friday & Saturday, 7 p.m. PST | Irvine, Calif. | Bren Events Center |

VOLLEYBALL

Royce Hinton, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-8999 C: (801) 602-4155 | mvolleyball_sid@byu.edu | twitter: @byuvolleyball, @byucougars

BYU 2018 SCHEDULE

Date 1/5 1/6 1/12 1/13 1/19 1/20 1/26 1/27

Day Opponent

Time/Result TV

Fri No. 13 Loyola-Chicago L 2-3

BYUtv

Sat No. 6 Lewis

W 3-1



Fri No. 14 Ball State

W 3-1

ESPN3

Sat No. 1 Ohio State

W 3-2

Fri Barton

W 3-0

BYUtv

Sat Barton

W 3-0



Fri No. 6 UC Irvine

7 p.m. PST

Sat No. 6 UC Irvine

7 p.m. PST

2/2 Fri UC Santa Barbara 2/3 Sat UC Santa Barbara 2/8 Thu UC San Diego 2/10 Sat USC* 2/15 Thu Grand Canyon* 2/17 Sat Concordia Irvine* 2/21 Wed Stanford* 2/24 Sat Stanford*

7 p.m. MST BYUtv 7 p.m. MST BYUtv 7 p.m. PST 7 p.m. PST 6 p.m. MST 7 p.m. PST 7 p.m. MST Pac-12N 8 p.m. MST BYUtv

3/1 Thu Pepperdine* 3/3 Sat UCLA* 3/8 Thu Penn State# 3/9 Fri Lewis# 3/10 Sat Hawai'i# 3/15 Thu USC* 3/29 Thu Concordia Irvine* 3/31 Sat Grand Canyon*

7 p.m. MST 7 p.m. MST 4 p.m. HST 4 p.m. HST 7 p.m. HST 7 p.m. MDT BYUtv 7 p.m. MDT BYUtv 8 p.m. MDT BYUtv

4/5 Thu Pepperdine* 4/7 Sat UCLA*

7 p.m. PDT 7 p.m. PDT Pac-12N

Bold ? home matches * ? MPSF matches

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No. 5 BYU COUGARS (5-1, 0-0 MPSF)

Head Coach. . . . . . . . . Shawn Olmstead Alma MaterBYU, 2005 Career. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-10 (.853) Record at BYU same Year at BYU 3rd Record vs. UCI 4-1

GAME INFORMATION

First serve............................7:05 p.m. PST Streaming.....................................Big West Talent...................................................N/A Radio...................................................N/A Live Stats.........................

SERIES INFORMATION

BYU leads UCI...................................47-17 Series History...........H: 24-7/A: 23-6/N: 0-4

No. 6 UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (6-1, 0-0 Big West)

Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . David Kniffin Alma MaterUCI, 2003 Career. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107-51 (.677) Record at UCI same Year at UCI 6th Record vs. BYU 4-8

BYU STORYLINES

? Last meetings. BYU holds a 47-17 advantage in the overall series history with UC Irvine. The two teams split the two meetings last season in Provo, with the Anteaters winning in five sets the first night and the Cougars sweeping the following evening.

? Home sweet home. BYU is 73-9 at home since the start of the 2013 season - including just two losses in nonconference play.

? New faces. BYU volleyball welcomes eight newcomers to the squad this season: seven freshmen and a sophomore.

? Sophomore corps. The Cougars return six sophomores to the team this year (in addition to one new sophomore addition) - all of which competed as freshmen last season.

? All-Americans. BYU returns three AVCA All-Americans from last season, including Leo Durkin, Price Jarman and Brenden Sander.

? National rankings. The Cougars currently rank sixth nationally in hitting percentage (.335), seventh in match W-L percentage (.833), ninth in aces per set (1.67), 10th in blocks per set (2.52), 19th in assists per set (11.29), 22nd in opponent hitting percentage (.243) and 23rd in kills per set (11.63). Gabi Garcia Fernandez ranks fifth in points per set (4.56), 10th in kills per set (3.58), and 24th in aces per set (0.417). Miki Jauhiainen ranks ninth in blocks per set (1.25), Leo Durkin ranks 17th in assists per set (9.33) and Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga ranks 17th in aces per set (0.455).

TEAM COMPARISON

(as of 1/22)

BYU

5-1, 0-0 MPSF 5-1 5-0 24 279

11.62 11.44 .335 .243 11.29 1.67 7.04 6.29 2.52

6 109

CATEGORY

W-L Last 10 Last 5

Sets Kills Kills Per Set Opp. Kills Per Set Hitting % Opp. Hitting % Assists Per Set Aces Per Set Digs Per Set Opp. Digs Per Set Blocks Per Set Solo Blocks Block Assists

UCI

6-1, 0-0 BW 6-1 4-1 27 327

12.11 12.33 .348 .236 11.22 0.74 8.41 7.89 2.31

8 109

BYU ROSTER

No. Name

Ht.

1 Price Jarman

6-9

3 Wil Stanley

6-4

4 Leo Durkin

6-4

5 Gabi Garcia Fernandez 6-7

6 Zach Hendrickson 6-0

7 Cyrus Fa'alogo 6-4

8 Erik Sikes

6-2

9 Andrew Lincoln 6-7

10 Taylor Richards 6-2

11 Zach Eschenberg 6-6

13 Charlie Siragusa 6-8

14 Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga 6-3

15 Brenden Sander 6-4

16 Felipe de Brito Ferreira 6-9

17 Branden Oberender 6-7

18 Miki Jauhiainen 6-8

19 Alex Ah Sue

6-4

21 Christian Rupert 6-7

24 Tanner Skabelund 6-11

33 Garrett Halsey

6-5

Pos. Class

MB Sr.

S

So.

S

Sr.

OPP Fr.

LIB Fr.

S/OH So.

LIB Sr.

OH/OPP So.

LIB Jr.

OH So.

OH/OPP Fr.

OH So.

OH Sr.

MB Fr.

MB Fr.

MB So.

OH Fr.

MB Jr.

OH So.

OH/OPP Fr.

Hometown (Last school) Las Vegas, Nev. (Bonanza HS) Honolulu, Hawai'i (Punahou HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS) San Juan, P.R. (Saint Francis School) Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier HS) West Jordan, Utah (Long Beach City College) Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic) Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy College Preporatory) Provo, Utah (Timpanogos HS) Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park HS) Webster, N.Y. (McQuaid Jesuit HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Lakewood HS) Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach Union HS) Maringa, Brazil (Colegio Regina Mundi) Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS) Tampere, Finland (Kuortane HS) Spanish Fork, Utah (Rio Mesa HS) Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks HS West) Stevenson Ranch, Calif. (West Ranch HS) Yorba Linda, Calif. (Servite HS)

Head coach: Shawn Olmstead Assistant coaches: Luka Slabe, Jaylen Reyes

Statistical analyst: Chelsea Nitta Loyborg

Pronunciations Zach Eschenberg Miki Jauhiainen Tanner Skabelund Luka Slabe Jaylen Reyes

ES-ken-burg MICKEY yhow-HE-eye-nen SCAB-uh-lund SLAH-bay RAY-uhs

Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga FAH-gah-tuh tah-FOO-guh Cyrus Fa'alogo SIGH-russ FAH-AH-lah-go Charlie Siragusa sear-UH-GHEW-sah Felipe de Brito Ferreira BREETO fair-AIR-ruh

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2018 QUICK FACTS

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provo, Utah 84602 Elevation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,553 feet Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,363 Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 15, 1875 Owned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LDS Church Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cougars Mascot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmo the Cougar Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dark Blue and White Arena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Michaelis Court BYU President . . . . . . . . Kevin J Worthen (BYU, 1979) Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . Shawn Olmstead (BYU, 2005) Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third year Career Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-10 Record at BYU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Assistant coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luka Slabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jaylen Reyes Statistical analyst. . . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Nitta Loyborg 2017 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-5 2017 MPSF Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2 2016 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-4 2016 MPSF Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 Final 2017 National Ranking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 + Libero/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/6 Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 National Championships . . . . . . . 3 (1999, 2001, 2004) Winning Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 MPSF Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 AVCA All-America Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 First Year of Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 All-time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548-243 (.692)

WEEKLY RELEASE

TEAM NOTES

No. 5 BYU travels to No. 6 UC Irvine for two

PROVO, Utah ? No. 5 BYU men's volleyball heads to California for the first time this season, facing No. 6 UC Irvine in a pair of matches on Friday and Saturday.

No. 6 UC Irvine ? The Cougars (5-1) will face the Anteaters (6-1) Friday, Jan. 26, and Saturday, Jan. 27, at the

Bren Events Center. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. PST. ? BYU is 47-17 all-time in the series history against former conference foe UC Irvine. ? The two teams split the two meetings last season in Provo, with the Anteaters winning in five

sets the first night and the Cougars sweeping the following evening. ? UC Irvine and BYU have played two common opponents so far, as the Anteaters came to the

Smith Fieldhouse to start the season, facing Lewis and Loyola-Chicago. UC Irvine won each of those matches. ? The Anteaters travel to face Concordia Irvine on Wednesday before the two matches with the Cougars.

Both matches this week will be streamed on the Big West streaming network. Live stats can also be found on the BYU men's volleyball schedule page.

VOLLEYBALL CONTACT

Volleyball SID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royce Hinton Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-422-8999 Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-602-4155 Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mvolleyball_sid@byu.edu Secondary contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Pyne Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-422-4912 Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . brett_pyne@byu.edu Media Relations Main Office. . . . . . . . . . . 801-422-8948 Media Relations Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-422-0633 Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @BYUcougars, @BYUvolleyball Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . byuvolleyball Address. . . . . . . . 30 Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, UT 84602

RETURNING STARTERS (3 + LIBERO)

Leo Durkin

Sr. 6-4 S

Price Jarman

Sr. 6-9 MB

Brenden Sander

Sr. 6-4 OH

Erik Sikes

Sr. 6-2 LIB

STARTERS LOST (3)

Joseph Grosh

Sr. 6-7 MB

Jake Langlois

Sr. 6-10 OH

Tim Dobbert

Jr. 6-10 OPP

RETURNING LETTERWINNERS (12)

Leo Durkin

Sr. 6-4 S

Zach Eschenberg

So. 6-6 OH

Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga

So. 6-3 OH

Price Jarman

Sr. 6-9 MB

Miki Jauhiainen

So. 6-7 MB

Andrew Lincoln

So. 6-7 OH/OPP

Taylor Richards

Jr. 6-2 LIB

Christian Rupert

Jr. 6-7 MB

Brenden Sander

Sr. 6-4 OH

Erik Sikes

Sr. 6-2 LIB

Tanner Skabelund

So. 6-11 OH

Wil Stanley

So. 6-4 S

LETTERWINNERS LOST (6)

Tim Dobbert

Jr. 6-10 OPP

Joseph Grosh

Sr. 6-7 MB

Jake Langlois

Sr. 6-10 OH

Kiril Meretev

Sr. 6-8 OH

Ben Patch

Jr. 6-9 OPP

Mitchel Worthington

Fr. 5-8 LIB

NEWCOMERS (8) Alex Ah Sue

Fr. 6-4 OH

Cyrus Fa'alogo

So. 6-4 S/OH

Felipe de Brito Ferreira

Fr. 6-9 MB

Gabi Garcia Fernandez

Fr. 6-7 OPP

Garrett Halsey

Fr. 6-5 OH/OPP

Zach Hendrickson

Fr. 6-0 LIB

Branden Oberender

Fr. 6-7 MB

Charlie Siragusa

Fr. 6-8 OH/OPP

BREAKDOWN BY GEOGRAPHY

Arizona (1)

Hawai'i (1)

Andrew Lincoln

Wil Stanley

Brazil (1)

Nevada (2)

Felipe de Brito Ferreira

Leo Durkin

California (7)

Price Jarman

Zach Eschenberg

New York (1)

Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga Charlie Siragusa

Garrett Halsey

Pennsylvania (1)

Branden Oberender

Christian Rupert

Brenden Sander

Puerto Rico (1)

Erik Sikes

Gabi Garcia Fernandez

Tanner Skabelund

Utah (3)

Finland (1)

Alex Ah Sue

Miki Jauhiainen

Cyrus Fa'alogo

Kentucky (1)

Taylor Richards

Zach Hendrickson

BREAKDOWN BY CLASS

Senior: 4

Junior: 2

Sophomore: 7

Freshman: 7

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2018 BYU TEAM HIGHS

KILLS 3 games 40 vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 47 vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 60 vs. LUC (1/5)

ATTEMPTS 3 games 76 vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 98 vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 140 vs. LUC (1/5)

HIT PERCENTAGE 3 games .500 vs. BC (1/19) 4 games.410 vs. LU (1/6) 5 games.371 vs. OSU (1/13)

ASSISTS 3 games 39 vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 45 vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 60 vs. LUC (1/5)

DIGS 3 games 23 vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 33 vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 43 vs. LUC (1/5)

BLOCKS 3 games 14.5 vs. BC (1/19) 4 games10.0 vs. LU (1/6) 5 games12.0 vs. OSU (1/13)

BYU SEASON RECORDS/COACHES POLL

2018 BYU INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

KILLS 3 games 12, Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga vs. BC (1/19)

12, Gabi Garcia Fernandez vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 17, Brenden Sander vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 23, Gabi Garcia Fernandez vs. LUC (1/5)

ATTEMPTS 3 games 28, Gabi Garcia Fernandez vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 31, Brenden Sander vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 51, Gabi Garcia Fernandez vs. LUC (1/5)

HIT PERCENTAGE (min. 8 attempts) 3 games .529, Storm Fa'agata-Tufuga vs. BC (1/19) 4 games .600, Price Jarman vs. LU (1/6) 5 games .643, Price Jarman vs. OSU (1/13)

2018 BYU Records When...

Facing ranked opponents..........................................................................3-1 Facing unranked opponents......................................................................2-0

In three sets...............................................................................................2-0 In four sets................................................................................................2-0 In five sets.................................................................................................1-1

In first set of the match..............................................................................4-2 In second set of the match........................................................................5-2 In third set of the match.............................................................................5-1 In fourth set of the match...........................................................................3-1 In fifth set of the match..............................................................................1-1

ASSISTS 3 games 35, Wil Stanley vs. BC (1/20) 4 games40, Leo Durkin vs. LU (1/6) 5 games 45, Leo Durkin vs. LUC (1/5)

DIGS 3 games 8, Wil Stanley vs. BC (1/20) 4 games 11, Gabi Garcia Fernandez vs. BSU (1/12) 5 games 10, Leo Durkin vs. LUC (1/5)

BLOCKS 3 games8, Price Jarman vs. BC (1/19) 4 games6, Miki Jauhiainen vs. LU (1/6) 5 games 6, Miki Jauhiainen vs. LUC (1/5)

6, Miki Jauhiainen vs. OSU (1/13)

Winning first set.........................................................................................4-0 Opponent wins first set..............................................................................1-1

Recording more kills..................................................................................3-1 Opponent records more kills......................................................................1-0 Opponent and BYU record equal number of kills1-0

Recording higher hitting percentage..........................................................4-0 Opponent records higher hitting percentage..............................................1-1 Opponent and BYU record equal hitting percentage0-0

Hitting .300+.............................................................................................4-0 Opponent hits .300+.................................................................................1-1

Three or more Cougars record 10+ kills.....................................................1-1 Three or more opponents record 10+ kills.................................................1-1

Out-blocking opponent..............................................................................3-0 Opponent out-blocks BYU........................................................................2-1 Opponent and BYU record equal number of blocks0-0

Recording 12.0+ blocks............................................................................2-0 Opponent records 12.0+ blocks................................................................0-1

Recording more digs.................................................................................3-1 Opponent records more digs.....................................................................1-0 Opponent and BYU record equal number of digs1-0

In January.................................................................................................5-1 In February................................................................................................0-0 In March .................................................................................................0-0 In April .................................................................................................0-0 In May .................................................................................................0-0

Last 10 matches........................................................................................5-1 Current Streak...........................................................................................W5 Longest win streak in 2018........................................................................... 5

Playing on Tuesday....................................................................................0-0 Playing on Thursday..................................................................................0-0 Playing on Friday.......................................................................................2-1 Playing on Saturday...................................................................................3-0

AVCA Coaches' Poll (1/22/18)

Rank School (First-Place Votes) 1 Long Beach State (23) 2 UCLA (1) T-3 Hawai'i (1) T-3 Ohio State (1) 5 BYU 6 UC Irvine 7 Loyola-Chicago 8 Penn State 9 CSUN 10 Lewis 11 Grand Canyon 12 Pepperdine 13 Southern California 14 Ball State 15 UC Santa Barbara

Total Points 373 348 302 302 286 265 216 177 165 156 122 108 65 40 37

2018 Record Prev. Rank

7-0

1

7-0

2

6-0

4

3-2

3

5-1

5

6-1

6

4-2

8

3-1

9

5-1

7

3-3

11

6-2

12

1-2

10

3-4

13

4-2

15

3-1

NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Stanford 15; UC Santa Barbara 12; Fort Wayne 2; UC San Diego 2

MPSF Preseason Poll (12/8/17)

Rank Team 1 BYU 2 UCLA T-3 Pepperdine T-3 Stanford 5 USC 6 Grand Canyon 7 Concordia Irvine

Pts (1st) 33 (4) 32 (2) 22 22 18 (1) 14 6

Overall 26-5 17-10 10-12 13-13 14-14 19-11 18-12

Conf. 16-2 10-8 8-10 8-10 8-10 11-5 N/A

Finish T-1 (NCAA F) 5 (MPSF QF) T-6 (MPSF QF) T-6 (MPSF QF) T-6 (MPSF QF) 7 (MPSF QF) 3 (MIVA F)

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MATCH-BY-MATCH

2018 Match-by-Match Starters

MATCH

SETTER LIBERO OPPOSITE

LUC (1/5)

Durkin

Sikes

Fernandez

LU (1/6)

Durkin

Sikes

Fernandez

BSU (1/12) Durkin

Sikes

Fernandez

OSU (1/13) Durkin

Sikes

Fernandez

BC (1/19)

Durkin

Hendrickson Fernandez

BC (1/20)

Stanley Hendrickson Fernandez

OUT. HITTER Sander Sander Sander Sander Sander Lincoln

BYU STARTERS/LEADERS

OUT. HITTER Fa'agata-Tufuga Fa'agata-Tufuga Fa'agata-Tufuga Fa'agata-Tufuga Fa'agata-Tufuga Fa'agata-Tufuga

MID. BLOCKER Jarman Jarman Jarman Jarman Jarman Jarman

MID. BLOCKER Jauhiainen Jauhiainen Jauhiainen Jauhiainen Jauhiainen Rupert

2018 Match-by-Match Stat Leaders

OPPONENT

KILLS

ATTEMPTS

LUC (1/5)

23 Fernandez 51 Fernandez

LU (1/6)

13 Fa'agata

24 Sander

BSU (1/12)

17 Sander

31 Sander

OSU (1/13)

19 Fernandez 39 Fernandez

BC (1/19)

12 Fa'agata

17 Fa'agata-Tufuga

BC (1/20)

12 Fernandez 28 Fernandez

ASSISTS 45 Durkin 40 Durkin 38 Durkin 42 Durkin 31 Durkin 35 Stanley

ACES

DIGS

3 Fa'agata-Tufuga 10 Durkin

3 Sander

7 Sikes

3 Fernandez

11 Fernandez

2 Fernandez

8 Sikes

3 two players

7 Durkin

3 Stanley

8 Stanley

BLOCKS 6 Jauhiainen 6 Jauhiainen 5 Jauhiainen 6 two players 8 Jarman 3 two players

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Head Coach Shawn Olmstead

After becoming head coach of the men's team in 2015, Olmstead coached the squad to the national championship match of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. He helped coach his team to an outright Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season and tournament title while being named the 2016 MPSF Coach of the Year. The Cougars finished with a 27-4 (19-3) record in 2016. Olmstead also coached four All-Americans in 2016; Brenden Sander, Ben Patch, Jake Langlois and Leo Durkin.

Most recently, Olmstead coached the 2017 squad to another MPSF regular-season title in addition to a second-straight national championship run in the NCAA tournament. He again coached four All-Americans in 2017: Jake Langlois, Brenden Sander, Jake Langlois and Leo Durkin.

Olmstead saw his most successful season as head coach of the Cougars in 2014. He coached BYU to the national championship match of the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The Cougars became the first unseeded team in tournament history to make it to the final match. To get there, BYU upset No. 11 Arizona, No. 6 Florida State, No. 14 Nebraska and No. 2 Texas. The Cougars also won an outright West Coast Conference title after Olmstead led his squad to a 16-2 league record. Olmstead coached three All-Americans in 2014, including Jennifer Hamson, Alexa Gray and Amy Boswell.

In 2013, Olmstead coached his team to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for a second-consecutive year. Olmstead and the Cougars defeated Arizona State and No. 11 seeded Hawai'i on its home court before losing to No. 6 seeded USC. The Cougars placed second in the West Coast Conference after narrowly losing a five-set battle at San Diego for the league title in the final regular-season match. 2013 saw Alexa Gray pick up All-American, All-Pacific South Region First Team and All-WCC honors with five additional Cougars receiving regional and conference accolades.

Named West Coast Conference and Pacific Region coach of the year for 2012, Olmstead led the Cougars to their first conference title since 2005 and best season record (28-4, 13-3 WCC) since 1998. Olmstead and the Cougars hosted the first two rounds of the 2012 NCAA tournament before losing in the round of 16 to No. 5 seeded Oregon. (Oregon went on to play for the championship againsts Texas.) All-American Jennifer Hamson raked in awards, including two All-America honors, All-Pacific Region First Team and WCC Player of the Year. Four of Olmstead's starters received All-America awards and All-Pacific Region awards, and five Cougars received postseason conference recognition.

In 2011, Olmstead coached the BYU women's volleyball team to a 21-9 season, its first season with 20 or more wins since 2007. The 2011 season marked BYU's first time playing as a member of the WCC. Though picked to finish sixth in the preseason coaches' poll, Olmstead helped the Cougars to a No. 3 ranking, tied with Saint Mary's, to end 2011. The team narrowly missed a spot in the NCAA Tournament, which BYU last attended in 2007.

Olmstead came to BYU with four years of coaching experience, most recently as an assistant coach for two years at Utah State under former BYU men's volleyball assistant coach Grayson DuBose. While at Utah State, Olmstead served as the program's recruiting coordinator, putting together the second-best recruiting class in the Western Athletic Conference in 2007. He also was responsible for defensive game preparation, including breaking down opponent film and preparing scouting reports. His efforts helped the Aggies rank 25th nationally in blocks per game in 2007.

Assistant Coach Luka Slabe

Slabe comes to Provo after serving as the head coach of the Slovenia men's national team as well as the head coach of Posojilnica Aich Dob. Additionally, Slabe was the head coach of several other European teams following a professional European playing career: Ach Volley Ljubljana, Team Calcit Kamnik and Uko Kropa.

During his time as the head coach of the Slovenia men's national team, Slabe increased the team's European rankings with successful runs in the European League (2014), European and World Championship Qualification Tournaments (2014) and the European Championships (2013).

BYU COACHES

Slabe took on an additional head coaching job in 2014 as coach of Posojilnica Aich Dob ? the Austrian professional team. The team competed in what is commonly known as the best professional league in the world ? the Deniz Bank Championship League.

Beginning in 2012, Slabe coached Ach Volley Ljubljana, leading his team to two national titles and two MEVZA titles. As head coach, his team achieved a top-12 standing in the Deniz Bank Champions League.

In 2011, Slabe became the head coach of Team Calcit Kamnik. He led the club to an appearance in the finals of the National Division I Championships that year. He also led the team to the round of 16 in the CEV Cup and the quarterfinals of the Challenger Cup Tournament.

Following graduation, Slabe played volleyball professionally in Europe for several years before being named the head coach of Uko Kropa in 2008. He took the team from a Division II league to the Division I premier league after winning the Slovenian Division II Championship in his first year there. Additionally, he coached his team to the quarterfinals of the Division I Championships the following season and the Division I Finals in his third year.

Slabe was a 2003 graduate of Brigham Young, earning a bachelor's degree in athletic training. He competed as a member of BYU's men's volleyball team from 2000-2003. Slabe competed on the 2001 NCAA Championship team as well as the 2003 NCAA Runner-Up team.

Slabe is married to Tina and has a daughter, Trine (9), and a son Ozbej (6).

Assistant Coach Jaylen Reyes

BYU men's volleyball head coach Shawn Olmstead named Jaylen Reyes as an assistant coach in 2015.

Reyes was the starting libero for the men's volleyball squad from 2012-15. During his time with the Cougars, he helped his team to backto-back Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season and tournament titles in addition to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in 2013-14.

Reyes finished his career as the all-time rally-scoring era leader in games played (431) and second all-time in digs with 762. He also holds the fifth- and ninth-place spots for season digs (224 in 2015 and 199 in 2014). Additionally, Reyes sits at second-, third- and fourth-place for digs in an individual single match (18 vs. Stanford on April 7, 2015, 17 vs. USC on April 25, 2015, and 16 vs. Stanford on March 26, 2012).

Following the 2015 season, Reyes was named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, the first such recognition of his career. He received additional accolades as an MPSF Scholar Athlete during his sophomore campaign.

Statistical Analyst Chelsea Nitta Loyborg

Chelsea Nitta joined BYU men's volleyball as the technical assistant to start the 2016 season.

Nitta also coordinates statistics and video for the BYU women's volleyball team.

She previously served as a graduate assistant for the women's squad in 2012.

Following graduation, Nitta interned with the USA Women's National team and worked on the staff for a professional team in Vienna, Austria.

From 2007-10 she was a team manager for the women's team.

She hails from Las Vegas, Nev., and graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2010.

Nitta played four years of volleyball at Centennial High School in Las Vegas. She was named team captain and defensive MVP her senior year. The valedictorian on her graduating class, Nitta also lettered in softball and track.

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