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2015 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

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Conference
  
West Coast Conference

Assistant coach
  
David Hyte (2nd year)

2015 record
  
28–3 (16–2 WCC)

Home stadium
  
Smith Fieldhouse


Head coach
  
Heather Olmstead (1st year)

Assistant coach
  
Charlene Johnson Whitted (1st year)

The 2015 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars were led by first year head coach Heather Olmstead and played their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the WCC.

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BYU came off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship, participated in the NCAA Tournament, and became the first unseeded team to make it to the National Championship match.

Season highlights

  • BYU won the 2015 Marcia E. Hamilton Classic title.
  • Alexa Gray won WCC Player of the Week honors for games 8/30-9/6, 11/2-11/8, 11/9-11/15, and 11/16–11/22.
  • Amy Boswell won WCC Player of the Week honors for games 9/14-9/20.
  • On November 17 Alexa Gray was named the National Player of the Week for games 11/9-11/15.
  • On November 19 Alexa Gray set the single season rally era kill record for BYU in the victory over Santa Clara. The record moved her into fifth all-time at BYU.
  • On November 21 BYU clinched a NCAA Tournament birth with a sweep of San Francisco. The win clinched a share of the conference title with San Diego, but with BYU having won both head-to-head matches, they were given the conferences auto tourney bid.
  • Schedule

    All conference home games on BYUtv will be simulcast on BYU Radio with the exception of the Santa Clara game.

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

    Announcers for televised games

  • vs. Chicago State: Paul Duchesne, Chelsea Reber, & Dustin Avol
  • vs. North Carolina: Paul Duchesne, Chelsea Reber, & Dustin Avol
  • @ USC: Kevin Barnett & Tammy Blackburn
  • @ Saint Louis: No commentary (video only)
  • vs. Purdue: Kim Cook & Wendy Mayer (Internet radio, no video stream)
  • Idaho State: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
  • Oregon State: Jarom Jordan & Kristen Kozlowski
  • @ Utah: Thad Anderson & Amy Gant
  • @ Utah Valley: Matthew Baiamonte & Steve Vail
  • @ San Francisco: Pat Olson
  • @ Santa Clara: No commentary (video only)
  • Loyola Marymount: Melissa Lee & Holly McPeak
  • @ San Diego: No commentary (video only)
  • @ Pacific: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
  • @ Saint Mary's: Alex Jensen & Scott Chisholm
  • Gonzaga: Spencer Linton, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
  • Portland: Robbie Bullough & Tambre Haddock Nobles
  • @ Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • @ Loyola Marymount: Peter Monoceros & Hunter Patterson
  • San Diego: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Saint Mary's: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
  • Pacific: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant, & Jason Shepherd
  • @ Portland: Jason Brough
  • @ Gonzaga: No commentary (video only)
  • Santa Clara: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Pepperdine: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Ohio: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • Western Kentucky: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
  • vs. Nebraska: Tiffany Greene & Missy Whittemore
  • References

    2015 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team Wikipedia