2020 BYU Men’s Volleyball Schedule Features Four NCAA Tourney Teams
Oct 30, 2019, 12:12 PM | Updated: 12:14 pm
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PROVO, Utah – BYU men’s volleyball released their 2020 schedule that will see the Cougars go up against four NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago.
Shawn Olmstead enters his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Men’s Volleyball team. Olmstead’s program is looking to bounce back from an average 13-12 campaign a season ago.
THE 2020 SCHEDULE IS HERE!
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The 2020 season starts in Illinois when BYU takes on Loyola-Chicago on January 3rd. After that, BYU will face National Semifinalist Lewis in Romeoville, Illinois on January 4th.
BYU’s home schedule at historic Smith Fieldhouse will begin against the Penn State Nittany Lions for a two-game series on January 10th and 11th. The Nittany Lions Lions have played in the NCAA Tournament a total of 31 times dating back to 1981.
BYU begins MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) play on February 6th when they host UCLA at the Smith Fieldhouse.
In the month of March, BYU takes a break from the MPSF schedule to take on last year’s National Runner-Up the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in a two-match series on March 5th and 6th.
The Cougars last home game of the season is on April 2nd against MPSF foe Grand Canyon and then the regular season finale is on April 11th at the Wooden Center against UCLA in Westwood.
2020 BYU Men’s Volleyball Schedule
* = Denotes MPSF match
January 3rd at Loyola-Chicago
January 4th at Lewis
January 10th PENN STATE
January 11th PENN STATE
January 17th at Mount Olive
January 18th at Mount Olive
January 22nd at UC Irvine
January 24th at UC Irvine
January 31st UC SANTA BARBARA
February 1st UC SANTA BARBARA
February 6th UCLA*
February 8th PEPPERDINE*
February 14th at Grand Canyon*
February 20th CONCORDIA*
February 22nd USC*
February 29th STANFORD*
March 5th at Hawaii
March 6th at Hawaii
March 13th at Stanford*
March 27th at Concordia*
March 28th at USC*
April 2nd GRAND CANYON*
April 9th at Pepperdine*
April 11th at UCLA*
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
