| Sport: | women's volleyball |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | BYU Cougars |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 31–2 |
| Conf Record: | 17–1 |
| Head Coach: | Heather Olmstead[1] |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | David Hyte |
| Ac1 Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach2: | Jonny Neeley[2] |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Smith Fieldhouse |
| Champion: | WCC regular season Champ |
| Tourney: | NCAA |
| Tourney Result: | National semifinals |
The 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fourth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.
BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship[3] and once again participated in the NCAA tournament before falling to Kentucky in the third round.[4]
| style= scope="col" | Date Time | style= scope="col" | Opponent | style= scope="col" | Rank | style= scope="col" | Arena City (Tournament) | style= scope="col" | Television | style= scope="col" | Result | style= scope="col" | Attendance | style= scope="col" | Record (WCC Record) |
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| 8/18 1 p.m. | Utah Valley |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (UCCU Crosstown Clash) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (27–25, 25–22, 25–20) | N/A | Exhibition | ||||||||
| 8/24 5:30 p.m. | @ Duke |
| Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ACC Extra | W 3–0 (25–22, 25–19, 25–16) | 2,159 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 8/25 4:30 p.m. | @ Duke |
| Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ACC Extra | W 3–1 (16–25, 25–19, 25–22, 25–17) | 1,773 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 8/30 7 p.m. | West Virginia |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational) | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–11, 25–14) | 1,201 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 8/31 7 p.m. |
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| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational) | BYUtv | W 3–2 (25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 20–25, 15–11) | 3,389 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 9/01 7 p.m. | Wichita State |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Nike Invitational) | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–16, 25–12, 25–20) | 2,231 | 5–0 | ||||||||
| 9/07 9 a.m. | vs. #10 USC |
| Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament) | W 3–0 (30–28, 25–21, 25–14) | 175 | 6–0 | |||||||||
| 9/07 4 p.m. | vs. Syracuse |
| Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament) | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–20, 25–20) | 768 | 7–0 | |||||||||
| 9/08 5 p.m. | @ #25 Marquette |
| Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI (Marquette Tournament) | MUTV | W 3–1 (23–25, 25–22, 25–20, 25–14) | 1,481 | 8–0 | ||||||||
| 9/13 7 p.m. |
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| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (Deseret First Duel) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–14, 25–17) | 5,472 | 9–0 | ||||||||
| 9/15 2 p.m. | @ Weber State |
| Swenson Gym Ogden, UT | Pluto TV 235 | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–18, 25–16) | 1,137 | 10–0 | ||||||||
| 9/20 7:05 p.m. | Pacific |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–12, 25–20, 25–14) | 2,210 | 11–0 (1–0) | ||||||||
| 9/22 1:05 p.m. | Saint Mary's |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–10, 25–14, 25–13) | 2,270 | 12–0 (2–0) | ||||||||
| 9/25 7 p.m. | @ Pepperdine* |
| Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | ESPNU | W 3–0 (25–15, 25–18, 25–21) | 1,211 | 13–0 (3–0) | ||||||||
| 9/27 7:05 p.m. | Gonzaga |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–12, 25–10, 25–15) | 1,741 | 14–0 (4–0) | ||||||||
| 9/29 1 p.m. | Portland |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–14, 25–15, 25–18) | 2,109 | 15–0 (5–0) | ||||||||
| 10/05 8 p.m. | @ San Diego* |
| Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA | TheW.tv | W 3–1 (25–21, 24–26, 25–16, 25–10) | 1,382 | 16–0 (6–0) | ||||||||
| 10/11 8 p.m. | @ San Francisco* |
| War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–13, 25–20, 25–21) | 313 | 17–0 (7–0) | ||||||||
| 10/13 2 p.m. | @ Santa Clara* |
| Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–22, 25–13) | 447 | 18–0 (8–0) | ||||||||
| 10/18 7 p.m. | Loyola Marymount |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–15, 25–20) | 2,884 | 19–0 (9–0) | ||||||||
| 10/20 1 p.m. | Pepperdine* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (26–24, 25–13, 25–8) | 3,443 | 20–0 (10–0) | ||||||||
| 10/25 8 p.m. | @ Portland* |
| Chiles Center Portland, OR | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–16, 25–20) | 2,259 | 21–0 (11–0) | ||||||||
| 10/27 1 p.m. | @ Gonzaga* |
| McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–20, 25–23) | 1,362 | 22–0 (12–0) | ||||||||
| 11/02 7 p.m. | San Diego* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–1 (25–19, 25–15, 22–25, 25–20) | 5,082 | 23–0 (13–0) | ||||||||
| 11/08 7 p.m. | Santa Clara* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (28–26, 25–17, 25–11) | 2,762 | 24–0 (14–0) | ||||||||
| 11/10 1 p.m. | San Francisco* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | TheW.tv | W 3–0 (25–12, 25–12, 25–9) | 4,213 | 25–0 (15–0) | ||||||||
| 11/15 8 p.m. | @ Saint Mary's* |
| McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA | TheW.tv | W 3–1 (25–23, 25–23, 24–26, 25–16) | 1,055 | 26–0 (16–0) | ||||||||
| 11/17 1 p.m. | @ Pacific* |
| Cabrillo College Gymnasium Aptos, CA | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–17) | 233 | 27–0 (17–0) | |||||||||
| 11/20 8 p.m. | @ Loyola Marymount* |
| Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | TheW.tv | L 0–3 (23–25, 25–27, 20–25) | 820 | 27–1 (17–1) | ||||||||
| 11/30 7 p.m. | y- Stony Brook |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 1st Round) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–13, 25–12) | 3,675 | 28–1 (17–1) | ||||||||
| 12/01 7 p.m. | y- Utah |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 2nd Round) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–16, 25–21, 25–18) | 5,183 | 29–1 (17–1) | ||||||||
| 12/07 4:30 p.m. | y- #16 Florida |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament Regional semifinal) | ESPN3 | W 3–1 (23–25, 25–13, 25–17, 25–19) | 5,104 | 30–1 (17–1) | ||||||||
| 12/08 6 p.m. | y- #5/(5–seed) Texas |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament Regional final) | ESPNU | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–23, 25–21) | 5,326 | 31–1 (17–1) | ||||||||
| 12/13 5 p.m. | y- #1/(1–seed) Stanford |
| Target Center Minneapolis, MN (NCAA Tournament Semifinal) | ESPN | L 0–3 (15–25, 15–25, 18–25) | 17,808 | 31–2 (17–1) | ||||||||
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.
All home games will be on BYUtv or TheW.tv powered by Stadium. All but one road game will also be televised or streamed. The Pacific game was originally scheduled to be streamed on TheW.tv, but a change in venues due to the bad air quality from the California Wildfires cancelled the stream.
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See also: 2018 BYU Cougars football team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars men's basketball team and 2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team.