The BYU men's volleyball team is looking to return to the national championship game after losing in last year's final to Hawaii. While almost half of last year's team is gone, BYU's roster is full of replacements hungry to prove themselves.
BYU men’s volleyball prepares to build off of 2020 success
The BYU men’s volleyball team felt it was heading in the right direction as the Cougars swept then-No. 1 Hawaii, subsequently earning the No. 1 spot in the next AVCA poll in March 2020. But then a week later their season came to an end.
“It was a whirlwind of emotions,” head coach Shawn Olmstead said, “(We) were the number one team in the nation and there was nothing they would be able to prove beyond that.”
While the cancellation of the season ended BYU’s hopes for a national championship, the team feels it can continue the success it had during the shortened 2020 season.