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Erin Livingston poured in 13 kills with six digs, and Whitney Llarenas added a career-high 13 kills as No. 16 BYU held off No. 17 Pepperdine.

PROVO, Utah — BYU took home the 2021 dōTERRA Classic Championship with a 3-0 sweep over UNLV Saturday night, in front of another huge home crowd. "One thing that makes our team so special is how balanced we are at every position," said BYU middle blocker Kennedy Eschenberg. "We had great passing tonight, and none of us can hit effectively if we don't have good passing, and Whitney [Bower] put up great sets."

BYU women’s volleyball collects WCC Player of the Year and Coach of the Year West Coast Conference coaches voted this week on the end-of-season conference honors and awarded eight BYU players and coaches for their performance this season.  Head coach Heather Olmstead was named Coach of the Year for the third time and sophomore setter Whitney Bower brought home the WCC Player of the Year and Setter of the Year titles. Bower was also named to the All-WCC first team. Senior outside hitter Taylen Ballard-Nixon, senior middle blocker Kennedy Eschenberg and sophomore opposite Kate Grimmer we...

No. 14 BYU women’s volleyball picks up 7th WCC title after sweeping Santa Clara The BYU women’s volleyball team completed its series sweep of Santa Clara and secured the West Coast Conference title on Wednesday in the Smith Fieldhouse. This is BYU’s seventh title in the 10 years since joining the WCC and fifth in the six seasons since head coach Heather Olmstead took the reins. After sweeping Santa Clara on Tuesday afternoon, BYU came into the game ready for a repeat performance. The Cougars and Broncos started the first set exchanging point for point. BYU took off on a 5-1 run after th...

No. 12 BYU women’s volleyball sweeps Gonzaga in home-opener series The No. 12 BYU women’s volleyball team brought its play back to the Smith Fieldhouse last week in a West Coast Conference matchup against Gonzaga on Feb. 9 and 10. The Cougars took the first match 3-1 on day one and swept Gonzaga 3-0 on day two of the series. Four Cougars finished the first match with double-digit kills and two others racked up double-doubles. Sophomore setter Whitney Bower recorded her 13th career double-double with 43 assists and 18 digs and added two aces to her stat line. Freshman libero Madi Allen rec...