2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team

The 2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the WCC and were picked to win the conference title in the preseason poll.

2014 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
WCC regular season Champ
NCAA, National Runner-up
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record30–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
  • Shawn Olmstead (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse

The Cougars won the WCC Championship in November and were awarded an NCAA Tournament berth. Despite being ranked in the Top 15 all season, BYU wasn't awarded one of the 16 NCAA Seeds for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament, forcing the Cougars to play on the road. BYU proceeded to win the Tucson Area, Seattle Regional, and became the first ever unseeded team to make it to the NCAA Volleyball Championship match. 6 different BYU players were awarded WCC honors, and 3 BYU players were awarded All-American honors. Shawn Olmstead was also named Coach of the year (see Season highlights).

The Cougars were swept by Penn State in the NCAA Championship match, giving the Nittany Lions their seventh national title, but the Cougars NCAA Tournament run gave the Cougars the #3 ranking at the end of the season.

2014 West Coast Conference volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 BYU  y 162 .889305 .857
Pacific   135 .722247 .774
Santa Clara  y 126 .6672210 .688
San Diego  y 126 .6671912 .613
Loyola Marymount  y 117 .611238 .742
Gonzaga   810 .4441712 .586
Pepperdine   711 .3891317 .433
San Francisco   513 .2781217 .414
Saint Mary's   513 .278919 .321
Portland   117 .056623 .207
Conference champion
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