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BYU men's volleyball coach Shawn Olmstead picked up his 200th victory on Saturday against Fort Valley State.

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BYU's Delaney Gibb scored 37 points in an 86-74 victory against Utah in the Huntsman Center on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.

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BYU men’s volleyball head coach Shawn Olmstead reached 200 career wins Saturday night in a 3-0 victory (25-14, 25-18. 25-21) over Fort Valley State at home in the Smith Fieldhouse.

Olmstead is the second BYU men’s volleyball head coach to get to 200 wins. He joins legendary former coach Carl McGown, the program’s winningest coach. McGown racked up 205 total wins in 336 matches. Olmstead has reached 200 wins in 278 matches.

“I’ve been fortunate. I’m the luckiest guy in the world. I think that every day,” Olmstead said after Saturday night’s match. “These young men and all the staff over the years have put a little bit of faith and trust not just in me but in the program, the school, the institution. It really has nothing to do with me. It’s all about those people. These guys right now, all the outstanding athletes I’ve had over the years, they’ve made my job kind of easy at times. I’m just unbelievably blessed and grateful I get to come here every day and be a part of their lives. Hopefully I can influence them a little bit and win some volleyball matches in the meantime.”

Olmstead has been the head coach of the BYU men’s volleyball program since the 2016 season. He has advanced BYU to the national championship match of the NCAA Tournament three times so far in his coaching career: 2016, 2017 and 2021. He also helped BYU to three-straight NCAA Final Four appearances for the first time in program history from 2016-2018.

Olmstead led BYU to three MPSF regular-season titles in his first three season as head coach from 2016-2018 as well. Along with this, he guided BYU to three MPSF Tournament championships in 2016, 2018 and 2021.

He is a four-time MPSF Coach of the Year (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021), led the BYU women’s team to an NCAA runner-up finish in 2014 and and was part of two NCAA titles as a player for the Cougars (2001-04).

The Cougars also swept Fort Valley State on Friday (25-18, 25-16, 25-14), getting 12 kills apiece from Trent Moser (.500) and Connor Oldani (391).

On Saturday, Tennison Lighthall and Oldani totaled 10 kills each in the three-set win against Fort Valley State. It was the Cougars’ ninth straight sweep.

No. 7 BYU (13-2) travels to the islands for two matches against third-ranked Hawaii Wednesday and Friday.

Gibb scores career high 37 in win at Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — For the second-straight year,  Delaney Gibb  scored a career-high at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, scoring 18 of her 37 points in the fourth quarter, as BYU took down Utah 86-74 on Saturday afternoon.

Gibb was 13-of-21 from the floor with five made threes, five rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks as the Cougars completed the season sweep of the Utes for the first time since 2011.

BYU led 56-41 entering the fourth quarter, but just 2:13 into the fourth, the Utes had cut the Cougar lead to 10 with 7:47 remaining. Gibb went on a personal 9-2 run, knocking down three-consecutive triples to put BYU back up by 17. With Utah not going away, Gibb hit two more threes to keep the Utes at bay and the Cougars up 78-65.

The rest of the scoring for BYU was done in the last two minutes at the charity stripe, with BYU going 8-for-8 to close out the 86-74 win.

Sydney Benally,  Lara Rohkohl  and  Olivia Hamlin  each finished in double figures for BYU with 13, 11 and 11, respectively. Benally and Hamlin each connected on four field goals and two triples in the win, while the freshman backout combined for 24 points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal. Rohkohl finished 4-of-6 from the floor for 11 points, five rebounds, two on the offensive glass and six blocks, a season high.

BYU shot 53.7 percent from the field on the night, 45.8 percent from downtown to outshoot the Utes in both categories. The Cougars grabbed 10 offensive boards, converting them into 10 second-chance points and forced 16 Utah turnovers, leading to 10 BYU points.

The Cougars’ next travel to Tempe to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils on Wednesday, February 25, in the second game of the season series. The game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. MT tip and will be streamed on ESPN+ and broadcast on BYU Radio, byuradio.org and the BYU Radio App.

Baseball earns split at Tony Gwynn Legacy

SAN DIEGO  — BYU baseball defeated UC San Diego, 9-7, in the Cougars’ final game of the Tony Gwynn Legacy tournament on Saturday evening at Triton Ballpark in La Jolla, California.

BYU (3-3) scored nine runs on nine hits, stranding six runners in the win, while UCSD (2-3) plated seven runs on four hits while leaving five on base.

Ezra McNaughton, Crew McChesney and Ridge Erickson drove in two runs each for BYU and Ryder Robinson hit a solo home run. Nate Gray went four innings, allowing just one hit and striking out four for the win. Luke Sterner picked up the save.

On Friday, the Cougars fell to San Diego State 3-0, managing just three hits against Aztec pitcher Dawson Santana. A Thursday game against Nebraska-Omaha was rained out.

BYU (3-3) will stay in California and play UC Riverside on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. MT. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and on BYUradio.org, in Utah County on 107.9 FM.

Softball tops Hawaii, Long Beach State at Nutter Classic

BYU softball turned in a 2-3 record at the Mary Nutter Classic in Cathedral City, Calif., this weekend.

The Cougars opened with a 7-2 loss to Northridge then earned an 8-0, six-inning victory against Hawaii.

On Friday, BYU edged Long Beach State 5-4 before taking a 10-1, five-inning loss by Auburn. On Saturday, No. 23 Washington logged an 8-3 victory against the Cougars.

Against Hawaii, Hailey Morrow was 3-for-4 with a triple, a home run and four RBI. Ilove’a Brittingham also homered in the game and Gianna Mares threw a six-inning four hitter.

Brittingham also homered in the win against Long Beach State and drove in four runs. Mares struck out six to get the victory on the hill.

BYU (3-11) will compete in the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif., beginning Thursday against Cal State Fullerton and Cal.