SALT LAKE CITY — The Cougars wanted to do it for Richie. Richie Saunders, BYU’s heart-and-soul senior, had never beaten Utah in Salt Lake City during his career. Before Saturday’s showdown with the Utes on Saturday, Cougar coach Kevin Young made a plea to three of his players who only ...
Opening night for any team with a lot of new pieces can be an adventure. Or as BYU men’s volleyball coach Shawn Olmstead described it, weird and funky. During Friday night’s 3-0 (25-22,25-20,25-18) sweep of Saint Francis at the Smith Fieldhouse to open the 2026 season, an attack from ...
Timpview picked a good time to play what new coach Brad Kitchen called his team's first complete game of the season. Playing inside a hostile environment at rival Orem in its Region 7 opener Friday night, the Thunderbirds dominated the talented Tigers in every facet, doubling up their score ...
BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa is putting up amazingly efficient numbers this season. So is senior Richie Saunders. Saunders scored a career-high 31 points in Wednesday’s 104-76 blowout win against Arizona State, making 10 of 14 from the field, 6 of 8 from the 3-point line and a perfect 5 of 5 ...
At the conclusion of the 2025 season, BYU men's volleyball head coach Shawn Olmstead held a final team meeting. It was a chance for Olmstead to say good-bye to his seniors. “We gave them huge hugs, told them thanks for everything, asked them to be our biggest fans and to continue to ...
Utah Valley head coach Todd Phillips is quick to credit the players, while those same players, namely Jackson Holcombe, is just as quick to heap most of the praise on the coaches. And that, ironically, may just illustrate why Utah Valley men's basketball has forged the success it has so far ...
