BYU vs UCLA Men's College Volleyball Full Match |apr 18,2026| Men's College Volleybal

And Jeroen goes right to Sean Kelly and he blasts it off the block and out. Taking flight from long range, Sean Kelly is top ten in the nation in attack percentage at .406 on the year. Here's Christopher Hirsch. Service middle back to Fife. Taking out the defense of David Decker in zone one. A kill for the Cougars. A team that is 9-5 on the road trying to get into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2021. Zach Orama. A seismic effect that one had as it ruptured the surface with such power. That electrifying arm swing. Orama leads his team in kills per set at 3.64 per frame. 49 aces on the season for Andrew Rowan. That's the first one of the night. Puts them at third best in the nation. 49 on the year. When these two teams played on Thursday, it was four lopsided sets. Not one of the four sets were close. The one set that the Cougars won was in the second set. They took it 25-17. Orama is two for two as he scales over the block. The 6'8 outside senior from Phoenix, Arizona. Orama taking flight slightly off kilter as Rowan was trying to set up his man in the backcourt in an out-of-system situation. All tied up at four. Oldany overhits his service attempt. Team leader in kills all year is Oldany, also from Phoenix, Arizona. Has over 300 kills on the campaign. 307 to be exact. Cam Thorne getting ready to serve. One of the six seniors for the Bruins. Number one in blue. Two-time ABC first-team All-American. Off the big block touch. It's Phyfe handling the first touch. That's a big-time blast for Trevor Herget, the 6'3 outside. The freshman from Darien, Connecticut. His older brother is the setter extraordinaire for this Cougars team. Herget, 4 of 10 on Thursday. Three hitting errors against UCLA. David Decker got it from Rowan. Oldany tools it off the two-person block of Sean Kelly at 6'7 and Christopher Hirsch at 6'9. They get the D-ball going for Oldany. 14 put-downs on Thursday. A team best. Second service error for BYU. The Bruins have one. David Decker, 50 aces on the year. This serve can go north of 70 miles per hour. And out of system set. Scrambling was Herget, and he finds Trent Mosier, who's got two kills in this first set. He's hitting 330 on the campaign. Cougars have a lead. And they're out killing the Bruins 5-3. Gavin Chambers steps in to serve. Bump set for Sean Kelly. Cross body, innovative and creative for the sophomore from Manhattan Beach. Shout out to Chris Conley picking up the second contact, the Levero. Played his first three years of college volleyball at Long Beach State. A blazing serve for Sean Kelly, number 31 on the season. Bruins on the year. Our 1.97 aces per set they are averaging, which is fourth best in the nation. To Mosier, who scores again. Set up by Tyler Herget, the right reigning MPSF Offensive Player of the Week. Fifth in the nation in assists per set at 10.28 coming into tonight. Christopher Hirsch got a quick set to hammer away at. Well controlled in center back by Chris Conley. Little dink into zone four. Well done finding an acute angle to bring up the ninth tie of this opening set. That was Mosier converting again, and he's back to serve. GCU transfer, senior from Gilbert, Arizona. Kelly retrieves the serve from Mosier, and then using the left hand was Zach Rama. Through the net, and a point going against BYU. Four lead changes, make that three so far. Rowan has two service errors, he does have an ace. The only ace, make it one of two aces that the Bruins have. The only other one was courtesy of Sean Kelly. A.J. Cottle in his service motion. Looping it long, the middle, the native of Provo, Utah. Who went air free six of 12, hit 500 on Thursday against the Bruins. Rama attacks Fife with the serve. Oldaney, sharp in the cross court. A touch from Decker, preceded by a touch from Rowan. We are playing a very tight opening set. This was nothing like we saw on Thursday when we had four lopsided sets. Double contact called after the hesitation mid-flight from Cam Thorne as he ended up going with two hands over. Four lead changes now. Kelly, undeterred, blasting it off the block of Chambers. And Hurget, out of system, off the serve from Thorne. Over on two, and the pancake try to no avail for Fife. Jackson Fife, who is top ten all time in Cougars history in a number of digs. Former walk-on from Las Vegas, lead back to the home team. A back set for David Decker, and one of the six senior strikes. Out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 6-9 opposite. 3-0 scoring run for the Bruins. Bruins' only loss coming earlier this month in Malibu at Pepperdine. The Bruins had 27 service errors, and they had six more hitting errors against their opponent in what was a five setter. Right through Oldaney, along with Trevor Hurget. Hurget, the lefty, winds up and delivers again. David Decker has you. At the service line. A high ball to Oldaney from Hurget. Those two in synergy for the score. No return in sight. Ian Little will check in for the first time, number 14 in white for the Cougars, playing his 35th set here on the year. Had not played in the last three contests for the Cougars. Kelly is 4-4 off an eighth assist from Andrew Rowan, who leads the nation in assists per frame at 11.54. Oh, excuse me. I apologize. That was a block. My apologies on that. So take the point away from UCLA and give it to the Cougars. And now the lead returns to UCLA off the fourth BYU service error of the night. Sean Kelly at the line. Top point scorer on the team. Letting loose on a serve that is tailing off the court. Had 16 kills on Thursday, did Kelly. Hit a bomby 4-62. Hurget winds up with a serve. Christopher Hirsch. Not a quick attack off a 31 ball. He wants a challenge. It looks like we're going to see one. Initially there was no touch detected and the ball was ruled out. They are going to challenge to see whether or not there was anything that could have altered the initial ruling on the call. But right now it is ruled an attacking error. It shouldn't take too long to make a determination on this one. So the Bruins end up using a challenge to their advantage as they get things to get turned around. Coach Olmsted for BYU. Sean Olmsted has been the head coach for Cougars since 2015. Turning some incredible defense into explosive offense. Zach Rahm lays into one after the big pick up in the back court to give Rahm an opportunity. 18 serving 16. O'Dayne will not be dug on his fourth swing. He's got a fourth kill and he has 311 kills on the year. Trent Mosier fires away. Off the combo play they deny Zach Rahm. Number seven A.J. Coddle up there with number 16 Connor O'Dayne as they summon the stop. Collaborating on the rejection. Tie for a 15th time in this opener. One and up from Fife but nobody handling the second contact. Taking away one incredible save from Fife. But there was indecision on who was going to get that second contact. Five now counted five service errors collectively for UCLA. Three of them from Andrew Rowan and one of four Californians. Checking in now for BYU. Number 24 in white Cole Hauser, San Diego native. Six-three senior. Pitter pattered around and we play on. Great sequence for the Cougars in defense. But a wrist away from Zach Rahm. Inside out as that ruled in. Coach Olmstead is having a word with the officials. The initial ruling is that it is a kill for Zach Rahm. That's how we're anticipating things. But I think we're going to see a challenge. So they're going to challenge to see whether or not UCLA touched the net there. Second challenge of this opening set. Bruins used one a few points ago. They used it to their advantage. They were able to overturn the call. And here's the first one used by the Cougars last week for BYU. They split two matches at home against number four USC. Won a four-setter, also lost a five-setter. In two successful challenges, one used each by either team. And that has the Cougars on the front side of the scoreboard, 20 serving 19. Off a six-lead change. Hauser bringing the firepower. Finding the service line and finding the line, the sideline thereafter. Get 21-19, forcing the Bruin timeout. Back-to-back aces for a team that is averaging 1.5 aces per frame. 20th best in the nation. Four straight points. One for BYU. And you could hear just the sound of the palm and how it struck the ball, hit it a bit fat there. Not on the sweet spot. AJ Cottle. I think that Gavin Chambers has checked back in. Number 17 in white. O'Dayne takes on the block and wins out. And that 2-v-1 with Kelly and Thorne up there contesting. Bruins at one point were up 18-16. A fast set off a back set. Rowan linking up with Cam Thorne. Grayson Bradford seeing the floor for the first time. Freshman 6'10". Coach John Hawks of UCLA calls him the hardest-working guy on the team. Went for a lot of risk there, and it did not pan out for the Bruins as they give four set points to the visitors of BYU who haven't won a match against UCLA since 2018. Decker is denied. They threw three blockers up there. And what a finish.