| Sport: | women's volleyball |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | BYU Cougars |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 30–2 |
| Conf Record: | 18–0 |
| Head Coach: | Heather Olmstead[1] |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach1: | David Hyte |
| Ac1 Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach2: | Jonny Neeley[2] |
| Ac2 Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Smith Fieldhouse |
| Champion: | 2021 WCC Champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA volleyball tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars were led by seventh year head coach Heather Olmstead and played their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.
BYU came off a season where they finished first and won the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an automatic big to the NCAA tournament falling to Wisconsin.
| style= scope="col" | Date Time | style= scope="col" | Opponent | style= scope="col" | Rank (Tournament Seed) | style= scope="col" | Arena City (Tournament) | style= scope="col" | Television | style= scope="col" | Result | style= scope="col" | Attendance | style= scope="col" | Record (WCC Record) |
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| 08/27 12 p.m. | Southern Utah |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (dōTERRA Classic) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–11, 25–16, 25–13) | 457 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 08/27 7 p.m. | LIU |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (dōTERRA Classic) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–11, 25–10, 25–9) | 4,823 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 08/28 7 p.m. | UNLV |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (dōTERRA Classic) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–14, 25–16, 25–15) | 4,453 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 09/02 7 p.m. | Weber State |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Invitational) | BYUtv | W 3–2 (25–23, 23–25, 18–25, 25–19, 15–4) | 2,852 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 09/03 7 p.m. | Dixie State |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Invitational) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–8, 25–16, 25–20) | 2,855 | 5–0 | ||||||||
| 09/04 7 p.m. | Michigan State |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (BYU Invitational) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–14, 25–21, 25–19) | 2,486 | 6–0 | ||||||||
| 09/10 10 a.m. | vs. Bowling Green |
| Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA (Panther Challenge) | W 3–0 (25–13, 25–16, 25–19) | 100 | 7–0 | |||||||||
| 09/10 5 p.m. | @ #4 Pitt |
| Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA (Panther Challenge) | ACCN Extra | L 1–3 (21–25, 25–21, 20–25, 24–26) | 1,258 | 7–1 | ||||||||
| 09/11 2 p.m. | vs. High Point |
| Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA (Panther Challenge) | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–19) | 100 | 8–1 | |||||||||
| 09/16 7 p.m. |
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| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (Deseret First Duel) | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–23, 25–16) | 5,140 | 9–1 | ||||||||
| 09/18 6 p.m. | @ Utah Valley |
| Lockhart Arena Orem, UT (UCCU Crosstown Clash) | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25–16, 25–18, 25–20) | 1,564 | 10–1 | ||||||||
| 09/23 7 p.m. | Pacific |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–13, 25–12, 25–17) | 2,490 | 11–1 (1–0) | ||||||||
| 09/25 1 p.m. | Saint Mary's |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–17, 25–18) | 2,351 | 12–1 (2–0) | ||||||||
| 09/30 1 p.m. | @ Santa Clara* |
| Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–9) | 322 | 13–1 (3–0) | ||||||||
| 10/02 1 p.m. | @ San Francisco* |
| The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–16, 25–18) | 193 | 14–1 (4–0) | ||||||||
| 10/07 7 p.m. | Portland |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–16, 25–15, 25–10) | 2,624 | 15–1 (5–0) | ||||||||
| 10/09 12 p.m. | Gonzaga |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–7, 25–20, 25–14) | 2,187 | 16–1 (6–0) | ||||||||
| 10/14 8 p.m. | @ Loyola Marymount* |
| Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (22–25, 25–16, 25–22, 25–19) | 300 | 17–1 (7–0) | ||||||||
| 10/16 1 p.m. | @ #24 Pepperdine* |
| Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (21–25, 25–19, 25–10, 25–16) | 737 | 18–1 (8–0) | ||||||||
| 10/22 7 p.m. |
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| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–13, 25–13) | 2,828 | 19–1 (9–0) | ||||||||
| 10/28 7 p.m. | San Francisco* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–15, 25–14) | 2,466 | 20–1 (10–0) | ||||||||
| 10/30 1 p.m. | Santa Clara* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–14, 25–10, 25–17) | 2,413 | 21–1 (11–0) | ||||||||
| 11/04 7 p.m. | @ Gonzaga* |
| Charlotte Y. Martin Centre Spokane, WA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–9, 25–19, 25–21) | 755 | 22–1 (12–0) | ||||||||
| 11/06 1 p.m. | @ Portland* |
| Chiles Center Portland, OR | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–17, 25–12) | 414 | 23–1 (13–0) | ||||||||
| 11/11 7 p.m. | Pepperdine* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–15, 25–17, 25–18) | 2,973 | 24–1 (14–0) | ||||||||
| 11/13 1 p.m. | Loyola Marymount* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–1 (25–20, 24–26, 25–21, 25–22) | 3,592 | 25–1 (15–0) | ||||||||
| 11/18 8 p.m. | @ Pacific* |
| Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 29–27) | 468 | 26–1 (16–0) | ||||||||
| 11/20 2 p.m. | @ Saint Mary's* |
| University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (25–17, 25–15, 19–25, 25–14) | 313 | 27–1 (17–0) | ||||||||
| 11/23 8 p.m. | @ San Diego* |
| Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (25–10, 14–25, 25–21, 25–22) | 1,213 | 28–1 (18–0) | ||||||||
| 12/3 7 p.m. | y- Boise State |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 1st Round) | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25–6, 25–19, 25–10) | 5,340 | 29–1 | ||||||||
| 12/4 7 p.m. | y- Utah |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (NCAA Tournament 2nd Round) | ESPN+ | W 3–1 (17–25, 25–22, 25–23, 25–23) | 4,729 | 30–1 | ||||||||
| 12/9 11 a.m. | y- #8 (6-seed) Purdue |
| Fitzgerald Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA (NCAA Tournament Regional semifinal) | ESPNU | L 2–3 (12–25, 25–16, 25–21, 13–25, 16–18) | 1,479 | 30–2 | ||||||||
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.
All home games will be on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. Most road games will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network, with the game at Pitt on ACC Network Extra, Utah Valley on ESPN+, and the other two Panther Classic matches being untelevised.
For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:
See also: 2021 BYU Cougars football team, 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team and 2022 BYU Cougars softball team.