BYU Women’s Volleyball has a strong tradition, stronger than most casual fans know.
Sure, everyone paid attention to their 2018 season, as they spent most of it atop the national polls and made a Final Four run. In fact, the team has been a national contender for the past seven seasons. They competed in the National Championship Game in 2014, losing to Penn State for the title, and they’ve now been to seven straight Sweet Sixteens.
But BYU’s dominance in women’s volleyball is nothing new. They went through a rough patch in the late 2000’s, but the Elaine Michaelis era was pretty spectacular.