2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team

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2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball
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NCAA Tournament National Champions
Big West Tournament champions
Big West regular season champions
UCSB Asics Invitational champions
Conference Big West Conference
Record28–1 (9–1 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick MacRae (6th season)
  • Scott Touzinsky [1] (1st season)
Home arena Walter Pyramid
(Capacity: 4,200)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‡‍y9–1 .90028–1 .966
No. 4 Hawai'i  ‍‍‍6–4 .60019–8 .704
No. 5 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍y6–4 .60021–10 .677
No. 9 CSUN  ‍‍‍5–5 .50016–11 .593
No. 12 UCSB  ‍‍‍4–6 .40011–13 .458
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍0–10 .0009–19 .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Big West Tournament champion

The 2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team represented Long Beach State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The 49ers, led by fifteenth year head coach Alan Knipe, played their home games at Walter Pyramid. The 49ers competed as members of the Big West Conference, which was sponsoring men's volleyball for the first time, [2] and were picked to win the Big West in the preseason poll. [3] LBSU won the national championship, the second in program history.

Contents

Roster

2018 Long Beach State 49ers Roster [4]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Matt Butler - Senior
  • 6 Trevor Briggs - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 9 Jordan Molina - Junior

Middle Blockers

  • 8 Gary Adams - Freshman
  • 12 Zane Griggs - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 13 Simon Anderson - Freshman
  • 21 Jason Willahan - Senior
  • 23 Zach Gates - Senior
  • 25 Nick Amado - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Outside Hitters

  • 2 Louis Richards - Junior
  • 4 Bjarne Huus - Senior
  • 5 Kyle Ensing - Junior
  • 11 TJ DeFalco - Junior
  • 17 Ryan Poole - Freshman
  • 18 Jevan Coronado - Freshman
  • 19 Ethan Siegfried - Freshman
  • 31 Spencer Olivier - Freshman
 

Opposite Hitters

  • 1 Davis Cannon - Senior
  • 2 Louis Richards - Junior
  • 5 Kyle Ensing - Junior
  • 30 Alexander Anastassiades - Freshman

Setters

  • 10 Josh Tuaniga - Junior
  • 22 Gary Trejo - Junior
  • 24 Carlso Rivera - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio.
Big West TV will carry all home games and select conference road games.
Date
Time		OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)		TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(Big West Record)
1/3
7 p.m.		 McKendree #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA 		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–16, 28–26, 25–22)		3981–0
1/5
10 a.m.		 Princeton #2 Rob Gym
Santa Barbara, CA
(UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational)		W 3–0
(25–16, 25–11, 25–14)		1252–0
1/5
8 p.m.		 Ball State #2Rob Gym
Santa Barbara, CA
(UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational)		W 3–1
(25–19, 22–25, 25–21, 25–16)		1213–0
1/6
2:30 p.m.		 St. Francis #2Rob Gym
Santa Barbara, CA
(UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational)		W 3–0
(25–17, 25–22, 25–13)		1204–0
1/12
5 p.m.		#11 Lewis #2 Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL 		GLVC SNW 3–0
(27–25, 25–18, 25–19)		2575–0
1/13
5:30 p.m.		#7 Loyola #2 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL 		ESPN3 W 3–0
(25–15, 25–17, 25–21)		1,0026–0
1/26
7:30 p.m.		 Stanford #1 Maples Pavilion
Irvine, CA 		P12+ W 3–0
(25–21, 25–19, 25–23)		4297–0
1/26
6 p.m.		Stanford#1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVL 3–0
(25–13, 25–17, 25–14)		1,4158–0
1/28
7 p.m.		#13 USC #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–22, 25–17, 25–16)		1,6279–0
2/2
7 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine #1CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–20, 25–14, 25–13)		1,13610–0
2/8
4 p.m.		 Harvard #1 Malkin Athletic Center
Cambridge, MA 		Ivy League NetW 3–0
(25–15, 25–15, 25–20)		16711–0
2/10
4 p.m.		 George Mason #1Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA 		George Mason All-AccessW 3–0
(26–24, 25–22, 25–19)		55012–0
2/17
7:30 p.m.		#2 UCLA #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–1
(23–25, 25–15, 25–19, 25–21)		4,56013–0
2/21
7:30 p.m.		#2 UCLA#1 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+W 3–1
(25–21, 23–25, 25–19, 25–21)		1,91014–0
3/2
7 p.m.		#12 CSUN* #1 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		ESPN3W 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–20)		95715–0
(1–0)
3/4
7 p.m.		#12 CSUN*#1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–17)		1,03316–0
(2–0)
3/7
7 p.m.		 Mount Olive #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–14)		70817–0
3/15
7 p.m.		#12 UCSB* #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–17, 25–19, 25–19)		1,13518–0
(3–0)
3/16
7 p.m.		#12 UCSB*#1Rob Gym
Santa Barbara, CA		Big West TVW 3–1
(24–26, 25–15, 25–14, 25–20)		75019–0
(4–0)
3/30
7 p.m.		#4 UC Irvine* #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–2
(22–25, 25–15, 25–16, 21–25, 15–9)		2,07720–0
(5–0)
3/31
7 p.m.		#4 UC Irvine*#1 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		Big West TVW 3–1
(25–18, 25–21, 22–15, 25–20)		1,26521–0
(6–0)
4/6
7 p.m.		 UC San Diego* #1 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA 		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–17)		60622–0
(7–0)
4/7
7 p.m.		UC San Diego*#1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		Big West TVW 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–13)		1,41123–0
(8–0)
4/13
9 p.m.		#6 Hawai'i* #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC HI
Big West TV		W 3–2
(25–16, 17–25, 26–24, 25–27, 22–20)		4,98224–0
(9–0)
4/14
9 p.m.		#6 Hawai'i*#1Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPEC HI
Big West TV		L 3–2
(25–21, 22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 15–11)		5,96624–1
(9–1)
4/20
7:30 p.m.		#9 CSUN*#1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Big West Semifinal)		ESPN3W 3–0
(25–23, 25–13, 25–17)		1,79525–1
4/20
7 p.m.		#6 Hawai'i*#1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Big West Championship)		ESPN3W 3–0
(25–23, 25–14, 25–19)		2,32526–1
5/3
5 p.m.		#6 Ohio State#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Semifinal)		NCAA.comW 3–1
(25–22, 25–23, 25–27, 32–30)		4,24927–1
5/5
4 p.m.		#3 UCLA#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Championship)		 ESPN2 W 3–2
(25–19, 23–25, 20–25, 26–24, 15–12)		7,24828–1
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

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