2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

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2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams7
Site Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, Utah
Champions BYU (8th title)
Winning coach Shawn Olmstead (3rd title)
MVP Gabi Garcia Fernandez (BYU)
Attendance700
Television FloVolleyball
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2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y17–3 .85020–4 .833
No. 6 UCLA  ‍‍‍14–5 .73715–6 .714
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y11–5 .68813–7 .650
No. 9 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍8–10 .4449–11 .450
USC  ‍‍‍5–12 .2945–13 .278
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍3–13 .1883–14 .176
Stanford  ‍‍‍3–13 .1883–14 .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 MPSF Tournament champion

The 2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 22 through April 24, 2021 at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah. Smith Fieldhouse was chosen as the host venue so that family members and a select number of fans may attend the games. That number was later set at 700 per match. [1] Had the tournament occurred anywhere within California, COVID-19 restrictions would have prevented any attendance.

Contents

The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

All seven teams are eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The #1 seed will play the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Due to the possibility of an unbalanced number of league matches played this year, conference wins (NOT win percentage), will be the first criteria looked at to determine MPSF Tournament seeding. Conference win percentage will be the first tiebreaker.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 [2] [3] [4] BYU 17–3–
2 [5] UCLA14–5–
3 [5] Pepperdine11–5–
4 [5] Grand Canyon8–10–
5USC5–12–
6Stanford3–132–0 vs. Concordia Irvine
7Concordia Irvine3–130-2 vs. Stanford

Schedule and results

Time
Network		MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 22
2 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		#2 UCLA vs. #7 Concorida Irvine3–1
(25–23, 21–25, 26–24, 25–20)		N/A Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
5 p.m.
FloVolleyball		#4 Grand Canyon vs. #5 USC3–1
(28–30, 25–20, 25–17, 25–23)
8 p.m.
FloVolleyball		#3 Pepperdine vs. #6 Stanford3–1
(25–22, 21–25, 25–22, 25–19)
Semifinals – Friday, April 23
4 p.m.
FloVolleyball		#2 UCLA vs. #3 Pepperdine0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 24–26)		700Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
7 p.m.
FloVolleyball		#1 BYU vs. #4 Grand Canyon3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 29–27) [6]
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7 p.m.
FloVolleyball		#1 BYU vs. #3 Pepperdine3–0
(25–20, 25–15, 25–19) [7] 		700Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
Game times are MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 22
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		Semifinals
Friday, April 23
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		Championship
Saturday, April 24
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
         
1 BYU  
 (bye)  
1BYU3
4 Grand Canyon 0
4Grand Canyon3
5 USC 2
1BYU3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Pepperdine 0
2UCLA3
7 Concordia Irvine 1
2 UCLA 0
3Pepperdine3
3Pepperdine3
6 Stanford 1

Game summaries

All times Mountain.

Quarterfinals

April 22, 2021
2:00 p.m. MDT		(2) UCLA3–1(7) Concordia IrvineSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
(25–23, 21–25, 26–24, 25–20)
Report
April 22, 2021
5:00 p.m. MDT		(4) Grand Canyon3–1(5) USCSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
(28–30, 25–20, 25–17, 25–23)
Report
April 22, 2021
8:00 p.m. MDT		(3) Pepperdine3–1(6) StanfordSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
(25–22, 21–25, 25–22, 25–19)
Report

Semifinals

April 23, 2021
4:00 p.m. MDT		(2) UCLA0–3(3) PepperdineSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
Attendance: 700
Referees: Bill Forrester, Ron Pelham, Heather Pickett, Ray Mink
(20–25, 23–25, 24–26)
Report
April 23, 2021
7:00 p.m. MDT		(1) BYU3–0(4) Grand CanyonSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
Attendance: 700
Referees: Ron Pelham, Ray Mink, Tom Ulibarri, Bill Forrester
(25–14, 25–19, 29–27)
Report

MPSF Championship

April 24, 2021
7:00 p.m. MDT		(1) BYU3–0(3) PepperdineSmith Fieldhouse — Provo, UT
Attendance: 700
Referees: Bill Forrester, Ray Mink, Jeff Merill, Ron Pelham
(25–23, 25–15, 25–19)
Report

All-Tournament Team

[8]

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