2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team

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2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball
CUI Eagles wordmark.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record10–16 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coachCasey Hiller (1st season)
Home arenaCU Arena
Seasons
 2021
2023  

The 2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team represented Concordia University Irvine in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Riley Salmon, [2] played their home games at CU Arena. The Eagles were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish seventh in the MPSF preseason poll. [3] The Eagles tied with BYU for the worst in the league, but due to BYU winning the tiebreaker Concordia finished seventh and fell to USC in the MPSF Tournament 1st Round.

Contents

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 UCLA  y111 .917225 .815
No. 7 USC  84 .667227 .759
No. 5 Pepperdine  y75 .5831910 .655
No. 11 Grand Canyon  66 .5001612 .571
No. 9 Stanford  48 .3331414 .500
Concordia Irvine  39 .2501016 .385
BYU  39 .250817 .320
Conference champion
2022 MPSF Tournament champion

Roster

2022 Concordia Eagles roster [4]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Danny Smithers - Freshman
  • 8 Kawika Simon - Junior
  • 32 Cruse Ae'a - Redshirt.svg Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 1 Max McCullough - Freshman
  • 2 Gil Herold - Junior
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 12 Mason Mullins - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Devyn Zavala - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 11 Kobe Kiley - Freshman
  • 14 Slater Fuhrman - Freshman
  • 15 Logan Glave - Graduate
  • 18 Erik Boisvert - Senior
  • 20 Liam Roberts - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 21 Keegan Carey - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 22 Jonathan Carlson - Graduate
  • 31 Jabes De La Cruz - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 3 Devyn Zavala - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 20 Liam Roberts - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 25 Will Migdal - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 35 Uriel Batista - Junior

Setters

  • 5 Christian Oviedo - Junior
  • 6 Mclain Mott - Junior
  • 7 Makai Lipson - Freshman
  • 34 Christos Gkitersos - Junior
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on EagleEye streaming page, powered by Stretch Internet. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time
OpponentRank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/6
8 p.m.
vs. CSUN Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/7
3 p.m.
@ #11 UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/8
5:30 p.m.
vs. #10 UC San Diego Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/10
7 p.m.
Saint Xavier CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(25–21, 19–25, 25–19, 25–22)
251–0
1/13
7 p.m.
Saint Katherine CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 25–13)
352–0
1/22
7 p.m.
Master's CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–15, 25–22, 25–19)
403–0
1/28
6 p.m.
@ Saint KatherineUSK Sports Complex
San Marcos, CA
SK AthleticsW 3–0
(25–12, 25–17, 25–17)
04–0
2/4
7 p.m.
@ #13 UC San Diego RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+ W 3–1
(25–22, 18–25, 26–24, 25–20)
05–0
2/18
7 p.m.
@ UC Irvine Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(22–25, 22–25, 25–27)
5915–1
2/19
7 p.m.
@ #11 UC San DiegoRIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 20–25)
2315–2
2/21
7 p.m.
Central State CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeCancelled
2/23
7 p.m.
@ #1 UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 1–3
(21–25, 16–25, 25–20, 18–25)
7285–3
(0–1)
2/25
7 p.m.
#1 UCLA*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(13–25, 20–25, 15–25)
1115–4
(0–2)
3/1
7 p.m.
@ Vanguard Lions Arena
Costa Mesa, CA
Vanguard Lions LiveW 3–1
(25–19, 27–29, 25–22, 25–20)
06–4
3/3
7 p.m.
#14 Stanford*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–2
(25–20, 25–21, 18–25, 21–25, 15–13)
777–4
(1–2)
3/4
7 p.m.
#14 Stanford*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(25–22, 22–25, 27–25, 25–20)
818–4
(2–2)
3/5
7 p.m.
UC IrvineCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 2–3
(18–25, 25–22, 20–25, 26–24, 10–15)
1058–5
3/10
7 p.m.
UC San DiegoCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1–3
(25–20, 19–25, 26–28, 28–30)
838–6
3/11
6 p.m.
@ BYU* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 0–3
(16–25, 14–25, 17–25) [5]
3,0698–7
(2–3)
3/12
6 p.m.
@ BYU*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 1–3
(25–19, 21–25, 18–25, 22–25) [6]
3,0418–8
(2–4)
3/17
7 p.m.
Ottawa (KS) CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–16, 25–12, 25–22)
1129–8
3/18
7 p.m.
@ #3 Long Beach State Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(20–25, 17–25, 25–27)
1,1149–9
3/25
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–21, 36–34, 25–23) [7]
15510–9
(3–4)
3/26
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1–3
(25–18, 20–25, 23–25, 21–25)
23010–10
(3–5)
3/31
7 p.m.
#8 Pepperdine*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(21–25, 25–27, 23–25)
10110–11
(3–6)
4/2
6 p.m.
@ #8 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts L 0–3
(17–25, 17–25, 22–25)
47510–12
(3–7)
4/8
7 p.m.
@ #6 USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC L 0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 18–25) [8]
34710–13
(3–8)
4/9
7 p.m.
#6 USC*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 31–33) [9]
9110–14
(3–9)
4/15
7 p.m.
#6 UC Santa BarbaraCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(23–25, 22–25, 21–25) [10]
7710–15
4/20
2 p.m.
#5 USC
(2)
(7)Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball L 0–3
(19–25, 22–25, 19–25)
25010–16
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

References

  1. "Salmon departs Jamestown to become Concordia-Irvine head coach". Off the Block. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. "Travers Cox named new UJ men's volleyball coach". Jamestown Sun . Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  4. "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Concordia Irvine Athletics". Concordia Irvine Athletics.
  5. "BYU men's volleyball snaps losing streak with sweep over Concordia". Deseret News . Retrieved March 11, 2022.
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  9. "USC men's volleyball No. 6 sweeps Concordia again". Ex Bulletin. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  10. "Gauchos flex depth in sweep over Concordia". Santa Barbara News-Press . Retrieved April 17, 2022.