2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team

2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	10–16 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach	Riley Salmon [1] (1st season)
Assistant coach	Casey Hiller (1st season)
Home arena	CU 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.

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	1		.917			22	–	5		.815
No. 7 USC  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			22	–	7		.759
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	5		.583			19	–	10		.655
No. 11 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			16	–	12		.571
No. 9 Stanford  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			14	–	14		.500
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			10	–	16		.385
BYU  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			8	–	17		.320
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of May 12, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Roster

2022 Concordia Eagles roster [4]
	Defensive specialist/libero 4 Danny Smithers - Freshman 8 Kawika Simon - Junior 32 Cruse Ae'a - Freshman Middle blockers 1 Max McCullough - Freshman 2 Gil Herold - Junior 9 Owen Chun - Graduate 12 Mason Mullins - Junior		Outside hitters 3 Devyn Zavala - Sophomore 11 Kobe Kiley - Freshman 14 Slater Fuhrman - Freshman 15 Logan Glave - Graduate 18 Erik Boisvert - Senior 20 Liam Roberts - Freshman 21 Keegan Carey - Junior 22 Jonathan Carlson - Graduate 31 Jabes De La Cruz - Freshman		Opposite hitters 3 Devyn Zavala - Sophomore 9 Owen Chun - Graduate 20 Liam Roberts - Freshman 25 Will Migdal - 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	Opponent	Rank (tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (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	EagleEye	W 3–1 (25–21, 19–25, 25–19, 25–22)	25	1–0
1/13 7 p.m.	Saint Katherine		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25–14, 25–19, 25–13)	35	2–0
1/22 7 p.m.	Master's		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–22, 25–19)	40	3–0
1/28 6 p.m.	@ Saint Katherine		USK Sports Complex San Marcos, CA	SK Athletics	W 3–0 (25–12, 25–17, 25–17)	0	4–0
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)	0	5–0
2/18 7 p.m.	@ UC Irvine		Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (22–25, 22–25, 25–27)	591	5–1
2/19 7 p.m.	@ #11 UC San Diego		RIMAC Arena La Jolla, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (23–25, 20–25, 20–25)	231	5–2
2/21 7 p.m.	Central State		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	Cancelled
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)	728	5–3 (0–1)
2/25 7 p.m.	#1 UCLA*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0–3 (13–25, 20–25, 15–25)	111	5–4 (0–2)
3/1 7 p.m.	@ Vanguard		Lions Arena Costa Mesa, CA	Vanguard Lions Live	W 3–1 (25–19, 27–29, 25–22, 25–20)	0	6–4
3/3 7 p.m.	#14 Stanford*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–2 (25–20, 25–21, 18–25, 21–25, 15–13)	77	7–4 (1–2)
3/4 7 p.m.	#14 Stanford*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–1 (25–22, 22–25, 27–25, 25–20)	81	8–4 (2–2)
3/5 7 p.m.	UC Irvine		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 2–3 (18–25, 25–22, 20–25, 26–24, 10–15)	105	8–5
3/10 7 p.m.	UC San Diego		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 1–3 (25–20, 19–25, 26–28, 28–30)	83	8–6
3/11 6 p.m.	@ BYU*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 0–3 (16–25, 14–25, 17–25) [5]	3,069	8–7 (2–3)
3/12 6 p.m.	@ BYU*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 1–3 (25–19, 21–25, 18–25, 22–25) [6]	3,041	8–8 (2–4)
3/17 7 p.m.	Ottawa (KS)		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–12, 25–22)	112	9–8
3/18 7 p.m.	@ #3 Long Beach State		Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (20–25, 17–25, 25–27)	1,114	9–9
3/25 7 p.m.	#9 Grand Canyon*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25–21, 36–34, 25–23) [7]	155	10–9 (3–4)
3/26 7 p.m.	#9 Grand Canyon*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 1–3 (25–18, 20–25, 23–25, 21–25)	230	10–10 (3–5)
3/31 7 p.m.	#8 Pepperdine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0–3 (21–25, 25–27, 23–25)	101	10–11 (3–6)
4/2 6 p.m.	@ #8 Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WaveCasts	L 0–3 (17–25, 17–25, 22–25)	475	10–12 (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]	347	10–13 (3–8)
4/9 7 p.m.	#6 USC*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0–3 (23–25, 20–25, 31–33) [9]	91	10–14 (3–9)
4/15 7 p.m.	#6 UC Santa Barbara		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0–3 (23–25, 22–25, 21–25) [10]	77	10–15
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)	250	10–16

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Saint Xavier: Jeff Runyan & Patience O'Neal
• Saint Katherine: Jeff Runyan & Patience O'Neal
• The Master's: Jeff Runyan & Valerie Pedersen
• Saint Katherine: No commentary
• UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
• UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
• UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
• UCLA: Denny Cline
• UCLA: Patience O'Neal
• Vanguard: No commentary
• Stanford: Patience O'Neal
• Stanford: Patience O'Neal
• UC Irvine: Patience O'Neal
• UC San Diego: Patience O'Neal
• BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano
• BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
• Ottawa: Patience O'Neal
• Long Beach State: Matt Brown & Matt Prosser
• Grand Canyon: Ben Rose & Ron J. Ruhman
• Grand Canyon: Patience O'Neal
• Pepperdine: Patience O'Neal
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
• USC: Kienan Dixon
• UC Santa Barbara: Patience O'Neal
• MPSF Quarterfinal- USC: Nick Kopp

References

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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.
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