2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball team

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2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball
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Big West Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, 2nd place
Conference Big West Conference
Record21-6 (8–2 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick MacRae (10th season)
  • McKay Smith (3rd season)
Home arena Walter Pyramid
(Capacity: 4,200)
Seasons
 2021
2023  
2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  y82 .800216 .778
No. 1 Hawai'i  y73 .700275 .844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara  64 .600199 .679
No. 10 UC San Diego  55 .5001311 .542
No. 13 UC Irvine  37 .3001015 .400
CSUN  19 .100615 .286
Conference champion
2022 Big West Tournament champion

The 2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball team represented Long Beach State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. Led by head coach Alan Knipe in his nineteenth season, the team played its home games at Walter Pyramid. The Beach competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as co-champions in the Big West preseason poll. [1]

Contents

Roster

2022 Long Beach State Beach Roster [2]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Mason Briggs - Sophomore
  • 22 Caden Jackson - Redshirt.svg Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Shane Holdaway - Junior
  • 16 Marc Moody - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 18 Nato Dickinson - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 20 Aidan Grosz - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 21 Grant Marocchi - Junior
  • 24 Noah Robin - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 25 Matt Iamaleava - Redshirt.svg Freshman
 

Outside Hitters

  • 2 Sebastian Rodriguez - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore
  • 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman
  • 12 Clarke Godbold - Sophomore
  • 17 Dane Hillis - Freshman
  • 23 Alex Nikolov - Freshman
  • 27 Calvin Sanborn - Junior
 

Opposite Hitters

  • 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore
  • 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman
  • 11 Simon Torwie - Sophomore
  • 31 Spencer Olivier - Redshirt.svg Junior

Setters

  • 5 Aidan Knipe - Sophomore
  • 6 Josh Rosenblum - Freshman
  • 26 Eric Beebe - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio.
ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.
Date
Time
OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(Big West Record)
1/7
4 p.m.
vs. Juniata #5 DeGol Arena
Loretta, PA
NEC Front Row
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/8
4:30 p.m.
@ St. Francis #5DeGol Arena
Loretto, PA
NEC Front Row
1/15
7 p.m.
Harvard #5 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
W 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–23)
1,2301–0
1/17
7 p.m.
Erskine #5Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–13, 25–15, 25–11)
7532–0
1/21
5 p.m.
@ #7 Lewis #5 Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL
GLVC SNW 3–1
(25–22, 25–22, 24–26, 25–20)
503–0
1/22
5:30 p.m.
@ #9 Loyola Chicago #5 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL
ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)
7064–0
1/28
6 p.m.
#9 Ohio State #3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)
ESPN+W 3–0
(24–26, 25–20, 25–15, 25–22)
1,1985–0
1/29
7 p.m.
#4 Penn State #3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)
ESPN+L 3–2
(27–25, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 11–15)
1,2885–1
2/4
7 p.m.
#7 USC #3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(15–25, 25–23, 25–21, 25–19)
1,7296–1
2/11
7 p.m.
#2 UCLA #1Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–13)
3,1377–1
2/19
7 p.m.
@ #2 UCLA#1 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 2–3
(20–25, 23–25, 25–23, 25–21, 12–15)
2,0087–2
2/25
7 p.m.
# 12 Stanford #2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–18)
1,4918–2
3/4
7 p.m.
NJIT #2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–16, 25–20, 23–25, 25–16)
9769–2
3/5
7:30 p.m.
LIU #2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–18, 25–14, 25–15)
1,13910–2
3/10
7 p.m.
@ UC Irvine*#2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 2–3
(25–19, 25–23, 17–25, 22–25, 12–15)
58810–3
(0–1)
3/11
7 p.m.
UC Irvine*#2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–20)
1,27711–3
(1–1)
3/18
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine #3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 27–25)
1,11412–3
3/25
7 p.m.
#6 UC Santa Barbara*#3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(22–25, 25–19, 25–16, 25–19).
1,38613–3
(2–1)
3/26
7 p.m.
@ #6 UC Santa Barbara*#3 The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–21, 26–24, 25–22)
34214–3
(3–1)
4/1
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i*#2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(22–25, 25–23, 26–24, 27–25)
2,60715–3
(4–1)
4/2
7 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i*#2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPNUW 3–1
(25–23, 25–20, 21–25, 25–19)
3,01416–3
(5–1)
4/8
7 p.m.
#10 UC San Diego*#2Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(31–29, 25–18, 25–12)
1,22617–3
(6–1)
4/9
7 p.m.
@ #10 UC San Diego*#2 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+L 2–3
(25–16, 19–25, 20–25, 25–21, 12–15)
88817–4
(6–2)
4/15
7 p.m.
CSUN*#3Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+W 3–2
(25–20, 16–25, 20–25, 25–21, 16–14)
1,31018–4
(7–2)
4/16
7 p.m.
@ CSUN*#3 Matadome
Northridge, CA
ESPN+ 3–0
(32–30, 25–23, 25–20)
57519–4
(8–2)
4/22
7:30 p.m.
#14 UC Irvine
(5)
#3
(1)
Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West Tournament Semifinal)
ESPN+W 3–1
(22—25, 25–23, 25–19, 29–27)
5,23820–4
4/23
10:30 p.m.
#4 Hawai'i
(2)
#3
(1)
Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West Tournament Championship)
ESPN+L 0–3
(25–27, 26–28, 23–25)
6,63620–5
5/5
2:00 p.m.
#3 UCLA
(4)
#2
(1)
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Tournament Semifinal)
NCAA.comW 3–2
(18–25, 18–25, 25–15, 25-10, 16-14)
4,43021–5
5/7
5:00 p.m.
#1 Hawai'i
(3)
#2
(1)
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Tournament Championship)
ESPN2L 0–3
(22–25, 21–25, 20–25)
5,78421–6
*-Conference Regular Season match.
()-Indicates tournament seed.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
AVCA Coaches4455331122233223322
Off the Block MediaNot released5 [3] 5 [4] 3 [5] 1 [6] 1 [7] 1 [8] 1 [9]

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.


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