2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	7
Site	Pauley Pavilion ; Los Angeles
Champions	Pepperdine (6th title)
Winning coach	David Hunt (2nd title)
MVP	Bryce Dvorak (Pepperdine)
Television	FloVolleyball
	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments ← 2021 2023 →

Last updated January 09, 2024

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 January 8, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

The 2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 23, 2022 at the #1 seed's home arena, Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA. All games were streamed live on FloVolleyball.^[1]

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.

Should a team be unable to play a match due to COVID-19, it will count as a loss in the conference standings, and it will be used to determine MPSF Tournament seeding.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	UCLA	11–1	–
2	USC	8–4	–
3	Pepperdine	7–5	–
4	Grand Canyon	6–6	–
5	Stanford	4–8	–
6	BYU	3–9	2–0 vs. Concordia
7	Concordia Irvine	3–9	0–2 vs. BYU

Schedule and results

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 20
2 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 2 USC vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine	3–0 (25–19, 25–22, 25–19)	N/A	Nick Koop
5 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 6 BYU	3–2 (25—22, 25–20, 23–25, 21–25, 16–14)	450
8 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Stanford	1–3 (21–25, 20–25, 25–22, 22–25)	500
Semifinals – Thursday, April 21
4 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 5 Stanford	2–3 (21–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15, 11–15)^[3]	850	Darren Preston
7 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 2 USC vs. No. 3 Pepperdine	1–3 (23–25, 26–28, 25–20, 25–27)^[4]	850	Darren Preston
Championship – Saturday, April 23
6 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 Stanford	3–2 (25–20, 25–19, 22–25, 22–25, 15–12)	1,163	Darren Preston
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Wednesday, April 20			Semifinals Thursday, April 21			Championship Saturday, April 23

1	UCLA

	(bye)
			1	UCLA	2

			5	Stanford	3
4	Grand Canyon	1

5	Stanford	3
						5	Stanford	2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						3	Pepperdine	3
2	USC	3

7	Concordia Irvine	0
			2	USC	1

			3	Pepperdine	3
3	Pepperdine	3

6	BYU	2

Game summaries

All times are Pacific.

Quarterfinals

April 20, 2022 2:00 p.m. PDT	⁽²⁾ USC	3–1	⁽⁷⁾ Concordia Irvine	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Referees: Ron Pelham, Robert Okamura
	(25—19, 25–22, 25–19) Recap

April 20, 2022 5:00 p.m. PDT	⁽³⁾ Pepperdine	3–2	⁽⁶⁾ BYU	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 450 Referees: Bill Forrester, Ron Pelham
	(25—22, 25–20, 23–25, 21–25, 16–14) Recap

April 20, 2022 8:00 p.m. PDT	⁽⁴⁾ Grand Canyon	1–3	⁽⁵⁾ Stanford	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 500 Referees: Robert Okamura, Bin Forrester
	(25–21, 25–20, 22–25, 25–22) Recap

Semifinals

April 21, 2022 4:00 p.m. PDT	⁽¹⁾ UCLA	2–3	⁽⁵⁾ Stanford	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 850 Referees: Bill Forrester, Ron Pelham
	(21–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15, 11–15) Recap

April 21, 2022 7:00 p.m. PDT	⁽²⁾ USC	1–3	⁽³⁾ Pepperdine	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 850 Referees: Ron Pelham, Robert Okamura
	(23–25, 26–28, 25–20, 25–27) Recap

MPSF Championship

April 23, 2022 6:00 p.m. PDT	⁽³⁾ Pepperdine	3–2	⁽⁵⁾ Stanford	Pauley Pavilion — Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 1,163 Referees: Ron Pelham, Bill Forester
	(25–20, 25–19, 22–25, 22–25, 15–12)

All-Tournament Team

Bryce Dvorak (MVP), Pepperdine
Jacob Steele, Pepperdine
Alex Gettinger, Pepperdine
Justin Lui, Stanford
Will Rottman, Stanford
Sam Kobrine, USC
Kevin Kobrine, UCLA

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References

↑ "FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". FloSports . Retrieved November 12, 2019.
↑ "2022 Forfeiture Policy" (PDF). MPSF Bylines. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
↑ "NCAA men's volleyball: UCLA, Penn St. bounced as at-large bid situation muddles". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
↑ "USC Men's Volleyball Falls To Pepperdine In MPSF Tourney Semis". Ex Bulletin. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

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[1] "FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". FloSports . Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[2] "2022 Forfeiture Policy" (PDF). MPSF Bylines. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[3] "NCAA men's volleyball: UCLA, Penn St. bounced as at-large bid situation muddles". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

[4] "USC Men's Volleyball Falls To Pepperdine In MPSF Tourney Semis". Ex Bulletin. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

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