2022 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team

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2022 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
UCLA Bruins script.svg
MPSF Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, 3rd Place
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record22-5 (11–1 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • John Hawks (7th season)
  • Spencer McLachlin (4th season)
Home arena Pauley Pavilion
John Wooden Center
Seasons
 2021
2023  

The 2022 UCLA men's volleyball team represented University of California, Los Angeles in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Bruins, led by tenth year head coach John Speraw, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion when basketball did not conflict with the home game schedule and at John Wooden Center when basketball conflicted with the home game schedule. The Bruins were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the MPSF preseason poll. [1] UCLA hosted the MPSF tournament (April 20–23) and also the 2022 NCAA Championship at Pauley Pavilion. The 2022 NCAA Championship began on May 1 with an opening round match.

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

Season highlights

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster [2]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Cole Pender - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 14 Matthew Aziz - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 2 J.R. Norris IV - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 7 Ian Parish - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 9 Guy Genis - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 10 Sean McQuiggan - Freshman
  • 13 Merrick McHenry - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 15 Daniel Matheney - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 22 Matthew Edwards - Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Junior
  • 11 Cooper Robinson - Freshman
  • 12 Alex Knight - Junior
  • 16 Ido David - Freshman
  • 17 Sam Burgi - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 18 Grant Sloane - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 19 Ian Eschenberg - Senior
  • 20 Ethan Champlin - Sophomore
 

Opposite hitters

  • 1 Kyle Vom Steeg - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Junior
  • 8 Kevin Kobrine - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 16 Ido David - Freshman
  • 24 Miles Partain - Sophomore

Setters

  • 5 Ayrton Garcia-Jurado - Junior
  • 6 Marcus Partain - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 24 Miles Partain - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or Pac-12+. 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)
1/15
5 p.m.
Princeton #2 John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA W 3–0
(25–12, 25–22, 25–22) [3]
01–0
1/21
5 p.m.
#11 Ohio State #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(Big 10/Pac 12 Challenge)
P12, P12 LA W 3–2
(25–18, 25–15, 23–25, 23–25, 15–8) [4]
02–0
1/22
7:30 p.m.
#3 Penn State #2Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(Big 10/Pac 12 Challenge)
P12 Insider W 3–1
(17–25, 28–26, 25–22, 25–19) [5]
1,0473–0
1/27
7 p.m.
CSUN #2John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAW 3–0
(27–25, 25–18, 25–22) [6]
4504–0
1/29
5 p.m.
#7 Lewis #2John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAL 0–3
(21–25, 20–25, 23–25) [7]
7504–1
2/4
7 p.m.
@ #15 UC Irvine #4 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+ W 3–1
(21–25, 25–14, 25–22, 26–24)
1,2485–1
2/5
7 p.m.
#15 UC Irvine#4Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–2
(25–23, 23–25, 25–14, 16–25, 15–11) [8]
1,2286–1
2/9
7 p.m.
@ #14 UC San Diego #2 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(22–25, 25–18, 25–23, 25–16)
1,5057–1
2/11
7 p.m.
@ #1 Long Beach State #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(22–25, 23–25, 13–25)
3,1377–2
2/19
5 p.m.
#1 Long Beach State#2John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAW 3–2
(25–20, 25–23, 23–25, 21–25, 15–12)
2,0088–2
2/23
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAW 3–1
(25–21, 25–16, 20–25, 25–18)
7289–2
(1–0)
2/25
7 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine*#1CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–13, 25–20, 25–15)
11110–2
(2–0)
3/3
7 p.m.
#8 Grand Canyon* #1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAW 3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 25–21)
1,11411–2
(3–0)
3/4
5 p.m.
#8 Grand Canyon*#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAW 3–0
(25–18, 25–20, 25–21)
96612–2
(4–0)
3/11
7 p.m.
@ Stanford*#1 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANL 2–3
(20–25, 25–22, 18–25, 25–23, 12–15)
58012–3
(4–1)
3/12
6 p.m.
@ Stanford*#1Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12W 3–1
(20–25, 25–13, 25–23, 27–25)
96313–3
(5–1)
3/25
3 p.m.
@ Morehouse #1 Forbes Arena
Atlanta, GA
W 3–0
(25–8, 25–9, 25–5)
22514–3
(5–1)
3/26
3 p.m.
@ Fort Valley State #1 HPE Arena
Fort Valley, GA
W 3–0
(25–8, 25–10, 25–11)
10115–3
(5–1)
3/31
7 p.m.
@ #5 USC*#1 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–17)
97516–3
(6–1)
4/2
5 p.m.
#5 USC*#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–2
(23–25, 25–19, 17–25, 25–12, 15–12)
4,03217–3
(7–1)
4/7
7 p.m.
@ #8 Pepperdine*#1 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–19, 30–28, 25–22)
94118–3
(8–1)
4/9
6 p.m.
#8 Pepperdine*#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25-23, 25-19, 25-19)
2,94219–3
(9–3)
4/15
6 p.m.
@ BYU*#1 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv W 3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–16, 25–18)
3,98720–3
10–3
4/16
6 p.m.
@ BYU*#1Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvW 3–2
(26–28, 20–25, 25–23, 25–22, 15–9)
4,18521–3
11–3
4/21
4 p.m.
(5) Stanford#1
(1)
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
FloVolleyball L 2–3
(21–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15, 11–15)
85021–4
5/3
5 p.m.
Pepperdine#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Opening Round)
P12W 3–1
(25–23, 22–25, 26–24, 25–19)
1,81422–4
5/5
5 p.m.
Long Beach State#1Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(NCAA Semifinal)
NCAA.comL 2–3
(25–18, 25–18, 15–25, 10–25, 14–16)
4,43022–5
*-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone. Rank – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men's Division I-II Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
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AVCA Coaches2 [9] 2 [10] 2 [11] 4 [12] 2 [13] 2 [14] 2 [15] 1 [16] 1 [17] 1 [18] 1 [19] 1 [20] 1 [21] 111
Off the Block MediaNot released2 [22] 3 [23] 2 [24] 4 [25] 2 [26] 3 [27] 2 [28] 2 [29] 2 [30] [31] [32] 21

Awards and honors

References

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