2022 USC Trojans men's volleyball team

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2022 USC Trojans men's volleyball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record22–7 (8–4 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Gary Sato (7th season)
  • Rory Prager (3rd season)
Home arena Galen Center
Seasons
 2021
2023  

The 2022 USC Trojans men's volleyball team represented the University of Southern California in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Trojans, led by seventh year head coach Jeff Nygaard, played their home games at Galen Center. The Trojans were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish fifth in the MPSF preseason poll. [1]

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
y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Roster

2022 USC Trojans roster [2]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 2 Austin Stuard - Freshman
  • 3 Cole Paxson - Graduate
  • 5 Gus Acord - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 17 Teddy Terrill - Freshman
  • 18 Liam Schroeder - Senior
  • 19 Lucas Frassrand - Junior
  • 20 Markus Olsson - Freshman
  • 22 Christian Thomas - Redshirt.svg Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Brandon Browning - Senior
  • 4 Jackson Reed - Sophomore
  • 7 Sam Kobrine - Graduate
  • 9 George Dyer - Junior
  • 11 Noah Keelin - Freshman
  • 15 Jack Deuchar - Sophomore
  • 21 Adam Flood - Junior
  • 23 Peter Brown - Sophomore
  • 24 Simon Gallas - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Opposite hitters

  • 7 Sam Kobrine - Graduate
  • 8 Kyle Paulson - Sophomore
  • 14 Luke Hobus - Freshman
  • 19 Lucas Frassrand - Junior
  • 24 Simon Gallas - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Setters

  • 6 Chris Hall- Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 7 Sam Kobrine - Graduate
  • 8 Kyle Paulson - Sophomore
  • 10 Jameson McKibbin - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 13 Nate Tennant - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or streamed on Pac-12+ USC. 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
3 p.m.
@ #11 UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational)
ESPN+ W 3–2
(19–25, 25–22, 17–25, 25–23, 15–8) [3]
11–0
1/7
3 p.m.
@ #11 UC Santa BarbaraRobertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational)
ESPN+W 3–1
(20–25, 25–17, 25–18, 25–22)
12–0
1/12
7 p.m.
Princeton #12 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC W 3–0
(35–33, 25–22, 25–20) [4]
1003–0
1/14
10 a.m.
Erskine #12Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–0
(25–16, 25–13, 25–13) [5]
504–0
1/21
7:30 p.m.
vs. #3 Penn State #12 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge)
P12 LA W 3–1
(25–22, 25–23, 23–25, 25–16)
05–0
1/22
5 p.m.
vs. #11 Ohio State #12Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge)
P12 Insider L 1–3
(24–26, 25–16, 18–25, 21–25)
4005–1
1/26
7 p.m.
#14 UC Irvine #10Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25–16, 25–20, 25–17)
2506–1
1/28
8 p.m.
@ #14 UC Irvine#10 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–2
(29–27, 30–32, 25–13, 22–25, 15–10)
8147–1
2/02
7 p.m.
#13 UC San Diego #7Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25–23, 25–18, 32–30)
2548–1
2/04
7 p.m.
@ #3 Long Beach State #7 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 1–3
(25–15, 23–25, 21–25, 19–25)
1,7298–2
2/9
7 p.m.
#8 UC Santa Barbara#7Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25–20, 25–22, 25–23)
3039–2
2/10
7 p.m.
CSUN #7Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–23)
20010–2
2/23
7 p.m.
@ #7 Pepperdine*#5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts L 2–3
(25–23, 17–25, 26–28, 26–24, 13–15)
44310–3
(0–1)
2/25
7 p.m.
#7 Pepperdine*#5Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–1
(22–25, 25–23, 25–19, 25–20)
81311–3
(1–1)
3/04
7 p.m.
#15 BYU*#6Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–1
(25–23, 25–19, 18–25, 25–20)
45012–3
(2–1)
3/05
7 p.m.
#15 BYU*#6Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAW 3–0
(25–18, 25–10, 25–17)
45113–3
(3–1)
3/09
7 p.m.
George Mason #6Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–0
(25–16, 25–20, 25–16)
25814–3
3/11
7 p.m.
Vanguard #6Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–1
(25–21, 25–22, 21–25, 25–16)
20615–3
3/18
7 p.m.
Menlo #5Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–0
(25–12, 25–22, 25–19)
20316–3
3/25
7 p.m.
@ #14 Stanford*#5 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAY/LAL 1–3
(19–25 ,25–20, 16–25, 26–28)
37616–4
(3–2)
3/26
6 p.m.
@ #14 Stanford*#5Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12 BAY/LAW 3–1
(23–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–21)
45017–4
(4–2)
3/31
7 p.m.
#1 UCLA*#5Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAL 0–3
(23–25, 19–25, 17–25)
97517–5
(4–3)
4/02
5 p.m.
@ #1 UCLA*#5 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LAL 2–3
(25–23, 19–25, 25–17, 12–25, 12–15)
4,03217–6
(4–4)
4/08
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*#6Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCW 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 25–18)
34718–6
(5–4)
4/09
7 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine*#6CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 33–31)
9119–6
(6–4)
4/15
6 p.m.
@ #10 Grand Canyon*#5 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–2
(21–25, 15–25, 25–14, 25–23, 15–12)
92820–6
(7–4)
4/16
6 p.m.
@ #10 Grand Canyon*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–22, 25–22, 27–25)
70321–6
(8–4)
4/20
2 p.m.
vs. Concordia Irvine
(7)
#5
(2)
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball W 3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–19)
N/A22–6
4/20
7 p.m.
vs. Pepperdine
(3)
#5
(2)
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
FloVolleyballL 1–3
(23–25, 26–28, 25–20, 25–27)
85022–7
*-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA CoachesRV [6] 12 [7] 12 [8] 10 [9] 7 [10] 7 [11] 5 [12] 5 [13] 66555655
Off the Block MediaNot releasedRV [14] 10 [15] 7 [16] 7 [17] 7 [18] 6 [19] 5 [20]

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

References

  1. "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  2. "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of USC Athletics". USC Athletics.
  3. "Gauchos volleyball drop season opener to USC in modified UCSB Asics Invitational". KEYT . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  4. "No. 12 USC Men's Volleyball Sweeps Princeton 3-0 in Home Opener". Pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  5. "No. 12 USC Men's Volleyball Defeats Erskine 3-0 to Improve to Best Start Since 2015". Pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  7. "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  8. "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  10. "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  11. "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  12. "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  13. "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  14. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  15. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  16. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  17. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  18. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  19. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  20. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 22, 2022.