2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team

Last updated

2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball
CUI Eagles wordmark.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record8–19 (2–10 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coachChris Seiffert (1st season)
Home arenaCU Arena
Seasons
  2022
2024 

The 2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team represented Concordia University Irvine in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Eagles, led by second 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]

Contents

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA  y120 1.000312 .939
No. 8 BYU  84 .667197 .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon  y66 .500228 .733
No. 9 Stanford  66 .5001513 .536
No. 10 Pepperdine  57 .4171614 .533
No. 12 USC  39 .2501016 .385
Concordia Irvine  210 .167819 .296
Conference champion
2023 MPSF Tournament champion

Roster

2023 Concordia Eagles roster [4]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 6 Jacob Reilly - Freshman
  • 8 Cruse Ae'a - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 14 Danny Smithers - Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 1 Max McCullough - Sophomore
  • 2 Gil Herold - Senior
  • 10 Viktor Berg - Sophomore
  • 12 Mason Mullins - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 16 Cole Vigo - Graduate
  • 19 Dylan Friedl - Freshman
  • 27 Marc Kramer - Junior
  • 31 Wolf Beeuwsaert - Sophomore
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Connor Dell - Freshman
  • 4 Buddy Mulder - Freshman
  • 11 Kobe Kiley - Sophomore
  • 18 Gage Doble - Freshman
  • 20 Liam Roberts - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 21 Hunter Brandenburg - Freshman
  • 22 Johnny Anselmo - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 26 Riley Gapp -Freshman
  • 30 Slater Fuhrman - Sophomore
  • 42 Scott Montez - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 3 Connor Dell - Freshman
  • 26 Riley Gapp -Freshman
  • 32 Asa Holmes - Freshman
  • 35 Uriel Batista - Senior

Setters

  • 5 Christian Oviedo - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 7 Makai Lipson - Sophomore
  • 9 Keegan Au Yuen - Freshman
  • 13 Gehrig Tolman - Freshman
  • 23 Nathan Biteau - Graduate
 

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
OpponentRank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/3
7 p.m.
Keyano CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(30–28, 25–23, 25–14)
1051–0
1/11
7 p.m.
Vanguard CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25-23, 25–22, 25–21)
772–0
1/18
5 p.m.
Princeton CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1–3
(23-25, 26-28, 25–19, 17-25)
1172-1
1/19
7 p.m.
Menlo CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(24-26, 25–17, 25–23, 25-17)
783-1
1/20
7 p.m.
@ #7 UC Irvine Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+ L 0–3
(21-25, 18-25, 16–25)
7023-2
1/21
7 p.m.
#7 UC IrvineCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(17-25, 20-25, 7–25)
1123-3
2/2
7 p.m.
#12 Loyola Chicago CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(25-22, 25–16, 22–25, 25-21)
1204-3
2/9
7 p.m.
Benedictine Mesa CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 2-3
(16-25, 25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 11-15)
944-4
2/10
7 p.m.
The Master's CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1-3
(25-19, 21-25, 26-28, 19-25)
1874-5
2/16
9 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
ESPN+L 1-3
(14-25, 25-22, 15-25, 23-25)
4,9204-6
2/17
9 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'iStan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
ESPN+L 0-3
(20-25, 19-25, 19-25)
5,3814-7
2/21
7 p.m.
UC San Diego CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3-1
(25-23, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21)
1265-7
2/24
7 p.m.
#8 BYU*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0-3
(18-25, 19-25, 18-25)
3235-8
(0-1)
2/25
7 p.m.
#8 BYU*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 2-3
(26-24, 24-26, 25-19, 29-31, 12-15)
4215-9
(0-2)
3/1
7 p.m.
@ #2 UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 0-3
(16-25, 16-25, 14-25)
7985-10
(0-3)
3/3
7 p.m.
#2 UCLA*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0-3
(15-25, 19-25, 16-25)
825-11
(0-4)
3/4
2 p.m.
#3 Penn State CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0-3
(19-25, 38-40, 20-25)
1115-12
3/15
7 p.m.
Daemen CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3-0
(25-19, 25-19, 25-22)
1826-12
3/24
7 p.m.
@ #5 Grand Canyon* GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-2
(25-23, 25-23, 25-27, 12-25, 15-9)
7567-12
(1-4)
3/25
7 p.m.
@ #5 Grand Canyon*GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 0-3
(35-37, 22-25, 16-25)
8127-13
(1-5)
3/31
7 p.m.
@ #9 Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANL 0-3
(14-25, 18-25, 15-25)
2967-14
(1-6)
4/1
7 p.m.
@ #9 Stanford*Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANL 0-3
(21-25, 16-25, 20-25)
4127-15
(1-7)
4/6
7 p.m.
#8 Pepperdine*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3-1
(18-25, 25-17, 25-17, 26-24)
818-15
(2-7)
4/8
6 p.m.
@ #8 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WavesCastL 0-3
(25-27, 18-25, 22-25)
4518-16
(2-8)
4/13
7 p.m.
#13 USC*CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 2-3
(20-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 12-15)
1138-17
(2-9)
4/15
7 p.m.
@ #13 USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC L 0-3
(22-25, 15-25, 21-25)
3048-18
(2-10)
4/19
3:05 p.m.
#6 BYU
(2)
(7)Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball L 1-3
(25-20, 23-25, 18-25, 15-25)
5058-19
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA CoachesRV
Off the Block MediaNot released

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

  1. "Salmon departs Jamestown to become Concordia-Irvine head coach". Off the Block. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. "Travers Cox named new UJ men's volleyball coach". Jamestown Sun . Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  4. "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Concordia Irvine Athletics". Concordia Irvine Athletics.