2023 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team

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2023 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball
Pepperdine Waves logo.svg
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record16-14 (5-7 MPSF)
Head coach
  • Jonathan Winder (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Matthew Pollock (4th season)
  • Hardy Wooldridge (1st season)
Home arena Firestone Fieldhouse
Seasons
←  2022
2024 →

The 2023 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Waves, led by first year head coach Jonathan Winder, [1] played their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll. [2]

Contents

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA  ‍†‍‡‍y12–0 1.00031–2 .939
No. 8 BYU  ‍‍‍8–4 .66719–7 .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍y6–6 .50022–8 .733
No. 9 Stanford  ‍‍‍6–6 .50015–13 .536
No. 10 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍5–7 .41716–14 .533
No. 12 USC  ‍‍‍3–9 .25010–16 .385
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍2–10 .1678–19 .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion

Roster

2023 Pepperdine Waves roster [3]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 3 Trey Cole - Junior
  • 4 Brendan Read Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 27 Yadiel Diaz - '' Redshirt.svg Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 2 Keeton Hanzlik-Green - '' Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 5 Andersen Fuller - Junior
  • 7 Ethan Watson - Freshman
  • 8 Nick Tidik - '' Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 11 James Eadie - Freshman
  • 22 Ryan Wheeler - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 9 Kevin Roberts - '' Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 14 Callahan Hefner - Freshman
  • 15 Joe Deluzio - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 Aidan Tune - Freshman
  • 19 Cole Rasic - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 23 Jaylen Jasper - Graduate
  • 24 Ryan Barnett - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 25 Akin Akinwumi - Senior
 

Opposite hitters

  • 12 Jacob Steele - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 16 Eli Crane - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Setters

  • 1 Andreas Cardenas-Marouf - Freshman
  • 6 Bryce Dvorak - Junior
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on WaveCasts. All road games will also be streamed by the schools tv or streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time		OpponentRank
(tournament seed)		Arena
city
(tournament)		TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/4
7 p.m.		 Lincoln Memorial #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–18, 25–22, 25–20)		3071–0
1/13
6 p.m.		 The Master's #5Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–23)		7822-0
1/14
6 p.m.		Emmanuel#5Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–12, 25–12, 25–16)		3273-0
1/16
7 p.m.		 Princeton #5Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–17, 25–23, 25–19)		6824-0
1/20
2 p.m.		vs. #4 Penn State [4] #5 Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)		Athletes Go LiveL 1-3
(24-26, 18–25, 25–19, 14-25)		1,1274-1
1/21
2 p.m.		vs. #15 Lewis [4] #5Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)		Athletes Go LiveW 3–1
(25–21, 29–31, 25–18, 25-20)		8635-1
1/27
2 p.m.		vs. NJIT #5 Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament)		W 3–1
(25–20, 25–19, 24–26, 25-22)		06-1
1/28
2 p.m.		@ George Mason #5Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament)		ESPN+W 3–0
(25–16, 25–19, 25–11)		2997-1
2/1
7 p.m.		#15 UC Santa Barbara #5Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3–0
(25–23, 25–21, 25–21)		3728-1
2/3
7 p.m.		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara#5 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(25–21, 21–25, 25–16, 11-25, 12-15)		3128-2
2/8
7 p.m.		#7 UC Irvine #6Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsL 2-3
(27-29, 25-20, 20-25, 29-27, 9-15)		6238-3
2/10
7 p.m.		@ #7 UC Irvine#6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+L 1-3
(20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 17-25)		1,2928-4
2/17
7 p.m.		@ #9 Stanford*#7 Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA 		P12+ STAN W 3-0
(25-19, 25-16, 25-22)		5329-4
(1-0)
2/20
5 p.m.		@ #9 Stanford*#7 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA		P12 BAYL 2-3
(25-20, 20-25, 17-25, 25-23, 12-15)		8689-5
(1-1)
2/22
6 p.m.		#5 Grand Canyon*#7Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsL 2-3
(18-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 14-16)		4379-6
(1-2)
2/24
12 p.m.		#5 Grand Canyon*#7Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-2
(20-25, 23-25, 25-17, 27-25, 15-9)		31710-6
(2-2)
3/1
10 p.m.		@ #1 Hawai'i #7 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		ESPN+L 1-3
(15-25, 25-22, 22-25, 21-25)		5,05910-7
3/3
10 p.m.		@ #1 Hawai'i#7Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		ESPN+L 0-3
(19-25, 18-25, 21-25)		7,45210-8
3/9
6 p.m.		#10 USC*#7Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-0
(25-17, 25-16, 25-19)		72311-8
(3-2)
3/11
7 p.m.		@ #10 USC*#7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USCW 3-1
(27-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-20)		49312-8
(4-2)
3/15
5 p.m.		 Harvard #7Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-0
(25-16, 25-22, 25-15)		58313-8
3/17
6 p.m.		 Daemen #7Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-0
(25-13, 25-18, 25-17)		37914-8
3/24
6 p.m.		@ #8 BYU*#7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2-3
(25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 20-25, 11-15)		4,15614-9
(4-3)
3/25
6 p.m.		@ #8 BYU*#7Smith Fielhouse
Provo, UT		BYUtvL 2-3
(25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 25-23, 13-15)		4,32514-10
(4-4)
4/1
6 p.m.		 Cal Lutheran #8Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-0
(25-16, 25-19, 25-22)		30415-10
4/6
7 p.m.		@ Concordia Irvine*#8 CU Arena
Irvine, CA		EagleEyeL 1-3
(25-18, 17-25, 17-25, 24-26)		8115-11
(4-5)
4/8
6 p.m.		Concordia Irvine*#8Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsW 3-0
(27-25, 25-18, 25-22)		45116-11
(5-5)
4/13
6 p.m.		#2 UCLA*#9Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA		WaveCastsL 1-3
(32-30, 21-25, 23-25, 23-25)		81716-12
(5-6)
4/15
7 p.m.		@ #2 UCLA*#9 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		P12 LAL 1-3
(28-26, 20-25, 16-25, 15-25)		3,34516-13
(5-7)
4/19
8 p.m.		#7 Grand Canyon
(4)		#9
(5)		Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)		 FloVolleyball L 0-3
(22-25, 17-25, 20-25)		70516-14
*-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 Coaches55555677777788991010
Off the Block MediaNot released565688788789RV10RV

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

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Winder returns to Pepperdine as head coach". The Malibu Times . June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Pepperdine Waves". Pepperdinewaves.com.
  4. 1 2 "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter . Retrieved January 19, 2023.
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