2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

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]

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams7
SitePauley Pavilion
Los Angeles
ChampionsPepperdine (6th title)
Winning coachDavid Hunt (2nd title)
MVPBryce Dvorak (Pepperdine)
TelevisionFloVolleyball
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
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

The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, to be held at Pauley Pavilion.

Seeds

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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

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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]
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

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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

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All times are Pacific.

Quarterfinals

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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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.