2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament
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| 2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I/II |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Champions | UCLA |
| Winning coach | John Speraw |
| Television | FloVolleyball |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 UCLA †‡y | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | – | 2 | .939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 BYU | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 7 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Grand Canyon y | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Stanford | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Pepperdine | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 USC | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concordia Irvine | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion
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The 2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was scheduled for April 19 through April 22, 2023 at the Maples Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University. The Venue was chosen before the season started.[1] All games will be streamed live on FloVolleyball.[2]
The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, to be held at EagleBank Arena.[3]
Seeds
[edit]All seven teams were eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 12-0 | – |
| 2 | BYU | 8–4 | – |
| 3 | Stanford | 6–6 | 2–0 vs. GCU |
| 4 | Grand Canyon | 6–6 | 0–2 vs. Stanford |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 5-7 | – |
| 6 | USC | 3–9 | – |
| 7 | Concordia Irvine | 2–10 | – |
Schedule and results
[edit]| Time Network |
Matchup | Score | Attendance | Broadcasters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 19[4] | ||||
| 3:05 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine | 3–1 (20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15)[5] |
505 | Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz [6] |
| 5:35 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 USC | 3–1 (21–25, 25–21, 26–24, 25–15) |
706 | |
| 8 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Pepperdine | 3–0 (25–22, 25–17, 25–20) |
705 | |
| Semifinals – Thursday, April 20[7] | ||||
| 4:35 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon | 3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–20) |
457 | Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6] |
| 7:05 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Stanford | 2–3 (20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25-22, 12-15)[8] |
617 | |
| Championship – Saturday, April 22 | ||||
| 6:05 p.m. FloVolleyball |
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 Stanford | 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23)[9] |
1,721 | Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6] |
| Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals Wednesday, April 20 | Semifinals Thursday, April 21 | Championship Saturday, April 23 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| (bye) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Grand Canyon | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Concordia Irvine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | USC | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Grand Canyon | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Pepperdine | 0 | ||||||||||||
Game summaries
[edit]All times are Pacific.
Quarterfinals
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]MPSF Championship
[edit]All-Tournament Team
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References
[edit]- ^ "Stanford Hosts 30th Edition of MPSF Championship Tournament". Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ "FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". FloSports. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "George Mason, Long Beach, Ohio State, UCLA earns 2023-26 bids to host NCAA Tournament". Off the Block. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "Big Thursday ahead as GCU, Stanford, BYU win in MPSF; NJIT, Mason move on in EIVA". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "BYU recovers from first-set loss to beat Concordia at MPSF tourney". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Calling the MPSF tournament". Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "Penn St., Princeton into EIVA final; UCLA, Stanford face off in MPSF; Big West semis set". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "BYU comes up short in MPSF semifinal defeat to Stanford". Deseret News. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "UCLA gets top seed for NCAA men's volleyball tournament". Daily Breeze. Retrieved April 23, 2023.