2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball team

2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball
2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	1–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Todd Hollenbeck (7th season);
Assistant coach	Shane Stent
Home arena	Haynes-Prim Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball team represents Menlo College in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Oaks, led by seventh year head coach Todd Hollenbeck, play their home games at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.^[1] The Oaks are one of two new schools joining the MPSF in men's volleyball as they transition from the NAIA to NCAA D2.^[2] For their first ever MPSF preseason poll, the Oaks were picked to finish ninth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.^[3]

2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 BYU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Vanguard ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 11 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Menlo ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of January 21, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

To be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2025 Menlo Oaks roster^[4]

Defensive specialist/libero

7 Makana Melchor - Senior
10 Gavin Gonzalez - Freshman
17 Andre Yarme - Sophomore
18 Elias Hensley - Senior

Middle blockers

2 Gabriel Knittel - Senior
13 Thomas Fanic - Graduate
19 Marc Kramer - Senior

Outside hitters

3 Mathias Durfee - Junior
5 Jack Kane - Senior
9 Greyson Goldberg - Sophomore
14 Wojciech Nowak - Sophomore
16 Kai Van Haaren - Freshman
17 Andre Yarme - Sophomore
20 Ty Carson - Freshman
23 Marc Ensalaco - Sophomore

Opposite hitters

1 Connell Kane - Senior
3 Mathias Durfee - Junior
4 Keau Thompson - Junior
6 Mustafa Selçuk Uyar - Senior
9 Greyson Goldberg - Sophomore
18 Elias Hensley - Senior
22 Julius Stiemer - Junior

Setters

8 William Lawler - Junior
12 Xavier Cordova - Freshman
15 Andrew Copp - Sophomore

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on BTN+/B1G+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.

Date time	Opponent	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/4 6 p.m.	UC Santa Cruz	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+	W 3–1 (25–14, 25–17, 24–26, 25–20)	125	1–0
1/9 7 p.m.	vs. UC Irvine	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)				1–1
1/10 4:30 p.m.	@ UC Santa Barbara	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)	ESPN+			1–2
1/11 2 p.m.	vs. CSUN	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)
1/15 6 p.m.	New Paltz	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/24 6 p.m.	UC Merced	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/25 7 p.m.	Jessup	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/30 4 p.m.	Simpson	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/7 3 p.m.	@ Jessup	Warrior Arena Rocklin, CA	PacWest Network
2/14 6 p.m.	The Master's	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/15 1 p.m.	Hope	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/28 6 p.m.	UC San Diego	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/1 5 p.m.	@ UC Santa Cruz	West Field House Santa Cruz, CA	FloVolleyball
3/7 6 p.m.	@ Vanguard*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/8 2 p.m.	@ Vanguard*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/14 6 p.m.	UC Merced	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/21 6 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	BTN+
3/22 4 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	BTN+
3/28 6 p.m.	Stanford*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/29 6 p.m.	@ Stanford*	Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA	BTN+
4/4 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/5 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/11 6 p.m.	Vanguard*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/12 2 p.m.	Vanguard*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/18 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
4/19 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
4/22-4/26 TBA		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	—^[5]^[6]
Off the Block Media	Not released

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

References

^ "Menlo College turns men's volleyball over to Hollenbeck". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "Menlo College moving to NCAA Division II". San Mateo Daily Journal. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
^ "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Menlo Athletics". Menlo Athletics.
^ "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. December 31, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[1] "Menlo College turns men's volleyball over to Hollenbeck". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[2] "Menlo College moving to NCAA Division II". San Mateo Daily Journal. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[3] "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

[4] "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Menlo Athletics". Menlo Athletics.

[5] "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[6] "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. December 31, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]