2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Smith Fieldhouse
City:Provo, UT
Champions:BYU
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Shawn Olmstead
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Brenden Sander
Mvpteam:BYU
Attendance:3,017
Television:BYUtv, SportsLive
Different Previous:2017
Different Next:2019

The 2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 14 through April 21, 2018 at campus sites. The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

All seven teams were eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals and home court hosting rights for the semifinals and championship. 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1[1] 10–2
2 UCLA 9–3
3 Pepperdine 8–4
4 Concordia Irvine 5–7
5 Grand Canyon 4–8
6 USC 3–9 USC 2–0 vs. Stanford
7 Stanford 3–9 Stanford 0–2 vs. USC

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 14
7:00 pm
Sports Live
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Stanford3–0
(25–19, 25–15, 25–18)
836No commentary
No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 6 USC3–1
(25–22, 19–25, 26–24, 25–18)
1,027Al Epstein
No. 4 Concordia Irvine vs. No. 5 Grand Canyon3–0
(25–20, 25–21, 25–23)
600Jon O'Neill
Semifinals – Thursday, April 19
4:30 pm
Sports Live
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 4 Concordia Irvine3–1
(26–28, 25–21, 26–24, 25–18)
440Robbie Bullough
7:00 pm
BYUtv/Sports Live
No. 1 BYU vs. No. 6 USC3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)
2,071Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
BYUtv/Sports Live
No. 1 BYU vs. No. 2 UCLA3–1
(17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)
3,017Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Game times are PT for the quarterfinals and MT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine. Deseret News. April 5, 2018.