2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament explained

Year:2019
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Firestone Fieldhouse
City:Malibu, CA
Champions:Pepperdine
Titlecount:5th
Coach:David Hunt
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:David Wieczorek
Mvpteam:Pepperdine
Attendance:1,787
Television:MPSF TV
Different Previous:2018
Different Next:2021

The 2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 13 through April 20, 2018 at campus sites. The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2019 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 Pepperdine 9–3 [1]
2 UCLA 8–4
3 USC 7–5
4 Stanford 6–6 1–1 vs. BYU with 5 sets won (2–3, 3–1)
5 6–6 1–1 vs. Stanford with 4 sets won (3–2, 1–3)
6 Grand Canyon 3–9 1–1 vs. Concordia Irvine with 4 sets win (1–3, 3–0)
7 Concorida Irvine 3–9 1–1 vs. Grand Canyon with 3 sets win (3–1, 0–3)

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 13
7:00 pm
MPSF TV
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine3–0
(25–21, 25–23, 25–17)
602Denny Cline & Peter Ashley
No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Grand Canyon3–0
(25–17, 25–19, 25–22)
400Paul Duchesne
No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 BYU2–3
(25–18, 16–25, 24–26, 25–19, 14–16)
881Kevin Danna
Semifinals – Thursday, April 18
5:00 pm
MPSF TV
No. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 BYU3–0
(25–17, 25–23, 25–18)
1,818Al Epstein
7:30 pm
MPSF TV
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC1–3
(21–25, 18–25, 27–25, 23–25)
Championship – Saturday, April 20
7:00 pm
MPSF TV
No. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 3 USC3–0
(25–23, 25–20, 27–25)
1,787Al Epstein
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

With their victory over USC, Pepperdine clinched an NCAA Tournament berth and their fifth MPSF Men's Volleyball title.[2]

All-Tournament Team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pepperdine Men's Volleyball Wins Conference Title. The Malibu Times. April 13, 2019.
  2. Web site: PEPPERDINE WINS FIFTH MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP, JOINED BY USC IN NCAA'S. MPSF. April 20, 2019.