2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Smith Fieldhouse
City:Provo, Utah
Champions:BYU
Titlecount:8th
Coach:Shawn Olmstead
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Gabi Garcia Fernandez
Mvpteam:BYU
Attendance:700
Television:FloVolleyball
Different Previous:2019
Different Next:2022

The 2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 22 through April 24, 2021 at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah. Smith Fieldhouse was chosen as the host venue so that family members and a select number of fans may attend the games. That number was later set at 700 per match.[1] Had the tournament occurred anywhere within California, COVID-19 restrictions would have prevented any attendance.

The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

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.

Due to the possibility of an unbalanced number of league matches played this year, conference wins (NOT win percentage), will be the first criteria looked at to determine MPSF Tournament seeding. Conference win percentage will be the first tiebreaker.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1[2] [3] [4] 17–3
2[5] UCLA 14–5
3 Pepperdine 11–5
4 Grand Canyon 8–10
5 USC 5–12
6 Stanford 3–13 2–0 vs. Concordia Irvine
7 Concordia Irvine 3–13 0-2 vs. Stanford

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 22
2 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 2 UCLA vs. #7 Concorida Irvine
3–1
(25–23, 21–25, 26–24, 25–20)
N/AJarom Jordan & Steve Vail
5 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 4 Grand Canyon vs. #5 USC
3–1
(28–30, 25–20, 25–17, 25–23)
8 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 3 Pepperdine vs. #6 Stanford
3–1
(25–22, 21–25, 25–22, 25–19)
Semifinals – Friday, April 23
4 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 2 UCLA vs. #3 Pepperdine
0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 24–26)
700Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
7 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 1 BYU vs. #4 Grand Canyon
3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 29–27)[6]
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7 p.m.
FloVolleyball
  1. 1 BYU vs. #3 Pepperdine
3–0
(25–20, 25–15, 25–19)[7]
700Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
Game times are MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Game summaries

All times Mountain.

MPSF Championship

All-Tournament Team

[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BYU TO HOST THE 2021 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP. byucougars.com. April 10, 2021.
  2. Web site: Cougars clinch MPSF No. 1 seed. MPSF on Twitter. April 9, 2021.
  3. Web site: No. 2 BYU men's volleyball clinches No. 1 seed in MPSF Tournament with sweep at UCLA. The Universe. April 9, 2021.
  4. Web site: BYU Roundup: Men's volleyball earns No. 1 seed at MPSF Tournament. Provo Daily Herald. April 10, 2021. April 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411144305/https://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/baseball/byu-roundup-mens-volleyball-earns-no-1-seed-at-mpsf-tournament/article_caa9bb94-b26c-5dc7-972c-8670c03bf32d.html. dead.
  5. Web site: TOP FOUR MPSF SEEDS CLINCHED ENTERING FINAL WEEK. MPSF. April 12, 2021.
  6. Web site: Gabi Garcia Fernandez goes on a ‘spectacular’ ace run, No. 2 BYU sweeps Grand Canyon in MPSF semifinal. Deseret News. April 24, 2021.
  7. Web site: BYU men’s volleyball: Top-seeded Cougars sweep Pepperdine for MPSF crown, make case for a No. 1 seed in NCAA Tourney. Deseret News. April 24, 2021.
  8. Web site: BYU WINS MPSF RECORD EIGHTH CONFERENCE TITLE. MPsports.org. April 24, 2021.