2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team explained

Sport:men's volleyball
Year:2022
Prev Year:2021
Next Year:2023
Team:Concordia Eagles
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Short Conf:MPSF
Record:10–16
Conf Record:3–9
Head Coach:Riley Salmon[1]
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Casey Hiller
Ac1 Year:1st
Stadium:CU Arena

The 2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team represented Concordia University Irvine in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Riley Salmon,[2] played their home games at CU Arena. The Eagles were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish seventh in the MPSF preseason poll.[3] The Eagles tied with BYU for the worst in the league, but due to BYU winning the tiebreaker Concordia finished seventh and fell to USC in the MPSF Tournament 1st Round.

Roster

2022 Concordia Eagles roster[4]
 Defensive specialist/libero
  • 4 Danny Smithers - Freshman
  • 8 Kawika Simon - Junior
  • 32 Cruse Ae'a - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 1 Max McCullough - Freshman
  • 2 Gil Herold - Junior
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 12 Mason Mullins - Junior
 Outside hitters
  • 3 Devyn Zavala - Sophomore
  • 11 Kobe Kiley - Freshman
  • 14 Slater Fuhrman - Freshman
  • 15 Logan Glave - Graduate
  • 18 Erik Boisvert - Senior
  • 20 Liam Roberts - Freshman
  • 21 Keegan Carey - Junior
  • 22 Jonathan Carlson - Graduate
  • 31 Jabes De La Cruz - Freshman
 Opposite hitters
  • 3 Devyn Zavala - Sophomore
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 20 Liam Roberts - Freshman
  • 25 Will Migdal - Freshman
  • 35 Uriel Batista - Junior

Setters

  • 5 Christian Oviedo - Junior
  • 6 Mclain Mott - Junior
  • 7 Makai Lipson - Freshman
  • 34 Christos Gkitersos - Junior
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on EagleEye streaming page, powered by Stretch Internet. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.

Date
time
OpponentRank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/6
8 p.m.
Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/7
3 p.m.
@ #11 UC Santa BarbaraRobertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/8
5:30 p.m.
vs. #10 UC San DiegoRobertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/10
7 p.m.
Saint XavierCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(25–21, 19–25, 25–19, 25–22)
251–0
1/13
7 p.m.
Saint KatherineCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 25–13)
352–0
1/22
7 p.m.
Master'sCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–15, 25–22, 25–19)
403–0
1/28
6 p.m.
@ Saint KatherineUSK Sports Complex
San Marcos, CA
SK AthleticsW 3–0
(25–12, 25–17, 25–17)
04–0
2/4
7 p.m.
@ #13 UC San DiegoRIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–22, 18–25, 26–24, 25–20)
05–0
2/18
7 p.m.
@ UC IrvineBren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(22–25, 22–25, 25–27)
5915–1
2/19
7 p.m.
@ #11 UC San DiegoRIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 20–25)
2315–2
2/21
7 p.m.
Central StateCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeCancelled
2/23
7 p.m.
@ #1 UCLA*Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLAL 1–3
(21–25, 16–25, 25–20, 18–25)
7285–3
(0–1)
2/25
7 p.m.
  1. 1 UCLA*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(13–25, 20–25, 15–25)
1115–4
(0–2)
3/1
7 p.m.
@ VanguardLions Arena
Costa Mesa, CA
Vanguard Lions LiveW 3–1
(25–19, 27–29, 25–22, 25–20)
06–4
3/3
7 p.m.
  1. 14 Stanford*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–2
(25–20, 25–21, 18–25, 21–25, 15–13)
777–4
(1–2)
3/4
7 p.m.
  1. 14 Stanford*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–1
(25–22, 22–25, 27–25, 25–20)
818–4
(2–2)
3/5
7 p.m.
UC IrvineCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 2–3
(18–25, 25–22, 20–25, 26–24, 10–15)
1058–5
3/10
7 p.m.
UC San DiegoCU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1–3
(25–20, 19–25, 26–28, 28–30)
838–6
3/11
6 p.m.
@ BYU*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 0–3
(16–25, 14–25, 17–25) [5]
3,0698–7
(2–3)
3/12
6 p.m.
@ BYU*Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtvL 1–3
(25–19, 21–25, 18–25, 22–25) [6]
3,0418–8
(2–4)
3/17
7 p.m.
Ottawa (KS)CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–16, 25–12, 25–22)
1129–8
3/18
7 p.m.
@ #3 Long Beach StateWalter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(20–25, 17–25, 25–27)
1,1149–9
3/25
7 p.m.
  1. 9 Grand Canyon*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–21, 36–34, 25–23) [7]
15510–9
(3–4)
3/26
7 p.m.
  1. 9 Grand Canyon*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 1–3
(25–18, 20–25, 23–25, 21–25)
23010–10
(3–5)
3/31
7 p.m.
  1. 8 Pepperdine*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(21–25, 25–27, 23–25)
10110–11
(3–6)
4/2
6 p.m.
@ #8 Pepperdine*Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCastsL 0–3
(17–25, 17–25, 22–25)
47510–12
(3–7)
4/8
7 p.m.
@ #6 USC*Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USCL 0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 18–25)[8]
34710–13
(3–8)
4/9
7 p.m.
  1. 6 USC*
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 31–33)[9]
9110–14
(3–9)
4/15
7 p.m.
  1. 6 UC Santa Barbara
CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeL 0–3
(23–25, 22–25, 21–25)[10]
7710–15
4/20
2 p.m.
  1. 5 USC
    (2)
(7)Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyballL 0–3
(19–25, 22–25, 19–25)
25010–16

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salmon departs Jamestown to become Concordia-Irvine head coach. Off the Block. 2021-07-08.
  2. Web site: Travers Cox named new UJ men's volleyball coach. Jamestown Sun. 2021-06-30.
  3. Web site: PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL. MPSF. 2021-12-16.
  4. Web site: 2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Concordia Irvine Athletics. Concordia Irvine Athletics.
  5. Web site: BYU men’s volleyball snaps losing streak with sweep over Concordia. Deseret News. 2022-03-11.
  6. Web site: BYU men’s volleyball completes sweep of Concordia Irvine. The Daily Universe. 2022-03-13.
  7. Web site: NCAA men’s volleyball: MPSF upsets for Stanford, BYU, CUI; LBSU, Hawai’i, UCSD, Penn St., Ball St. win. Volleyball Mag. 2022-03-26.
  8. Web site: USC setter reacts to sweep of Concordia Irvine. Off the Block. 2022-04-09.
  9. Web site: USC men’s volleyball No. 6 sweeps Concordia again. Ex Bulletin. 2022-04-10.
  10. Web site: Gauchos flex depth in sweep over Concordia. Santa Barbara News-Press. 2022-04-17.