2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Pauley Pavilion
City:Los Angeles
Champions:Pepperdine
Titlecount:6th
Coach:David Hunt
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Bryce Dvorak
Mvpteam:Pepperdine
Television:FloVolleyball
Different Previous:2021

The 2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 23, 2022 at the #1 seed's home arena, Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA. All games were streamed live on FloVolleyball.[1]

The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, to be held at Pauley Pavilion.

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.

Should a team be unable to play a match due to COVID-19, it will count as a loss in the conference standings, and it will be used to determine MPSF Tournament seeding.[2]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 11–1
2 8–4
3 7–5
4 6–6
5 4–8
6 3–9 2–0 vs. Concordia
7 3–9 0–2 vs. BYU

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 20
2 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 2 USC vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–19)
N/ANick Koop
5 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 6 BYU3–2
(25—22, 25–20, 23–25, 21–25, 16–14)
450
8 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Stanford1–3
(21–25, 20–25, 25–22, 22–25)
500
Semifinals – Thursday, April 21
4 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 5 Stanford2–3
(21–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15, 11–15)[3]
850Darren Preston
7 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 2 USC vs. No. 3 Pepperdine1–3
(23–25, 26–28, 25–20, 25–27)[4]
Championship – Saturday, April 23
6 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 Stanford3–2
(25–20, 25–19, 22–25, 22–25, 15–12)
1,163Darren Preston
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Game summaries

All times are Pacific.

MPSF Championship

All-Tournament Team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. FloSports. November 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: 2022 Forfeiture Policy. MPSF Bylines. January 1, 2022.
  3. Web site: NCAA men’s volleyball: UCLA, Penn St. bounced as at-large bid situation muddles. Volleyball Mag. April 21, 2022.
  4. Web site: USC Men’s Volleyball Falls To Pepperdine In MPSF Tourney Semis. Ex Bulletin. April 21, 2022.