2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Maples Pavilion
City:Stanford, CA
Champions:UCLA
Coach:John Speraw
Television:FloVolleyball
Different Previous:2022

The 2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It is scheduled for April 19 through April 22, 2023 at the Maples Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University. The Venue was chosen before the season started.[1] All games will be streamed live on FloVolleyball.[2]

The winner receives The Federation's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, to be held at EagleBank Arena.[3]

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 12-0
2 8–4
3 6–6 2–0 vs. GCU
4 6–6 0–2 vs. Stanford
5 5-7
6 3–9
7 2–10

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 19[4]
3:05 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15)[5]
505Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz [6]
5:35 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 USC3–1
(21–25, 25–21, 26–24, 25–15)
706
8 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Pepperdine3–0
(25–22, 25–17, 25–20)
705
Semifinals – Thursday, April 20[7]
4:35 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–20)
457Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz
7:05 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Stanford2–3
(20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25-22, 12-15)[8]
617
Championship – Saturday, April 22
6:05 p.m.
FloVolleyball
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 Stanford3-0
(25-22, 25-21, 25-23)[9]
1,721Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Game summaries

All times are Pacific.

MPSF Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stanford Hosts 30th Edition of MPSF Championship Tournament. April 15, 2023.
  2. Web site: FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. FloSports. November 12, 2019.
  3. Web site: George Mason, Long Beach, Ohio State, UCLA earns 2023-26 bids to host NCAA Tournament. Off the Block. October 14, 2020.
  4. Web site: Big Thursday ahead as GCU, Stanford, BYU win in MPSF; NJIT, Mason move on in EIVA. Volleyball Mag. 2023-04-20.
  5. Web site: BYU recovers from first-set loss to beat Concordia at MPSF tourney. Provo Daily Herald. 2023-04-19.
  6. Web site: Calling the MPSF tournament. Twitter. 2023-04-19.
  7. Web site: Penn St., Princeton into EIVA final; UCLA, Stanford face off in MPSF; Big West semis set. Volleyball Mag. 2023-04-21.
  8. Web site: BYU comes up short in MPSF semifinal defeat to Stanford. Deseret News. 2023-04-20.
  9. Web site: UCLA gets top seed for NCAA men’s volleyball tournament. Daily Breeze. April 23, 2023.