2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams7
SiteMaples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
ChampionsUCLA
Winning coachJohn Speraw
TelevisionFloVolleyball
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
No. 8 BYU ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 7   .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍y 6 – 6   .500 22 – 8   .733
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 15 – 13   .536
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 16 – 14   .533
No. 12 USC ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 10 – 16   .385
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 8 – 19   .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion

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

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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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 UCLA 12-0 –
2 BYU 8–4 –
3 Stanford 6–6 2–0 vs. GCU
4 Grand Canyon 6–6 0–2 vs. Stanford
5 Pepperdine 5-7 –
6 USC 3–9 –
7 Concordia Irvine 2–10 –

Schedule and results

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Time
Network 		Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 19[4]
3:05 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		No. 2 BYU vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine 3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15)[5] 		505 Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz [6]
5:35 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 USC 3–1
(21–25, 25–21, 26–24, 25–15) 		706
8 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Pepperdine 3–0
(25–22, 25–17, 25–20) 		705
Semifinals – Thursday, April 20[7]
4:35 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon 3–0
(25–23, 25–19, 25–20) 		457 Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6]
7:05 p.m.
FloVolleyball 		No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Stanford 2–3
(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 Stanford 3-0
(25-22, 25-21, 25-23)[9] 		1,721 Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6]
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Wednesday, April 20 		Semifinals
Thursday, April 21 		Championship
Saturday, April 23
         
1 UCLA  
  (bye)  
1 UCLA 3
4 Grand Canyon 0
2 BYU 3
7 Concordia Irvine 1
1 UCLA 3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Stanford 0
3 Stanford 3
6 USC 1
2 BYU 2
3 Stanford 3
4 Grand Canyon 3
5 Pepperdine 0

Game summaries

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All times are Pacific.

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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MPSF Championship

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All-Tournament Team

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References

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