2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament
The 2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 13 through April 20, 2018 at campus sites. The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I/II |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA |
Champions | Pepperdine (5th title) |
Winning coach | David Hunt (1st title) |
MVP | David Wieczorek (Pepperdine) |
Attendance | 1,787 |
Television | MPSF TV |
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Pepperdine †‡y | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 UCLA | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 USC y | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Stanford | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 BYU | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Grand Canyon | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Concordia Irvine | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 MPSF Tournament champion
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Seeds
All seven teams were eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals and home court hosting rights for the semifinals and championship. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Pepperdine | 9–3 | –[1] |
2 | UCLA | 8–4 | – |
3 | USC | 7–5 | – |
4 | Stanford | 6–6 | 1–1 vs. BYU with 5 sets won (2–3, 3–1) |
5 | BYU | 6–6 | 1–1 vs. Stanford with 4 sets won (3–2, 1–3) |
6 | Grand Canyon | 3–9 | 1–1 vs. Concordia Irvine with 4 sets win (1–3, 3–0) |
7 | Concorida Irvine | 3–9 | 1–1 vs. Grand Canyon with 3 sets win (3–1, 0–3) |
Schedule and results
Time Network |
Matchup | Score | Attendance | Broadcasters |
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Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 13 | ||||
7:00 pm MPSF TV |
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine | 3–0 (25–21, 25–23, 25–17) |
602 | Denny Cline & Peter Ashley |
No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Grand Canyon | 3–0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–22) |
400 | Paul Duchesne | |
No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 BYU | 2–3 (25–18, 16–25, 24–26, 25–19, 14–16) |
881 | Kevin Danna | |
Semifinals – Thursday, April 18 | ||||
5:00 pm MPSF TV |
No. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 BYU | 3–0 (25–17, 25–23, 25–18) |
1,818 | Al Epstein |
7:30 pm MPSF TV |
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC | 1–3 (21–25, 18–25, 27–25, 23–25) | ||
Championship – Saturday, April 20 | ||||
7:00 pm MPSF TV |
No. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 3 USC | 3–0 (25–23, 25–20, 27–25) |
1,787 | Al Epstein |
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
Quarterfinals Saturday, April 13 | Semifinals Thursday, April 18 Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | Championship Saturday, April 20 Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | ||||||||||||
1 | Pepperdine | |||||||||||||
(bye) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Pepperdine | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | BYU | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Stanford | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | BYU | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Pepperdine | 3 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
3 | USC | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Concordia Irvine | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | UCLA | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | USC | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | USC | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Grand Canyon | 0 |
With their victory over USC, Pepperdine clinched an NCAA Tournament berth and their fifth MPSF Men's Volleyball title.[2]
All-Tournament Team
- David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MVP)
- Michael Wexter, Pepperdine
- Robert Mullahey, Pepperdine
- Jack Wyett, USC
- Chris Hall, USC
- Davide Gardini, BYU
- Micah Ma'a, UCLA
References
- "Pepperdine Men's Volleyball Wins Conference Title". The Malibu Times. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- "PEPPERDINE WINS FIFTH MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP, JOINED BY USC IN NCAA'S". MPSF. Retrieved April 20, 2019.