2021 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team

The 2021 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Waves, led by fourth year head coach David Junt, play their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll.[2]

2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 BYU  y 173 .850204 .833
No. 6 UCLA   145 .737156 .714
No. 5 Pepperdine  y 115 .688137 .650
No. 9 Grand Canyon   810 .444911 .450
USC   512 .294513 .278
Concordia Irvine   313 .188314 .176
Stanford   313 .188314 .176
Conference champion
2021 MPSF Tournament champion

2021 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament, L–Quarterfinals
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record13-7 (11-5 MPSF)
Head coach
  • David Hunt (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFirestone Fieldhouse

Season highlights

  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2021 Pepperdine Waves roster[3]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 8 Zac Norvid - Senior
  • 18 Trey Cole - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 11 JT Martin - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 Mason Tyler - Senior
  • 20 Austin Wilmot - Redshirt Senior
  • 21 Mike Scott - Redshirt Freshman
  • 22 Andersen Fuller - Freshman
  • 23 Ryan Fuller - Redshirt Freshman
  • 24 JT Ardell - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 26 Chris Orem - Graduate
 

Outside hitters

  • 4 Ben Weinberg - Junior
  • 5 Noah Dyer - Redshirt Senior
  • 7 Spencer Wickens - Senior
  • 14 Alex Gettinger - Senior
  • 15 Joe Deluzio - Freshman
  • 19 Cole Rasic - Freshman
  • 25 Akin Akinwumi - Redshirt Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 1 Scott Solan - Sophomore
  • 10 Auden McCaw - Redshirt Freshman
  • 12 Jacob Steele - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 16 Eli Crane - Freshman
  • 17 Mason Tyler - Senior
  • 25 Akin Akinwumi - Redshirt Freshman

Setters

  • 3 John Karlous - Sophomore
  • 6 Bryce Dvorak - Freshman
  • 10 Auden McCaw - Redshirt Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on WaveCasts. All road games will also be streamed by the schools tv or streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball. The NCAA Tournament will be streamed on B1G+ (opening round, quarterfinals), NCAA.com (semifinals), and the Championship will be televised nationally on ESPNU.
Date
time
Opponent Rank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/25
7 p.m.
#12 Concordia Irvine* #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–2
(23–25, 25–20, 18–25, 25–17, 15–5)
0 1–0
(1–0)
1/27
7 p.m.
@ #12 Concordia Irvine* #7 CU Arena
Irvine, CA
Eagle TV on Stretch Internet W 3–0
(25–22, 25–21, 25–19)
0 2–0
(2–0)
2/12
6 p.m.
@ #1 BYU* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 0–3
(6–25, 23–25, 26–28)[4]
150 2–1
(2–1)
2/13
6 p.m.
@ #1 BYU* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 1–3
(25–23, 26–28, 23–25, 24–26)[5]
150 2–2
(2–2)
2/18
9 a.m.
@ Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Palo Alto, CA
P12+ STAN W 3–01
(25–21, 27–25, 25–17)
0 3–2
(3–2)
2/20
3 p.m.
@ Stanford* #6 Maples Pavilion
Palo Alto, CA
P12+ STAN W 3–1
(25–22, 20–25, 25–18, 28–26)
0 4–2
(4–2)
2/24
5 p.m.
@ USC* #5 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC W 3–0
(25–23, 25–17, 30–28)
0 5–2
(5–2)
2/27
12 p.m.
USC* #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 25–21)
0 6–2
(6–2)
3/3
6 p.m.
Stanford* #3 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–15, 25–21, 25–21)
0 7–2
(7–2)
3/11
5 p.m.
@ #8 UCLA* #4 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 2–3
(25–23, 12–25, 25–22, 14–25, 10–15)
0 7–3
(7–3)
3/13
5 p.m.
#8 UCLA* #4 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–1
(24–26, 25–21, 25–23, 25–22)
0 8–3
(8–3)
3/19
1 p.m.
#2 BYU* #4 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts L 1–3
(25–20, 17–25, 21–25, 17–25)
0 8–4
(8–4)
3/20
1 p.m.
#2 BYU* #4 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts L 0–3
(21–25, 14–25, 20–25)[6]
0 8–5
(8–5)
3/26
3 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon* #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–22, 25–20, 25–21)
0 9–5
(9–5)
3/27
5 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon* #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–2
(25–20, 21–25, 30–28, 21–25, 15–4)
0 10–5
(10–5)
3/28
5 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon* #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–0
(29–27, 26–24, 25–18)
0 11–5
(11–5)
3/31
3 p.m.
#4 UCLA* #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts
Cancelled- COVID-19 Protocols
4/16
6 p.m.
@ Stanford* #5 Maples Pavilion
Palo Alto, CA
P12+ STAN
4/17
4 p.m.
@ Stanford* #5 Maples Pavilion
Palo Alto, CA
P12+ STAN
4/23
4 p.m.
(6) Stanford #5
(3)
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball W 3–1
(25–22, 21–25, 25–22, 25–19)
N/A 12–5
4/24
3 p.m.
#6 (2) UCLA #5
(3)
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Semifinal)
FloVolleyball W 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 26–24)
700 13–5
4/24
6 p.m.
#2 (1) BYU #5
(3)
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Championship)
FloVolleyball L 0–3
(23–25, 15–25, 19–25)
750 13–6
5/6
6 p.m.
#3 UC Santa Barbara #5 Covelli Center
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Quarterfinal)
B1G+ L 1–3
(23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 26–28)
108 13–7
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • Concordia: Al Epstein
  • Concordia: Viola Patience O'Neal
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • Stanford: Tim Swartz
  • Stanford: Tim Swartz
  • USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
  • USC: Al Epstein
  • Stanford: Al Epstein
  • UCLA: Denny Cline
  • UCLA: Al Epstein
  • BYU: Al Epstein
  • BYU: Al Epstein
  • Grand Canyon: Al Epstein
  • Grand Canyon: Al Epstein
  • Grand Canyon: Al Epstein
  • Stanford: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • UCLA: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail
  • UC Santa Barbara: Luke Wood Maloney & Ben Spurlock

References

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