2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team

The 2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team represents Long Beach State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Beach, led by nineteenth year head coach Alan Knipe, play their home games at Walter Pyramid. The Beach compete as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as co-champions in the Big West preseason poll.[1]

2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball
Big West Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, 2nd place
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record21-6 (8–2 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick MacRae (10th season)
  • McKay Smith (3rd season)
Home arenaWalter Pyramid
(Capacity: 4,200)
2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍y 8–2 .80021–6 .778
No. 1 Hawai'i  ‍‍‡‍y 7–3 .70027–5 .844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 6–4 .60019–9 .679
No. 10 UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 5–5 .50013–11 .542
No. 13 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30010–15 .400
CSUN  ‍‍‍ 1–9 .1006–15 .286
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 Big West Tournament champion

Roster
2022 Long Beach State Beach Roster[2]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Mason Briggs - Sophomore
  • 22 Caden Jackson - Redshirt Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Shane Holdaway - Junior
  • 16 Marc Moody - Redshirt Senior
  • 18 Nato Dickinson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 Aidan Grosz - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 21 Grant Marocchi - Junior
  • 24 Noah Robin - Redshirt Freshman
  • 25 Matt Iamaleava - Redshirt Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 2 Sebastian Rodriguez - Redshirt Freshman
  • 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore
  • 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman
  • 12 Clarke Godbold - Sophomore
  • 17 Dane Hillis - Freshman
  • 23 Alex Nikolov - Freshman
  • 27 Calvin Sanborn - Junior
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore
  • 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman
  • 11 Simon Torwie - Sophomore
  • 31 Spencer Olivier - Redshirt Junior

Setters

  • 5 Aidan Knipe - Sophomore
  • 6 Josh Rosenblum - Freshman
  • 26 Eric Beebe - Sophomore
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio.
ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.
Date
Time		 Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)		 Television Score Attendance Record
(Big West Record)
1/7
4 p.m.		 vs. Juniata #5 DeGol Arena
Loretta, PA		 NEC Front Row
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/8
4:30 p.m.		 @ St. Francis #5 DeGol Arena
Loretto, PA		 NEC Front Row
1/15
7 p.m.		 Harvard #5 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 W 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–23)		 1,230 1–0
1/17
7 p.m.		 Erskine #5 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–13, 25–15, 25–11)		 753 2–0
1/21
5 p.m.		 @ #7 Lewis #5 Neil Carey Arena
Romeoville, IL		 GLVC SN W 3–1
(25–22, 25–22, 24–26, 25–20)		 50 3–0
1/22
5:30 p.m.		 @ #9 Loyola Chicago #5 Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Chicago, IL		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)		 706 4–0
1/28
6 p.m.		 #9 Ohio State #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(24–26, 25–20, 25–15, 25–22)		 1,198 5–0
1/29
7 p.m.		 #4 Penn State #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)		 ESPN+ L 3–2
(27–25, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 11–15)		 1,288 5–1
2/4
7 p.m.		 #7 USC #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–1
(15–25, 25–23, 25–21, 25–19)		 1,729 6–1
2/11
7 p.m.		 #2 UCLA #1 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–22, 25–23, 25–13)		 3,137 7–1
2/19
7 p.m.		 @ #2 UCLA #1 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA		 P12+ UCLA L 2–3
(20–25, 23–25, 25–23, 25–21, 12–15)		 2,008 7–2
2/25
7 p.m.		 # 12 Stanford #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–19, 25–22, 25–18)		 1,491 8–2
3/4
7 p.m.		 NJIT #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–1
(25–16, 25–20, 23–25, 25–16)		 976 9–2
3/5
7:30 p.m.		 LIU #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–18, 25–14, 25–15)		 1,139 10–2
3/10
7 p.m.		 @ UC Irvine* #2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA		 ESPN+ L 2–3
(25–19, 25–23, 17–25, 22–25, 12–15)		 588 10–3
(0–1)
3/11
7 p.m.		 UC Irvine* #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–22, 25–18, 25–20)		 1,277 11–3
(1–1)
3/18
7 p.m.		 Concordia Irvine #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 27–25)		 1,114 12–3
3/25
7 p.m.		 #6 UC Santa Barbara* #3 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–1
(22–25, 25–19, 25–16, 25–19).		 1,386 13–3
(2–1)
3/26
7 p.m.		 @ #6 UC Santa Barbara* #3 The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–21, 26–24, 25–22)		 342 14–3
(3–1)
4/1
7 p.m.		 #4 Hawai'i* #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–1
(22–25, 25–23, 26–24, 27–25)		 2,607 15–3
(4–1)
4/2
7 p.m.		 #4 Hawai'i* #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPNU W 3–1
(25–23, 25–20, 21–25, 25–19)		 3,014 16–3
(5–1)
4/8
7 p.m.		 #10 UC San Diego* #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–0
(31–29, 25–18, 25–12)		 1,226 17–3
(6–1)
4/9
7 p.m.		 @ #10 UC San Diego* #2 RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA		 ESPN+ L 2–3
(25–16, 19–25, 20–25, 25–21, 12–15)		 888 17–4
(6–2)
4/15
7 p.m.		 CSUN* #2 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA		 ESPN+ W 3–2
(25–20, 16–25, 20–25, 25–21, 16–14)		 1,310 18–4
(7–2)
4/16
7 p.m.		 @ CSUN* #2 Matadome
Northridge, CA		 ESPN+ 3–0
(32–30, 25–23, 25–20)		 575 19–4
(8–2)
4/22
7:30 p.m.		 #14 UC Irvine
(5)		 #2
(1)		 Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West Tournament Semifinal)		 ESPN+ W 3–1
(22—25, 25–23, 25–19, 29–27)		 5,238 20–4
4/23
10:30 p.m.		 #4 Hawai'i
(2)		 #2
(1)		 Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West Tournament Championship)		 ESPN+ L 0–3
(25–27, 26–28, 23–25)		 6,636 20–5
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches4[3]5[4]5 [5]3[6]3[7]1[8]1[9]2[10]22332222
Off the Block MediaNot released5[11]5[12]3[13]1[14]1[15]1[16]1[17]

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.

References
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  2. "2022 LBSU Men's Volleyball Roster". longbeachstate.com. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  3. "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  4. "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  6. "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  7. "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  8. "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  9. "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  10. "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  11. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  13. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  14. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  15. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  16. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  17. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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