Pepperdine Wins Fifth MPSF Championship, Joined by USC in NCAA's

Pepperdine Wins Fifth MPSF Championship, Joined by USC in NCAA's

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2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket

MPSF Men's Volleyball Weekly Release 16

MPSF Championship: Saturday, April 20
 
Host: No. 1 seed Pepperdine
Firestone Fieldhouse (3,104); Malibu, Calif.
Final Stats: https://pepperdinewaves.com/sidearmstats/mvball/summary

2019 MPSF 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

at No. 1 seed Pepperdine 3, No. 3 seed USC 0 (25-23, 25-20, 27-25)

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MPSF Notes:

1. This is Pepperdine's fifth MPSF Championship (2019, 2008, 2005, 2002, 1998)
2. This is the seventh-straight year the No. 1 seed has won the MPSF Tournament. 

Recap by Pepperdine

MALIBU, California – David Wieczorek knocked down a match-high 18 kills en route to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament’s Most Valuable Player award, helping the #4 Waves to a three-set sweep of USC, 25-23, 25-20, 27-25, in Saturday’s championship match in Firestone Fieldhouse.

By virtue of winning the tournament title, the top-seeded Waves (22-6) have earned the automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Championships. It’s the first time for both in more than a decade.

Wieczorek was joined on the All-Tournament team by Michael Wexter and Robert Mullahey.

Pepperdine hit .410 against the third-seeded and fifth-ranked Trojans (18-10) and committed just seven attack errors, the Waves’ fifth time in the last six matches with errors in single digits. Pepperdine won its season-high seventh match in a row and stayed perfect at home with a 14-0 record.

  • Senior outside hitter David Wieczorek (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy) hit .571 (18-2-28) along with seven digs, two service aces and two blocks. He had a total of 34 kills in six sets en route to MVP honors.
  • Senior opposite Michael Wexter (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way West HS) had 10 kills, four blocks and four digs.
  • Senior outside hitter Kaleb Denmark (Redlands, Calif./Arrowhead Christian Academy) had eight kills and seven digs.
  • Sophomore setter Robert Mullahey (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) passed out 39 assists and had four digs and three blocks.
  • Senior middle blocker Max Chamberlain (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs HS) had three kills, four blocks and two digs.
  • Graduate transfer middle blocker Kevin Vaz (Paris, France/Cal Baptist) had two kills, four blocks and two digs.
  • Sophomore libero Spencer Wickens (Irondequoit, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit HS) had a team-high eight digs.

MATCH STATS

  • PEPP hitting: .410 overall (.538 set one, .321 set two, .379 set three)
  • USC hitting: .233 overall (.276 set one, .103 set two, .343 set three)
  • Service Aces: PEPP 4, USC 6
  • Digs: PEPP 37, USC 35
  • Blocks: PEPP 8.5, USC 3.0
  • USC was led by Jack Wyett’s 13 kills.