No. 3 seed Pepperdine Wins Sixth MPSF Championship, Joined by Host UCLA in NCAA's

No. 3 seed Pepperdine Wins Sixth MPSF Championship, Joined by Host UCLA in NCAA's

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Photo Courtesy: Pepperdine Athletics

2022 NCAA Tournament Bracket

NC Men's Volleyball Championship
May 1-7, 2022
Host: UCLA
Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles, Calif. 

MPSF Stats (PDF)

MPSF Men's Volleyball Weekly Release # 16 (PDF)

2022 MPSF All-Tournament Team
Bryce Dvorak (MVP)-Pepperdine
Jacob Steele-Pepperdine
Alex Gettinger-Pepperdine
Justin Lui-Stanford
Will Rottman-Stanford
Kevin Kobrine-UCLA
Sam Kobrine-USC

MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
Wednesday-Saturday, April 20-23
Host: UCLA
Pauley Pavilion; Los Angeles, Calif.

MPSF Championship: Saturday, April 23 (at UCLA)

No. 3 seed Pepperdine 3, No. 5 seed Stanford 2 (25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 15-12)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406103

Notes:

-Pepperdine is the first 3 seed to win the MPSF Championship since 2007 (UC Irvine). 
-Stanford was the first 5 seed to reach the MPSF Championship Match since 2009 (USC). 
-This was the first MPSF Championship Match without the top seed or host since 2012 (Stanford vs.UC Irvine--at USC). 

Recap by Pepperdine:

LOS ANGELES, California – The #8 Pepperdine men's volleyball team won its sixth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament title on Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion, holding off upset-minded #12 Stanford in five sets, 25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 15-12.
 
The third-seeded Waves (19-9) needed to win the tournament to advance to the NCAA Championships, and did just that to qualify for the national tournament for the 18th time in program history.
 
For the second time in 10 days, the Waves won the first two sets against the Cardinal (14-14), only to see Stanford come back and claim the next two sets. The fifth-seeded Cardinal had already upset fourth-seeded Grand Canyon and top-seeded UCLA at the tournament, but as they did last week in the regular-season finale, Pepperdine bested Stanford in the fifth set to end the Cardinal's run.
 
The Waves were playing in their third consecutive MPSF final (they won at home in 2019 and lost to BYU in Provo in 2021), and their 12th all-time. Pepperdine is now 6-6 in MPSF championship matches. This was the first time Pepperdine and Stanford met in the final.

MPSF Semifinals: Thursday, April 21 (at UCLA)

No. 5 seed Stanford 3, at 1 Seed UCLA 2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 11-15)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406101
 
Note: Stanford is the lowest seed to reach an MPSF Championship Match since 2011 (No. 7 seed UCSB)

No. 3 seed Pepperdine 3, No. 2 seed USC 1 (25-23, 28-26, 20-25, 27-25)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406102

MPSF Quarterfinals: Wednesday, April 20 (at UCLA)
No. 1 Seed UCLA---Bye
 
No. 2 Seed USC 3, No. 7 Seed Concordia 0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406098
 
No. 3 Seed Pepperdine 3, No. 6 Seed BYU 2 (25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 21-25, 16-14)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406099
 
No. 5 Seed Stanford  3, No. 4 Seed Grand Canyon 1 (25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22)
Stats: http://statb.us/b/406100