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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Kline & 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 | |||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Pepperdine | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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.