2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	7
Site	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
Champions	Pepperdine (5th title)
Winning coach	David Hunt (1st title)
MVP	David Wieczorek (Pepperdine)
Attendance	1,787
Television	MPSF TV
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments

2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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 y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of May 4, 2019 Rankings from AVCA

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.

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 Cline & 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
											1	Pepperdine	3
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											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

1. "Pepperdine Men's Volleyball Wins Conference Title". The Malibu Times. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
2. "PEPPERDINE WINS FIFTH MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP, JOINED BY USC IN NCAA'S". MPSF. Retrieved April 20, 2019.