2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	7
Site	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Champions	UCLA
Winning coach	John Speraw
Television	FloVolleyball
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍^y	12	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
No. 8 BYU ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			19	–	7		.731
No. 6 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍^y	6	–	6		.500			22	–	8		.733
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			15	–	13		.536
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			16	–	14		.533
No. 12 USC ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			10	–	16		.385
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	2	–	10		.167			8	–	19		.296
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of January 24, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

The 2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was scheduled for April 19 through April 22, 2023 at the Maples Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University. The Venue was chosen before the season started.[1] All games will be streamed live on FloVolleyball.[2]

The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, to be held at EagleBank Arena.[3]

Seeds

All seven teams were eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. 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	UCLA	12-0	–
2	BYU	8–4	–
3	Stanford	6–6	2–0 vs. GCU
4	Grand Canyon	6–6	0–2 vs. Stanford
5	Pepperdine	5-7	–
6	USC	3–9	–
7	Concordia Irvine	2–10	–

Schedule and results

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 19[4]
3:05 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 2 BYU vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine	3–1 (20–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–15)[5]	505	Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz [6]
5:35 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 USC	3–1 (21–25, 25–21, 26–24, 25–15)	706
8 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Pepperdine	3–0 (25–22, 25–17, 25–20)	705
Semifinals – Thursday, April 20[7]
4:35 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon	3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–20)	457	Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6]
7:05 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Stanford	2–3 (20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25-22, 12-15)[8]	617
Championship – Saturday, April 22
6:05 p.m. FloVolleyball	No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 Stanford	3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23)[9]	1,721	Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz[6]
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, April 20					Semifinals Thursday, April 21					Championship Saturday, April 23
	1	UCLA
		(bye)
						1	UCLA	3
						4	Grand Canyon	0
	2	BYU	3
	7	Concordia Irvine	1
											1	UCLA	3
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Stanford	0
	3	Stanford	3
	6	USC	1
						2	BYU	2
						3	Stanford	3
	4	Grand Canyon	3
	5	Pepperdine	0

Game summaries

All times are Pacific.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

MPSF Championship

All-Tournament Team

References

1. "Stanford Hosts 30th Edition of MPSF Championship Tournament". Retrieved April 15, 2023.
2. "FloSports Announces Multiyear Partnership with Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". FloSports. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
3. "George Mason, Long Beach, Ohio State, UCLA earns 2023-26 bids to host NCAA Tournament". Off the Block. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
4. "Big Thursday ahead as GCU, Stanford, BYU win in MPSF; NJIT, Mason move on in EIVA". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
5. "BYU recovers from first-set loss to beat Concordia at MPSF tourney". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
6. "Calling the MPSF tournament". Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
7. "Penn St., Princeton into EIVA final; UCLA, Stanford face off in MPSF; Big West semis set". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
8. "BYU comes up short in MPSF semifinal defeat to Stanford". Deseret News. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
9. "UCLA gets top seed for NCAA men's volleyball tournament". Daily Breeze. Retrieved April 23, 2023.