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2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	15–12 (6–6 MPSF)
Head coach	John Kosty (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Ken Shibuya (17th season); Daniel Rasay (10th season);
Home arena	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center; Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team represented Stanford University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinal, led by seventeenth year head coach John Kosty, played their home games split between Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center and Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll.^[1]

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 22, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

>2023 Stanford Cardinal roster^[2]

Defensive specialist/libero

2 Justin Lui - Senior
3 Matt Martinez - Junior

Middle blockers

1 Adam Chang - Senior
9 Ethan Hill - Junior
16 Nathaniel Gates - Senior
22 Luke McFall - Freshman

Outside hitters

4 Aidan Peters - Junior
5 Alex Rottman - Freshman
7 Theo Snoey - Freshman
10 Kevin Lamp - Senior
15 Will Rottman - Senior
17 Ryan DuRoss - Freshman

Opposite hitters

6 Luke Turner - Junior
14 Moses Wagner - Freshman
24 Hunter Dickey - Graduate

Setters

11 Chris Kelly - Junior
12 Nathan Lietzke - Senior
23 Theoren Brouillette - Freshman

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or streamed on Pac-12+ Stanford's streaming page. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.

Date time	Opponent	Rank ^{(tournament seed)}	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/6 7 p.m.	St. Francis	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–1 (25–16, 25–16, 21–25, 25–22)	306	1–0
1/7 5 p.m.	St. Francis	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–2 (25–18, 23–25, 23–25, 25–21, 15–13)	404	2–0
1/13 7 p.m.	#10 UC Santa Barbara	#8	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–0 (25–16, 26-24, 25–18)	596	3-0
1/14 5 p.m.	#10 UC Santa Barbara	#8	Burham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–2 (20-25, 25-22, 24–26, 26-24, 15-12)	585	4-0
1/20 5 p.m.	vs. #15 Lewis^[3]	#8	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	Volleyball World TV	W 3–1 (24-26, 25-23, 25–20, 25-22)	1,234	5-0
1/21 5 p.m.	vs. #4 Penn State^[3]	#8	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	Volleyball World TV	L 1-3 (18-25, 17-25, 25–20, 23-25)	1,404	5-1
1/28 6 p.m.	@ UC Santa Cruz	#7	Kaiser Permanente Arena Santa Cruz, CA	YouTube	W 3–0 (25-21, 25-22, 25–20)	388	6-1
2/3 5 p.m.	@ CSUN	#6	Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA	ESPN+	L 2-3 (25-21, 24-26, 25–22, 18-25, 13-15)	425	6-2
2/4 1 p.m.	@ The Master's	#6	The MacArthur Center Santa Clarita, CA	GSAC SN	W 3–0 (25-23, 25-21, 25–18)	0	7-2
2/10 7 p.m.	#1 Hawai'i	#8	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 24-26)	1,703	7-3
2/11 6 p.m.	#1 Hawai'i	#8	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3 (25-27, 19-25, 19-25)	1,336	7-4
2/17 7 p.m.	#7 Pepperdine*	#9	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3 (19-25, 16-25, 22-25)	532	7-5 (0-1)
2/18 5 p.m.	#7 Pepperdine*	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12)	868	8-5 (1-1)
2/24 7 p.m.	@ #13 USC*	#9	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12 LA	W 3-1 (25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20)	392	9-5 (2-1)
2/26 4 p.m.	@ #13 USC*	#9	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12, P12 LA	L 2-3' (19-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22, 15-17)	559	9-6 (2-2)
3/3 5 p.m.	#14 CSUN	#10	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3' (20-25, 23-25, 24-26)	436	9-7
3/4 3 p.m.	#6 UC Irvine	#10	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3' (17-25, 23-25, 22-25)	793	9-8
3/17 7 p.m.	#3 UCLA*	#10	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3' (12-25, 12-25, 12-25)	839	9-9 (2-3)
3/18 5 p.m.	#3 UCLA*	#10	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3' (18-25, 21-25, 20-25)	908	9-10 (2-4)
3/31 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3-0' (25-14, 25-18, 25-15)	296	10-10 (3-4)
4/1 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-20)	412	11-10 (4-4)
4/7 7 p.m.	#6 Grand Canyon*	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20)	612	12-10 (5-4)
4/8 6 p.m.	#6 Grand Canyon*	#9	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3-2 (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-10)	724	13-10 (6-4)
4/14 6 p.m.	@ #6 BYU*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 1-3 (20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 24-26)	4,358	13-11 (6-5)
4/15 6 p.m.	@ #6 BYU*	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 19-25)		13-12 (6-6)
4/19 5:35 p.m.	#12 USC ⁽⁶⁾	#8 ⁽³⁾	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal)	FloVolleyball	W 3-0 (21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-15)	706	14-12
4/20 7:05 p.m.	#6 BYU ⁽²⁾	#8 ⁽³⁾	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Semifinal)	FloVolleyball	W 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12)	617	15-12
4/22 6:05 p.m.	#2 UCLA ⁽¹⁾	#8 ⁽³⁾	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Championship)	FloVolleyball

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Troy Clardy^[4]
St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Jordan Watkins^[5]
UC Santa Barbara: Troy Clardy^[6]
UC Santa Barbara: Ted Enberg
Lewis: Rob Espero & Bill Walton^[7]
Penn State: Rob Espero & Bill Walton^[7]
UC Santa Cruz:
CSUN:
The Master's:
Hawai'i:
Hawai'i:
Pepperdine:
Pepperdine:
USC:
USC:
CSUN:
UC Irvine:
UCLA:
UCLA:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon:
BYU:
BYU:
MPSF Quarterfinal:

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	9	8	8	7	6	8	9	9	10	12	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9
Off the Block Media	Not released		6	7	7	7	9	10	10	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	9	RV		10

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

^ "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
^ "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
^ "Courtside for Stanford Opener". Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ "Jordan Watkins on the call for Game 2". Twitter. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
^ "A Measuring Stick Match". Twitter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

[1] "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[2] "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.

[Key_men's_matches-3] "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[4] "Courtside for Stanford Opener". Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[5] "Jordan Watkins on the call for Game 2". Twitter. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

[6] "A Measuring Stick Match". Twitter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[Texas_Tussle-7] "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

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