2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball team

2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	1–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Todd Hollenbeck (7th season)
Assistant coach	Shane Stent
Home arena	Haynes-Prim Pavilion

The 2025 Menlo Oaks men's volleyball team represents Menlo College in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Oaks, led by seventh year head coach Todd Hollenbeck, play their home games at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.[1] The Oaks are one of two new schools joining the MPSF in men's volleyball as they transition from the NAIA to NCAA D2.[2] For their first ever MPSF preseason poll, the Oaks were picked to finish ninth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.[3]

2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 BYU ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			1	–	0		1.000
Menlo ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			1	–	0		1.000
No. 9 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 13 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Vanguard ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of January 7, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

• To be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2025 Menlo Oaks roster[4]
	Defensive specialist/libero 7 Makana Melchor - Senior 10 Gavin Gonzalez - Freshman 17 Andre Yarme - Sophomore 18 Elias Hensley - Senior Middle blockers 2 Gabriel Knittel - Senior 13 Thomas Fanic - Graduate 19 Marc Kramer - Senior		Outside hitters 3 Mathias Durfee - Junior 5 Jack Kane - Senior 9 Greyson Goldberg - Sophomore 14 Wojciech Nowak - Sophomore 16 Kai Van Haaren - Freshman 17 Andre Yarme - Sophomore 20 Ty Carson - Freshman 23 Marc Ensalaco - Sophomore		Opposite hitters 1 Connell Kane - Senior 3 Mathias Durfee - Junior 4 Keau Thompson - Junior 6 Mustafa Selçuk Uyar - Senior 9 Greyson Goldberg - Sophomore 18 Elias Hensley - Senior 22 Julius Stiemer - Junior Setters 8 William Lawler - Junior 12 Xavier Cordova - Freshman 15 Andrew Copp - Sophomore

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on BTN+/B1G+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.

Date time	Opponent	Rank ^(tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/4 6 p.m.	UC Santa Cruz		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+	W 3–1 (25–14, 25–17, 24–26, 25–20)	125	1–0
1/9 7 p.m.	vs. UC Irvine		Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)
1/10 4:30 p.m.	@ UC Santa Barbara		Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)	ESPN+
1/11 2 p.m.	vs. CSUN		Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (Asics Invitational)
1/15 6 p.m.	New Paltz		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/24 6 p.m.	UC Merced		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/25 7 p.m.	Jessup		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
1/30 4 p.m.	Simpson		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/7 3 p.m.	@ Jessup		Warrior Arena Rocklin, CA	PacWest Network
2/14 6 p.m.	The Master's		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/15 1 p.m.	Hope		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
2/28 6 p.m.	UC San Diego		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/1 5 p.m.	@ UC Santa Cruz		West Field House Santa Cruz, CA	FloVolleyball
3/7 6 p.m.	@ Vanguard*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/8 2 p.m.	@ Vanguard*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/14 6 p.m.	UC Merced		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/21 6 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	BTN+
3/22 4 p.m.	@ Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	BTN+
3/28 6 p.m.	Stanford*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
3/29 6 p.m.	@ Stanford*		Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA	BTN+
4/4 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/5 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/11 6 p.m.	Vanguard*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/12 2 p.m.	Vanguard*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/18 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
4/19 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
4/22-4/26 TBA			Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• UC Santa Cruz: Kenny Milch[5]
• UC Santa Barbara:
• New Paltz:
• UC Merced:
• Jessup:
• Simpson:
• Jessup:
• The Master's:
• Hope International:
• UC San Diego:
• UC Santa Cruz:
• Vanguard:
• Vanguard:
• UC Merced:
• Pepperdine:
• Pepperdine:
• Stanford:
• Stanford:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Vanguard:
• Vanguard:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	—[6][7]
Off the Block Media	Not released

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

References

1. "Menlo College turns men's volleyball over to Hollenbeck". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
2. "Menlo College moving to NCAA Division II". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
3. "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
4. "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Menlo Athletics". Menlo Athletics.
5. "Coming Off the Bench". Coastside News. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
6. "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
7. "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.