2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball team

2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	0–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Brian Rofer (3rd season)
Home arena	Freed Center

The 2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball team represents Vanguard University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Lions, led by third year head coach Brian Rofer, play their home games at Freed Center.[1] The Lions 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 Lions were picked to finish eighth 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

All incoming Freshman and Trasfers to the program have not had their jersey numbers posted yet. This will be updated once that information is made available.

2025 Vanguard Lions roster[4]
	Defensive specialist/libero 3 Sean Nguyen - Senior 10 Jenson Wright - Freshman 11 Matthew Compos - Sophomore 15 Caleb Malek - Sophomore XX Jacob Bayston - Sophomore XX Lucas Klein - Freshman XX Cullen Olson - Freshman XX Diego Rivera - Freshman XX Jaden Son - Freshman Middle blockers 8 Logan Finley - Sophomore 16 Micah Sybesma - Sophomore 20 Cameron Voshell - Sophomore XX Braddock Duckworth - Freshman XX Nick Dvorak - Freshman XX Colin Such - Freshman		Outside hitters 3 Mathias Durfee - Junior 11 Matthew Compos - Sophomore XX Peter Albert - Freshman XX Poukihi Awai - Freshman XX Logan Freemon - Freshman XX Hunter Kraeszig - Freshman XX Gabriel Repplinger - Freshman XX Phinehas Wiley - Sophomore		Opposite hitters 8 Logan Finley - Sophomore XX Nick Dvorak - Freshman XX Troy Fitzgerald - Junior XX Logan Freemon - Freshman XX Benjamin Viveros - Freshman Setters 2 Caleb Peters - Sophomore 3 Sean Nguyen - Senior XX Grant Dvorak - Senior XX Troy Fitzgerald - Junior XX Brock Henderson - Junior

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)
1/9 7 p.m.	Merrimack		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
1/24 7 p.m.	@ UC San Diego		LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA	ESPN+
1/30 7 p.m.	UC Merced		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/6 7 p.m.	The Master's		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/7 7 p.m.	UC San Diego		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/14 7 p.m.	@ Long Beach State		Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+
2/20 7 p.m.	Simpson		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/21 7:30 p.m.	Stanford*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/22 3 p.m.	Stanford*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/26 7 p.m.	USC*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/28 7 p.m.	@ USC*		Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
3/3 7 p.m.	Jamestown		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/5 7 p.m.	Olivet Nazarene		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/7 7 p.m.	Menlo*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/8 2 p.m.	Menlo*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/13 7 p.m.	UCLA		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/15 7 p.m.	@ UCLA*		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
3/21 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
3/22 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
3/27 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/29 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/4 7 p.m.	Jessup		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/5 7 p.m.	Jessup		Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/11 6 p.m.	@ Menlo*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/12 7 p.m.	@ Menlo*		Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, 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

• Merrimack:
• UC San Diego:
• UC Merced:
• The Master's:
• UC San Diego:
• Long Beach State:
• Simpson:
• Stanford:
• Stanford:
• USC:
• USC:
• Jamestown:
• Olivet Nazarene:
• Menlo:
• Menlo:
• UCLA:
• UCLA:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Jessup:
• Jessup:
• Menlo:
• Menlo:
• 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	—[5][6]
Off the Block Media	Not released

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

References

1. "Vanguard men's volleyball wins first NAIA national championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
2. "Orange County's Vanguard University Bound for NCAA Division II". The Epoch Times. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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 Vanguard Athletics". Vanguard Athletics.
5. "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
6. "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.