2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

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.

2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams7
SiteFirestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
ChampionsPepperdine (5th title)
Winning coachDavid Hunt (1st title)
MVPDavid Wieczorek (Pepperdine)
Attendance1,787
TelevisionMPSF TV
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
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

Seeds

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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

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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

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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

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  • David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MVP)
  • Michael Wexter, Pepperdine
  • Robert Mullahey, Pepperdine
  • Jack Wyett, USC
  • Chris Hall, USC
  • Davide Gardini, BYU
  • Micah Ma'a, UCLA

References

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  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.