2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament

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2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams7
SiteSmith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
ChampionsBYU (7th title)
Winning coachShawn Olmstead (2nd title)
MVPBrenden Sander (BYU)
Attendance3,017
TelevisionBYUtv, SportsLive
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 BYU ‍y 10 2   .833 22 7   .759
No. 3 UCLA ‍‍‍y 9 3   .750 26 8   .765
No. 8 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 15 8   .652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍ 5 7   .417 16 15   .516
No. 14 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 4 8   .333 18 11   .621
USC  ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 8 20   .286
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 6 20   .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 MPSF Tournament champion

The 2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 14 through April 21, 2018 at campus sites. The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds[]

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[1] BYU 10–2
2 UCLA 9–3
3 Pepperdine 8–4
4 Concordia Irvine 5–7
5 Grand Canyon 4–8
6 USC 3–9 USC 2–0 vs. Stanford
7 Stanford 3–9 Stanford 0–2 vs. USC

Schedule and results[]

Time
Network
Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 14
7:00 pm
Sports Live
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Stanford 3–0
(25–19, 25–15, 25–18)
836 No commentary
No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 6 USC 3–1
(25–22, 19–25, 26–24, 25–18)
1,027 Al Epstein
No. 4 Concordia Irvine vs. No. 5 Grand Canyon 3–0
(25–20, 25–21, 25–23)
600 Jon O'Neill
Semifinals – Thursday, April 19
4:30 pm
Sports Live
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 4 Concordia Irvine 3–1
(26–28, 25–21, 26–24, 25–18)
440 Robbie Bullough
7:00 pm
BYUtv/Sports Live
No. 1 BYU vs. No. 6 USC 3–0
(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)
2,071 Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
BYUtv/Sports Live
No. 1 BYU vs. No. 2 UCLA 3–1
(17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)
3,017 Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Game times are PT for the quarterfinals and MT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 14
Semifinals
Thursday, April 19
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
Championship
Saturday, April 21
Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
         
1 BYU
(bye)
1 BYU 3
6 USC 0
3 Pepperdine 1
6 USC 3
1 BYU 3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 UCLA 1
2 UCLA 3
7 Stanford 0
2 UCLA 3
4 Concordia Irvine 1
4 Concordia Irvine 3
5 Grand Canyon 0

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine". Deseret News. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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