2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament
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| 2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I/II |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
| Champions | BYU (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Shawn Olmstead (2nd title) |
| MVP | Brenden Sander (BYU) |
| Attendance | 3,017 |
| Television | BYUtv, SportsLive |
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| 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
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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
- ^ "No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine". Deseret News. Retrieved April 5, 2018.