2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament

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.

2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 BYU y 102 .833  227 .759
No. 3 UCLA y 93 .750  268 .765
No. 8 Pepperdine   84 .667  158 .652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine   57 .417  1615 .516
No. 14 Grand Canyon   48 .333  1811 .621
USC   39 .250  820 .286
Stanford   39 .250  620 .231
Conference champion
2018 MPSF Tournament champion

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]BYU10–2
2UCLA9–3
3Pepperdine8–4
4Concordia Irvine5–7
5Grand Canyon4–8
6USC3–9USC 2–0 vs. Stanford
7Stanford3–9Stanford 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
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 BYU 3
  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

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