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.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Pepperdine 9–3 – 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 TimeNetworkMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 137:00 pmMPSF TVNo. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Concordia Irvine3–0(25–21, 25–23, 25–17)602Denny Cline & Peter AshleyNo. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Grand Canyon3–0(25–17, 25–19, 25–22)400Paul DuchesneNo. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 BYU2–3(25–18, 16–25, 24–26, 25–19, 14–16) 881Kevin Danna Semifinals – Thursday, April 185:00 pmMPSF TVNo. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 BYU3–0(25–17, 25–23, 25–18) 1,818Al Epstein7:30 pmMPSF TVNo. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC1–3(21–25, 18–25, 27–25, 23–25) Championship – Saturday, April 207:00 pmMPSF TVNo. 1 Pepperdine vs. No. 3 USC3–0(25–23, 25–20, 27–25) 1,787Al Epstein Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
With their victory over USC, Pepperdine clinched an NCAA Tournament berth and their fifth MPSF Men's Volleyball title.
All-Tournament Team David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MVP) Michael Wexter, Pepperdine Robert Mullahey, Pepperdine Jack Wyett, USC Chris Hall, USC Davide Gardini, BYU Micah Ma'a, UCLA
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