The 2021 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Waves, led by fourth year head coach David Junt, play their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll.
Season highlights Will be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster Defensive specialist/libero 8 Zac Norvid - Senior 18 Trey Cole - Freshman
Middle blockers 11 JT Martin - Sophomore 17 Mason Tyler - Senior 20 Austin Wilmot - Senior 21 Mike Scott - Freshman 22 Andersen Fuller - Freshman 23 Ryan Fuller - Freshman 24 JT Ardell - Sophomore 26 Chris Orem - Graduate Outside hitters 4 Ben Weinberg - Junior 5 Noah Dyer - Senior 7 Spencer Wickens - Senior 14 Alex Gettinger - Senior 15 Joe Deluzio - Freshman 19 Cole Rasic - Freshman 25 Akin Akinwumi - Freshman Opposite hitters 1 Scott Solan - Sophomore 10 Auden McCaw - Freshman 12 Jacob Steele - Sophomore 16 Eli Crane - Freshman 17 Mason Tyler - Senior 25 Akin Akinwumi - Freshman
Setters 3 John Karlous - Sophomore 6 Bryce Dvorak - Freshman 10 Auden McCaw - Freshman
Schedule TV/Internet Streaming information: All home games will be televised on WaveCasts. All road games will also be streamed by the schools tv or streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball. The NCAA Tournament will be streamed on B1G+ (opening round, quarterfinals), NCAA.com (semifinals), and the Championship will be televised nationally on ESPNU.
DatetimeOpponent Rank(tournament seed)Arenacity(tournament)TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord(MPSF record)1/257 p.m.#12 Concordia Irvine*#7Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–2(23–25, 25–20, 18–25, 25–17, 15–5)01–0(1–0)1/277 p.m.@ #12 Concordia Irvine*#7CU ArenaIrvine, CAEagle TV on Stretch InternetW 3–0(25–22, 25–21, 25–19)02–0(2–0)2/126 p.m.@ #1 BYU*#7Smith FieldhouseProvo, UTBYUtvL 0–3(6–25, 23–25, 26–28)1502–1(2–1)2/136 p.m.@ #1 BYU*#7Smith FieldhouseProvo, UTBYUtvL 1–3(25–23, 26–28, 23–25, 24–26)1502–2(2–2)2/189 a.m.@ Stanford*#6Maples PavilionPalo Alto, CAP12+ STANW 3–01(25–21, 27–25, 25–17)03–2(3–2)2/203 p.m.@ Stanford*#6Maples PavilionPalo Alto, CAP12+ STANW 3–1(25–22, 20–25, 25–18, 28–26)04–2(4–2)2/245 p.m.@ USC*#5Galen CenterLos Angeles, CAP12+ USCW 3–0(25–23, 25–17, 30–28)05–2(5–2)2/2712 p.m.USC*#5Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–0(25–19, 25–17, 25–21)06–2(6–2)3/36 p.m.Stanford*#3Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–0(25–15, 25–21, 25–21)07–2(7–2)3/115 p.m.@ #8 UCLA*#4Pauley PavilionLos Angeles, CAP12+ UCLAL 2–3(25–23, 12–25, 25–22, 14–25, 10–15)07–3(7–3)3/135 p.m.#8 UCLA*#4Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–1(24–26, 25–21, 25–23, 25–22)08–3(8–3)3/191 p.m.#2 BYU*#4Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsL 1–3(25–20, 17–25, 21–25, 17–25)08–4(8–4)3/201 p.m.#2 BYU*#4Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsL 0–3(21–25, 14–25, 20–25)08–5(8–5)3/263 p.m.#9 Grand Canyon*#5Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–0(25–22, 25–20, 25–21)09–5(9–5)3/275 p.m.#9 Grand Canyon*#5Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–2(25–20, 21–25, 30–28, 21–25, 15–4)010–5(10–5)3/285 p.m.#9 Grand Canyon*#5Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCastsW 3–0(29–27, 26–24, 25–18)011–5(11–5)3/313 p.m.#4 UCLA*#5Firestone FieldhouseMalibu, CAWaveCasts 4/166 p.m.@ Stanford*#5Maples PavilionPalo Alto, CAP12+ STAN4/174 p.m.@ Stanford*#5Maples PavilionPalo Alto, CAP12+ STAN4/234 p.m.(6) Stanford#5 (3)Smith FieldhouseProvo, UT(MPSF Quarterfinal)FloVolleyballW 3–1(25–22, 21–25, 25–22, 25–19)N/A12–54/243 p.m.#6 (2) UCLA#5 (3)Smith FieldhouseProvo, UT(MPSF Semifinal)FloVolleyballW 3–0(25–20, 25–23, 26–24)70013–54/246 p.m.#2 (1) BYU#5 (3)Smith FieldhouseProvo, UT(MPSF Championship)FloVolleyballL 0–3(23–25, 15–25, 19–25)75013–65/66 p.m.#3 UC Santa Barbara#5Covelli CenterColumbus, OH(NCAA Quarterfinal)B1G+L 1–3(23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 26–28)10813–7 *-Indicates conference match. Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.
Announcers for televised games Concordia: Al Epstein Concordia: Viola Patience O'Neal BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail Stanford: Tim Swartz Stanford: Tim Swartz USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne USC: Al Epstein Stanford: Al Epstein UCLA: Denny Cline UCLA: Al Epstein BYU: Al Epstein BYU: Al Epstein Grand Canyon: Al Epstein Grand Canyon: Al Epstein Grand Canyon: Al Epstein Stanford: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail UCLA: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail BYU: Jarom Jordan & Steve Vail UC Santa Barbara: Luke Wood Maloney & Ben Spurlock
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