The 2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team represented Long Beach State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. Led by head coach Alan Knipe in his nineteenth season, the team played its home games at Walter Pyramid. The Beach competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as co-champions in the Big West preseason poll.

Roster 2022 Long Beach State Beach Roster Defensive Specialist/Libero 3 Mason Briggs - Sophomore 22 Caden Jackson - Freshman

Middle Blockers 1 Shane Holdaway - Junior 16 Marc Moody - Senior 18 Nato Dickinson - Freshman 20 Aidan Grosz - Sophomore 21 Grant Marocchi - Junior 24 Noah Robin - Freshman 25 Matt Iamaleava - Freshman Outside Hitters 2 Sebastian Rodriguez - Freshman 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman 12 Clarke Godbold - Sophomore 17 Dane Hillis - Freshman 23 Alex Nikolov - Freshman 27 Calvin Sanborn - Junior Opposite Hitters 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman 11 Simon Torwie - Sophomore 31 Spencer Olivier - Junior

Setters 5 Aidan Knipe - Sophomore 6 Josh Rosenblum - Freshman 26 Eric Beebe - Sophomore 

Schedule TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information: 22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio. ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.

DateTimeOpponent RankArenaCity(Tournament)TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord(Big West Record)1/74 p.m.vs. Juniata #5DeGol ArenaLoretta, PANEC Front Row 1/84:30 p.m.@ St. Francis#5DeGol ArenaLoretto, PANEC Front Row1/157 p.m.Harvard#5Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAW 3–0(25–18, 25–16, 25–23)1,2301–01/177 p.m.Erskine#5Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–13, 25–15, 25–11)7532–01/215 p.m.@ #7 Lewis#5Neil Carey ArenaRomeoville, ILGLVC SNW 3–1(25–22, 25–22, 24–26, 25–20)503–01/225:30 p.m.@ #9 Loyola Chicago#5Joseph J. Gentile ArenaChicago, ILESPN+W 3–0(25–17, 25–17, 25–22)7064–01/286 p.m.#9 Ohio State#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CA(Battle of the Bigs) ESPN+W 3–0(24–26, 25–20, 25–15, 25–22)1,1985–01/297 p.m.#4 Penn State#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CA(Battle of the Bigs)ESPN+L 3–2(27–25, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 11–15)1,2885–12/47 p.m.#7 USC#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–1(15–25, 25–23, 25–21, 25–19)1,7296–12/117 p.m.#2 UCLA#1Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–22, 25–23, 25–13)3,1377–12/197 p.m.@ #2 UCLA#1Pauley PavilionLos Angeles, CAP12+ UCLAL 2–3(20–25, 23–25, 25–23, 25–21, 12–15)2,0087–22/257 p.m.# 12 Stanford#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–19, 25–22, 25–18)1,4918–23/47 p.m.NJIT#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–1(25–16, 25–20, 23–25, 25–16)9769–23/57:30 p.m.LIU#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–18, 25–14, 25–15) 1,13910–23/107 p.m.@ UC Irvine*#2Bren Events CenterIrvine, CAESPN+L 2–3(25–19, 25–23, 17–25, 22–25, 12–15) 58810–3(0–1)3/117 p.m.UC Irvine*#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–22, 25–18, 25–20) 1,27711–3(1–1)3/187 p.m.Concordia Irvine#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–20, 25–17, 27–25) 1,11412–33/257 p.m.#6 UC Santa Barbara*#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–1(22–25, 25–19, 25–16, 25–19).1,38613–3(2–1)3/267 p.m.@ #6 UC Santa Barbara*#3The ThunderdomeIsla Vista, CAESPN+W 3–0(25–21, 26–24, 25–22)34214–3(3–1)4/17 p.m.#4 Hawai'i*#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–1(22–25, 25–23, 26–24, 27–25) 2,60715–3(4–1)4/27 p.m.#4 Hawai'i*#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPNUW 3–1(25–23, 25–20, 21–25, 25–19) 3,01416–3(5–1) 4/87 p.m.#10 UC San Diego*#2Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–0(31–29, 25–18, 25–12)1,22617–3(6–1) 4/97 p.m.@ #10 UC San Diego*#2RIMAC ArenaLa Jolla, CAESPN+L 2–3(25–16, 19–25, 20–25, 25–21, 12–15) 88817–4(6–2) 4/157 p.m.CSUN*#3Walter PyramidLong Beach, CAESPN+W 3–2(25–20, 16–25, 20–25, 25–21, 16–14) 1,31018–4(7–2) 4/167 p.m.@ CSUN*#3MatadomeNorthridge, CAESPN+ 3–0(32–30, 25–23, 25–20) 57519–4(8–2) 4/227:30 p.m.#14 UC Irvine (5)#3 (1)Stan Sheriff CenterManoa, HI(Big West Tournament Semifinal)ESPN+W 3–1(22—25, 25–23, 25–19, 29–27) 5,23820–44/2310:30 p.m.#4 Hawai'i (2)#3 (1)Stan Sheriff CenterManoa, HI(Big West Tournament Championship)ESPN+L 0–3(25–27, 26–28, 23–25) 6,63620–55/52:00 p.m.#3 UCLA (4)#2 (1)Pauley PavilionLos Angeles, CA(NCAA Tournament Semifinal)NCAA.comW 3–2(18–25, 18–25, 25–15, 25-10, 16-14) 4,43021–55/75:00 p.m.#1 Hawai'i (3)#2 (1)Pauley PavilionLos Angeles, CA(NCAA Tournament Championship)ESPN2L 0–3(22–25, 21–25, 20–25)5,78421–6

*-Conference Regular Season match. ()-Indicates tournament seed. Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.

References