2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team

The 2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team represented Concordia University Irvine in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Riley Salmon,[2] played their home games at CU Arena. The Eagles were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish seventh in the MPSF preseason poll.[3] The Eagles tied with BYU for the worst in the league, but due to BYU winning the tiebreaker Concordia finished seventh and fell to USC in the MPSF Tournament 1st Round.

2022 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record10–16 (3–9 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coachCasey Hiller (1st season)
Home arenaCU Arena
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 UCLA ‍‍‍y 11 1   .917 22 5   .815
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 22 7   .759
No. 5 Pepperdine ‍‍y 7 5   .583 19 10   .655
No. 11 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍ 6 6   .500 16 12   .571
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍ 4 8   .333 14 14   .500
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 10 16   .385
BYU ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 8 17   .320
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 MPSF Tournament champion

Roster

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2022 Concordia Eagles roster[4]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Danny Smithers - Freshman
  • 8 Kawika Simon - Junior
  • 32 Cruse Ae'a -   Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 1 Max McCullough - Freshman
  • 2 Gil Herold - Junior
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 12 Mason Mullins -   Junior
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Devyn Zavala -   Sophomore
  • 11 Kobe Kiley - Freshman
  • 14 Slater Fuhrman - Freshman
  • 15 Logan Glave - Graduate
  • 18 Erik Boisvert - Senior
  • 20 Liam Roberts -   Freshman
  • 21 Keegan Carey -   Junior
  • 22 Jonathan Carlson - Graduate
  • 31 Jabes De La Cruz - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 3 Devyn Zavala -   Sophomore
  • 9 Owen Chun - Graduate
  • 20 Liam Roberts -   Freshman
  • 25 Will Migdal -  Freshman
  • 35 Uriel Batista - Junior

Setters

  • 5 Christian Oviedo - Junior
  • 6 Mclain Mott - Junior
  • 7 Makai Lipson - Freshman
  • 34 Christos Gkitersos - Junior
 

Schedule

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TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on EagleEye streaming page, powered by Stretch Internet. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time
Opponent Rank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/6
8 p.m.
vs. CSUN Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/7
3 p.m.
@ #11 UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/8
5:30 p.m.
vs. #10 UC San Diego Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Tournament)
1/10
7 p.m.
Saint Xavier CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–1
(25–21, 19–25, 25–19, 25–22)
25 1–0
1/13
7 p.m.
Saint Katherine CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–0
(25–14, 25–19, 25–13)
35 2–0
1/22
7 p.m.
Master's CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–0
(25–15, 25–22, 25–19)
40 3–0
1/28
6 p.m.
@ Saint Katherine USK Sports Complex
San Marcos, CA
SK Athletics W 3–0
(25–12, 25–17, 25–17)
0 4–0
2/4
7 p.m.
@ #13 UC San Diego RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+ W 3–1
(25–22, 18–25, 26–24, 25–20)
0 5–0
2/18
7 p.m.
@ UC Irvine Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+ L 0–3
(22–25, 22–25, 25–27)
591 5–1
2/19
7 p.m.
@ #11 UC San Diego RIMAC Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+ L 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 20–25)
231 5–2
2/21
7 p.m.
Central State CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye Cancelled
2/23
7 p.m.
@ #1 UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 1–3
(21–25, 16–25, 25–20, 18–25)
728 5–3
(0–1)
2/25
7 p.m.
#1 UCLA* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 0–3
(13–25, 20–25, 15–25)
111 5–4
(0–2)
3/1
7 p.m.
@ Vanguard Lions Arena
Costa Mesa, CA
Vanguard Lions Live W 3–1
(25–19, 27–29, 25–22, 25–20)
0 6–4
3/3
7 p.m.
#14 Stanford* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–2
(25–20, 25–21, 18–25, 21–25, 15–13)
77 7–4
(1–2)
3/4
7 p.m.
#14 Stanford* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–1
(25–22, 22–25, 27–25, 25–20)
81 8–4
(2–2)
3/5
7 p.m.
UC Irvine CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 2–3
(18–25, 25–22, 20–25, 26–24, 10–15)
105 8–5
3/10
7 p.m.
UC San Diego CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 1–3
(25–20, 19–25, 26–28, 28–30)
83 8–6
3/11
6 p.m.
@ BYU* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 0–3
(16–25, 14–25, 17–25) [5]
3,069 8–7
(2–3)
3/12
6 p.m.
@ BYU* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
BYUtv L 1–3
(25–19, 21–25, 18–25, 22–25) [6]
3,041 8–8
(2–4)
3/17
7 p.m.
Ottawa (KS) CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–0
(25–16, 25–12, 25–22)
112 9–8
3/18
7 p.m.
@ #3 Long Beach State Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+ L 0–3
(20–25, 17–25, 25–27)
1,114 9–9
3/25
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye W 3–0
(25–21, 36–34, 25–23) [7]
155 10–9
(3–4)
3/26
7 p.m.
#9 Grand Canyon* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 1–3
(25–18, 20–25, 23–25, 21–25)
230 10–10
(3–5)
3/31
7 p.m.
#8 Pepperdine* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 0–3
(21–25, 25–27, 23–25)
101 10–11
(3–6)
4/2
6 p.m.
@ #8 Pepperdine* Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts L 0–3
(17–25, 17–25, 22–25)
475 10–12
(3–7)
4/8
7 p.m.
@ #6 USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC L 0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 18–25)[8]
347 10–13
(3–8)
4/9
7 p.m.
#6 USC* CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 0–3
(23–25, 20–25, 31–33)[9]
91 10–14
(3–9)
4/15
7 p.m.
#6 UC Santa Barbara CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEye L 0–3
(23–25, 22–25, 21–25)[10]
77 10–15
4/20
2 p.m.
#5 USC
(2)
(7) Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball L 0–3
(19–25, 22–25, 19–25)
250 10–16
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

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  • Saint Xavier: Jeff Runyan & Patience O'Neal
  • Saint Katherine: Jeff Runyan & Patience O'Neal
  • The Master's: Jeff Runyan & Valerie Pedersen
  • Saint Katherine: No commentary
  • UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
  • UCLA: Denny Cline
  • UCLA: Patience O'Neal
  • Vanguard: No commentary
  • Stanford: Patience O'Neal
  • Stanford: Patience O'Neal
  • UC Irvine: Patience O'Neal
  • UC San Diego: Patience O'Neal
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • Ottawa: Patience O'Neal
  • Long Beach State: Matt Brown & Matt Prosser
  • Grand Canyon: Ben Rose & Ron J. Ruhman
  • Grand Canyon: Patience O'Neal
  • Pepperdine: Patience O'Neal
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • USC: Mark Beltran & Paul Duchesne
  • USC: Kienan Dixon
  • UC Santa Barbara: Patience O'Neal
  • MPSF Quarterfinal- USC: Nick Kopp

References

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  1. ^ "Salmon departs Jamestown to become Concordia-Irvine head coach". Off the Block. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Travers Cox named new UJ men's volleyball coach". Jamestown Sun. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Concordia Irvine Athletics". Concordia Irvine Athletics.
  5. ^ "BYU men's volleyball snaps losing streak with sweep over Concordia". Deseret News. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "BYU men's volleyball completes sweep of Concordia Irvine". The Daily Universe. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  7. ^ "NCAA men's volleyball: MPSF upsets for Stanford, BYU, CUI; LBSU, Hawai'i, UCSD, Penn St., Ball St. win". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "USC setter reacts to sweep of Concordia Irvine". Off the Block. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "USC men's volleyball No. 6 sweeps Concordia again". Ex Bulletin. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  10. ^ "Gauchos flex depth in sweep over Concordia". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved April 17, 2022.