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2022 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team

2022 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team

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The 2022 UCLA men's volleyball team represented University of California, Los Angeles in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Bruins, led by tenth year head coach John Speraw, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion when basketball did not conflict with the home game schedule and at John Wooden Center when basketball conflicted with the home game schedule. The Bruins were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the MPSF preseason poll.[1] UCLA hosted the MPSF tournament (April 20–23) and also the 2022 NCAA Championship at Pauley Pavilion. The 2022 NCAA Championship began on May 1 with an opening round match.

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Quick Facts UCLA Bruins men's volleyball, MPSF Regular Season Champions ...

Season highlights

  • The Bruins defeated rivals USC Trojans twice this season.
  • UCLA won the MPSF title by defeating Pepperdine 3–0 on April 9, 2022.
  • The team hosted the MPSF and NCAA Tournaments at Pauley Pavilion.

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster[2]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Cole Pender - Redshirt Senior
  • 14 Matthew Aziz - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 2 J.R. Norris IV - Redshirt Senior
  • 7 Ian Parish - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 9 Guy Genis - Redshirt Freshman
  • 10 Sean McQuiggan - Freshman
  • 13 Merrick McHenry - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 15 Daniel Matheney - Redshirt Junior
  • 22 Matthew Edwards - Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Junior
  • 11 Cooper Robinson - Freshman
  • 12 Alex Knight - Junior
  • 16 Ido David - Freshman
  • 17 Sam Burgi - Redshirt Junior
  • 18 Grant Sloane - Redshirt Freshman
  • 19 Ian Eschenberg - Senior
  • 20 Ethan Champlin - Sophomore
 

Opposite hitters

  • 1 Kyle Vom Steeg - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Junior
  • 8 Kevin Kobrine - Redshirt Junior
  • 16 Ido David - Freshman
  • 24 Miles Partain - Sophomore

Setters

  • 5 Ayrton Garcia-Jurado - Junior
  • 6 Marcus Partain - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 24 Miles Partain - Sophomore
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or Pac-12+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
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*-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone. Rank – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men's Division I-II Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Announcers for televised games

  • Princeton: Denny Cline
  • Ohio State: Anne Marie Anderson
  • Penn State: Denny Cline
  • CSUN: Denny Cline
  • Lewis: Denny Cline
  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • UC Irvine: Denny Cline
  • UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
  • Long Beach State: Matt Brown & Matt Prosser
  • Long Beach State: Denny Cline
  • Concordia Irvine: Denny Cline
  • Concordia Irvine: Patience O'Neal
  • Grand Canyon: Denny Cline
  • Grand Canyon: Denny Cline
  • Stanford: Tim Swartz & Ted Enberg
  • Stanford: Ted Enberg
  • USC: Anne Marie Anderson
  • USC: Anne Marie Anderson
  • Pepperdine: Al Epstein
  • Pepperdine: Jim Watson
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail & Kiki Solano
  • BYU: Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Kiki Solano
  • MPSF Tournament Semifinal- Stanford: Darren Preston
  • NCAA Opening Round- Pepperdine: Darren Preston
  • NCAA Semifinal: Brendan Gulick

Rankings

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Awards and honors

  • March 14, 2022 – Merrick McHenry was the Co-National Middle Attacker of the Week by offtheblock.com and Kevin Kobrine was named the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week
  • April 4, 2022 – Miles Partain was named National Setter of the Week and Kevin Kobrine was the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
  • April 11, 2022 – Miles Partain was named MPSF Player of the Week
  • April 18, 2022 – Ido David was named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week

References

  1. "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  2. "Lewis team celebrating sweep over UCLA". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  4. "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  6. "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  7. "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  8. "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  9. "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  10. "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  11. "AVCA Week 8 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  12. "AVCA Week 9 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  13. "AVCA Week 10 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  14. "AVCA Week 11 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  15. "AVCA Week 12 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

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