2023 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team

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2023 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
MPSF Regular Season Champions
MPSF Tournament Champions
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record31-2 (12–0 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
John Wooden Center
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 UCLA men's volleyball team represents University of California, Los Angeles in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Bruins, led by eleventh year head coach John Speraw, play their home games at Pauley Pavilion and the John Wooden Center (when basketball has the use of Pauley Pavilion). The Bruins are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish first in the MPSF preseason poll.[3]

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
No. 8 BYU ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 7   .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍y 6 – 6   .500 22 – 8   .733
No. 9 Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 15 – 13   .536
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 16 – 14   .533
No. 12 USC ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 10 – 16   .385
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 8 – 19   .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion

Season highlights[edit]

  • Ethan Champlin won the National Outside Attacker of the Week award for Week 0 games.[4]

Roster[edit]

2023 UCLA Bruins roster[5]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 4 Troy Gooch - Redshirt Senior
  • 14 Matthew Aziz - Sophomore
  • 23 Coleman McDonough - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 2 J.R. Norris IV - Redshirt Senior
  • 9 Guy Genis - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 10 Sean McQuiggan - Redshirt Freshman
  • 13 Merrick McHenry - Redshirt Junior
  • 15 Christopher Hersh - Freshman
  • 22 Matthew Edwards - Redshirt Freshman
  

Outside hitters

  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Senior
  • 11 Cooper Robinson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 12 Alex Knight - Senior
  • 16 Ido David - Sophomore
  • 18 Grant Sloane - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 20 Ethan Champlin - Junior
  • 21 Zach Rama - Freshman
  

Opposite hitters

  • 1 Kyle Vom Steeg - Redshirt Junior
  • 3 Cole Ketrzynski - Senior
  • 16 Ido David - Sophomore
  • 19 David Decker - Freshman

Setters

  • 5 Ayrton Garcia-Jurado - Redshirt Junior
  • 7 Andrew Rowan - Freshman
  • 24 Miles Partain - Junior (left on Feb. 9, 2023)
  

Schedule[edit]

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.
Date
time 		Opponent Rank
(tournament seed) 		Arena
city
(tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/5
5:30 p.m. 		vs. CSUN #2 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational) 		W 3–0
(25–18, 25–21, 25–18) 		146 1–0
1/6
3 p.m. 		vs. UC San Diego #2 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational) 		W 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–14) 		115 2–0
1/7
8 p.m. 		@ #7 UC Santa Barbara #2 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational) 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(26–24, 25–16, 25–14) 		422 3–0
1/13
6 p.m. 		Princeton #2 John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA W 3–1
(22-25, 25–18, 25–20, 25-14) 		721 4-0
1/20
7 p.m. 		#12 UC Santa Barbara #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA W 3–0
(32-30, 25–17, 25–21) 		950 5-0
1/21
7 p.m. 		UC San Diego #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3–0
(25-15, 25–23, 25–18) 		923 6-0
1/27
7 p.m. 		@ CSUN #2 Premier America Credit Union Arena
Northridge, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25-18, 25–16, 26–24) 		507 7-0
1/31
5 p.m. 		@ George Mason #2 Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25-15, 25–21, 25-19) 		455 8-0
2/3
1 p.m. 		vs. #13 Ohio State #2 Rec Hall
University Park, PA
(Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge) 		W 3–1
(25-22, 25–20, 23-25, 25-23) 		9-0
2/4
4 p.m. 		@ #4 Penn State #2 Rec Hall
University Park, PA
(Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge) 		B1G+ L 1–3
(21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 17-25) 		0 9-1
2/9
8 p.m. 		#2 Long Beach State #4 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3-0
(25-19, 25-21, 25-20) 		2,245 10-1
2/10
7 p.m. 		@ #2 Long Beach State #4 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-1
(18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23) 		4,138 11-1
2/17
7 p.m. 		#8 BYU* #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3-0
(25-20, 25-22, 25-18) 		1,432 12-1
(1-0)
2/18
5 p.m. 		#8 BYU* #2 John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA W 3-0
(25-17, 25-21, 25-18) 		1,012 13-1
(2-0)
2/24
7 p.m. 		@ #6 UC Irvine #2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-1
(17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-16) 		2,411 14-1
2/26
5 p.m. 		#6 UC Irvine #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA W 3-1
(20-25, 25-22, 25-16, 27-25) 		1,306 15-1
3/1
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* #2 Pauley Pavlion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA W 3-0
(25-16, 25-16, 25-14) 		798 16-1
(3-0)
3/3
7 p.m. 		@ Concordia Irvine* #2 CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		EagleEye W 3-0
(25-15, 25-19, 25-16) 		82 17-1
(4-0)
3/9
7 p.m. 		vs. #3 Penn State #2 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball invitational) 		W 3-2
(25-20, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 15-10) 		0 18-1
3/10
7 p.m. 		Purdue Fort Wayne #2 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) 		W 3-0
(25-20, 25-21, 25-16) 		0 19-1
3/11
10 p.m. 		@ #1 Hawai'i #2 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(27-29, 25-21, 22-25, 26-28) 		10,300 19-2
3/17
5 p.m. 		@ #10 Stanford* #3 Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA 		P12+ STAN W 3-0
(25-12, 25-12, 25-12) 		839 20-2
(5-0)
3/18
5 p.m. 		@ #10 Stanford* #3 Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA 		P12+ STAN W 3-0
(25-18, 25-21, 25-20) 		908 21-2
(6-0)
3/31
6 p.m. 		@ #5 Grand Canyon* #2 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ W 3-1
(29-31, 27-25, 25-20, 25-13) 		1,821 22-2
(7-0)
4/1
6 p.m. 		@ #5 Grand Canyon* #2 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(30-28, 25-21, 25-19) 		1,563 23-2
(8-0)
4/6
7 p.m. 		#12 USC* #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3-0
(25-22, 25-17, 25-22) 		3,072 24–2
(9-0)
4/8
7 p.m. 		@ #12 USC* #2 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3-0
(25-20, 25-17, 25-20) 		1,614 25–2
(10-0)
4/13
7 p.m. 		@ #9 Pepperdine* #2 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC Net W 3-1
(30-32, 21-25, 23-25, 23-25) 		817 26–2
(11-0)
4/15
7 p.m. 		#9 Pepperdine* #2 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA W 3-1
(26-28, 25-20, 25-16, 25-15) 		3,345 27–2
(12-0)
4/19
4:30 p.m. 		#7 Grand Canyon
(4) 		#2
(1) 		Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Semifinal) 		FloVolleyball W 3-0
(25-23, 25-19, 25-20) 		457 28-2
4/22
6:05 p.m. 		@ #8 Stanford
(3) 		#2
(1) 		Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Championship) 		FloVolleyball W 3-0
(25-22, 25-21, 25-23) 		1,721 29-2
5/4
2 p.m. 		#4 Long Beach State #2 (1) EagleBank Arena
Fairfax, VA
(NCAA Semifinal) 		NCAA.com W 3–0
(25–16, 25-14, 25-19) 		30-2
5/6
2 p.m. 		#1 Hawai'i (2) #2 (1) EagleBank Arena
Fairfax, VA
(NCAA Championship) 		ESPN2 W 3–1
(28-26, 31-33, 25-21, 25-21) 		6,942 31-2
*-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[edit]

  • UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler[6]
  • Princeton: Denny Cline
  • UC Santa Barbara: Denny Cline
  • UC San Diego:
  • CSUN:
  • George Mason:
  • Ohio State:
  • Penn State:
  • Long Beach State:
  • Long Beach State:
  • BYU:
  • BYU: Denny Cline
  • UC Irvine:
  • UC Irvine:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • Hawai'i:
  • Stanford:
  • Stanford:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • USC:
  • USC:
  • Pepperdine:
  • Pepperdine:
  • MPSF Tournament:

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches222224222233222221
Off the Block MediaNot released222422223211111
  • The media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

Awards and honors[edit]

  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nick Vogel Named MVB Assistant Coach". uclabruins.com. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "MVB Welcomes Taliaferro to Coaching Staff". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Recipients unveiled for Off the Block National Weekly Awards". Off the Block. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of UCLA Athletics". UCLA Athletics.
  6. ^ "The Gym is Fully Stocked". Twitter. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
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