2022 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team

2022 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
2022 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	14–14 (4–8 MPSF)
Head coach	John Kosty (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Ken Shibuya (16th season); Daniel Rasay (9th season);
Home arena	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center; Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team represented Stanford University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinal, led by sixteenth year head coach John Kosty, played their home games split between Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center and Maples Pavilion. After being told that the 2021 season would be the Cardinal's final season of men's volleyball play,^[1] the program was saved when the university reversed their decision near the end of last years athletic calendar.^[2] The Cardinal are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish sixth in the MPSF preseason poll.^[3] Stanford finished fifth and pulled off two upsets in the MPSF Volleyball Tournament before falling to Pepperdine in the Championship.

2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
v t e	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 y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of December 25, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

>2022 Stanford Cardinal roster^[4]

Defensive specialist/libero

2 Justin Lui - Junior
3 Matt Martinez - Sophomore
5 Aaron Li - Junior

Middle blockers

1 Adam Chang - Junior
9 Ethan Hill - Sophomore
16 Nathaniel Gates - Junior
22 Gabriel Miranda - Junior

Outside hitters

4 Aidan Peters - Sophomore
6 Luke Turner - Sophomore
10 Kevin Lamp - Junior
15 Will Rottman - Junior
11 Noah Keelin - Freshman
15 Jack Deuchar - Sophomore

Opposite hitters

24 Hunter Dickey - Senior

Setters

11 Chris Kelly - Sophomore
12 Nathan Lietzke - Junior

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or streamed on Pac-12+ Stanford's streaming page. 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 7 p.m.	Lindenwood		Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–14, 25–18)	73	1–0
1/6 7 p.m.	Lindenwood		Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–0 (28–26, 25–16, 25–22)	70	2–0
1/8 5 p.m.	#12 UC Irvine		Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–2 (25–23, 25–21, 25–27, 22–25, 20–18)	82	3–0
1/14 7 p.m.	@ #15 UC Irvine	#12	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 1–3 (23–25, 17–25, 25–23, 22–25)	514	3–1
1/15 7 p.m.	@ #10 UC San Diego	#12	RIMAC La Jolla, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (20–25, 22–25, 23–25)	0	3–2
1/21 7 p.m.	Vanguard	#15	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–0 (24–26, 25–16, 18–25, 21–25)	101	4–2
1/22 6 p.m.	UC Santa Cruz	#15	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–1 (25–11, 25–20, 23–25, 25–14)	86	5–2
2/4 2:30 p.m.	vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	#14	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	Athletes Go Live	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–16, 25–16)	312	6–2
2/5 7 p.m.	vs. #1 Hawai'i	#14	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	Athletes Go Live	L 1–3 (25–19, 13–25, 19–25, 20–25)	1,875	6–3
2/11 7 p.m.	Menlo	#14	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–0 (28–26, 25–16, 25–20)	412	7–3
2/18 7 p.m.	CSUN	#13	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–13, 26–24)	179	8–3
2/25 7 p.m.	@ #2 Long Beach State	#12	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (19–25, 22–25, 18–25)	1,491	8–4
2/26 7 p.m.	@ CSUN	#12	Matadome Northridge, CA	ESPN+	L 1–3 (15–25, 27–25, 20–25, 24–26)	225	8–5
3/4 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	#14	CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 2–3 (20–25, 21–25, 25–18, 25–21, 13–15)	77	8–6 (0–1)
3/5 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	#14	CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 1–3 (22–25, 25–22, 25–27, 20–25)	81	8–7 (0–2)
3/11 7 p.m.	#1 UCLA*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	W 3–2 (25–20, 22–25, 25–18, 23–25, 15–12)	580	9–7 (1–2)
3/12 6 p.m.	#1 UCLA*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12	L 1–3 (25–20, 13–25, 23–25, 25–27)	963	9–8 (1–3)
3/25 7 p.m.	#5 USC*	#14	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12	W 3–1 (25–19, 20–25, 25–16, 28–26)	376	10–8 (2–3)
3/26 6 p.m.	#5 USC*	#14	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12	L 1–3 (25–23, 17–25, 22–25, 21–25)	450	10–9 (2–4)
3/31 6 p.m.	@ #10 Grand Canyon*	#12	GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+	L 0–3 (21–25, 20–25, 15–25)	682	10–10 (2–5)
4/2 4 p.m.	@ #10 Grand Canyon*	#12	GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+	L 1–3 (20–25, 25–21, 20–25, 25–27)	621	10–11 (2–6)
4/8 7 p.m.	BYU*	#12	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3–0 (29–27, 25–20, 25–22)	630	11–11 (3–6)
4/9 6 p.m.	BYU*	#12	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12 BAY	W 3–2 (19–25, 25–27, 25–23, 25–20, 24–22)	1,142	12–11 (4–6)
4/14 6 p.m.	@ #8 Pepperdine*	#12	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WaveCasts	L 0–3 (18–25, 10–25, 19–25)	515	12–12 (4–7)
4/16 6 p.m.	@ #8 Pepperdine*	#12	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WaveCasts	L 2–3 (21–25, 21–25, 25–13, 25–23, 11–15)	535	12–13 (4–8)
4/20 8 p.m.	vs. #10 Grand Canyon ⁽⁴⁾	#13 ⁽⁵⁾	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal)	FloVolleyball	W 3–1 (25–21, 25–20, 22–25, 25–22)	500	13–13
4/21 4 p.m.	vs. #1 UCLA ⁽¹⁾	#13 ⁽⁵⁾	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (MPSF Semifinal)	FloVolleyball	W 3–2 (25–21, 25–23, 21–25, 15–25, 15–11)	850	14–13
4/23 6 p.m.	vs. #8 Pepperdine ⁽²⁾	#13 ⁽⁵⁾	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (MPSF Championship)	FloVolleyball	L 2–3 (20–25, 19–25, 25–22, 25–22, 12–15)	1,163	14–14

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Lindenwood: Tim Swartz
Lindenwood: Tim Swartz & Jordan Watkins
UC Irvine: Tim Swartz
UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
Vanguard: Tim Swartz & Troy Clardy
UC Santa Cruz: Tim Swartz & Troy Clardy
Fairleigh Dickinson: Kanoa Leahey & Bill Walton
Hawai'i: Kanoa Leahey & Bill Walton
Menlo: Troy Clardy & Ted Enberg
CSUN: Troy Clardy
Long Beach State: Matt Brown & Matt Prosser
CSUN: Darren Preston
Concordia Irvine: Patience O'Neal
Concordia Irvine: Patience O'Neal
UCLA: Tim Swartz & Ted Enberg
UCLA: Ted Enberg
USC: Ted Enberg
USC: Ted Enberg
Grand Canyon: Diana Johnson & Houston Boe
Grand Canyon: Diana Johnson & Houston Boe
BYU: Ted Enberg
BYU: Ted Enberg
Pepperdine: Al Epstein
Pepperdine: Al Epstein
MPSF Quarterfinal- Grand Canyon: Nick Koop
MPSF Semifinal- UCLA: Darren Preston
MPSF Championship- Pepperdine: Darren Preston

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	RV^[5]	12^[6]	15^[7]	13^[8]	14^[9]	14^[10]	13^[11]	12^[12]	14	RV	14	14	12	12	12	13
Off the Block Media	Not released	10^[13]	RV^[14]	RV^[15]	—^[16]	—^[17]	RV^[18]	RV^[19]

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

References

^ "Stanford Discontinues 11 Sports Including Men's Volleyball, Wrestling". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ "Stanford will keep 11 sports it planned to cut, reversing course amid pressure". Mercury News. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^ "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.
^ "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[1] "Stanford Discontinues 11 Sports Including Men's Volleyball, Wrestling". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[2] "Stanford will keep 11 sports it planned to cut, reversing course amid pressure". Mercury News. Retrieved May 21, 2021.

[3] "PEPPERDINE TOPS 2022 MPSF COACHES' POLL". MPSF. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[4] "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.

[5] "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[6] "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

[7] "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

[8] "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[9] "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

[10] "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[11] "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

[12] "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[13] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[14] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[15] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[16] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[17] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[18] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[19] "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

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