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American college volleyball season

2023 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record16-14 (5-7 MPSF)
Head coach
  • Jonathan Winder (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Matthew Pollock (4th season)
  • Hardy Wooldridge (1st season)
Home arenaFirestone Fieldhouse
Seasons← 20222024 →

The 2023 Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Waves, led by first year head coach Jonathan Winder, played their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll.

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍ 12 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
No. 8 BYU ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 7   .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍ 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

Roster

2023 Pepperdine Waves roster
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 3 Trey Cole - Junior
  • 4 Brendan Read Redshirt Freshman
  • 27 Yadiel Diaz - ''Redshirt Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 2 Keeton Hanzlik-Green - ''Redshirt Freshman
  • 5 Andersen Fuller - Junior
  • 7 Ethan Watson - Freshman
  • 8 Nick Tidik - ''Redshirt Freshman
  • 11 James Eadie - Freshman
  • 22 Ryan Wheeler - Redshirt Junior
  

Outside hitters

  • 9 Kevin Roberts - ''Redshirt Freshman
  • 14 Callahan Hefner - Freshman
  • 15 Joe Deluzio - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 Aidan Tune - Freshman
  • 19 Cole Rasic - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 23 Jaylen Jasper - Graduate
  • 24 Ryan Barnett - Redshirt Freshman
  • 25 Akin Akinwumi - Senior
  

Opposite hitters

  • 12 Jacob Steele - Redshirt Junior
  • 16 Eli Crane - Redshirt Sophomore

Setters

  • 1 Andreas Cardenas-Marouf - Freshman
  • 6 Bryce Dvorak - Junior
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on WaveCasts. All road games will also be streamed by the schools tv or streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time 		Opponent Rank
 Arena
city
(tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/4
7 p.m. 		Lincoln Memorial #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–18, 25–22, 25–20) 		307 1–0
1/13
6 p.m. 		The Master's #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–23) 		782 2-0
1/14
6 p.m. 		Emmanuel #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–12, 25–12, 25–16) 		327 3-0
1/16
7 p.m. 		Princeton #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–17, 25–23, 25–19) 		682 4-0
1/20
2 p.m. 		vs. #4 Penn State #5 Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) 		Athletes Go Live L 1-3
(24-26, 18–25, 25–19, 14-25) 		1,127 4-1
1/21
2 p.m. 		vs. #15 Lewis #5 Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) 		Athletes Go Live W 3–1
(25–21, 29–31, 25–18, 25-20) 		863 5-1
1/27
2 p.m. 		vs. NJIT #5 Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament) 		W 3–1
(25–20, 25–19, 24–26, 25-22) 		0 6-1
1/28
2 p.m. 		@ George Mason #5 Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament) 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–16, 25–19, 25–11) 		299 7-1
2/1
7 p.m. 		#15 UC Santa Barbara #5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3–0
(25–23, 25–21, 25–21) 		372 8-1
2/3
7 p.m. 		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #5 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(25–21, 21–25, 25–16, 11-25, 12-15) 		312 8-2
2/8
7 p.m. 		#7 UC Irvine #6 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts L 2-3
(27-29, 25-20, 20-25, 29-27, 9-15) 		623 8-3
2/10
7 p.m. 		@ #7 UC Irvine #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 17-25) 		1,292 8-4
2/17
7 p.m. 		@ #9 Stanford* #7 Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA 		P12+ STAN W 3-0
(25-19, 25-16, 25-22) 		532 9-4
(1-0)
2/20
5 p.m. 		@ #9 Stanford* #7 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 BAY L 2-3
(25-20, 20-25, 17-25, 25-23, 12-15) 		868 9-5
(1-1)
2/22
6 p.m. 		#5 Grand Canyon* #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts L 2-3
(18-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 14-16) 		437 9-6
(1-2)
2/24
12 p.m. 		#5 Grand Canyon* #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-2
(20-25, 23-25, 25-17, 27-25, 15-9) 		317 10-6
(2-2)
3/1
10 p.m. 		@ #1 Hawai'i #7 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(15-25, 25-22, 22-25, 21-25) 		5,059 10-7
3/3
10 p.m. 		@ #1 Hawai'i #7 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		ESPN+ L 0-3
(19-25, 18-25, 21-25) 		7,452 10-8
3/9
6 p.m. 		#10 USC* #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-0
(25-17, 25-16, 25-19) 		723 11-8
(3-2)
3/11
7 p.m. 		@ #10 USC* #7 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ USC W 3-1
(27-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-20) 		493 12-8
(4-2)
3/15
5 p.m. 		Harvard #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-0
(25-16, 25-22, 25-15) 		583 13-8
3/17
6 p.m. 		Daemen #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-0
(25-13, 25-18, 25-17) 		379 14-8
3/24
6 p.m. 		@ #8 BYU* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2-3
(25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 20-25, 11-15) 		4,156 14-9
(4-3)
3/25
6 p.m. 		@ #8 BYU* #7 Smith Fielhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2-3
(25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 25-23, 13-15) 		4,325 14-10
(4-4)
4/1
6 p.m. 		Cal Lutheran #8 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-0
(25-16, 25-19, 25-22) 		304 15-10
4/6
7 p.m. 		@ Concordia Irvine* #8 CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		EagleEye L 1-3
(25-18, 17-25, 17-25, 24-26) 		81 15-11
(4-5)
4/8
6 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* #8 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts W 3-0
(27-25, 25-18, 25-22) 		451 16-11
(5-5)
4/13
6 p.m. 		#2 UCLA* #9 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WaveCasts L 1-3
(32-30, 21-25, 23-25, 23-25) 		817 16-12
(5-6)
4/15
7 p.m. 		@ #2 UCLA* #9 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12 LA L 1-3
(28-26, 20-25, 16-25, 15-25) 		3,345 16-13
(5-7)
4/19
8 p.m. 		#7 Grand Canyon
 #9
 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal) 		FloVolleyball L 0-3
(22-25, 17-25, 20-25) 		705 16-14
*-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • Lincoln Memorial: Al Epstein
  • The Master's: Al Epstein
  • Emmanuel: Al Epstein
  • Princeton: Al Epstein
  • Penn State: Rob Espero & Bill Walton
  • Lewis: Rob Espero & Bill Walton
  • George Mason:
  • UC Santa Barbara:
  • UC Santa Barbara:
  • UC Irvine:
  • UC Irvine:
  • Stanford:
  • Stanford:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • Hawai'i:
  • Hawai'i:
  • USC:
  • USC:
  • Harvard:
  • Daemen:
  • BYU:
  • BYU:
  • Cal Lutheran:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • UCLA:
  • UCLA:
  • MPSF Quarterfinal:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches55555677777788991010
Off the Block MediaNot released565688788789RV10RV

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

  1. "Jonathan Winder returns to Pepperdine as head coach". The Malibu Times. June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Pepperdine Waves". Pepperdinewaves.com.
  4. ^ "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
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