2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team
American college volleyball season
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Conference | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation |
Record | 15–12 (6–6 MPSF) |
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Home arena | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Maples Pavilion |
Seasons ← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team represents Stanford University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinal, led by seventeenth year head coach John Kosty, play their home games split between Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center and Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll.[1]
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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
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Season highlights
- Will be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster
>2023 Stanford Cardinal roster[2] | ||||||
Defensive specialist/libero
Middle blockers
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Setters
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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) |
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1/6 7 p.m. | St. Francis | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–1 (25–16, 25–16, 21–25, 25–22) | 306 | 1–0 |
1/7 5 p.m. | St. Francis | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–2 (25–18, 23–25, 23–25, 25–21, 15–13) | 404 | 2–0 |
1/13 7 p.m. | #10 UC Santa Barbara | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–0 (25–16, 26-24, 25–18) | 596 | 3-0 |
1/14 5 p.m. | #10 UC Santa Barbara | #8 | Burham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–2 (20-25, 25-22, 24–26, 26-24, 15-12) | 585 | 4-0 |
1/20 5 p.m. | vs. #15 Lewis[3] | #8 | Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) | Volleyball World TV | W 3–1 (24-26, 25-23, 25–20, 25-22) | 1,234 | 5-0 |
1/21 5 p.m. | vs. #4 Penn State[3] | #8 | Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) | Volleyball World TV | L 1-3 (18-25, 17-25, 25–20, 23-25) | 1,404 | 5-1 |
1/28 6 p.m. | @ UC Santa Cruz | #7 | Kaiser Permanente Arena Santa Cruz, CA | YouTube | W 3–0 (25-21, 25-22, 25–20) | 388 | 6-1 |
2/3 5 p.m. | @ CSUN | #6 | Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA | ESPN+ | L 2-3 (25-21, 24-26, 25–22, 18-25, 13-15) | 425 | 6-2 |
2/4 1 p.m. | @ The Master's | #6 | The MacArthur Center Santa Clarita, CA | GSAC SN | W 3–0 (25-23, 25-21, 25–18) | 0 | 7-2 |
2/10 7 p.m. | #1 Hawai'i | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 24-26) | 1,703 | 7-3 |
2/11 6 p.m. | #1 Hawai'i | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (25-27, 19-25, 19-25) | 1,336 | 7-4 |
2/17 7 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine* | #9 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (19-25, 16-25, 22-25) | 532 | 7-5 (0-1) |
2/18 5 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12 BAY | W 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12) | 868 | 8-5 (1-1) |
2/24 7 p.m. | @ #13 USC* | #9 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-1 (25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20) | 392 | 9-5 (2-1) |
2/26 4 p.m. | @ #13 USC* | #9 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12, P12 LA | L 2-3' (19-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22, 15-17) | 559 | 9-6 (2-2) |
3/3 5 p.m. | #14 CSUN | #10 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (20-25, 23-25, 24-26) | 436 | 9-7 |
3/4 3 p.m. | #6 UC Irvine | #10 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (17-25, 23-25, 22-25) | 793 | 9-8 |
3/17 7 p.m. | #3 UCLA* | #10 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (12-25, 12-25, 12-25) | 839 | 9-9 (2-3) |
3/18 5 p.m. | #3 UCLA* | #10 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (18-25, 21-25, 20-25) | 908 | 9-10 (2-4) |
3/31 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0' (25-14, 25-18, 25-15) | 296 | 10-10 (3-4) |
4/1 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-20) | 412 | 11-10 (4-4) |
4/7 7 p.m. | #6 Grand Canyon* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20) | 612 | 12-10 (5-4) |
4/8 6 p.m. | #6 Grand Canyon* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-2 (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-10) | 724 | 13-10 (6-4) |
4/14 6 p.m. | @ #6 BYU* | #8 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | L 1-3 (20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 24-26) | 4,358 | 13-11 (6-5) |
4/15 6 p.m. | @ #6 BYU* | #8 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | L 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 19-25) | 13-12 (6-6) | |
4/19 5:35 p.m. | #12 USC (6) | #8 (3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal) | FloVolleyball | W 3-0 (21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-15) | 706 | 14-12 |
4/20 7:05 p.m. | #6 BYU (2) | #8 (3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Semifinal) | FloVolleyball | W 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12) | 617 | 15-12 |
4/22 6:05 p.m. | #2 UCLA (1) | #8 (3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Championship) | FloVolleyball |
- *-Indicates conference match.
- Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.
Announcers for televised games
- St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Troy Clardy[4]
- St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Jordan Watkins[5]
- UC Santa Barbara: Troy Clardy[6]
- UC Santa Barbara: Ted Enberg
- Lewis: Rob Espero & Bill Walton[7]
- Penn State: Rob Espero & Bill Walton[7]
- UC Santa Cruz:
- CSUN:
- The Master's:
- Hawai'i:
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- Pepperdine:
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- USC:
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- UC Irvine:
- UCLA:
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- Concordia Irvine:
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- Grand Canyon:
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- BYU:
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- MPSF Quarterfinal:
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AVCA Coaches | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Off the Block Media | Not released | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 9 | RV | 10 |
^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.
References
- ^ "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.
- ^ a b "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "Courtside for Stanford Opener". Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ^ "Jordan Watkins on the call for Game 2". Twitter. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "A Measuring Stick Match". Twitter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2023.