2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team

2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	15–12 (6–6 MPSF)
Head coach	John Kosty (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Ken Shibuya (17th season); Daniel Rasay (10th season);
Home arena	Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center; Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team represented Stanford University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinal, led by seventeenth year head coach John Kosty, played their home games split between Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center and Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll.^[1]

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
v t e	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 y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

>2023 Stanford Cardinal roster^[2]

Defensive specialist/libero

2 Justin Lui - Senior
3 Matt Martinez - Junior

Middle blockers

1 Adam Chang - Senior
9 Ethan Hill - Junior
16 Nathaniel Gates - Senior
22 Luke McFall - Freshman

Outside hitters

4 Aidan Peters - Junior
5 Alex Rottman - Freshman
7 Theo Snoey - Freshman
10 Kevin Lamp - Senior
15 Will Rottman - Senior
17 Ryan DuRoss - Freshman

Opposite hitters

6 Luke Turner - Junior
14 Moses Wagner - Freshman
24 Hunter Dickey - Graduate

Setters

11 Chris Kelly - Junior
12 Nathan Lietzke - Senior
23 Theoren Brouillette - Freshman

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)
1/6 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:
Hawai'i:
Pepperdine:
Pepperdine:
USC:
USC:
CSUN:
UC Irvine:
UCLA:
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Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon:
BYU:
BYU:
MPSF Quarterfinal:

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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	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.

[1] "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[2] "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Stanford Athletics". Stanford Athletics.

[Key_men's_matches-3] "NCAA volleyball: Key men's matches on tap, including First Point Challenge". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[4] "Courtside for Stanford Opener". Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[5] "Jordan Watkins on the call for Game 2". Twitter. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

[6] "A Measuring Stick Match". Twitter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[Texas_Tussle-7] "Can't Wait to See "Texas Tussle"". Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

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