2023 NCAA men's volleyball tournament

The 2023 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament was the 52nd edition of the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament began with three opening rounds matches. The entire tournament was hosted by the George Mason University from April 30 to May 6, 2023, at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.^[1]

2023 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	April 30- May 6
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	UCLA (20th title)
Runner-up	Hawai'i
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Attendance	14,773 (2,462 per match)
Most Outstanding Player	Alex Knight (UCLA)
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All opening round matches were streamed on ESPN+. The semifinals were live on NCAA.com. ESPN2 has the National Championship on May 6 with ESPN+ simulcasting it. ESPN3 carried a Spanish language broadcast of the Championship for the first time in the Men's Tourney history.^[2]

The UCLA Bruins defeated Hawai'i to win the program's 20th national title. The win secured John Speraw his fourth national title as a head coach but his first national title at UCLA. He previously won 3 as head coach at UC Irvine.^[3] With the win, the Bruins have 121 NCAA National Championships, second only to Stanford.^[4]

Bids

The tournament field was announced on NCAA.com Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 1 p.m. EDT.

School	Conference	Record	Berth	Source
Hawai'i	Big West	28-2	Tournament champions	[5][6]
King	Conference Carolinas	16–15	Tournament champions	[5][7]
Penn State	EIVA	26–3	Tournament champions	[5][8]
Ohio State	MIVA	22–9	Tournament champions	[5][9]
UCLA	MPSF	29–2	Tournament champions	[5][10]
Long Beach State	Big West	20–4	At–Large	[11]
Grand Canyon	MPSF	20–7	At–Large	[11][12]

Schedule and results

All times Eastern.^[13]

Match	Time	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters	Referees
Opening Round – Sunday, April 30[14]
1	6:00 p.m.	Ohio State vs. King	3–0 (25–20, 25–16, 36–34)[15][16]	1,910	Rob Espero & Jay Hosack	Ron Pelham, Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 2
2	5:00 p.m.	Long Beach State vs. Grand Canyon	3–1 (22–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23)[17]	2,139	Rob Espero & Jay Hosack[18]	Devonie McLarty, Ron Pelham, Chad Zimmerman
3	7:30 p.m.	Penn State vs. Ohio State	3–1 (25–22, 24–26, 25–13, 26–24)[19][20]			Chad Zimmerman, Devonie McLarty, Ron Pelham
Semifinals – Thursday, May 4
4	5:00 p.m.	UCLA vs. Long Beach State	3–0 (25–16, 25–14, 25–19)[21]	3,782	Lincoln Rose & Jay Hosack[22]	Chad Zimmerman, Ron Pelham, Devonie McLarty
5	7:30 p.m.	Hawai'i vs. Penn State	3–2 (25–20, 25–23, 16–25, 23–25, 15–10)[23]			Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman, Ron Pelham
Championship – Saturday, May 6
6	5:00 p.m.	UCLA vs. Hawai'i	3–1 (28–26, 31–33, 25–21, 25–21)[24]	6,942	Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett (ESPN2) Rigoberto Plascencia & Alex Pombo (ESPN3 SAP)	Ron Pelham, Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman

Bracket

	Opening Round Sunday, April 30 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Tuesday, May 2 ESPN+					Semifinals Thursday, May 4 NCAA.com					Championship Saturday, May 6 ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN3 (SAP)
											1	UCLA	3
											4	Long Beach State	0
						4	Long Beach State	3
						5	Grand Canyon	1
																1	UCLA	3
																2	Hawai'i	1
											2	Hawai'i	3
											3	Penn State	2
						3	Penn State	3
	6	Ohio State	3			6	Ohio State	1
	7	King	0

All Tournament Team

• Jakob Thelle, Hawai’i
• Brett Wildman, Penn State
• Mason Briggs, Long Beach State
• Dimitrios Mouchlias, Hawai’i
• Ido David, UCLA
• Troy Gooch, UCLA
• Alex Knight, UCLA (Most Outstanding Player)

Source:^[25]

References

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2. "NCAA men's volleyball preview: Tourney begins with Ohio State vs. King". Volleyball Mag. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
3. "David, UCLA top Hawaii, win 20th NCAA men's volleyball title". Associated Press. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
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