2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball tournament

The 2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 14 through April 21, 2018 at campus sites. The winner received The Federation's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	7
Site	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
Champions	BYU (7th title)
Winning coach	Shawn Olmstead (2nd title)
MVP	Brenden Sander (BYU)
Attendance	3,017
Television	BYUtv, SportsLive
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2018 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 BYU ‍†‍‡‍y	10	–	2		.833			22	–	7		.759
No. 3 UCLA ‍‍‍y	9	–	3		.750			26	–	8		.765
No. 8 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			15	–	8		.652
No. 13 Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			16	–	15		.516
No. 14 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			18	–	11		.621
USC  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			8	–	20		.286
Stanford  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			6	–	20		.231
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of May 5, 2018 Rankings from AVCA

Seeds

All seven teams were eligible for the postseason, with the #1 seed receiving a bye to the semifinals and home court hosting rights for the semifinals and championship. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1[1]	BYU	10–2	–
2	UCLA	9–3	–
3	Pepperdine	8–4	–
4	Concordia Irvine	5–7	–
5	Grand Canyon	4–8	–
6	USC	3–9	USC 2–0 vs. Stanford
7	Stanford	3–9	Stanford 0–2 vs. USC

Schedule and results

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 14
7:00 pm Sports Live	No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Stanford	3–0 (25–19, 25–15, 25–18)	836	No commentary
	No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 6 USC	3–1 (25–22, 19–25, 26–24, 25–18)	1,027	Al Epstein
	No. 4 Concordia Irvine vs. No. 5 Grand Canyon	3–0 (25–20, 25–21, 25–23)	600	Jon O'Neill
Semifinals – Thursday, April 19
4:30 pm Sports Live	No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 4 Concordia Irvine	3–1 (26–28, 25–21, 26–24, 25–18)	440	Robbie Bullough
7:00 pm BYUtv/Sports Live	No. 1 BYU vs. No. 6 USC	3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–22)	2,071	Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm BYUtv/Sports Live	No. 1 BYU vs. No. 2 UCLA	3–1 (17–25, 25–21, 25–18, 25–21)	3,017	Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail, & Lauren McClain
Game times are PT for the quarterfinals and MT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, April 14					Semifinals Thursday, April 19 Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT					Championship Saturday, April 21 Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
	1	BYU
		(bye)
						1	BYU	3
						6	USC	0
	3	Pepperdine	1
	6	USC	3
											1	BYU	3
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	UCLA	1
	2	UCLA	3
	7	Stanford	0
						2	UCLA	3
						4	Concordia Irvine	1
	4	Concordia Irvine	3
	5	Grand Canyon	0

References

1. "No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.