2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team

The 2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball team represents Concordia University Irvine in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Riley Salmon,^[2] play their home games at CU Arena. The Eagles are members of the MPSF and were picked to finish seventh in the MPSF preseason poll.^[3]

2023 Concordia Eagles men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	8–19 (2–10 MPSF)
Head coach	Riley Salmon^[1] (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Chris Seiffert (1st season)
Home arena	CU Arena
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

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 January 23, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Roster

2023 Concordia Eagles roster^[4]
	Defensive specialist/libero 6 Jacob Reilly - Freshman 8 Cruse Ae'a -   Sophomore 14 Danny Smithers - Sophomore Middle blockers 1 Max McCullough - Sophomore 2 Gil Herold - Senior 10 Viktor Berg - Sophomore 12 Mason Mullins -   Senior 16 Cole Vigo - Graduate 19 Dylan Friedl - Freshman 27 Marc Kramer - Junior 31 Wolf Beeuwsaert - Sophomore		Outside hitters 3 Connor Dell - Freshman 4 Buddy Mulder - Freshman 11 Kobe Kiley - Sophomore 18 Gage Doble - Freshman 20 Liam Roberts -   Sophomore 21 Hunter Brandenburg - Freshman 22 Johnny Anselmo -   Sophomore 26 Riley Gapp -Freshman 30 Slater Fuhrman - Sophomore 42 Scott Montez - Freshman		Opposite hitters 3 Connor Dell - Freshman 26 Riley Gapp -Freshman 32 Asa Holmes - Freshman 35 Uriel Batista - Senior Setters 5 Christian Oviedo -   Junior 7 Makai Lipson - Sophomore 9 Keegan Au Yuen - Freshman 13 Gehrig Tolman - Freshman 23 Nathan Biteau - Graduate

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on EagleEye streaming page, powered by Stretch Internet. 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)
1/3 7 p.m.	Keyano		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (30–28, 25–23, 25–14)	105	1–0
1/11 7 p.m.	Vanguard		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25-23, 25–22, 25–21)	77	2–0
1/18 5 p.m.	Princeton		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 1–3 (23-25, 26-28, 25–19, 17-25)	117	2-1
1/19 7 p.m.	Menlo		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–1 (24-26, 25–17, 25–23, 25-17)	78	3-1
1/20 7 p.m.	@ #7 UC Irvine		Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 0–3 (21-25, 18-25, 16–25)	702	3-2
1/21 7 p.m.	#7 UC Irvine		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0–3 (17-25, 20-25, 7–25)	112	3-3
2/2 7 p.m.	#12 Loyola Chicago		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–1 (25-22, 25–16, 22–25, 25-21)	120	4-3
2/9 7 p.m.	Benedictine Mesa		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 2-3 (16-25, 25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 11-15)	94	4-4
2/10 7 p.m.	The Master's		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 1-3 (25-19, 21-25, 26-28, 19-25)	187	4-5
2/16 9 p.m.	@ #1 Hawai'i		Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	ESPN+	L 1-3 (14-25, 25-22, 15-25, 23-25)	4,920	4-6
2/17 9 p.m.	@ #1 Hawai'i		Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	ESPN+	L 0-3 (20-25, 19-25, 19-25)	5,381	4-7
2/21 7 p.m.	UC San Diego		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21)	126	5-7
2/24 7 p.m.	#8 BYU*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0-3 (18-25, 19-25, 18-25)	323	5-8 (0-1)
2/25 7 p.m.	#8 BYU*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 2-3 (26-24, 24-26, 25-19, 29-31, 12-15)	421	5-9 (0-2)
3/1 7 p.m.	@ #2 UCLA*		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	P12+ UCLA	L 0-3 (16-25, 16-25, 14-25)	798	5-10 (0-3)
3/3 7 p.m.	#2 UCLA*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0-3 (15-25, 19-25, 16-25)	82	5-11 (0-4)
3/4 2 p.m.	#3 Penn State		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 0-3 (19-25, 38-40, 20-25)	111	5-12
3/15 7 p.m.	Daemen		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-22)	182	6-12
3/24 7 p.m.	@ #5 Grand Canyon*		GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+	W 3-2 (25-23, 25-23, 25-27, 12-25, 15-9)	756	7-12 (1-4)
3/25 7 p.m.	@ #5 Grand Canyon*		GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+	L 0-3 (35-37, 22-25, 16-25)	812	7-13 (1-5)
3/31 7 p.m.	@ #9 Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3 (14-25, 18-25, 15-25)	296	7-14 (1-6)
4/1 7 p.m.	@ #9 Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	P12+ STAN	L 0-3 (21-25, 16-25, 20-25)	412	7-15 (1-7)
4/6 7 p.m.	#8 Pepperdine*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-17, 26-24)	81	8-15 (2-7)
4/8 6 p.m.	@ #8 Pepperdine*		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA	WavesCast	L 0-3 (25-27, 18-25, 22-25)	451	8-16 (2-8)
4/13 7 p.m.	#13 USC*		CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	L 2-3 (20-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 12-15)	113	8-17 (2-9)
4/15 7 p.m.	@ #13 USC*		Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	P12+ USC	L 0-3 (22-25, 15-25, 21-25)	304	8-18 (2-10)
4/19 3:05 p.m.	#6 BYU ^(2)	^(7)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal)	FloVolleyball	L 1-3 (25-20, 23-25, 18-25, 15-25)	505	8-19

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Keyano: Jon O'Neill
• Vanguard: Jeff Runyan
• Princeton: Jeff Runyan
• Menlo: Jeff Runyan
• UC Irvine: Robbie Loya & Charlie Brande
• UC Irvine: Jeff Runyan
• Loyola Chicago:
• Benedictine Mesa:
• Master's:
• Hawai'i:
• Hawai'i:
• UC San Diego:
• BYU:
• BYU:
• UCLA:
• UCLA:
• Penn State:
• Daemen:
• Grand Canyon:
• Grand Canyon:
• Stanford:
• Stanford:
• Pepperdine:
• Pepperdine:
• USC:
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• MPSF Quarterfinal:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: 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															RV
Off the Block Media	Not released

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

References

1. "Salmon departs Jamestown to become Concordia-Irvine head coach". Off the Block. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
2. "Travers Cox named new UJ men's volleyball coach". Jamestown Sun. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
3. "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
4. "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Concordia Irvine Athletics". Concordia Irvine Athletics.