2020 Men's Volleyball
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22020020 MMEN’SEN’S VVOLLEYBALLOLLEYBALL FFIVE-TIMEIVE-TIME NNCAACAA CCHAMPIONS:HAMPIONS: 11978,978, 11985,985, 11986,986, 11992,992, 22005005 WWAVESAVES AATT SSTANFORDTANFORD & BBYUYU 2020 SCHEDULE February 4, 2020 1/5 Cal Lutheran W 3-0 MALIBU, California — The #8 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team 1/14 at Daemen W 3-0 begins defense of its 2019 Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation title with 1/15 vs. Harvard W 3-1 a pair of road matches at #13 Stanford and #2 BYU. 1/17 at #13 George Mason L 1-3 MATCH #6 — Thursday (February 6) at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, 1/25 at #4 Long Beach State L 1-3 California: #8 Pepperdine (3-2, 0-0) at #13 Stanford (4-4, 0-1) at 7 p.m. 2/6 * at #13 Stanford 7 p.m. MATCH #7 — Saturday (February 8) at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, 2/8 * at #2 BYU 5 p.m. MT Utah: #13 Pepperdine at #2 BYU (10-0, 0-0, hosts UCLA on Thursday) 2/12 * Concordia-Irvine 7 p.m. at 5 p.m. MT / 4 p.m. PT. 2/14 * USC 7 p.m. WATCH/ONLINE — Stanford will stream Thursday’s match through 2/21 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. the Pac-12, while BYUtv will air Saturday’s match. Links to broadcasts and/or live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com. 2/23 * at Grand Canyon 2 p.m. MT 2/26 UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. OPPONENTS — Pepperdine is 57-27 all-time against Stanford and has won fi ve in a 3/6 Saint Francis 7 p.m. row and eight of the last 10. The Waves have won fi ve straight matches at Stanford ... Pepperdine is 36-32 all-time against BYU. Pepperdine won two of the three meetings last 3/11 Jamestown 7 p.m. year. The Waves’ last victory in Provo came in 2016. 3/13 * UCLA 7 p.m. 3/15 Harvard 5 p.m. LAST WEEK — The Waves were off last week, but in their last match on January 25, they suff ered a four-set loss to defending national champion Long Beach State on a night that 3/17 Hawai’i 7 p.m. the Beach raised the championship banner. Ben Weinberg had 14 kills and Diego Perez 3/21 NJIT 5 p.m. had 11 digs. The Waves were outhit .318 to .262. 3/25 * at UCLA 7 p.m. NEW LOOK — After graduating the bulk of last year’s lineup, the Waves have a much 3/27 * Grand Canyon 7 p.m. diff erent look in 2020. 73.8% of the kills so far have been recorded by players not in last 4/2 * at USC 7 p.m. year’s lineup, and 51.9% of have been made by players in their fi rst year on the court for Pepperdine (including redshirts and transfers). 4/4 * at Concordia-Irvine 7 p.m. 4/9 * BYU 7 p.m. 50 SEASONS — This is the 50th season for Pepperdine men’s volleyball — which began in 1971 — and the program’s rich history will be celebrated throughout this spring’s 4/11 * Stanford 5 p.m. schedule. All Pepperdine men’s volleyball alums will be welcomed back for the March * MPSF contest 15 match vs. Harvard. The Waves will also celebrate each decade at various matches, Home matches in bold beginning with the 1970s on February 12 vs. Concordia. The others are February 26 vs. UCSB (1980s), March 11 vs. Jamestown (1990s), March 21 vs. NJIT (2000s) and April 11 vs. Stanford (2010s). @PeppVolleyball NEXT — After more than a month without a match in Firestone Fieldhouse, the Waves fi nally get to play in front of the home crowd next week against #14 Concordia (Wednesday, February 12) and USC (Friday, February 14). /PeppVolleyball LAST MATCH’S STARTING LINEUP peppmvb # Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown Stats 4 Ben Weinberg OH 6-4 So. Danville, Calif. 2.53 kills/set, 0.59 aces/set ATHLETIC 5 Noah Dyer OH 6-5 Sr. San Clemente, Calif. 2.89 kills/set, 0.50 aces/set 9 Diego Perez L 6-0 Fr.* Irvine, Calif. 2.28 digs/set COMMUNICATIONS 11 JT Martin MB 6-6 Fr.* Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 1.06 kills/set, 0.89 blocks/set Roger Horne 12 Jacob Steele OPP 6-8 Fr.* Trabuco Canyon, Calif. 2.94 kills/set, 0.71 blocks/set [email protected] 18 Robert Mullahey S 6-4 Sr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. 7.78 assists/set, 1.22 digs/set Offi ce: 310-506-4455 Cell: 805-279-4551 20 Austin Wilmot MB 6-10 Jr.* Valley Village, Calif. 1.61 kills/set, 0.94 blocks/set 2020 HONORS — Diego Perez was named MPSF Defensive Player of the Week on January 20 after averaging a team-best 2.18 digs/set in the Waves’ three-match East Coast trip. ROSTER NUMBERS — Pepperdine returns three starters from a year ago. Setter Rob Mullahey earned AVCA All-American honorable mention status, and Noah Dyer and Spencer Wickens were co-starters in a two-libero setup. QUICK FACTS Location ..............................Malibu, Calif. 90263 The Waves graduated fi ve starters: two outside hitters, two middle blockers and the Founded ................1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) opposite, three of whom earned All-American acclaim. The Waves’ seven returning Enrollment ............ 8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) letterwinners account for 3% of last year’s kill total. Nickname................................................. Waves Colors ......................................Blue and Orange Pepperdine’s roster consists of two seniors, three juniors, six sophomores, four redshirt Conference ...................................... West Coast freshmen and six true freshmen. President ....................................James A. Gash Athletic Director ..........................Dr. Steve Potts MULLAHEY — Senior setter Rob Mullahey is eighth all-time in assists (2,154) at Athletic Department phone ........ (310) 506-4150 Ticket Offi ce phone ...................(866) WAVE-TIX Pepperdine. Next on the list is John Mayer (2,885). The 2019 AVCA All-American honorable mention selection has led the MPSF in assists each of the last two seasons. MEN’S VOLLEYBALL COACHES He’s been named to the 2020 Lloy Ball Award watch list (for the nation’s top setter) by Off the Block. Head Coach...................................... David Hunt year ..............................................3rd season alma mater ......................................UCLA ‘08 AVCA POLL — Pepperdine opened the 2020 season at #9 in the AVCA rankings. The career record (entering 2020) .......38-15 (2 years) Waves have been as high as #8, where they stand this week. Last season, they stayed Associate Head Coach ....................Paul Carroll between #6 (where they started) and #3 (where they fi nished) the entire year. alma mater .............................Pepperdine ‘09 Assistant Coach........................Matthew Pollock MPSF — The Waves were picked fourth in the MPSF preseason coaches poll. The order alma mater .............................Pepperdine ‘12 went as follows: BYU, UCLA, Stanford, Pepperdine, USC and Grand Canyon (tied), and Director of Operations .............Haley Thompson Concordia. Head Coach Emeritus ...................Marv Dunphy MEN’S VOLLEYBALL HISTORY 2019 SEASON — The Waves enjoyed their best season in a decade and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the fi rst time since 2008, where they reached the First Year .................................................... 1971 semifi nals. Pepperdine won both the MPSF regular-season title (its fi rst since 2014, and seasons ...................................................... 49 its fi rst outright since 2007) and the MPSF Tournament title (its fi rst since 2008). Four All-Time Record* (entering 2020) ................813-389 All-Time MPSF Record* (entering 2020) .....365-180 Waves were named All-Americans, including David Wieczorek, who made the fi rst team NCAA Championships ......................................5 and repeated as MPSF Player of the Year. Pepperdine fi nished 23-7 overall, 9-3 in the years ..............1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005 MPSF, and with a fi nal ranking of #3 by the AVCA. 2019 Overall Record....................................23-7 PEPPERDINE VOLLEYBALL — Pepperdine has won fi ve NCAA men’s volleyball 2019 MPSF Record ...............................9-3 (1st) championships, second only to UCLA. Coaching legend Marv Dunphy stepped down 2019 Postseason ....................MPSF champions after the 2017 season. He won four of the NCAA titles, plus 612* matches over his ..........................................NCAA semifi nalist 2019 Final Ranking........................................3rd 34 years with the Waves. Pepperdine has won 16* regular-season or tournament Starters Returning/Lost....................... 1+libero/5 conference titles. The Waves have fi nished in the top six in the fi nal AVCA poll in 18 of Letterwinners Returning/Lost....................... 7/10 the last 23 seasons, and in the top 10 in 22 of the last 23 years. A Pepperdine alum has competed at the Olympics every time since 1984 (Sean Rooney was the most recent to FACILITY medal, winning gold in 2008). Home Venue .....................Firestone Fieldhouse court ................................Marv Dunphy Court ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic capacity .................................................3,104 department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won opened ......................................1974 season NCAA Division I championships in fi ve diff erent men’s sports — one of just 18 schools all-time record* (entering 2020) ...............439-131 to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affi liated with a “major” conference. The Waves have * — Pepperdine vacated all wins (66) and one loss from the 2008 through 2011 seasons, as well as one won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine MPSF Tournament championship (2008) and one has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason NCAA Tournament appearance (2008), as a result success that’s given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011- of NCAA sanctions against the University.