The 2022 UCLA men's volleyball team represented

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in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's

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season. The Bruins, led by tenth year head coach John Speraw, played their home games at

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when basketball did not conflict with the home game schedule and at

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when basketball conflicted with the home game schedule. The Bruins were members of the

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and were picked to finish second in the MPSF preseason poll. UCLA hosted the MPSF tournament (April 20–23) and also the 2022 NCAA Championship at Pauley Pavilion. The 2022 NCAA Championship began on May 1 with an opening round match.

Season highlights

* The Bruins defeated rivals

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twice this season. * UCLA won the MPSF title by defeating Pepperdine 3–0 on April 9, 2022. * The team hosted the MPSF and NCAA Tournaments at

Roster

Schedule

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. Rank – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men's Division I-II Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Announcers for televised games

*Princeton
''Denny Cline''
*Ohio State: ''

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'' *Penn State: ''Denny Cline'' *CSUN: ''Denny Cline'' *Lewis: ''Denny Cline'' *UC Irvine
''Rob Espero''
& ''Charlie Brande'' *UC Irvine: ''Denny Cline'' *UC San Diego
''Bryan Fenley''
& '' Ricci Luyties'' *Long Beach State: ''Matt Brown'' & ''Matt Prosser'' *Long Beach State: ''Denny Cline'' *Concordia Irvine: ''Denny Cline'' *Concordia Irvine: ''Patience O'Neal'' *Grand Canyon: ''Denny Cline'' *Grand Canyon: ''Denny Cline'' *Stanford
''Tim Swartz''

''Ted Enberg''
*Stanford: ''Ted Enberg'' *USC: ''Anne Marie Anderson'' *USC: ''Anne Marie Anderson'' *Pepperdine: ''Al Epstein'' *Pepperdine: ''Jim Watson'' *BYU
''Jarom Jordan''''Steve Vail''

''Kiki Solano''
*BYU: ''Jarom Jordan'', ''Steve Vail'', & ''Kiki Solano'' *MPSF Tournament Semifinal- Stanford: ''Darren Preston'' *NCAA Opening Round- Pepperdine: ''Darren Preston'' *NCAA Semifinal: ''Brendan Gulick''

Rankings

Awards and honors

* March 14, 2022 – Merrick McHenry was the Co-National Middle Attacker of the Week by offtheblock.com and Kevin Kobrine was named the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week * April 4, 2022 – Miles Partain was named National Setter of the Week and Kevin Kobrine was the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week * April 11, 2022 – Miles Partain was named MPSF Player of the Week * April 18, 2022 – Ido David was named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week

References

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2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season 2022 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball season UCLA Bruins men's volleyball seasons