# 2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team

The 2023 Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball team represented Stanford University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cardinal, led by seventeenth year head coach John Kosty, played their home games split between Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center and Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish third in the MPSF preseason poll.

## Season highlights

* Will be filled in as the season progresses.

## Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:
    All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or streamed on Pac-12+ Stanford's streaming page. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.
| Date time | Opponent | Rank $^{(tournamentseed)}$ | Arena city (tournament) | Television | Score | Attendance | Record (MPSF record) |
| 1/6 7 p.m. | St. Francis | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–1 (25–16, 25–16, 21–25, 25–22) | 306 | 1–0 |
| 1/7 5 p.m. | St. Francis | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–2 (25–18, 23–25, 23–25, 25–21, 15–13) | 404 | 2–0 |
| 1/13 7 p.m. | #10 UC Santa Barbara | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–0 (25–16, 26-24, 25–18) | 596 | 3-0 |
| 1/14 5 p.m. | #10 UC Santa Barbara | #8 | Burham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–2 (20-25, 25-22, 24–26, 26-24, 15-12) | 585 | 4-0 |
| 1/20 5 p.m. | vs. #15 Lewis | #8 | Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) | Volleyball World TV | W 3–1 (24-26, 25-23, 25–20, 25-22) | 1,234 | 5-0 |
| 1/21 5 p.m. | vs. #4 Penn State | #8 | Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge) | Volleyball World TV | L 1-3 (18-25, 17-25, 25–20, 23-25) | 1,404 | 5-1 |
| 1/28 6 p.m. | @ UC Santa Cruz | #7 | Kaiser Permanente Arena Santa Cruz, CA | YouTube | W 3–0 (25-21, 25-22, 25–20) | 388 | 6-1 |
| 2/3 5 p.m. | @ CSUN | #6 | Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA | ESPN+ | L 2-3 (25-21, 24-26, 25–22, 18-25, 13-15) | 425 | 6-2 |
| 2/4 1 p.m. | @ The Master's | #6 | The MacArthur Center Santa Clarita, CA | GSAC SN | W 3–0 (25-23, 25-21, 25–18) | 0 | 7-2 |
| 2/10 7 p.m. | #1 Hawai'i | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 24-26) | 1,703 | 7-3 |
| 2/11 6 p.m. | #1 Hawai'i | #8 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (25-27, 19-25, 19-25) | 1,336 | 7-4 |
| 2/17 7 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine* | #9 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (19-25, 16-25, 22-25) | 532 | 7-5 (0-1) |
| 2/18 5 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12 BAY | W 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12) | 868 | 8-5 (1-1) |
| 2/24 7 p.m. | @ #13 USC* | #9 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-1 (25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20) | 392 | 9-5 (2-1) |
| 2/26 4 p.m. | @ #13 USC* | #9 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12, P12 LA | L 2-3' (19-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22, 15-17) | 559 | 9-6 (2-2) |
| 3/3 5 p.m. | #14 CSUN | #10 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (20-25, 23-25, 24-26) | 436 | 9-7 |
| 3/4 3 p.m. | #6 UC Irvine | #10 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (17-25, 23-25, 22-25) | 793 | 9-8 |
| 3/17 7 p.m. | #3 UCLA* | #10 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (12-25, 12-25, 12-25) | 839 | 9-9 (2-3) |
| 3/18 5 p.m. | #3 UCLA* | #10 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3' (18-25, 21-25, 20-25) | 908 | 9-10 (2-4) |
| 3/31 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0' (25-14, 25-18, 25-15) | 296 | 10-10 (3-4) |
| 4/1 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-20) | 412 | 11-10 (4-4) |
| 4/7 7 p.m. | #6 Grand Canyon* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20) | 612 | 12-10 (5-4) |
| 4/8 6 p.m. | #6 Grand Canyon* | #9 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-2 (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-10) | 724 | 13-10 (6-4) |
| 4/14 6 p.m. | @ #6 BYU* | #8 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | L 1-3 (20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 24-26) | 4,358 | 13-11 (6-5) |
| 4/15 6 p.m. | @ #6 BYU* | #8 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | L 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 19-25) | | 13-12 (6-6) |
| 4/19 5:35 p.m. | #12 USC $^{(6)}$ | #8 $^{(3)}$ | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Quarterfinal) | FloVolleyball | W 3-0 (21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-15) | 706 | 14-12 |
| 4/20 7:05 p.m. | #6 BYU $^{(2)}$ | #8 $^{(3)}$ | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Semifinal) | FloVolleyball | W 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12) | 617 | 15-12 |
| 4/22 6:05 p.m. | #2 UCLA $^{(1)}$ | #8 $^{(3)}$ | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Championship) | FloVolleyball | | | |
    *-Indicates conference match.
    Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

## Announcers for televised games

* St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Troy Clardy
* St. Francis: Tim Swartz & Jordan Watkins
* UC Santa Barbara: Troy Clardy
* UC Santa Barbara: Ted Enberg
* Lewis: Rob Espero & Bill Walton
* Penn State: Rob Espero & Bill Walton
* UC Santa Cruz:
* CSUN:
* The Master's:
* Hawai'i:
* Hawai'i:
* Pepperdine:
* Pepperdine:
* USC:
* USC:
* CSUN:
* UC Irvine:
* UCLA:
* UCLA:
* Concordia Irvine:
* Concordia Irvine:
* Grand Canyon:
* Grand Canyon:
* BYU:
* BYU:
* MPSF Quarterfinal:

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AVCA Coaches | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Off the Block Media | Not released | Not released | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 9 | RV | | 10 |
^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.