# 2023 UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team

The 2023 UCLA men's volleyball team represented University of California, Los Angeles in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Bruins, led by eleventh year head coach John Speraw, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion and the John Wooden Center (when basketball has the use of Pauley Pavilion). The Bruins were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish first in the MPSF preseason poll.

## Season highlights

* Ethan Champlin won the National Outside Attacker of the Week award for Week 0 games.

## Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:
    All home games will be televised on Pac-12 Network or Pac-12+. 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) |
| 1/5 5:30 p.m. | vs. CSUN | #2 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (UCSB Asics Invitational) | | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–21, 25–18) | 146 | 1–0 |
| 1/6 3 p.m. | vs. UC San Diego | #2 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (UCSB Asics Invitational) | | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–16, 25–14) | 115 | 2–0 |
| 1/7 8 p.m. | @ #7 UC Santa Barbara | #2 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (UCSB Asics Invitational) | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (26–24, 25–16, 25–14) | 422 | 3–0 |
| 1/13 6 p.m. | Princeton | #2 | John Wooden Center Los Angeles, CA | P12+ UCLA | W 3–1 (22-25, 25–18, 25–20, 25-14) | 721 | 4-0 |
| 1/20 7 p.m. | #12 UC Santa Barbara | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12+ UCLA | W 3–0 (32-30, 25–17, 25–21) | 950 | 5-0 |
| 1/21 7 p.m. | UC San Diego | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3–0 (25-15, 25–23, 25–18) | 923 | 6-0 |
| 1/27 7 p.m. | @ CSUN | #2 | Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25-18, 25–16, 26–24) | 507 | 7-0 |
| 1/31 5 p.m. | @ George Mason | #2 | Recreation Athletic Complex Fairfax, VA | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25-15, 25–21, 25-19) | 455 | 8-0 |
| 2/3 1 p.m. | vs. #13 Ohio State | #2 | Rec Hall University Park, PA (Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge) | | W 3–1 (25-22, 25–20, 23-25, 25-23) | | 9-0 |
| 2/4 4 p.m. | @ #4 Penn State | #2 | Rec Hall University Park, PA (Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge) | B1G+ | L 1–3 (21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 17-25) | 0 | 9-1 |
| 2/9 8 p.m. | #2 Long Beach State | #4 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20) | 2,245 | 10-1 |
| 2/10 7 p.m. | @ #2 Long Beach State | #4 | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23) | 4,138 | 11-1 |
| 2/17 7 p.m. | #8 BYU* | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) | 1,432 | 12-1 (1-0) |
| 2/18 5 p.m. | #8 BYU* | #2 | John Wooden Center Los Angeles, CA | P12+ UCLA | W 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-18) | 1,012 | 13-1 (2-0) |
| 2/24 7 p.m. | @ #6 UC Irvine | #2 | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-1 (17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-16) | 2,411 | 14-1 |
| 2/26 5 p.m. | #6 UC Irvine | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12+ UCLA | W 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-16, 27-25) | 1,306 | 15-1 |
| 3/1 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #2 | Pauley Pavlion Los Angeles, CA | P12+ UCLA | W 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-14) | 798 | 16-1 (3-0) |
| 3/3 7 p.m. | @ Concordia Irvine* | #2 | CU Arena Irvine, CA | EagleEye | W 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-16) | 82 | 17-1 (4-0) |
| 3/9 7 p.m. | vs. #3 Penn State | #2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball invitational) | | W 3-2 (25-20, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 15-10) | 0 | 18-1 |
| 3/10 7 p.m. | Purdue Fort Wayne | #2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) | | W 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-16) | 0 | 19-1 |
| 3/11 10 p.m. | @ #1 Hawai'i | #2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) | ESPN+ | L 1-3 (27-29, 25-21, 22-25, 26-28) | 10,300 | 19-2 |
| 3/17 5 p.m. | @ #10 Stanford* | #3 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-12) | 839 | 20-2 (5-0) |
| 3/18 5 p.m. | @ #10 Stanford* | #3 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-20) | 908 | 21-2 (6-0) |
| 3/31 6 p.m. | @ #5 Grand Canyon* | #2 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-1 (29-31, 27-25, 25-20, 25-13) | 1,821 | 22-2 (7-0) |
| 4/1 6 p.m. | @ #5 Grand Canyon* | #2 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (30-28, 25-21, 25-19) | 1,563 | 23-2 (8-0) |
| 4/6 7 p.m. | #12 USC* | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-22) | 3,072 | 24–2 (9-0) |
| 4/8 7 p.m. | @ #12 USC* | #2 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) | 1,614 | 25–2 (10-0) |
| 4/13 7 p.m. | @ #9 Pepperdine* | #2 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | WCC Net | W 3-1 (30-32, 21-25, 23-25, 23-25) | 817 | 26–2 (11-0) |
| 4/15 7 p.m. | #9 Pepperdine* | #2 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | P12 LA | W 3-1 (26-28, 25-20, 25-16, 25-15) | 3,345 | 27–2 (12-0) |
| 4/19 4:30 p.m. | #7 Grand Canyon $^{(4)}$ | #2 $^{(1)}$ | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Semifinal) | FloVolleyball | W 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-20) | 457 | 28-2 |
| 4/22 6:05 p.m. | @ #8 Stanford $^{(3)}$ | #2 $^{(1)}$ | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Championship) | FloVolleyball | W 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23) | 1,721 | 29-2 |
| 5/4 2 p.m. | #4 Long Beach State | #2 $^{(1)}$ | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA (NCAA Semifinal) | NCAA.com | W 3–0 (25–16, 25-14, 25-19) | | 30-2 |
| 5/6 2 p.m. | #1 Hawai'i $^{(2)}$ | #2 $^{(1)}$ | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA (NCAA Championship) | ESPN2 | W 3–1 (28-26, 31-33, 25-21, 25-21) | 6,942 | 31-2 |
    *-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
    Times listed are Pacific Time Zone. Rank – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men's Division I-II Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

## Announcers for televised games

* UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
* Princeton: Denny Cline
* UC Santa Barbara: Denny Cline
* UC San Diego:
* CSUN:
* George Mason:
* Ohio State:
* Penn State:
* Long Beach State:
* Long Beach State:
* BYU:
* BYU: Denny Cline
* UC Irvine:
* UC Irvine:
* Concordia Irvine:
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* Hawai'i:
* Stanford:
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* Grand Canyon:
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* USC:
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* Pepperdine:
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* MPSF Tournament:

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Off the Block Media | Not released | Not released | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
* The media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

## Awards and honors

* Will be filled in as the season progresses.