2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team

2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball
2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball
Big West regular season champion
Big West Championship Game, L 0–3 vs. Hawaii
NCAA Championship Game, L 0–3 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	21–6 (8–2 Big West)
Head coach	Alan Knipe (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Nick MacRae (10th season); McKay Smith (3rd season);
Home arena	Walter Pyramid
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team represented Long Beach State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. Led by head coach Alan Knipe in his nineteenth season, the team played its home games at Walter Pyramid. The Beach competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as co-champions in the Big West preseason poll.^[1]

ConferenceBig West Conference

Record21–6 (8–2 Big West)

Headcoach

Alan Knipe (19th season)

Assistant coaches

Nick MacRae (10th season)
McKay Smith (3rd season)

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2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	2	.800	21	–	6	.778
No. 1 Hawaii ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	3	.700	27	–	5	.844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	6	–	4	.600	19	–	9	.679
No. 10 UC San Diego ‍‍‍	5	–	5	.500	13	–	11	.542
No. 13 UC Irvine ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	10	–	15	.400
Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍	1	–	9	.100	6	–	15	.286

† – Conference champion ‡ – Big West tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from AVCA

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Date Time	Opponent	Rank	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (Big West Record)
1/7 4 p.m.	vs. Juniata	#5	DeGol Arena Loretta, PA	NEC Front Row	Cancelled- COVID-19
1/8 4:30 p.m.	@ St. Francis	#5	DeGol Arena Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	Cancelled- COVID-19
1/15 7 p.m.	Harvard	#5	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA		W 3–0 (25–18, 25–16, 25–23)	1,230	1–0
1/17 7 p.m.	Erskine	#5	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–15, 25–11)	753	2–0
1/21 5 p.m.	@ #7 Lewis	#5	Neil Carey Arena Romeoville, IL	GLVC SN	W 3–1 (25–22, 25–22, 24–26, 25–20)	50	3–0
1/22 5:30 p.m.	@ #9 Loyola Chicago	#5	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–22)	706	4–0
1/28 6 p.m.	#9 Ohio State	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA (Battle of the Bigs)	ESPN+	W 3–0 (24–26, 25–20, 25–15, 25–22)	1,198	5–0
1/29 7 p.m.	#4 Penn State	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA (Battle of the Bigs)	ESPN+	L 3–2 (27–25, 21–25, 25–20, 23–25, 11–15)	1,288	5–1
2/4 7 p.m.	#7 USC	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (15–25, 25–23, 25–21, 25–19)	1,729	6–1
2/11 7 p.m.	#2 UCLA	#1	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–23, 25–13)	3,137	7–1
2/19 7 p.m.	@ #2 UCLA	#1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	P12+ UCLA	L 2–3 (20–25, 23–25, 25–23, 25–21, 12–15)	2,008	7–2
2/25 7 p.m.	# 12 Stanford	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–22, 25–18)	1,491	8–2
3/4 7 p.m.	NJIT	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (25–16, 25–20, 23–25, 25–16)	976	9–2
3/5 7:30 p.m.	LIU	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–14, 25–15)	1,139	10–2
3/10 7 p.m.	@ UC Irvine*	#2	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	L 2–3 (25–19, 25–23, 17–25, 22–25, 12–15)	588	10–3 (0–1)
3/11 7 p.m.	UC Irvine*	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–18, 25–20)	1,277	11–3 (1–1)
3/18 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 27–25)	1,114	12–3
3/25 7 p.m.	#6 UC Santa Barbara*	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (22–25, 25–19, 25–16, 25–19).	1,386	13–3 (2–1)
3/26 7 p.m.	@ #6 UC Santa Barbara*	#3	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–21, 26–24, 25–22)	342	14–3 (3–1)
4/1 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i*	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (22–25, 25–23, 26–24, 27–25)	2,607	15–3 (4–1)
4/2 7 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i*	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPNU	W 3–1 (25–23, 25–20, 21–25, 25–19)	3,014	16–3 (5–1)
4/8 7 p.m.	#10 UC San Diego*	#2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (31–29, 25–18, 25–12)	1,226	17–3 (6–1)
4/9 7 p.m.	@ #10 UC San Diego*	#2	RIMAC Arena La Jolla, CA	ESPN+	L 2–3 (25–16, 19–25, 20–25, 25–21, 12–15)	888	17–4 (6–2)
4/15 7 p.m.	CSUN*	#3	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	W 3–2 (25–20, 16–25, 20–25, 25–21, 16–14)	1,310	18–4 (7–2)
4/16 7 p.m.	@ CSUN*	#3	Matadome Northridge, CA	ESPN+	3–0 (32–30, 25–23, 25–20)	575	19–4 (8–2)
4/22 7:30 p.m.	#14 UC Irvine ⁽⁵⁾	#3 ⁽¹⁾	Stan Sheriff Center Manoa, HI (Big West Tournament Semifinal)	ESPN+	W 3–1 (22—25, 25–23, 25–19, 29–27)	5,238	20–4
4/23 10:30 p.m.	#4 Hawai'i ⁽²⁾	#3 ⁽¹⁾	Stan Sheriff Center Manoa, HI (Big West Tournament Championship)	ESPN+	L 0–3 (25–27, 26–28, 23–25)	6,636	20–5
5/5 2:00 p.m.	#3 UCLA ⁽⁴⁾	#2 ⁽¹⁾	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Tournament Semifinal)	NCAA.com	W 3–2 (18–25, 18–25, 25–15, 25-10, 16-14)	4,430	21–5
5/7 5:00 p.m.	#1 Hawai'i ⁽³⁾	#2 ⁽¹⁾	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Tournament Championship)	ESPN2	L 0–3 (22–25, 21–25, 20–25)	5,784	21–6

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Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AVCA Coaches	4	4	5	5	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2
Off the Block Media	Not released	5^[3]	5^[4]	3^[5]	1^[6]	1^[7]	1^[8]	1^[9]

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