2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball team

The 2022 Long Beach State 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.

2022 Long Beach State men's volleyball
Big West Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, 2nd place
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 (Capacity: 4,200)

2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍y	8	–	2		.800			21	–	6		.778
No. 1 Hawai'i  ‍‍‡‍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
CSUN  ‍‍‍	1	–	9		.100			6	–	15		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Big West Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of December 28, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Roster

2022 Long Beach State Beach Roster
	Defensive Specialist/Libero 3 Mason Briggs - Sophomore 22 Caden Jackson - Freshman Middle Blockers 1 Shane Holdaway - Junior 16 Marc Moody - Senior 18 Nato Dickinson - Freshman 20 Aidan Grosz - Sophomore 21 Grant Marocchi - Junior 24 Noah Robin - Freshman 25 Matt Iamaleava - Freshman		Outside Hitters 2 Sebastian Rodriguez - Freshman 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman 12 Clarke Godbold - Sophomore 17 Dane Hillis - Freshman 23 Alex Nikolov - Freshman 27 Calvin Sanborn - Junior		Opposite Hitters 9 Nathan Harlan - Sophomore 10 Connor Bloom - Freshman 11 Simon Torwie - Sophomore 31 Spencer Olivier - Junior Setters 5 Aidan Knipe - Sophomore 6 Josh Rosenblum - Freshman 26 Eric Beebe - Sophomore

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio.

ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.

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
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

*-Conference Regular Season match.

()-Indicates tournament seed.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
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	5	3	1	1	1	1

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.