2019 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

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2019 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams6
SiteStan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
ChampionsHawai'i (1st title)
Winning coachCharlie Wade (1st title)
MVPStijn van Tilburg (Hawaii)
Attendance10,300
TelevisionSPEC HI
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2019 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State ‍‍‍y 10 0   1.000 28 2   .933
No. 1 Hawaii ‍‍y 8 2   .800 28 3   .903
No. 5 UCSB  ‍‍‍ 4 5   .444 18 10   .643
No. 8 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 4 5   .444 18 11   .621
No. 12 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 2 7   .222 13 14   .481
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0 9   .000 7 20   .259
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 Big West Tournament champion

The 2019 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 18 through April 20, 2019 at University of Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds[edit]

All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1[1] Long Beach State 10–0
2 Hawai'i 8–2
3 UC Irvine 4–5 2–0 vs. UCSB
4 UCSB 4–5 0–2 vs. UC Irvine
5 CSUN 2–7
6 UC San Diego 0–9

Schedule and results[edit]

Time
Network
Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 18
5:00 pm
Big West TV/SPEC
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego 3–0
(26–24, 25–15, 25–14)
7,287 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Ma'a
7:30 pm
Big West TV/SPEC
No. 4 UCSB vs. No. 5 CSUN 3-2
(25-16, 25–27, 26–28, 25–13, 15–9)
Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Kalei Tsuji
Semifinals – Friday, April 19
5:00 pm
Big West TV/SPEC
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 UCSB 3–1
(25–19, 21–25, 25–18, 25–17)
8,534 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Ma'a
7:30 pm
Big West TV/SPEC
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine 3–0
(25–17, 25–16, 25–18)
Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Kalei Tsuji
Championship – Saturday, April 20
8:00 pm
Big West TV/SPEC
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i 2–3
(15–25, 23–25, 25–22, 25–20, 8–15)
10,300 Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Kalei Tsuji
Game times are Hawaiian Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 18
Semifinals
Friday, April 19
Championship
Saturday, April 20
1 Long Beach State 3
4 UCSB 3 4 UCSB 1
5 CSUN 2 1 Long Beach State 2
2 Hawai'i 3
2 Hawai'i 3
3 UC Irvine 3 3 UC Irvine 0
6 UC San Diego 0

Hawai'i won the 2019 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament. The title is their first Big West men's volleyball title.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 2 Long Beach State men's volleyball wraps up Big West regular-season title with win over No. 1 Hawaii". Press-Telegram. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hawaii wins Big West title over Long Beach". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 21, 2019.