The 2022 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 51st edition of the NCAA men's volleyball tournament, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament began with play-in matches. The entire tournament was hosted by the University of California Los Angeles from May 1 to 7, 2022 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Hawai'i defeated Long Beach State for their second consecutive national championship 3–0 (the school's 2002 title was vacated due to NCAA violations).
All opening round matches were streamed on PAC-12.com. The semifinals were on live on NCAA.com. ESPN2 broadcast the National Championship on May 7.
Bids The tournament field was announced on NCAA.com Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 1 p.m. EDT. School Conference Record Berth Source Hawai'i Big West 24–5 Tournament champion North Greenville Conference Carolinas 20–5 Tournament champion Princeton EIVA 16–12 Tournament champion Ball State MIVA 23–3 Tournament champion Pepperdine MPSF 19–9 Tournament champion Long Beach State Big West 20–5 At-large UCLA MPSF 21–4 At-large
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Schedule and results All times Pacific. MatchTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReferees Opening Round – Sunday, May 1 1 5:00 p.m. Princeton vs. North Greenville0–3(21–25, 18–25, 38–40)538Darren PrestonKeith Murlless, Dean Hoskin, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 3 2 5:00 p.m. UCLA vs. Pepperdine 3–1(25–23, 22–25, 26–24, 25–19)1,814Darren PrestonRay Mink, Keith Murlless, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin 3 7:30 p.m. Hawai'i vs. North Greenville 3–0(25–15, 25–17, 25–16) Dean Hoskin, Ray Mink, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin Semifinals – Thursday, May 5 4 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. UCLA3–2(18–25, 18–25, 25–15, 25–10, 16–14)4,430Brendan Gulick Ray Mink, Dean Hoskin, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin 5 7:30 p.m. Ball State vs. Hawai'i 2–3(26–28, 25–19, 25–20, 20–25, 11–15) Keith Murlless, Ray Mink, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin National Championship – Saturday, May 7 6 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Hawai'i 0–3(22–25, 21–25, 20–25) 5,784Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett Dean Hoskin, Keith Murlless, Jim Findura, Phil Coughlin
All Tournament Team Spyros Chakas, Hawai'i (Most Outstanding Player) Dimitrius Mouchlias, Hawai'i Aleksandar Nikolov, Long Beach State Spencer Olivier, Long Beach State Jakob Thelle, Hawai'i Quinn Isaacson, Ball State Ethan Champlin, UCLA
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