2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball team

2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball
2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	0–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Brian Rofer (3rd season);
Home arena	Freed Center
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Vanguard Lions men's volleyball team represents Vanguard University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Lions, led by third year head coach Brian Rofer, play their home games at Freed Center.^[1] The Lions are one of two new schools joining the MPSF in men's volleyball as they transition from the NAIA to NCAA D2.^[2] For their first ever MPSF preseason poll, the Lions were picked to finish eighth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.^[3]

2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 BYU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Menlo ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 10 Pepperdine ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 13 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 7 USC ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Vanguard ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of January 7, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

To be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

All incoming Freshman and Trasfers to the program have not had their jersey numbers posted yet. This will be updated once that information is made available.

2025 Vanguard Lions roster^[4]

Defensive specialist/libero

3 Sean Nguyen - Senior
10 Jenson Wright - Freshman
11 Matthew Compos - Sophomore
15 Caleb Malek - Sophomore
XX Jacob Bayston - Sophomore
XX Lucas Klein - Freshman
XX Cullen Olson - Freshman
XX Diego Rivera - Freshman
XX Jaden Son - Freshman

Middle blockers

8 Logan Finley - Sophomore
16 Micah Sybesma - Sophomore
20 Cameron Voshell - Sophomore
XX Braddock Duckworth - Freshman
XX Nick Dvorak - Freshman
XX Colin Such - Freshman

Outside hitters

3 Mathias Durfee - Junior
11 Matthew Compos - Sophomore
XX Peter Albert - Freshman
XX Poukihi Awai - Freshman
XX Logan Freemon - Freshman
XX Hunter Kraeszig - Freshman
XX Gabriel Repplinger - Freshman
XX Phinehas Wiley - Sophomore

Opposite hitters

8 Logan Finley - Sophomore
XX Nick Dvorak - Freshman
XX Troy Fitzgerald - Junior
XX Logan Freemon - Freshman
XX Benjamin Viveros - Freshman

Setters

2 Caleb Peters - Sophomore
3 Sean Nguyen - Senior
XX Grant Dvorak - Senior
XX Troy Fitzgerald - Junior
XX Brock Henderson - Junior

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on BTN+/B1G+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.

Date time	Opponent	Arena city (tournament)	Television
1/9 7 p.m.	Merrimack	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
1/24 7 p.m.	@ UC San Diego	LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA	ESPN+
1/30 7 p.m.	UC Merced	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/6 7 p.m.	The Master's	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/7 7 p.m.	UC San Diego	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/14 7 p.m.	@ Long Beach State	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+
2/20 7 p.m.	Simpson	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/21 7:30 p.m.	Stanford*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/22 3 p.m.	Stanford*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/26 7 p.m.	USC*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
2/28 7 p.m.	@ USC*	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
3/3 7 p.m.	Jamestown	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/5 7 p.m.	Olivet Nazarene	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/7 7 p.m.	Menlo*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/8 2 p.m.	Menlo*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/13 7 p.m.	UCLA	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/15 7 p.m.	@ UCLA*	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
3/21 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
3/22 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine*	CU Arena Irvine, CA	BTN+
3/27 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
3/29 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/4 7 p.m.	Jessup	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/5 7 p.m.	Jessup	Freed Center Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/11 6 p.m.	@ Menlo*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/12 7 p.m.	@ Menlo*	Haynes-Prim Pavilion Atherton, CA	BTN+
4/22-4/26 TBA		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Merrimack:
UC San Diego:
UC Merced:
The Master's:
UC San Diego:
Long Beach State:
Simpson:
Stanford:
Stanford:
USC:
USC:
Jamestown:
Olivet Nazarene:
Menlo:
Menlo:
UCLA:
UCLA:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
Jessup:
Jessup:
Menlo:
Menlo:
MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	—^[5]^[6]
Off the Block Media	Not released

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

^ "Vanguard men's volleyball wins first NAIA national championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
^ "Orange County's Vanguard University Bound for NCAA Division II". The Epoch Times. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
^ "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
^ "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Vanguard Athletics". Vanguard Athletics.
^ "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[1] "Vanguard men's volleyball wins first NAIA national championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[2] "Orange County's Vanguard University Bound for NCAA Division II". The Epoch Times. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[3] "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

[4] "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Vanguard Athletics". Vanguard Athletics.

[5] "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[6] "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

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