Men's Volleyball:

Jan. 22, 2010

Final Stats

 

Irvine, Calif. – No. 11 UC Santa Barbara upset No. 4 UC Irvine, 3-1 (30-32, 30-32, 30-28, 30-25) at the Bren Center Friday.

UCSB goes to 2-5 on the year and 2-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action, while UCI drops its third straight and falls to 4-4 overall and 1-3 in league play.

 

UCSB’s Jeff Menzel led all players with 27 kills followed by Cullen Irons with 22 kills and 10 digs and Jake Rosener with 15 kills. Setter Vince Devany totaled 65 set assists, while libero Andy McGuire had a match-high 12 digs. Dylan Davis fired three aces to go with five kills.

 

Cole Reinholm and Connor Hughes came off the bench and led UCI with 16 and 14 kills, respectively. Outside hitters Cory Yoder, Kevin Carroll and Jordan DuFault each had seven kills in the loss. Middle blocker Kevin Wynne recorded a match-best five blocks assists, while brother Ian Wynne totaled a career-high 38 set assists and two aces. 

 

In the first set, UCI battled back from a 25-23 deficit with the help of an Anthony Spittle solo and block assist to take a 27-26 lead. The teams traded points until 30-30 when the Gauchos used a block and a kill by Jeff Menzel to take the set, 32-30.

 

UCSB jumped out to a quick 10-5 lead and continued to lead 21-17 before UCI rallied to out-score the Gauchos 5-1 to knot the score at 22-22 on an Ian Wynne service ace. The teams would match each other point for point until the Anteaters would use consecutive UCSB attack errors, the last on a block by Kevin Carroll and Bryan Simmons to push the score to set point 29-27. The Gauchos would respond scoring the next two points on a UCI serving and attacking error to tie the score at 30 all. A UCSB service error was followed by a Cole Reinholm kill to give the Anteaters the 32-30 win. Reinholm record six kills and Connor Hughes had four kills to lead the Anteaters.

 

In the third set, UCI, who trailed 17-22, would narrow the lead to 23-22 on a block by the Wynne brothers. A Hughes kill, a block by Hughes and Kevin Wynne was followed by an Ian Wynne service ace erased a two-point deficit and gave UCI the 26-25 lead. UCSB would score the next three points on a block and kills by Jake Rosener and Scott Slaughter. A kill by Jordan DuFault and a Cory Yoder solo block tied the set at 28-28, but UCSB would score the final two points on UCI miscues to grab the 30-28 victory.

 

The Gauchos took a 20-17 lead on a pair of Dylan Davis service aces in the fourth set and that was all the separation they needed as UCSB would win, 30-25.

 

UCI will host Princeton Tuesday (Jan. 26) at 7:00 p.m. in Crawford Hall.

 

 

 

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