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Post by robonthemic on Apr 17, 2009 22:31:46 GMT -5
Irvine is dominating, up 2-0, and up 28-19 in the 3rd
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Post by robonthemic on Apr 17, 2009 22:37:55 GMT -5
It's a done deal, Irvine takes set #3, 30-22 and the match 3-0.
Clark, Wilson and Dufault, in double-digit kills. Ammo is running the offense well and Irvine outblocks Stanford 18 (BAs) to 2 (BAs). The libero battle was tied up between the Hawaiian boys Asuka (UCI) and E. Shoji at 14 apiece.
Irvine onto Pacific.
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Post by shankapotamus on Apr 17, 2009 22:40:19 GMT -5
Carson Clark making a strong case for All-American as a Freshmen. He's a gamer.
Way to sweep'em boys.
RIP'EM EATERS!
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Post by ccbw17 on Apr 17, 2009 23:09:55 GMT -5
Couple of thoughts...
Ammerman ran a fast-paced offense that Stanford couldn't handle. Stanford's middles were scrambling furiously almost every point and looked lost. As a result, a lot of Irvine's hitters were virtually up against solo blocks the entire match.
Carson Clark can put the ball away and has a nasty jumpserve. On one jumpserve, his ball actually curved back into the court and landed in a corner.
Stanford's served died out after Irvine's passers were giving Ammerman dime after dime.
Irvine's pipe option was effective against Stanford, especially during transition plays.
UCI deserves to be #1 right now.
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Post by vballs on Apr 17, 2009 23:25:12 GMT -5
Stanford should have had the first game. They made a few untimely nets to give it to irvine at the end. Maybe that woulda changed things a little, but overall Irvine was really impressive. It would taken a nearly perfect performance to beat them tonight. Best team in the country hands down right now.
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Post by robonthemic on Apr 18, 2009 12:49:30 GMT -5
Don't quote me, but with the Irvine victory over Stanford combined with the BYU upset of Pepperdine, the Anteaters should be the MPSF Regular Season Champs-- am I right? No. 1 UC Irvine Hits .457 In 3-0 Victory Over Stanford Hot-hitting, service aces and blocks help Anteaters sweep April 17, 2009 Final Stats Stanford, Calif. – No. 1 UC Irvine hit .457 and swept No. 4 Stanford (30-28, 30-24, 30-22) at Maples Pavilion Friday night. The top-ranked Anteaters improve to 23-4 overall and 18-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Stanford goes to 20-10 on the year and 13-8 in league play. Senior setter Ryan Ammerman directed a balanced Anteater attack with UCI posting a .457 (58-10-105) hitting percentage, the third best offensive attack this season. Ammerman not only dished 53 set assists, but recorded six blocks, three aces and four kills. Redshirt freshman Carson Clark had a double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs while hitting .481 (16-3-27) and firing three aces. Senior Taylor Wilson totaled 15 kills, hit .406 (15-2-32) and added six digs and four blocks. The reigning National Player of the Week, Jordan DuFault, continued his hot-hitting with a .611 mark against Stanford, recording 12 kills in 18 attempts with just one error. Freshman middle blocker Austin D’Amore totaled seven kills and six block assists, while libero Brent Asuka had a match-high 14 digs. UCI held a 9-2 blocking advantage and fired seven aces to Stanford’s one. Stanford hit .277 (46-15-112) on the night. Stanford was led by Evan Romero with 13 kills followed by Brad Lawson with 11. Setter Kawika Shoji tallied 39 set assists, five blocks and five kills. Erik Shoji matched Asuka with 14 digs. In the first set, the Cardinal took a two-point cushion late in the match on an Anteater service and attack error to go ahead, 22-20. UCI responded with kills by Carson Clark and Taylor Wilson to knot the score at 22-22. With the score tied at 26 all, Nick Spittle came in and fired an ace that was followed by a Stanford attack error to give UCI the 28-26 advantage. The teams traded points until Jordan DuFault ended the set with a kill, 30-28. Wilson led UCI with five kills in the set, while Austin D’Amore hit .750 (3-0-4) and added four blocks. There were 19 ties in the first set. UCI led 11-9 in the second set before a DuFault kill was followed by a pair of Clark aces to extend the Anteater lead to 14-9. Ammerman opened the UCI lead to 19-12 on back-to-back aces. Stanford could get no closer than four the rest of the match as the Anteaters won the set 30-24. Stanford closed with 12-10 in the third set, before UCI went on a 3-0 run which included a kill by Clark and two from DuFault to take the 15-10 advantage. Wilson recorded three straight kills to push the advantage to 18-12. UCI hit a .500 (24-3-42) to take the third set 30-20. Both Wilson and Clark registered six kills in the final set. The Anteaters will travel to Pacific tomorrow night (Apr. 18) to close out the regular season.
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Post by ucsdfan on Apr 18, 2009 13:38:34 GMT -5
Don't quote me, but with the Irvine victory over Stanford combined with the BYU upset of Pepperdine, the Anteaters should be the MPSF Regular Season Champs-- am I right? Yep! Congrats to speraw and company for getting everyone building to the same point at the perfect time. They have peaked at the best of all possible times. Wynne is playing great, DuFault looks amazing, and Wilson looks like his springs are still in great shape. By the way, if Ian Wynne gets the starting job net year, will we get to hear such phrases as "a Wynne-Wynne situation" or "Ian-DuFault" (in default)? |
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Post by notsocal2 on Apr 18, 2009 20:20:10 GMT -5
ucsdfan - you are a poet and don't even realize it ... but no doubt uci is very hot, and the pounding of stanford impressive
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Post by ucsdfan on Apr 20, 2009 22:47:25 GMT -5
ucsdfan - you are a poet and don't even realize it ... but no doubt uci is very hot, and the pounding of stanford impressive At most matches, the announcing is good for informing the fans of what has taken place, but I appreciate the unique comments at UCI home games. The Pepperdine announcer is wonderful, but being the dean of the mic, he's pretty locked into his same witty comments like "Malibu roofing company", etc... I have only been to a couple of games at the Matadome and Pyramid, and I don't have much of a recall for the announcing. USC has a bunch of different voices making various announcements, but I can't recall any making me laugh. UCLA has been through what seems like as many announcers in the last five or so years as Al Scates goes through starting lineups in a season. Maybe there is a blue curtain for announcers too. All that leads to ol' Rob on the mic at Bren (and Crawford). He's a great announcer who changes up his comments depending on the roster. His voice follows the flow of the game. Other than the fact I think he's trying to hit on every "Eater Nation" t-shirt model that he introduces  , it's pretty flawless and makes for a great fan experience. In fact, I was really impressed a few games ago when he flawlessly announced Dr. Ayala's resume (which included a veritable schmorgasborg of molecular biology terminology) during a mid-game presentation. Thanks Rob! So I await next season in the hopes of Ian Wynne getting the starting setter gig, so that I can hear all the new catch phrases that "Ian" and "Wynne-Wynne" present. Of course he loses the chance to say "Spittle-to-Spittle-to-middle" and "Ammo locked, loaded, and fired for the kill." |
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, it's pretty flawless and makes for a great fan experience. In fact, I was really impressed a few games ago when he flawlessly announced Dr. Ayala's resume (which included a veritable schmorgasborg of molecular biology terminology) during a mid-game presentation. Thanks Rob!