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Post by sponge13 on Mar 11, 2006 23:41:35 GMT -5
UC Irvine wins again in five games
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 11, 2006 23:58:51 GMT -5
UCI won 31-29, 26-30, 26-30, 30-24, 15-10.
Webber has match-high 20 kills with five blocks. Jablonsky adds 17 kills with .387 attack percentage. Harrell hits .650 with 14 kills and five blocks. Smith has seven blocks but limited to five kills and .071 hitting. Thornton has 57 assists as Anteaters hit .254.
Cala leads BYU with 18 kills, but hits .178. He added six blocks and seven digs. Perez had 17 kills on .263 hitting. Charrette totals 12 kills (.391) and four blocks. Holmes has match-high eight blocks to go with eight kils (.462). Neilson 57 assists as Cougars hit .270.
BYU hits negative .067 in the fifth game with four kills.
BYU out-blocks UCI 18-15. Cougars hold 8-6 advantage in aces, but had 25 service errors to Anteaters' six.
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Post by roy on Mar 12, 2006 1:18:30 GMT -5
UCI is in control of their own destiny. They have the top spot in the MPSF to get hosting rights. Their only major matches are against Pepperdine and Long Beach at home. Hawaii and BYU still have their series and BYU also has Long Beach. Pepperdine might be out of the hosting picture.
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Post by cwbvb13 on Mar 12, 2006 1:24:02 GMT -5
Wow crazy year this is...
BYU now has 4 losses... ucla, pep, uci, uci UCI had 2 losses.. pep, hawaii Pep has 4 losses... byu, hawaii, ucsb, long beach hawaii 3 losses: uci, pep, ucsb
and of note: big props to UOP... beating northridge and ucsb...
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Post by cwbvb13 on Mar 12, 2006 1:25:35 GMT -5
NO. 2 UC IRVINE UPENDS NO. 1 BYU IN FIVE GAMES FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT (Box)
Irvine, Calif. – The second-ranked UC Irvine men’s volleyball upended No. 1 BYU 3-2 (31-29, 26-30, 26-30, 30-24, 15-10) for the second consecutive night.
In a near repeat of Friday’s match, UCI won the first game then had to battle back after losing the next two games to win the final two. The win is UCI’s 13th straight, the longest streak in the nation and takes the Anteaters to 19-3 overall and 12-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. BYU, who lost consecutive matches for the first time all season, goes to 14-4 on the year and 12-4 in league play. A capacity 800 fans watched the match at Crawford Court Saturday.
UCI held a 26-21 advantage in game one before the Cougars went on a 7-1 run to take a 28-27 lead. Two BYU errors gave UCI back the lead, 29-28. Following an Ivan Perez kill for BYU, UCI’s David Smith recorded a kill and a service ace to lift the Anteaters to a 31-29 victory. BYU libero Brian Rowley left the match with the Cougars trailing 9-4 after a teammate fell on him while diving for a ball. Taylor Evans stepped in and took over the libero duties for the Cougars for the rest of the match.
Game two was tied 16-16 when BYU peeled off three straight, including two Perez service aces to take a 19-16 lead. UCI would get no closer than two points the rest of the way as the Cougars won 30-26 and tied up the match 1-1.
UCI led 16-12 in game three only to watch BYU go on a 6-2 spurt to knot the score at 18-18. UCI went back up by two on kills by Jayson Jablonsky and Brian Thornton, 20-18. BYU returned the favor on kills by Perez and Cala Yosleyder, 20-20. The score was tied four more times until it was 25-25. BYU outscored UCI 5-1 to end the game 30-26. The BYU run was highlighted by back-to-back blocks.
UCI was up 12-10 in game four before UCI scored five of the next seven points to go up 17-12. The Anteaters never looked back taking the set 30-24 and forcing game five for the second consecutive night.
UCI didn’t need to play catch up on Saturday, jumping out to a 6-3 advantage on a Matt Webber kill. The Anteaters extended the lead to 11-6 on another Webber kill before two Cougar attacking errors gave UCI a 13-6 cushion. BYU had a side out on a kill from Jonathan Charette, but middle blocker David Smith made it match point with a kill on the next play 14-7. BYU was not done fighting as the Cougars scored three consecutive points on an Irvine service error, a triple block and a kill by Yosleyder to narrow the score to 14-10. A service error by Rodrigo Gomes ended the game and the match. The Anteaters had four blocks in game five, including two solos by setter Brian Thornton. BYU hit -.067 (4-5-15) in the final stanza.
Matt Webber recorded 20 or more kills for the fourth consecutive match, leading UCI with 20 put-aways. Webber also added three service aces, five block assists and a match-high 25.5 points. Junior Jayson Jablonsky totaled 17 kills and five digs, while middle blocker Aaron Harrell tied his career-high with 14 kills and hit .650, committing only one error in 20 attempts. Setter Brian Thornton totaled 57 assists, six digs and four total blocks. Libero Brent Asuka tallied his seventh consecutive match with double-figure digs, posting 10. Middle blocker David Smith led all players with nine total blocks. Senior Paul Spittle had nine kills, five digs and three block assists.
Cala Yosleyder paced BYU for the second straight night with 18 kills, seven digs and seven block assists. Ivan Perez added 17 kills, while Jonathan Charette had 12 kills. Setter Rob Neilson recorded 57 assists, a team-high nine digs and six block assists. Russell Holmes and Victor Batista each had eight block assists in the loss.
Statistically, BYU bettered UCI in hitting percentage (.270-.254), aces (8-6) and blocks (18-15). UCI topped the Cougars in the dig column, 35-32.
The Anteaters continue their current homestand Thursday (Mar. 16) when they entertain USC at 7:00 p.m. at Crawford Court.
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Post by vb on Mar 12, 2006 1:49:40 GMT -5
UCI going to get the #1 ranking?
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Post by midwestfan on Mar 12, 2006 2:13:15 GMT -5
UCI going to get the #1 ranking? I would think so! This is an impressive couple of wins by the Anteaters.
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Post by aaronic on Mar 12, 2006 8:34:46 GMT -5
If UCI were to be upset by LBSU/Pepp.- therefore having 3 losses, and Hawaii finishes the season with only 3 losses, then who would win the tiebreaker? Both teams split EVENLY during the regular season.
Nevertheless, roy is right,
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Post by UHvbFan on Mar 12, 2006 9:21:08 GMT -5
If UCI were to be upset by LBSU/Pepp.- therefore having 3 losses, and Hawaii finishes the season with only 3 losses, then who would win the tiebreaker? Both teams split EVENLY during the regular season. UCI was 3-0 against Hawaii the first match and Hawaii was 3-0 the second. Would the tiebreaker go to the team scoring the greatest number of points for both matches? UCI scored 165 points and Hawaii scored 169. According to today's paper: Notes: Hawaii has eight MPSF matches remaining. Should the Warriors end up tying with UC Irvine, Hawaii has the tie-breaker on point differential; the teams split in January, with each winning in a sweep. starbulletin.com/2006/03/12/sports/story01.html
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Post by roy on Mar 12, 2006 13:51:06 GMT -5
For Hawaii, it assumes that UCI loses and they beat BYU twice. BYU and Pepperdine are not out of the hunt yet. If Pepperdine and Long Beach beat UCI, and BYU wins both matches from Hawaii, that places UCI, Pepperdine, and BYU all at the top spot. Or split between BYU and Hawaii with 2 UCI loses put Pepperdine, UCI, and Hawaii at the top spot. By any means, it does look like all 4 of these teams might be in the MPSF semi-finals (with Long Beach as the other possibility). Still a lot of work left for each team.
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Post by mikesmith on Mar 12, 2006 14:07:32 GMT -5
That is a lot to think about. I'm glad you put that together.
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Post by volleynutt on Mar 13, 2006 11:36:53 GMT -5
didn't I hear Pepperdine lost to Long Beach in 5 last week ? How can you still put them in over Long Beach?
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Post by fuzzball on Mar 13, 2006 12:33:38 GMT -5
Saw both BYU matches this weekend. They were by far the most talented team. The 22 year old freshman was a man among boys, Batista the best MB on the floor and Perez the best OH. Nelson is far more athletic than Thornton. Gomez might be the most fun to watch serving specialist in the nation. They like to set him in the pipe when he serves. UCI had the edge at only two positions, opp and libero. The difference between the two teams is their mental approach, and possibly their physical conditioning. UCI plays every point at the same emotional level. When games 4 and 5 in the first match got close, they continued to side out, eventually forcing BYU into errors. In the second match, after BYU won their second game you could see from their body language that they thought they had it in the bag. In the fourth game UCI took advantage of that lack of intensity, winning easily. The fifth game was not as close as the score as BYU made error after error giving UCI too many match points to make a run at the end realistic. UCI players have talked about their strength coach and difference he has made. Beyond that, this is a team that has completely bought into the system, and the coaches have matured with the players such that they are all getting the maximum out of their abilities. Lastly, it appears that Asuka was the missing piece. As dominant a player as Cala is, and great a libero as Reft is, the 18 year old true freshman is just as valuable to his team as they are to theirs.
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Post by cwbvb13 on Mar 13, 2006 13:18:49 GMT -5
i agree with fuzz... during those matches there was no one player on UCI that stood out above all the rest... it was a complete TEAM effort... these guys have been playing with eachother awhile... most of the team is still juniors and sophmores (as last year they were pretty much all underclassmen)... next year i would assume they will even be more comfortable with eachothers tendencies on the court... woah!
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Post by volleynutt on Mar 13, 2006 13:33:43 GMT -5
byu may have a couple of more talented players but uci beat them two times in a row . they then are the most talented " team " and the team to beat . pretty cool evryone might get to stay close to home for playoffs if they continue . big question is --- is the bren center available for the playoffs , it woud be pretty sad to play at crawford hall with only 800 plus seats . get on that john !!!!!
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