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Post by D1VBFan on Mar 19, 2006 0:39:32 GMT -5
Not exactly sure of games scores, but something like 25-30, 31-29, 30-28, 30-27.
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Post by UCvBall on Mar 19, 2006 1:10:10 GMT -5
UCI 3-1 over Pepperdine, 25-30, 34-32, 30-28, and 30-27. Both teams hit over .300, Pepperdine had 14.5 blocks, and Irvine had I think 13.0 blocks. Close game, with some questionable calls on both sides of the ball and timely mistakes by Pepperdine. Overall, well played game by both teams, Irvine's determination just over took Pepperdine. Solid Crowd tonight, was around over 2200 tonight.
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Post by roy on Mar 19, 2006 1:57:53 GMT -5
Great win for UCI. This gets them really close to keeping that top spot. Their only major competition will be Long Beach, with UCSB and Northridge possibly giving them some trouble. Overall, they should be able to retain that top spot in the MPSF.
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Post by aaronic on Mar 19, 2006 2:28:25 GMT -5
Yup, it's really all over for any team to catch up to Irvine now(for the reg. season title), so everyone else will be playing for second?
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Post by aaronic on Mar 19, 2006 2:31:28 GMT -5
Great win for UCI. This gets them really close to keeping that top spot. Their only major competition will be Long Beach, with UCSB and Northridge possibly giving them some trouble. Overall, they should be able to retain that top spot in the MPSF. There is a potential shot for LBSU to do a little spoiling, but Irvine looks just too tough- I mean 2 straight wins over BYU, and now a 3-1 win over the giant waves?!?? It's still a possibility, but I doubt Irvine will be seeing a loss for the rest of the regular season...(hope im wrong though ).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2006 3:06:34 GMT -5
Irvine in the driver's seat for hosting the MPSF playoffs. Hawaii has 3 losses, BYU with 4 and Long Beach and Pepperdine with 5.
I figure Hawaii should finish no worse than 3rd, even if they get swept twice at home by BYU, since Hawaii wins the tiebreaker against both Pepperdine and Long Beach.
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Post by robonthemic on Mar 19, 2006 3:20:15 GMT -5
Irvine started out slow in game one and seemed phased by the blocking of Hein, Winder, Caroll and Parfitt. Then in game 2, it was back and forth but you could see Irvine chipping away with their game-play. It became a battle of outside hitters (Spittle/Jablonsky/Webber vs. Parfitt/Caroll/Grobe). Winder had great placement on his dumps-- and let's face it-- he's huge, but Thornton started riding the his big horses-- Webber and Jablonsky which resulted in the opening up of the middle. Both Harrell and Smith dropped a couple bombs that were hit pretty hard. By no means did they stop Hein, but he was contained to a certain degree which is all you could ask for because he is a stellar player. Asuka once again played defense out of his mind and he, Spittle and Jablonsky passed really well. Thornton amazed tonight with a "fakie" set to the middle on a ball that was passed far on the left side-- I thought he was going to hit Smith in the middle on the quick and he ended up feeding Spittle on a really low outside that was hammered cross court, inside the 10-foot line. It fired up the 2,000 + crowd in the Bren Center. The only way to truly appreciate their play is to watch them think and execute as a team. The Eaters are playing team ball and it's GREAT TO WATCH!
This week it would be pretty tough to choose a Player of the Week for Irvine because everyone has contributed to the team's success this week.
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Post by robonthemic on Mar 19, 2006 3:23:57 GMT -5
Here's the story from the Athletics Website:
March 18, 2006
NO. 1 UC IRVINE TOPPLES NO. 4 PEPPERDINE; SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS WITH 21
Irvine, Calif. – No. 1 UC Irvine recorded its 21st win of the season defeating No. 4 Pepperdine 3-1 (28-30, 34-32, 30-28, 30-27) at the Bren Events Center Saturday, setting a school record for wins in a season.
A Bren crowd of 2,223 watched the Anteaters improve to 21-3 overall and better the previous school mark of 20 set in 2003. The team goes to 14-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play and wins its 15th consecutive match, which is longest streak in the nation. It is only the seventh win all-time (7-34) against Pepperdine and snaps an eight match losing streak against the Waves.
UCI junior opposite Matt Webber led all players with 24 kills and four total blocks. Outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky totaled 17 kills, three service aces and nine digs. Senior outside hitter Paul Spittle had 12 kills and nine digs, while middle blocker Aaron Harrell pounded 10 kills, hit .474 (10-1-19) and had five block assists. Setter Brian Thornton had a match-high 65 set assists, eight digs and five block assists. Middle blocker David Smith led UCI with seven total blocks and libero Brent Asuka topped the squad with 13 digs.
Pepperdine (13-5, 13-5) was paced by John Parfitt’s 19 kills, 12 digs and four block assists. Paul Carroll recorded 17 kills, while Andy Hein hit .600 on 14 kills, two errors on 20 attempts. Hein also added seven block assists, Setter Jonathan Winder tallied 56 set assists, eight digs and three block assists. Libero J.D. Schleppenbach had a match-high 17 digs in the loss.
Game one was all Pepperdine as the Waves jumped out to a 10-5 lead and never looked back taking the set 30-25.
UCI trailed 19-13 in game two before rattling off six straight points to knot the score at 19-19. The teams traded points until the score was tied 32-32. UCI’s Jayson Jablonsky put away consecutive kills to give the Anteaters the game, 34-32.
In game three, UCI led 24-21 when the Waves went on a 4-1 spurt to catch the Anteaters 25-25. A Pepperdine service error put UCI up 26-25 momentarily before a Pepperdine kill by Tanner Sutherland evened the score at 26-26. UCI took a two point advantage on kills by Jablonsky and Aaron Harrell (28-26). The Waves used a kill by Tom Hulse and a UCI attacking error to deadlock the game at 28-28. A UCI kill by Matt Webber was followed by a Paul Spittle kill on an overpass to give UCI the game 30-28.
In a closely contested game four, UCI used a Pepperdine attacking error followed by a Webber kill to give the Anteaters a 26-24 cushion. Following a Pepperdine kill, UCI rejected back to back Pepperdine attempts to go up 28-25. The teams traded service errors before John Parfitt had a kill for Pepperdine to delay match point. UCI’s Paul Spittle ended the match with kill from the left side.
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Post by sexy on Mar 19, 2006 3:26:06 GMT -5
andy hein has nice eyes -- now if only they couldve won this one . . .
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Post by aaronic on Mar 19, 2006 3:28:31 GMT -5
Randomly, I just realized, WOW this Irvine team is really good so how in the world did they get swept by Hawaii???!?
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Post by UCvBall on Mar 19, 2006 3:43:57 GMT -5
They got swept in the second match, a saturday night match in which they'd been in hawaii for over 4 days... and lets be honest, they won the first one that wednesday night. Emotionally, they were fired up for that game, but after they were probably drained, and come on, its hawaii, you get to spend almost a week there, you know they didn't just sit around before saturday's match.
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Post by UCvBall on Mar 19, 2006 3:51:48 GMT -5
oh and one more thing, the traded sweeps... UCI 3-0 First match, Hawaii 3-0 Second match, and it was what almost two months ago. 15 matches later... 15 wins...that says enough in itself.
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Post by aaronic on Mar 19, 2006 3:55:02 GMT -5
oh and one more thing, the traded sweeps... UCI 3-0 First match, Hawaii 3-0 Second match, and it was what almost two months ago. 15 matches later... 15 wins...that says enough in itself. Not to my question
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Post by aaronic on Mar 19, 2006 3:58:46 GMT -5
They got swept in the second match, a saturday night match in which they'd been in hawaii for over 4 days... and lets be honest, they won the first one that wednesday night. Emotionally, they were fired up for that game, but after they were probably drained, and come on, its hawaii, you get to spend almost a week there, you know they didn't just sit around before saturday's match. so are you trying to say that UCI getting swept was a fluke?
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Post by UCvBall on Mar 19, 2006 4:01:57 GMT -5
Hawaii isn't a bad team, they ARE 2nd in the MPSF standings... your question makes it sound like Hawaii was a team that isn't as good as a BYU or Pepperdine.. just like any other match in volleyball and sports, its the team that shows up that night to play, and apprently Hawaii showed up the second match against UCI and took them in three, home court and all. and also, like you said, Irvine is a good team, they've obviously turned it around since being swept by hawaii.
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