UC Irvine @ USC - Webcast

[shankapotamus]

The match will be webcasted @:
www.athletics.uci.edu/RAD/listenlive.html

UC IRVINE FACES TOUGH ROAD CHALLENGE: No. 2 UC Irvine, following a 14-day lay-off, travel to No. 13 USC Thursday (Mar. 29) for a 7:00 p.m. match in the Galen Center then to Malibu Saturday (Mar.31) to battle No. 1 Pepperdine at 7:00 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse.

VERSUS THE OPPONENTS: The Anteaters beat USC, 3-1 earlier this year at the Bren Center. Taylor Wilson and Matt Webber each had 18 kills to lead UCI. The Trojans, who are coming off an upset ocver No. 8 Long Beach State last week, are 10-11 overall and 7-9 in the MPSF.

Pepperdine snapped UCI’s nine-match winning streak to begin the season with a 3-0 victory in Irvine. Pepperdine out-blocked UCI, 16-6 and out-hit the Anteaters .412 to .231, the second lowest offensive output of the season for UCI. Pepperdine remains atop of the MPSF standings with a 15-1 league record and a 19-1 overall mark.

UC Irvine will play four of their final five regular season matches on the road.

[robonthemic]

Irvine sweeps, 30-21, 32-30, 30-21

[robonthemic]

Original story & boxscore located at:
www.mvball.uci.edu/results.html

March 29, 2007

JABLONSKY POUNDS 17 KILLS TO LEAD NO. 2 UC IRVINE TO SWEEP OF USC (Box)

Irvine, Calif. -- Jayson Jablonsky recorded 17 kills to lead second-ranked UC Irvine to a 3-0 sweep of No. 12 USC (30-21, 32-30, 30-21) in the Galen Center Thursday.

Jablonsky hit .538 (17-3-26) on the night and had two aces and five digs. Setter Brian Thornton had five total blocks, including two solos, while recording 36 assists. Matt Webber ended the night with nine kills and six total blocks, while middle blockers David Smith and Aaron Harrell each had five kills and six blocks.

UCI took game one 30-21 with Matt Webber recording six kills on six attempts, hitting 1.000 to lead all players in the set. The Trojans hit -.087.

The Trojans led 29-26 in game two, when Jayson Jablonsky recorded a kill then stepped back to the service line and fired an ace. An Anteater block by Harrell and Reinholm then knotted the score at 29-29. USC responded with a kill to put the Trojans up 30-29 before another Jablosnky kill was followed by a triple block by Smith, Reinholm and Webber on Juan Figueroa to give UCI the 32-30 victory. Jablonsky carried the offensive load with seven kills. UCI recorded eight blocks in the set.

Figueroa led USC with 10 kills.

The Antetaers out-blocked the Trojans 17.5 to 3.5.

UCI will travel to No. 1 Pepperdine Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

[ucivball]

what happened? figueroa hitting negative on 35+ swings?

usc swept lbsu last week handily while long beach were playing relatively well, evident by them nearly knocking off pepperdine.

i was expecting a heated match.

[volley]

i agree. what did happen? not only did the figueroa hit negative, but the box score indicates the team hit negative as a whole. plus they have been blocking relatively well recently and only got 3.5 blocks. was UCI playing that well, or was USC not ready to come out and play? Im sure the trojans will be better come next match vs their cross-town rivals.