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Post by hwy101 on Apr 13, 2003 0:49:37 GMT -5
Stanford beats UC Irvine in 3!
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Post by hwy101 on Apr 13, 2003 1:01:57 GMT -5
game recap:
The 10th-ranked Stanford men’s volleyball team defeated No. 6 UC Irvine, 3-0 by scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 32-30 in a MPSF match in Crawford Hall to close out the regular season. It was the last home match for seniors Jarett Jensen, Monte Tucker, David Kniffin and Jerome Gemise-Fareau.
UC Irvine goes to 19-10 overall and 12-10 in MPSF action, while Stanford improves to 17-11 on the season and 14-8 in league play.
In game one, Stanford led 28-27 and closed out the game on kills by William Strickland and Curt Toppel. Game two, watched Stanford go ahead 17-12 on a 7-3 run. UCI could get no closer than two the rest of the way. Stanford led 24-19 in game three when UCI outscored the Cardinal 6-1, on a run that included three Stanford hitting errors and a service mistake to knot the score at 25-25. The teams traded points until 30-30 when William Curtis pounded a ball for match point 31-30. Kevin Hansen had a solo block to give Stanford the game and the match.
UCI’s Jimmy Pelzel led all players with 16 kills. Monte Tucker had a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs. The Anteaters outblocked Stanford (11-9), but the Cardinal hit .369 to UCI’s .276.
Curt Toppel led Stanford with 14 kills. Paul Bocage added 13 kills and William Strickland totaled 10 kills in the win. Kevin Hansen recorded 50 assists and a team-high eight digs.
UCI will play in a MPSF Championship first round match next Saturday (Apr. 19) with pairings released tomorrow.
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Post by Anonymous Beachman on Apr 13, 2003 1:17:39 GMT -5
Looks to me like Stanford is getting healthy and thus a lot better, and Irvine peaked way too early this season and has dropped of a great deal in the past 6 weeks.
Oh well.............Seems that some of the critics on this board who were bashing the %*$# out of the Stanford coach may be eatin a little crow before this season ends!
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Post by Eater on Apr 13, 2003 1:43:59 GMT -5
Looks to me like Stanford is getting healthy and thus a lot better, and Irvine peaked way too early this season and has dropped of a great deal in the past 6 weeks. Oh well.............Seems that some of the critics on this board who were bashing the %*$# out of the Stanford coach may be eatin a little crow before this season ends! Looks like you probably just don't know what you're talking about, because irvine has been playing great volleyball the last couple of weeks. Tonight was a close match and could've gone either way with just a few more mistakes or a little bit better play by either side. There is one big advantage Stanford had they won't have again, UCI hadn't seen Stanford with Toppel since the pre-season. They'll have a better idea of what to expect when they meet in the playoffs. |
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Post by hwy101 on Apr 13, 2003 1:49:06 GMT -5
UC Irvine lost to Stanford in 4 earlier this season (at Stanford) w/o Toppel. That was an easier win for Stanford compared to tonight's. We'll see how it goes when UC Irvine goes up to Stanford for the 1st round match!
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Post by vbfan4life on Apr 13, 2003 2:20:13 GMT -5
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Senior Paul Bocage hit .706 in the 3-0 win over UC Irvine on Saturday night.
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IRVINE, Calif. - The Stanford men's volleyball team clinched homecourt advantage for next weekend's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Playoffs with a 30-27, 30-27, 32-30 victory over host UC Irvine on Saturday night at Crawford Hall. The Cardinal will be hosting an MPSF Playoff match for the first time since 1997.
The 10th-ranked Cardinal (17-11 overall, 14-8 MPSF) finished fourth in the conference, and will host sixth-ranked and fifth-place UC Irvine (19-10, 12-10) in the MPSF Quarterfinals on Saturday, April 19. The time and site have yet to be announced. This will be the fourth meeting between the teams this season, with the Cardinal holding a 2-1 advantage.
Stanford secured fourth place by going 5-0 on a season-ending road swing to No.8 Long Beach State (3-1), UC San Diego (3-0), No. 4 Pacific (3-1), No. 11 UCLA (3-0) and UC Irvine (3-0). Stanford, which was 9-2 in MPSF road matches this season, won seven of its last eight conference matches after a 7-7 start.
"The guys who have been around the program a few years are really fired up about hosting a playoff match," Stanford head coach Don Shaw said. Three weeks ago, we told the guys that we have a chance to host if we can win out. We did that, and we did it convincingly."
The Cardinal, which swept UCLA on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion (30-23, 30-26, 30-26), out-hit the Anteaters .369 (57 k-16 e-111 ta)-.276 (53-21-116).
Senior All-American Curt Toppel (Pacific Palisades, CA) had 14 kills, four digs, four blocks and two service errors for the Cardinal, while senior Paul Bocage (Princeton, NJ) had 13 kills and a .706 (13-1-17) hitting percentage. Redshirt sophomore setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, CA) added 50 assists and eight digs, while senior William Strickland (Malibu, CA) contributed 10 kills and seven digs.
"We just playing better every night, and gaining confidence," Shaw said. The come-from behind win at Long Beach State gave us confidence in tight games, and we now know we're going to make the plays at the end."
UC Irvine was led by 16 kills and five digs from Jimmy Pelzel.
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