Saturday, January 6, 2007

UCI at Cal Baptist 1/3/07



UC IRVINE OPENS SEASON WITH 3-1 VICTORY OVER CAL BAPTIST


Irvine, Calif. -- The UC Irvine men's volleyball team opened the 2007 season with a 3-1 (30-24, 30-23, 27-30, 30-25) victory over Cal Baptist in Riverside Wednesday.
The Anteaters were led by senior All-American Jayson Jablonsky with 17 kills and 11 digs. Senior opposite Matt Webber recorded 15 kills and three aces, while freshman Cole Reinholm pounded 12 kills and hit .611 (12-1-18). Middle blockers David Smith and Aaron Harrell each added 10 kills as Smith hit .500 (10-1-18) and had a team-high eigth blocks. All-American libero Brent Asuka led all players with 16 digs, while setter Brian Thornton had 60 set assists and 12 digs.

Cal Baptist's Shamsu Awadu led all players with 20 kills. Romain Vetter had 12 kills, hit (12-1-17) and tallied eight blocks.

UCI will travel to the UCSB/Elephant Bar Tournament Friday as they take on Stanford in the first round at 1:00 p.m.

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