Irvine "Chops Down" the Cardinal

Sr. MH David Smith & Fr. OH Cole Reinholm putting the clamps on OPP/OH Matt Ceran

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February 9, 2007

UC IRVINE SHUTS OUT STANFORD 3-0 (Boxscore)

Irvine, Calif. -- Senior outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky had 13 kills to lead second-ranked UC Irvine over Stanford, 3-0 (30-28, 30-22, 30-22) at the Bren Events Center Friday.

Jablonsky hit .417 (13-3-24), while adding six digs and three blocks. Freshman Cole Reinholm totaled 10 kills, while senior middle blocker David Smith hit .533 on nine kills, one error and 15 swings. Smith also had a match-high eight total blocks. Junior Aaron Harrell fired three service aces to go with eight kills and senior Matt Webber pounded seven kills on the night. Senior setter Brian Thornton recorded 37 assists, four digs and three blocks. Libero Brent Asuka tallied six digs in the win.

Stanford was led by Matt Ceran with nine kill. Evan Romero and Brandon Williams each added seven kills. Freshman setter Kawika Shoji had a match-high 10 digs, an ace and 27 set assists.

Stanford controlled game one jumping out to an early 6-2 lead on four consecutive UCI hitting errors that included two solo blocks by Shoji. The Cardinal continued to lead 27-24 when the Anteaters went on a 4-0 streak using two kills by Smith and one by Jablonsky to take the 28-27 advantage. Stanford would tie the game at 28-28 on a kill by Ceran, but UCI would end the game with a kill by Jablonsky and a Cardinal hitting error, 30-28.

Game two was all UC Irvine as they opened the set 7-1 and never looked back going on to a 30-22 victory. Reinholm had five kills in the game for UCI.

UCI led 8-7 in game three when the Anteaters would score the next five points behind the wicked serving of Aaron Harrell, who had two aces in that span. Stanford would get no closer than five the rest of the game as UCI went on to a 30-22 win.

No. 2 UC Irvine improves to 12-2 overall and 7-2 in the MPSF, while Stanford goes to 1-12 on the year and 1-7 in league play. UCI returns to action tomorrow versus No. 13 Pacific at 7:00 p.m. in Crawford Court.