UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball

UC Irvine Anteaters
University University of California, Irvine
Head coach David Kniffin (4th season)
Conference MPSF
Location Irvine, CA
Home arena Bren Events Center (Capacity: 4,984)
Nickname Anteaters
Colors Blue and Gold[1]
         
NCAA Tournament champions
2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament Final Four
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
Conference Tournament champions
2007, 2012, 2015
Conference regular season champions
2006, 2009, 2015

The UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team is the men's intercollegiate volleyball team at the University of California, Irvine. It has won the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship four times, and appeared in the tournament an additional two.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

2016 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 BYU †y 19 – 3   .864     27 – 4   .871
#3 UCLA y 17 – 5   .773     25 – 7   .781
#4 Long Beach State y 17 – 5   .773     25 – 8   .758
#6 Stanford 17 – 5   .773     19 – 6   .760
#5 UCSB 14 – 8   .636     20 – 10   .667
#7 Pepperdine 12 – 10   .545     13 – 11   .542
#8 Hawaiʻi 11 – 11   .500     16 – 12   .571
UC Irvine 7 – 15   .318     10 – 20   .333
#14 CSUN 7 – 15   .318     14 – 15   .483
Cal Baptist 6 – 16   .273     14 – 16   .467
USC 5 – 17   .227     7 – 19   .269
UC San Diego 0 – 22   .000     5 – 23   .179
† – Conference champion

Roster

Head Coach David Kniffin
Assistant Coach Mark Presho
2015-16[19]
No. Name Class Position
1 Andrew Benz Junior Middle Blocker
2 Dante Chakravorti Freshman Setter
3 Tamir Hershko Junior Opposite
4 Jason Agopian Senior Middle Blocker
5 Michael Saeta Junior Opposite
6 Tucker Pikula Sophomore Outside Hitter
7 Aaron Koubi Sophomore Outside Hitter
8 Logan Zotovich Freshman Setter
9 Phillip Friedman Junior Outside Hitter
10 Reid Dominguez Sophomore Outside Hitter
11 David Parker Sophomore Outside Hitter
12 Dillon Hoffman Junior Libero
13 Marty Ross Senior Middle Blocker
14 Ben Sebastian Sophomore Middle Blocker
15 Kyle Russell Senior Outside Hitter
16 Karl Apfelbach Freshman Opposite
20 Thomas Hodges Junior Outside Hitter
R Matthew August Freshman Opposite
R Grant Friedman Freshman Outside Hitter
R Matthew Younggren Freshman Middle Blocker

R – redshirt

Notable alumni

The following alumni are distinguished for their contribution to the school's men's volleyball program and for having a successful playing career individually.[20]

References

  1. ↑ UCI Art Sheet (PDF). University of California, Irvine. August 20, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Miller: Minus football, UC Irvine's athletic program getting lots of bang for buck". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. ↑ "UC Irvine volleyball coach David Kniffin building on a legacy". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. ↑ "UCI volleyball champs take their victory lap". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  5. ↑ "UCI men's volleyball team back on track". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  6. ↑ "UCI celebrates NCAA volleyball title the right way". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  7. ↑ "UCI men's volleyball begins quest for second national title". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  8. ↑ "UCI repeats as men's NCAA volleyball champs". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Men's Volleyball: UCI earns No. 2 seed". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  10. ↑ "UCI, USC vie for NCAA volleyball title". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  11. ↑ "UCI to meet BYU for men's volleyball championship". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  12. ↑ "UCI celebrates NCAA volleyball title at home". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  13. ↑ "Loyola of Chicago sweeps away UC Irvine in NCAA men's volleyball semifinals". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  14. ↑ "UC Irvine men's volleyball team beats Pepperdine to win MPSF Tournament, earn automatic NCAA bid". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  15. ↑ "UC Irvine men's volleyball team outlasts USC to advance to MPSF final". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  16. ↑ "Faulkner: 'Eaters assume throne". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  17. ↑ "Zack La Cavera is the go-to guy for UCI volleyball going into NCAA semifinal against Loyola". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  18. ↑ "Men's Volleyball: Loyola halts UCI title run". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  19. ↑ "UC Irvine Athletics". Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  20. ↑ "USA Volleyball-Athletes". Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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