LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego men's volleyball team earned its first conference win of the season, defeating Stanford 31-33, 30-22, 30-13, 30-24 on Friday night in RIMAC Arena.  UCSD hit at a higher efficiency as the match progressed, topping out at a .556 percentage in game four.  Chris Sayers led the way with 18 kills, 13 digs and six aces.  Mike Reuter had 14 kills and Jon Daze added 12 kills.  As a team, UCSD served up 13 aces.  UCSD also hit .370 for the match and held Stanford to a .157 percentage.  UCSD is back in action on Saturday night when it takes on Pacific at 7:00 p.m. in RIMAC Arena.  The match will be the final home appearance for seniors Sayers, Daze, Reuter and Brenden Bowe.

In game one, the Tritons had two opportunities to win on game point but were turned back each time.  Stanford's Ben Reddy put down a kill to lead 32-31 and a UCSD attack error gave the Cardinal the win at 33-31.

In game two with the teams tied at 11-11, UCSD opened up a 19-15 lead on a Stephen Shaw kill.  Stanford would cut it down to 19-17, but the Tritons quickly went back ahead with two Daze aces to lead 22-17.  Stanford would get no closer than five points the rest of the way as Daze closed out game two with a kill 30-22.

UCSD took game three easily, scoring 15 of the first 18 points and not looking back.  UCSD hit .375 to Stanfords'-.069 as the Tritons won 30-13.

UCSD hit .556 in game four with 19 kills against four errors.  With UCSD ahead 14-11, the Tritons would open up a lead of 20-15 on a Shaw kill.  UCSD then pulled away and led 27-18 on a Reuter ace.  The Cardinal closed in, but ran out of points as the Tritons won on a block assist by Daze and Shaw.

UCSD improves to 2-26, 1-20 MPSF while the Cardinal drop to 4-22, 2-18 MPSF.