STANFORD, Calif. ?The UC San Diego men's volleyball team fell short in its bid for a third straight win, losing to No. 6 Stanford 30-25, 30-23, 28-30, 30-28 on Saturday night on the Stanford campus.  Phil Bannan set a great match for the Tritons as four different Tritons reached double digits in kills.  Jason Spangler had a big night with 18 kills (.467) and 10 digs, while Adrian Guthals added 16 kills (.500) and four blocks.  Will Ehrman had 14 kills and Frank Fritsch added 12 kills.  With the loss, the Tritons drop to 3-5, 1-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, while the Cardinal improve to 7-3, 3-2 MPSF. 

Bannan finished the night for the Tritons with 59 assists and six digs.  Eric Leserman had 10 digs to match Spangler's 10 digs.

After dropping the first two sets, the Tritons responded with a win in the third set.  Trailing 10-7, the Tritons went on an 8-2 scoring run as Guthals recorded two kills and a block to put UCSD ahead 15-12.  Stanford would tie the set late and took the lead 28-27 before an Ehrman kill, an Ehrman and Guthals block, followed by a Stanford error gave the Tritons the final three points and the set three win at 30-28.

Set four was a battle throughout as Stanford took a 26-23 lead after a UCSD error.  Trailing 29-25, UCSD fought off three set points as Ehrman sent down three consecutive kills to pull UCSD within 29-28.  A Triton service error ended the set as the Cardinal had the win.

UCSD is back in action on February 6 when it travels to UC Santa Barbara.  First serve is set for 7:00 p.m. in Santa Barbara.