LA JOLLA, Calif. — Upping its win streak to four matches, the 11th-ranked UC San Diego men's volleyball team swept Concordia in a non-conference match Saturday evening at RIMAC Arena.

Scores were 25-23, 25-20, and 25-20.

UC San Diego is now 7-5 overall while Concordia dropped to 5-2.

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HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego hit a stellar .427 on the night with 49 kills and only 14 errors in 82 attack attempts, by far the team's best offensive outing of the season.

Freshman outside hitter Matthew Lim, who was playing in just his fourth collegiate match, established a new career-best by leading all players with 15 kills. He hit .524 (15-4-21) and tacked eight digs onto his box score line.

Senior outside Kyle McCauley had 12 kills and hit .429 (12-3-21) and senior middle blocker finished with 10 kills and a .571 (10-2-14) hitting percentage.

Freshman opposite/outside Ben Blakely had a career-best seven kills, eclipsing his previous high of six, set Friday night in a sweep of UC Santa Cruz.

Orchestrating the potent offense was senior setter Blake Crisp, who amassed 43 assists as well as 10 digs and a service ace. He floored a kill in his lone attack attempt also.

Senior libero Matt Palma had a match-high 11 digs.

The Tritons held leads over the Eagles in points (58-40.5), kills (49-28), aces (5-4), assists (48-27), and digs (36-17). Concordia had an 8-4 advantage in blocks.

Uriel Batista put down eight kills to lead the Eagles, who hit .225 (28-10-80) as a team.

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HIGHLIGHT REEL



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INTERVIEW WITH KYLE McCAULEY



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TRITON TIDBITS
• Kyle McCauley has finished with a double-figure kill total in all 12 matches played.
• The Tritons' previous best attack this season was .348.
• The four-match win streak is UC San Diego's longest of the season.
• The Tritons now lead the all-time series against the Eagles, 7-6.
• Concordia defeated UC San Diego, 3-1, on Feb. 4 in La Jolla.
• The two teams meet for a third time on March 10 in Irvine.

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego opens its Big West Conference slate at No. 6 UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The last time the two squads met they battled in the Big West Championship title match on April 24, 2021, with the Gauchos taking a 3-1 win.

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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.