LA JOLLA, Calif. — First-year UC San Diego men's volleyball head coach Brad Rostratter recently put on the headset for an ESPN+ interview during halftime of a men's basketball game inside LionTree Arena.

Rostratter touches on the youth of the squad, opening the season on the road, priorities, a whirlwind of awesomeness, the coaching staff, and paint ball.

The Tritons played three matches last week at UC Santa Barbara's Asics Invitational, opening with a five-set win against Lincoln Memorial, Rostratter's inaugural victory at UC San Diego.

This week, the team is in the Chicago area to play Loyola and Lewis before returning to La Jolla to host Emmanuel on Jan. 17 (6 p.m.) and Menlo on Jan. 18 (7 p.m.).

Tickets for all home matches are available here. In addition, all home contests will be broadcast live by ESPN+. 

The full conversation can be seen below or via ucsdtritons.com/watch.


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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 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 83 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Divisions I and II.