LA JOLLA, Calif. – Sebastian Lara had 16 kills and Anthony Cherfan followed with 13 to lead the 18th-ranked UC San Diego men's volleyball team to a 3-1 victory against Harvard Tuesday night at LionTree Arena.
Set scores were 25-21, 25-16, 18-25, and 25-20.
The Tritons improved to 9-10 overall while the Crimson dropped to 9-6.
Harvard is receiving votes in this week's national poll.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Overall, the match had 26 tie scores and just nine lead changes. All but six tie scores came in the first and second sets.
Harvard owned a .257 (48-19-113) to .246 (50-22-114) edge in attack percentage and a 10 to six lead in blocks.
UC San Diego was tough from the service line, flooring nine aces to the opponents' two.
Lara's 16 kills were a career-best. He was efficient on offense, hitting .355 with five errors in 31 swings.
Cherfan collected a team-high 17.5 points by adding four aces and a block to his kill total.
Jim Garrison hit .667 with seven kills and just one error in nine attack attempts. He also had a pair of aces, two digs, and a block.
Peter Selcho and Gabriel Dyer each had four blocks. Dyer also contributed 30 assists and six digs.
Libero Evan Boyle led the Tritons with eight digs.
For Harvard, Owen Fanning had a match-high 17 kills. Logan Shepherd led all players with nine digs.
The Tritons' most potent attack came in the second set when they compiled a .571Â hitting percentage with 14 kills and two errors in 21 attempts.
Not surprisingly, Harvard's top attack came in the third set when it hit .406 with 14 kills and one error in 32 attempts.
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTSÂ Â
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WHAT JIM GARRISONÂ HAD TO SAY
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TRITON TIDBITS
• It was just the third time UC San Diego and Harvard had met.
• The Tritons are 3-0 all-time against the Crimson.
• It was the 10th time that
Anthony Cherfan finished with a double-digit kill total this season.
• Cherfan has posted 10 or more kills in five of his last six outings.
• It was UC San Diego's final non-conference match of the regular season. The Tritons posted an 8-8 record against those opponents.
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UP NEXT
With its non-conference slate finished, the Tritons have seven-consecutive Big West matches, four of those in La Jolla. Tickets for home matches are available through the
Triton Box Office.
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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 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.
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