LOS ANGELES – The No. 12-ranked UC San Diego Men's Volleyball team battled but ultimately fell, 3-1, at third-ranked UCLA Thursday night.
Set scores from Pauley Pavilion went 25-22, 25-14, 24-26, and 31-29 in favor of the Bruins.
With their first loss this season, the Tritons are now 6-1. The Bruins upped their mark to 3-1.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
UCLA finished its night with a .312 attack, totaling 51 kills and 17 errors in 109 swings. UC San Diego came in at .184 with 36 kills and 18 errors in 98 attack attempts. The Bruins also had advantages in service aces (16-11), while the Tritons came out on top in blocks at 8-7.
Individually for UC San Diego, Anthony Cherfan and Leo Pravednikov had 11 kills each. Cherfan added four aces and four blocks. Up front, Jim Garrison had six blocks. Josh Schellinger racked up nine kills, 10 digs, four blocks, and two aces.
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WHAT HEAD COACH BRAD ROSTRATTER HAD TO SAY
"It was a tough match. We faced a strong team and it forced us to raise our level of play. Unfortunately, we took a little too long to calibrate and make some of the adjustments we needed to make as a team in order to compete at that level. That ended up costing us in the first and second sets. I'm excited with how we responded. The things we're doing on the court as servers, as defenders, and as blockers. We're back at it tomorrow in LionTree and we're really honored to have the 2000 national championship team back in the gym."
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TRITON TIDBITS
• The 2000 national champion team will be recognized at Friday night's game in La Jolla.
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UP NEXT
With a quick turn-around, UC San Diego returns to La Jolla to host Vanguard Friday night at 7 p.m. Tickets 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.
