STANFORD, Calif. – No. 14 UC San Diego men's volleyball went the distance against No. 8 Stanford Saturday and came out on top, 3-2.
Set scores at Burnham Pavilion were 24-26, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, and 15-11.
The non-conference win moved the Tritons to 12-4 overall and the Cardinal fell to 7-6.
HOW IT HAPPENED
For the 10th time this season UC San Diego hit over .300, coming in at .339 with 57 kills and 15 errors in 124 attack attempts.
Stanford hit .254 (60-26-134).
Individually,
Anthony Cherfan put down a team-high 18 kills. He was followed by
Josh Schellinger with 15.
Leo Pravednikov had nine kills while
Nick Rigo and
Peter Selcho had seven apiece. Libero
Keegan Cook led the Tritons with 13 digs.
UC San Diego was solid at the net with 12 blocks. Rigo had eight block assists.
Setter
Bryce Dvorak finished with 44 assists.
The Cardinal got a match-high 22 kills from Theo Snoey. Moses Wagner (13) and Nate Clinton (12) also contributed double-figure kill totals.
TRITON TIDBITS
• The last time UC San Diego and Stanford met was in January of 2022 with the Tritons sweeping the Cardinal.
• It was the fourth five-set match for the Tritons this season. They are 2-2 in those matches.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego hosts Sacred Heart on March 5 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available through the
Triton Box Office.
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 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 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
