LA JOLLA, Calif. - UC San Diego shook off a first set loss and won the next three to defeat UC Santa Barbara, 3-1, Friday night in Big West action at LionTree Arena.

Set scores were 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, and 25-22.

It was the seventh consecutive win for UC San Diego, the team's longest streak as an NCAA Division I program (since 2021).

The 13th-ranked Tritons improve to 16-4 overall and 2-0 in the conference. The Gauchos, ranked 18th nationally, are now 8-10 and 0-2.

The two teams played a week ago in Santa Barbara with the Tritons winning that one in four sets as well.

HOW IT HAPPENED
As has been the case all season, UC San Diego out-hit its opponent, this time holding a .318 (53-19-107) to .292 (52-21-106) advantage.

Three Tritons hit a double-figure kill total with outside Josh Schellinger dropping 14 while outside Leo Pravednikov and middle Peter Selcho each finished with 10. Selcho hit .692 and Schellinger posted a .480 attack. Selcho also had three solo blocks.

Setter Bryce Dvorak had 44 assists, four kills, four digs, three aces, and two blocks (one solo).

Libero Sebastian Lara had a match-best 10 digs.

UCSB was led by Bianchi Geste, who led all players with 20 kills. George Bruening had 13 kills.

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JOSH SCHELLINGER INTERVIEW

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TRITON TIDBITS
• UC San Diego has posted a higher attack percentage than its opponent in 17 of 20 matches.
• It was the 11th match of the season in which the Tritons took on a national top-20 team. They are 7-4 in those contests.

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego breaks from competition until traveling to Hawai'i for back-to-back matches against the Rainbow Warriors on March 28 and 29. 

The Tritons' next home match will be against UC Irvine on April 4 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 has begun a new era 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 garnered 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. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.