Youthful Anteaters Fall To Beijing And Take Eighth At Irvine International Tournament
October 01, 2011 | Men's Volleyball
Irvine, Calif. – Beijing BAIC Motor defeated a youthful UC Irvine team, 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-18) in the seventh place match at the Irvine International Volleyball Tournament presented by ST/COMP Quiksilver Saturday at Crawford Court.
Underclassman ruled the court with sophomores Connor Hughes, Jeremy Dejno, Colin Mehring, and Daniel Stork joining freshmen Zack La Cavera and Michael Brinkley and senior Dan McDonnell for most of the match.
The Anteaters finish the third annual tournament with a 1-4 record, while Beijing picks up its first win and finishes in seventh place with a 1-4 mark.
UCI went on a 7-3 run in the first set to take a 17-15 lead capped by a Connor Hughes kill off an overpass.and a Hughes and Dan McDonnell block. The Anteaters held a 24-22 advantage before Beijing had a kill followed by an Anteater attack error to knot the score at 24-24. The teams would swap points until Jeremy Dejno put away a kill and had a block to end the set 27-25.
China scored four straight to go ahead 14-12 in the second set and continued to lead 17-15. UCI had a kill by Hughes and a Dejno block to tie the set at 17-17. Beijing responded with the next two points followed by the Anteaters scoring two in a row to keep the game deadlocked at 19-19. Tied at 21 all, China outscored UCI, 4-2 to win the set 25-23.
Behind the serving of Dejno, which included two aces, the Anteaters jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the third set. Beijing then went on an 8-2 spurt to open an 11-9 lead. China was ahead 14-11 before a service error, a triple block by Stork, Mehring and Dejno was followed by a La Cavera service ace to get UCI even at 14-14. Three consecutive kills gave Beijing a 23-20 lead and they would win the game 25-22.
The fourth set started much like the third set with UCI leading 7-4 and again 9-5 on the strength of four blocks. A 6-1 run gave China its first lead of the game, 11-10. Beijing went on an 8-2 run to open a 19-13 cushion. That was all they would need as Beijing won the set 25-18.
The Anteaters return to action hosting Brandon University in an exhibition match on Dec. 29 at 7:00 p.m. in Crawford Court.
SADA Cruzeiro from Brazil won its second consecutive Irvine International Volleyball Tournament presented by ST/COMP Quiksilver title by defeating Drean Bolivar from Argentina, 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-20).
SADA Cruzeiro, who was led by tournament MVP Wallace, has not lost a match in two years at the Irvine International Tournament going 9-0. Drean Bolivar, the 2010 tournament champion, dropped its first match, going 4-1 this year.
Korea defeated Japan for third place, while Shanghai defeated Quiksilver for fifth.
Saturday, October 1
Seventh Place Beijing def. UC Irvine, 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-18)
Fifth Place Shanghai def. Quiksilver, 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18)
Third Place Korea def. Japan, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-20)
Championship Brazil def. Argentina, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-20
Results
Saturday, October 1
Seventh Place Beijing def. UC Irvine, 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-18)
Fifth Place Shanghai def. Quiksilver, 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18)
Third Place Korea def. Japan, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-20)
Championship Brazil def. Argentina, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-20
Friday, September 30
Shanghai def. Beijing, 3-0 (28-26, 25-21, 25-13)
Quiksilver def. UC Irvine, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22)
Brazil def. Japan, 3-2 (28-26, 25-23, 26-28, 25-18, 15-10
Argentina def. Korea, 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-15)
Thursday, September 29
Argentina def. Japan, (25-20, 25-21, 25-19)
Shanghai def. Quiksilver, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-18)
Brazil def. Korea, 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 20-24, 25-15)
Wednesday, September 28
Japan def. Beijing, 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17)
Brazil def. Quiksilver, 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-21)
Argentina def. UC Irvine, 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 25-22)
Tuesday, September 27
Argentina def. Beijing, 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22)
Japan def. UC Irvine, 3-2 (22-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-20, 15-13)
Korea def. Shanghai, 3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 17-25, 25-18)
Monday, September 26
Brazil def. Shanghai, 3-1 (25-15, 25-15, 23-25, 27-25)
Korea def. Quiksilver, 3-1 (34-32, 27-25, 21-25, 25-22)
UC Irvine def. Beijing, 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 29-27)
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