UC Irvine Tops MPSF Coaches Poll

Irvine, Calif. -- UC Irvine, the NCAA and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation defending champion, topped the 2013 MPSF Preseason Coaches' Poll.

The Anteaters recieved 11 of the 13 first place votes and collected 143 points. The nine-point seperation (143-134) between UCI and second place BYU was the largest gap between the top two teams in the history of the poll. BYU collected the other two first place votes.

UCI first year head coach David Kniffin returns four starters plus the libero, including first team All-American Kevin Tillie and first team All-MPSF selection Jeremy Dejno.

UCI will host Irvine neighbor Concordia in an exhibition match Jan. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in Crawford Court then start the regular season traveling to the UC Santa Barbara Invitational on Jan. 4-5. The Anteaters return home to start MPSF action, hosting Pepperdine Jan. 8 before a showdown with USC on Jan. 11 in a rematch of the 2012 NCAA championship duel.

MPSF Preseason Coaches' Poll

1. UC Irvine                 143 (11)
2. BYU                          134 (2)
3. Pepperdine              113
4. Stanford                   110
5. UCLA                          94
6. Long Beach State      85
7. USC                            83
8. Cal State Northridge  61
9. UC Santa Barbara      55
10. Cal Baptist               49
11. Pacific                       35
12. Hawaii 3 

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