No. 8 UC Irvine Competes At The Outrigger Invitational

Matches against Hawaii will have the following coverage:

Television Coverage: OC Sports (Oceanic Cable Ch. 16 and Digital Ch. 1016)
Streaming Video: Live video streaming is available on ocsports.tv
Radio Coverage: ESPN 1420AM
Audio Webcast: www.espn1420am.com

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Live Stats: Available at HawaiiAthletics.com

UC Irvine (0-1) will participate in the 21st Outrigger Resorts Invitational Thursday (Jan. 8), Friday (Jan. 9) and Sunday (Jan. 11) at the Stan Sheriff Center.

UCI will take on No. 3 Penn State Thursday at 4:00 p.m., battle No. 14 Ohio State Friday at 4:00 p.m. and end with No. 10 Hawaii on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday's match against host Hawaii is a non-conference match.

Complete Tournament Schedule
Jan. 8

UC Irvine vs. Penn State        4:00 p.m.
Hawai'i vs. Ohio State                        7:00 p.m.

Jan. 9
Ohio State vs. UC Irvine         4:00 p.m.
Hawai'i vs. Penn State            7:00 p.m.

Jan. 11
Hawai'i vs. UC Irvine              5:00 p.m.

This year will be UC Irvine's debut in the tournament, while Outrigger veteran and two-time tournament champion Penn State returns for its 20th appearance. Ohio State will make its sixth appearance with a 3-12 tournament record. The Rainbow Warriors have won six tourney titles and finished runner-up last season.

UCI leads Penn State (7-4) and Ohio State (4-3) in the series records, but trails Hawaii 29-19 all-time.

UCI beat Hawaii twice last season in Honolulu.

The Nittany Lions, who open the year against the Anteaters, wrapped up the 2014 season with a 25-7 record and an appearance in the NCAA national semifinals where they lost to eventual champion Loyola-Chicago.

Ohio State enters the tournament with a 3-0 record, while Hawaii is 1-0 to begin the year.

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