Irvine, Calif. – Middle blocker Scott Stadick dominated for a second straight match in No. 3 UC Irvine's 3-0 sweep (25-18, 30-28, 25-21) of No. 12 UC Santa Barbara in the regular season finale at the Bren Events Center Saturday.

With the win, UCI improves to 20-8 overall and 6-4 in the Big West.

The Anteaters will wait for the outcome of the Hawaii/Long Beach State match in Honolulu beginning at 10:00 p.m. PT to determine Big West Championship seeding. If Hawaii loses, UCI is the No. 2 seed, but if the Warriors win, UCI ties Hawaii for second place in the league standings and will be the No. 3 seed due to a tiebreaker.

Stadick was as offensively potent as defensively tonight, putting away a team-best 12 kills, while hitting .625 (12-2-16). He recorded seven total blocks, including two solos.

Outside hitter Aaron Koubi had 11 kills on a .529 hitting performance (11-2-17) and seven digs, while opposite Karl Apfelbach recorded 10 kills and three block assists.  Outside hitter Joel Schneidmiller added eight kills and matched Koubi with a match-high seven digs. Middle blocker Austin Wilmot had six kills (.545) and four total blocks.

Roy McFarland led UC Santa Barbara (11-12, 4-6) with 13 kills and seven digs.

In the first set, UCI took a 10-7 lead on consecutive kills by Austin Wilmot, Joel Schneidmiller and Karl Apfelbach. A pair of Scott Stadick kills and a Stadick and Schneidmiller block extended the margin to 17-10. The Anteaters would win the set 25-18, hitting .481 (14-1-27). Stadick would record four kills and five total blocks (2 solo, 3 assists) in the game.

In a tightly contested second set, the action came down to the final two points where Apfelbach and Koubi put away kills in give UCI the 30-28 victory.

UCI made a move in the third set 18-15 on a kill by Schnedimiller and three Gaucho errors, one a block by Apfelbach and Wilmot. UCSB would close to 23-20 until a Schneidmiller kill stopped the momentum, 24-20. Following a Gaucho kill, Koubi ended the match with a kill, 25-21.

At the conclusion of the match, UCI honored seniors Logan Zotovich, Reid Dominguez, Tucker Pikula and Ben Sebastian.

NOTES: Stadick improved his season solo block school record total to 28...UCI has totaled 20 or more wins for the ninth time in program history...The Anteaters had 41 attempts in the second set which is the most in a game this year...UCI's .456 hitting percentage (48-7-90) is the second best this year...It is the 11th sweep of the season....Big West Championship page