Box Score IRVINE, Calif. -- Four Anteaters recorded double-figure kills to help No. 3 UC Irvine to a wild 3-2 victory (25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25, 22-20) over No. 9 CSUN at the Bren Events Center Friday night.

UCI improves to 18-7 overall and 4-3 in the Big West, while the Matadors go to 13-9 on the year and 3-4 in league action.

Outside hitter Aaron Koubi and opposite Karl Apfelbach led UCI with 17 kills with Apfelbach recording 10 digs and three block assists. Middle blocker Scott Stadick and outside hitter Joel Schneidmiller each added 14 kills in the win. The 14 kills ties a career-high for Stadick. Setter Dante Chakravorti had 55 set assists, the most by a Big West player in a conference match this season. Libero David Parker tied his season-best with 14 digs.

While UCI had a balanced attack, CSUN was a one-man show with Arvis Greene Jr. posting a career-high 40 kills in 73 swings. Both the kills and attempts are the most in the nation this year.

In the first set, back-to-back kills by UCI's Karl Apfelbach and Scott Stadick created a small separation, 10-8 then the Anteaters went on a 4-0 spurt, which included an ace by Tucker Pikula and a block by Joel Schneidmiller and Austin Wilmot to extend the margin to 18-11. A Matador service error would give UCI a 25-17 victory. Stadick would record five kills on six attempts without an error (.833).

A pair of Aaron Koubi aces put UCI in front 6-3 in the second set.  UCI would hold a 12-9 advantage before CSUN would out-score UCI 6-1 to take a 15-13 lead. A dump by Dante Chakravorti and a kill by Schneidmiller would tie the set at 18-18.  With the score knotted at 20-20, UCI used a kill by Apfelbach and an ace by Grant Friedman to gain the 22-20 edge. Another crafty move by Chakravorti pushed a kill off the block to win the set 25-23. Koubi would put down five kills in the set.

A pair of Matador kills broke a 16-16 tie and CSUN would be on top 19-17 until a Stadick kill was followed by a long rally that ended in a Schneidmiller kill to tie the third set at 19-19. A pair of Arvis Greene kills moved CSUN back in front 23-21. The Matadors would not relinquish the lead, winning 25-22.

CSUN went on a 5-0 run, which included three Anteater attack errors to lead 8-4. UCI would score three of their own to close within 8-7. Austin Wilmot had a solo and a block assist with JB Kam to give UCI their first lead of the fourth set 18-17. Two CSUN errors put the Anteaters back in control 20-19, but the Matadors would close out the game, out-scoring UCI 6-2 to force a fifth set.

In the fifth set, UCI scored three straight on a Stadick kill and two CSUN attack errors, the last a huge block by Stadick and Koubi to open a 5-2 lead. The Matadors would draw to 7-5 before consecutive kills by Schneidmiller and Koubi made it 9-5. CSUN would chip away and tie the set at 11-11. Neither team wanted to put it away as they went back and forth until a CSUN service error was followed by a dump by Chakravorti to end the set 22-20 and the match 3-2.

The teams will tangle again tomorrow at the Matadome starting at 7:00 p.m.

NOTES: UCI fired a season-high seven aces, six of them by different players…seven different Anteater players recorded at least one block assist…Wilmot led the team in blocking for the third time this season…Parker has recorded 11 or more kills in each of the last five matches…Chakravorti had four kills which ties his season-high.