Box Score IRVINE, Calif. – No. 5 UC Irvine hit .125 and was upended by Concordia 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-21) at the CU Arena.

The Anteaters hit a season-low .125 (26-16-80) as UCI goes to 14-6 overall. Concordia is 10-13 on the year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Middle blocker Austin Wilmot had a team-high seven kills and three block assists
>Karl Apfelbach and Aaron Koubi each added five kills. Apfelbach added three aces
>Libero David Parker had a team-high six digs
>Concordia was led by Jordan Hoppe and Raymond Barsemian with 13 kills each
>The Eagles hit .355 (48-15-93)

TURNING POINTS
FIRST SET
>Three straight kills by Concordia put the Eagles up 12-10
>An ace by Karl Apfelbach, a kill by Alexandre Nsakanda and back-to-back blocks by Brian Garcia and Scott Stadick evened the set at 15-15
>A 3-0 run by Concordia gave the Eagles a 20-17 advantage
>Concordia would go on to win the set on a UCI service error and a kill by Hunter Howell

SECOND SET
>Concordia would hold an early 7-4 lead
>A kill by Austin Wilmot and a Concordia attack error would tie the game at 8 all
>Concordia would build a 14-10 lead before the Anteaters rallied on an Eagle ball-handling error, an ace by Nsakanda and a kill by Stadick would narrow the margin to 14-13
>Concordia would follow with a the next three points to open a 17-13 lead and take the set 25-19

THIRD SET
>A kill and two Anteater attack errors put Concordia in front 9-6
>Concordia would never relinquish the lead and held set point 24-19 before Apfelbach would fire back-to-back aces to make it interesting and force a CUI timeout, 24-21
>A block by the Eagles secured the sweep, 25-21

NOTES
>Concordia beat UCI for the first time (5-1)
>UCI's kill leader Joel Schneidmiller did not play

UP NEXT
>UCI stay on the road traveling to No. 6 Pepperdine on Mar. 23