HONOLULU, Hawaii – No. 4 UC Irvine used a season-high 16 blocks to take down No. 14 Concordia 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-20) in the first match of the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational held at the Stan Sheriff Center.

The Anteaters posted a season-high 16 blocks, led by senior Scott Stadick who totaled 10 total blocks (3 solo, 7 assists). The middle blocker was just as good offensively, hitting .611 on 11 kills and 18 swings and no errors.

UCI (6-3) out-hit Concordia .358 to .154.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Outside hitter Joel Schneidmiller led all players with 17 kills. The junior also added nine digs, four block assists and an ace
>Opposite Alexandre Nsakanda followed with 15 kills
>Raymond Barsemian led CUI with 10 kills

TURNING POINTS
FIRST SET
>Concordia took a 7-4 lead on four straight points
>The Eagles would lead 19-14 before UCI began to chip away on a 7-4 run to close to 23-21
>A kill by Joel Schnedimiller and two CUI attack errors would tie the set at 24-24, but Concordia closed out the match with a pair of kills

SECOND SET
>A Concordia service error was followed by a block by Scott Stadick and Patrick Vorenkamp and a kill by Schneidmiller put the Anteaters in front 10-7
>Three UCI errors helped Concordia tie the set at 12 all
>A 3-0 spurt by UCI which included a kill by Schneidmiller and a block by Stadick and JB Kam, broke a 13-13 tie
>The Anteaters would close out the set on kills by Schneidmiller and Nsakanda, 25-18
>UCI posted six blocks in the game

THIRD SET
>Back-to-back kills by Nsakanda and Aiden Wolf-Nielsen plus a CUI attack error gave the Anteaters and early 8-5 lead
>Another kill by Schneidmiller and a block by Stadick increased the gap to 13-9
>UCI would led 19-14 before the Eagles out-scored the Anteaters 6-2 to close within 21-20 forcing a UCI timeout
>A pair of Stadick kills followed forcing Concordia to call timeout, 23-20
>An ace by Schnedmiller and a kill by Nsakanda ended the set, 25-21

FOURTH SET
>UCI jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead
>Concordia edged closer, 16-14, but UCI responded with the next four points, two on Wolf-Nielsen kills, 20-14
>A kill by Kam ended the set 25-20 and the match 3-1

NOTES
>Stadick, the nation's leader in blocking average, has recorded 10 or more blocks in the last three matches and has totaled six or more blocks in each match this season
>JB Kam, playing in front of his hometown crowd, had a season-high 11 digs to go with six kills and an ace
>Setter Brian Garcia recorded a season-best 30 set assists and four total block assists
>Middle blocker Aiden Wolf-Nielsen had a career-best five kills and four total blocks
>These two teams played for teh second time in a week with UCI winning both 3-1

UP NEXT
>UCI will face Queens tomorrow (Feb. 7) at 6:00 p.m. PT from the Stan Sheriff Center.