No. 4 UCI Falls To No. 1 Hawaii

Saturday, February 8

Manoa, HI

9:00 PM

UC Irvine

7-4,0-0Big West

Hawai'i

12-0,0-0Big West

Team	1	2	3	Final F
UC Irvine	22	20	20	0
Hawaii	25	25	25	3

No. 4 UCI Falls To No. 1 Hawaii

February 08, 2020 | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Stacey Shackleford

HONOLULU, Hawaii – No. 4 UC Irvine snapped a four-match winning streak with a 3-0 non-conference loss to No. 1 Hawaii in the finale of the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational at the Stan Sheriff Center.

UCI goes to 7-4 overall, while Hawaii remains undefeated at 12-0 by taking the match 25-22, 25-20, 25-20.

The Anteaters out-blocked UH, 13.5-8.5 led once again by middle blocker Scott Stadick with a career-high 11 block assists. His 11 blocks assists ranks in a tie for ninth in the rally scoring era for UCI.

Stadick and outside hitter Joel Schneidmiller were named to the All-Tournament team. Schneidmiller recorded 47 kills, four aces and 10 block assists over three matches in Hawaii.

UCI hit a season-low .189 to Hawaii's .276.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Opposite Alexandre Nsakanda led UCI in kills with 15, hitting .400 (15-3-30). He also added a career-high five block assists
>The Anteaters had a season-low 16 digs
>Hawaii was led by Rado Parapunov's 14 kills followed by Colton Cowell's 12

TURNING POINTS
FIRST SET
>A 5-1 spurt by Hawaii which included three kills by Colton Cowell gave UH an 11-6 lead
>Three Anteater errors helped Hawaii to a 15-9 advantage at the media break
>A kill and an ace by Alexandre Nsakanda edged the Anteaters closer, 16-13
>UCI trailed 22-17 before the Anteaters rallied with a kill by Scott Stadick, a block by JB Kam and Aiden Wolf-Nielsen, a kill by Nsakanda and two Hawaii mistakes to close to 23-22 and force a Hawaii timeout
>UH would score the final two points out of the timeout, 25-22

SECOND SET
>The set began with a kill by Joel Schneidmiller and back-to-back blocks by Stadick and Nsakanda, 3-0
>UH would catch UCI at 4-4
>A kill by Schneidmiller was followed by a pair of blocks by Stadick and Schneidmiller to give UCI a 12-10 advantage
>A 3-0 spurt by Hawaii gave the Warriors a 15-14 lead
>Following the media timeout, Hawaii out-scored UCI 4-1, to get to 19-16
>UCI would get as close as 22-20 only to watch Hawaii score the final three points to end the set, 25-20

THIRD SET
>Three Anteaters errors gave UH an early 3-0 start
>Hawaii would extend the lead to 9-3 on an ace
>Stadick would be help UCI with three block assists during a 5-1 run that saw UCI creep within 14-9
>UCI rallied again with Hawaii holding set point 24-15 with six straight points, all Warrior errors, three with the help of Stadick blocks, 24-20
>A kill by Parapunov ended the set 25-20 and the match 3-0

NOTES
>UCI finished as tournament runner-up with a 2-1 record behind Hawaii (3-0)
>UCI was plagued by 14 service errors
>This is only the second three set match UCI has played in this season, previously sweeping Princeton to start the year

UP NEXT
>UCI kicks off Big West action next Saturday (Feb. 15) hosting UC San Diego at the Bren Events Center. First serve at 7:00 p.m.

Final standings:
Champion: Hawai'i 3-0
Runner-Up: UC Irvine 2-1
3rd Place: Concordia-Irvine 1-2
4th Place: Queens 0-3

All-Tournament Team
Addison Enriques, Concordia-Irvine
Scott Stadick, UC Irvine
Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
Gage Worsley, Hawai'i
Patrick Gasman, Hawai'i
Rado Parapunov, Hawai'i
Colton Cowell, Hawai'i (Most Outstanding Player)