Box Score LA JOLLA, Calif. – The tables were turned Friday as UC San Diego took a 3-2 victory over UC Irvine (25-16, 24-26, 26-28, 21-25, 15-7) at the RIMAC Arena.

In another role reversal from UCI's win on Friday, the Tritons out-blocked the Anteaters, 13.5-4.0. UCSD also took advantage of 25 UCI service errors.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Senior Joel Schneidmiller led four players in double figure kills with 17. He also added a season-high nine digs
>Redshirt freshman Cole Gillis posted a career-high 14 kills followed by freshman Francesco Sani with 13, matching his career-high
>Middle blocker Scott Stadick had 11 kills and two aces, while junior Alexandre Nsakanda added nine kills
>Sophomore Akhil Tangutur recorded a career-best 19 digs to lead all players
>Setter Dylan Zhai matched his career-high registered last night with 51 set assists
>UCSD's Ryan Ka had a match-best 25 kills

COACH KNIFFIN SAID
"A lot of guys did good things in various aspects of the game, but against good teams and scrappy teams you have to play the whole game. I'm not happy with the way we played tonight, but I think that Game 5 experience is valuable."

FIRST SET
>Four straight points by the Tritons capped by an ace by Kyle McCauley gave UCSD 16-9 lead
>Back-to-back kills by Ka extended the lead to 18-10
>A UCI service error ended the set 25-16 for the Tritons

SECOND SET
>A solo block and kill by Joel Schneidmiller gave UCI the 10-7 edge
>Aces by Scott Stadick and Dylan Zhai pushed the gap to 14-9
>UCSD's block took over, rejecting three Anteater attempts to close the deficit to 16-15
>A Triton service error was followed by an attack that flew long, to give UCI the 20-17 advantage
>A kill by Sani and an ace by Cole Gillis gave UCI the 23-20 advantage
>UCSD rallied on four straight points to take their first lead of the set, 24-23
>Back-to-back kills by Sano was followed by a kill by Schneidmiller for the 26-24 victory

THIRD SET
>A 4-0 run gave UCSD an 8-3 lead
>A kill by Gillis got UCI within 13-12, but UCSD exploded for the next six points to open a 19-12 lead
>UCI had four straight with help from two more Gillis kills and a block by Vorenkamp and Alexandre Nsakanda, 19-13
>UCI trailed 24-21 then used a kill by Stadick and two kills by Gillis to knot the score at 24s. The last Gillis kill was possible by good defense by Schneidmiller and Nsakanda
>The Tritons would have a kill and a UCI attack error to win the set 28-26

SET FOUR
>A pair of kills by Stadick and Schneidmiller helped UCI jump out to a 6-2 lead
>Following a Schneidmiller kill out of the backrow, Zhai made a great dig crashing into the scorer's table to keep the ball alive and the Triton attack sailed long. The next UCSD attack did the same forcing a UCSD timeout, 8-3
>The Tritons would rally on three kills and a block, 10-8
>Three kills by Nsakanda powered UCI to a 19-14 advantage
>A kill by Schneidmiller and block by Vorenkamp and Nsakanda ended it, 25-21 to force a fifth set

FIFTH SET
>Teams were tied at 5-5 then UCSD scored five in a row, three on UCI errors, to break open the set, 10-5
>Two UCI miscues would end the set 15-7 and the match 3-2 for the Tritons
>UCI hit .000 (4-4-15) in the final stanza, while the Tritons were errorless (10-0-14)

NOTES
>Stadick hit .714, the best performance of the year for an Anteater (11-1-14)
>Both teams are 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Big West
>Freshman middle blocker Connor Campbell made his debut and promptly had a kill

UP NEXT
UCI will host CSUN March 20 at the Bren Events Center before heading to Northridge on March 21. Both matches start at 4:00 p.m.