Box Score SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Senior Joel Schneidmiller and junior Alexandre Nsakanda paced UCI in a 3-1 loss to UC Santa Barbara at Robertson Gym Wednesday.

The Gauchos won 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19 to improve to 8-4 overall and 4-3 in the Big West. UCI goes to 2-9 on the year and 2-5 in league action.

Schneidmiller had 19 points on 18 kills, two block assists and five digs, while hitting .433. Nsakanda followed with a season-high 10 kills, a team-best six digs and UCI's lone ace

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Middle blocker Scott Stadick led all players with five blocksto go with eight kills
>Libero Cole Gillis matched Nsakanda with six digs
>Outside hitter Doug Dahm pitched-in seven kills, while middle blocker Connor Campbell had four kills and four block assists
>UCSB had three players in double-digit kills. Ryan Wilcox (21), Randy DeWeese (15) and Roy McFarland (12)

FIRST SET
>UCSB jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, with Joel Schneidmiller scoring UCI only points
>Alexandre Nsakanda kill brought UCI within 8-6, but UCSB would score the next two, 10-6
>The Gauchos would put the set out of reach scoring five unanswered, 20-12
>Kills by Ryan Wilcox and Roy McFarland would end the set for UCSB, 25-17
>The Gauchos would hit .540 on 14 kills and just one error in 25 attempts

SECOND SET
>The Anteaters held a 4-1 lead on three consecutive UCSB attack errors, the first a block by Schneidmiller and Scott Stadick
>UCSB would chip away and catch UCI at 11-11
>The Anteaters would score the next two on a Gaucho blocking error and a kill out of the back by Schneidmiller
>UCSB would peel off eight in a row to take control, 19-13
>Consecutive kills by Schneidmiller, Dahm and Nsakanda drew UCI closer, 22-19
>Following a UCI service error, a kill by Stadick and a block by Doug Dahm and Connor Campbell kept UCI within reach 23-21
>The Anteater let the ball fall to the ground on an overpass and went in the net to give UCSB a 25-21 win

THIRD SET
>A kill by Dahm and another Dahm/Campbell block gave UCI the 7-6 lead
>Consecutive kills by Nsakanda, Stadick and Dahm put the Anteaters in front 13-11
>Back-to-back kills by Schneidmiller helped the Anteaters to a 20-17 advantage
>A 4-1 run by UCSB closed the gap to 23-22 forcing a UCI timeout
>The Anteaters responded with a kill by Campbell and a block by Campbell and Dahm, 25-22

FOURTH SET
>Three UCI miscues gave UCSB an early 3-0 lead
>A Schneidmiller kill and a block by Stadick and Dahm got UCI back in the set, 4-3
>An ace by Nsakanda knotted the set at 6-6, only to watch UCSB score the next five to start a 9-1 run and take a 15-7 lead
>The Anteaters tried to rally on a pair of kills by Schneidmiller and a solo and block assist by Stadick, 15-12
>A kill by Schneidmiller and a UCSB error narrowed the deficit to 17-15
>The Gauchos would go on a 4-1 spurt to go up 23-17 and would go on to win the set 25-19
>UCI would hit .040 in the final set

NOTES
>Campbell posted four block assists for the second consecutive match
>UCSB held the .375 to .284 hitting advantage, while the Anteaters topped the Gauchos 9-6 in blocks

UP NEXT
>The teams head to Irvine for a Big West match on Friday and a non-conference match on Saturday at the Bren Events Center. Both matches begin at 4:00 p.m.