LA JOLLA, Calif. – Onye Ofoegbu and Campbell Jensen were impressive in UC Irvine's 3-0 victory over UC San Diego at the LionTree Arena Thursday night.

Ofoegbu led UCI with 13 kills and six total blocks (2 solo and 4 assisted). With her four assists, the middle blocker moved into a tie for ninth in UCI season block assists with 105.

Jensen posted a career-high 32 digs, tied for fourth most in the Big West this season. The libero also had an ace and three set assists. The freshman leads the Big West with a 4.85 dig average.  

The Anteaters improve to 16-9 overall and 9-6 in the Big West. UCSD falls to 12-15 on the year and 5-10 in league contests.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Junior Joy Umeh recorded nine kills, while freshman Kendra MacDonald added eight kills and nine digs
>Rightside Ellen Veargason had five kills to go with three block assists
>Middle blocker Kiani Stanton totaled four block assists
>Setters Kelly Negron and Indy DeSmet recorded 19 and 18 set assists respectively
>Ava McInnes had a match-high 15 kills for the tritons
>UCI hit .198 to UCSD's .087 and out-blocked the Tritons, 10-7

FIRST SET
>The Tritons would lead 6-2 on the strength of back-to-back blocks
>Trailing 3-7, UCI would rally on kills by joy Umeh and Kiani Stanton plus a UCSD attack error and an ace by Marianna Bertolone, 7-7
>A kill and solo block by Onye Ofoegbu was followed another block by Ofoegbu and Ellen Veargason to move UCI in front 13-10
>Three more blocks, two assisted by Kiani Stanton, expanded the margin to 18-12
>UCI led 23-16 before UCSD scored five in a row to tighten the gap to 23-21
>Ofoegbu hammered a ball down the middle for set point then had another for the set winner, 25-21
>Both teams struggled offensively s UCI hit .098 (13-8-51) and UCSD was .041 (10-8-49)

SECOND SET
>UCI scored three straight, a Triton attack error, a kill by Ofoegbu and a block by Ofoegbu and Bertolone, helped the Anteaters to a 7-3 lead
>UCI would go on a 6-0 run that included two kills by Umeh and another from Kendra MacDonald to own a 15-9 lead
>Ofoegbu would annihilate the ball on a slide then crushed another on an overpass to increase the lead to 18-11
>A kill by Bertolone and a Triton attack error ended the set, 25-16

THIRD SET
>UCI took an early 5-1 lead on kills by K. MacDonald and Veargason and three UCSD errors
>A one-handed set by Indy DeSmet was put down by Ofoegbu, 6-2
>Consecutive kills by Bertolone, Umeh and Stanton were followed by two from K. MacDonald to give the Anteaters a 12-5 advantage
>Four in a row by the Tritons edged UCSD closer 16-13
>UCI would score four of the final five points, including the match winner , a block by Ofoegbu and Veargason

NOTES
>It is the fifth time this season, UCI has held an opponent under a .100 hitting percentage
>UCI has won all eight meetings against UC San Diego

UP NEXT
UCI will return home Saturday (Nov. 12) for a 5:00 p.m. contest with Hawaii at the Bren Events Center.