San Luis Obispo, Calif. – Onye Ofoegbu had a season-high 20 kills to lead UC Irvine to a 3-1 victory over Cal Poly at Mott Athletics Complex Friday.

Ofoegbu hit .548 (20-3-31) and had five block assists and an ace in the win. With her five block assists, the middle blocker moved into sixth all-time in the UCI record books with 306.

UCI wins its third straight match to improve to 19-10 overall and 12-7 in Big West matches. The 12 conference wins ties the school record of the 2003 team, that head coach Ashlie Hain was on.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Joy Umeh had 13 kills and a season-high six block assists
>Kiani Stanton and Marianna Bertolone each had seven kills. Stanton also had a match-high nine total blocks (1 solo, 8 assisted)
>Libero Campbell Jensen totaled a match-best 15 digs
>Setters were clutch from the service line with Indy DeSmet tying her career-high with four aces to go with 20 set assists and Kelly Negron recording three to go with 23 set assists. They both had four digs
>Cal Poly was led by Tommi Stockham's 19 kills and Maia Dvoracek's 16 kills, 11 digs and three aces
>UCI held a 14-10 advantage in blocks. The 14 blocks are tied for third most this season by the Anteaters

FIRST SET
>An ace by Onye Ofoegbu and a kill by Marianna Bertolone gave UCI a slight 7-5 lead
>A kill, block and ace by the Mustangs moved Cal Poly in front, 8-7
>Not to be out-done, UCI responded on a Cal Poly service error, a kill by Kiani Stanton and two aces by Kelly Negron, 11-8
>A kill by Joy Umeh, an ace by Campbell Jensen and  kill by Ofoegbu extended UCI's lead to 15-10
>Bailey Darnell played great defense on the backrow and UCI would win 25-21

SECOND SET
>The Mustangs would score the first two points of the set before UCI scored six in a row which included a kill and block assist by Stanton, 6-2
>Cal Poly answered with an 8-1 spurt to move in front 10-7. The run included six UCI errors
>A CP attack error was followed by an ace by Indy DeSmet and a block by Ofoegby and Ellen Veargason
>Kills by Stanton and Bertolone plus another ace by Negron pushed the Anteaters' advantage to 17-13
>The Mustangs would close to 20-19 but Ofoegbu tipped a ball into the middle of the court on the next play
>The teams would trade points before a Mustang ace tied it up 23-23
>An important challenge by head coach Ashlie Hain was reversed finding a Cal Poly player in the net and giving UCI the point, 25-24
>A block by Stanton and Umeh gave UCI the set 26-24

THIRD SET
>Four consecutive kills by the Mustangs moved Cal Poly into a 6-2 lead
>Three more kills gave CP a 10-5 advantage
>Back-to-back blocks, both assisted by Stanton, narrowed Cal Poly's lead to 19-18
>Cal Poly would hold set point, 24-20 then UCI rallied on a block by Ofoegbu and Umeh, an ace by DeSmet and a kill by Ofoegbu to make things interesting, 24-23, but a UCI service error would hand the Mustangs the 25-23 victory

FOURTH SET
>The Mustang block came alive and propelled CP to a 14-11 lead
>Six in a row, two Ofoegbu kills and two DeSmet aces helped UCI to a 16-15 advantage
>Defense by Jensen and a kill by Veargason made it 20-16
>The Anteaters would score the final three points on kills by Bertolone and Umeh and a block by Stanton and Umeh, 25-19   

NOTES
>DeSmet leads the team with 24 service aces, recording multiple aces six times this season
>UCI's 10 team aces are second most this season
>The Anteaters have won three of the last four against the Mustangs

UP NEXT
>UCI will close out the regular season at CSU Bakersfield. First serve is set for 5:00 p.m. from the Icardo Center.