PALO ALTO, Calif. – No. 6 UC Irvine swept No. 10 Stanford in a non-conference tilt at Maples Pavilion Saturday afternoon.

The Anteaters won on the strength of nine aces, a .357 hitting percentage (40-10-84) and an 8.5 to 3 block advantage.

UCI goes to 10-5 overall while Stanford is 9-8 on the year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Outside hitter Francesco Sani led UCI, hitting .545 with 13 kills on 22 attempts and just one error. He shared the team lead in digs with Hilir Henno at seven and totaled two aces
>Outside hitter Hilir Henno had six aces and 10 kills in the win
>Opposite Cole Gillis pitched in nine kills, three total blocks and an ace
>Middle blocker Doug Dahm had a match-high four total blocks (1 solo, 3 assisted), while middle blocker Connor Campbell totaled four kills and three block assists
>Setter Joe Karlous tallied 34 set assists, six digs, two kills and two blocks
>Stanford's Will Rottman had a match-best 21 kills  

FIRST SET
>UCI would score five in a row which included kills by Cole Gillis, Hilir Henno, Francesco Sani and a block by Henno and Connor Campbell to jump out to a 7-4 lead
>Henno had a kill and ace in a 4-1 run to extend the lead to 12-7
>Gillis took over with a kill, a solo rejection and a block assist, 15-8
>A kill by Doug Dahm was followed by two Henno aces, 23-13
>Stanford would rally with a pair of their own aces, 23-16
>Two Cardinal service errors helped end the set, 25-17
>The Anteaters hit .474 (14-2-35)

SECOND SET
>Joe Karlous had a kill that was followed by a solo block by D. Dahm then the two teamed up for a block assist, 9-6
>A  kill by Sani and another ace from Henno made the advantage 12-8
>After the ball was ping-ponged around several times, Gillis punched it to the back of the court, 14-10
>A kill by Campbell gave UCI a 15-12 lead before the Cardinal scored the next four to move in front, 16-15
>A 6-2 spurt that had two kills by Sani pushed the Anteaters back ahead, 22-20 lead
>A kill by Henno gave UCI the 25-23 victory

THIRD SET
>A Karlous kill and an ace by Gillis tied the score at 4-4
>A kill by Sani was followed by a block by D. Dahm and Karlous, 6-5
>A kill by Sani was followed by back-to-back aces by Henno, 11-8
>Stanford would out-score UCI 4-1 to knot the set at 14-14
>A UCI service error and a kill gave Stanford the 18-17 lead
>Gillis would use the block to record a kill following a long rally then Sani would fire a ball to the back line for an ace before the timeout then blasted another after then recorded a kill, 22-19
>The teams would sideout to give UCI the 25-22 set and match win

NOTES
>Henno already holds the UCI record for aces in a match with 8 against Pepperdine, but his six tonight is tied for third most. The sophomore now has 44 this season which is tied for ninth most in a season at UCI
>Sani extended his ace streak to 12 straight matches
>As a team, UCI has recorded six or more aces in each of the last eight matches

UP NEXT
It's a quick turnaround for the Anteaters as they will travel back down south to host No. 3 Penn State at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow (Mar. 5) at the Bren Center.