IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine dropped the final match of the adidas/UCI Invitational to San Francisco, 1-3 (25-19, 21-25, 21-25, 18-25) at the Bren Events Center Sunday afternoon.

The Anteaters (0-3) hit a season-high .220 (56-20-164) and out-dug the Dons, 81-79.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Hunter Riedl had 13 kills for the second consecutive match with two block assists
>Marianna Bertolone totaled 11 kills and a season-best 14 digs, one shy of her career-high. She also fired two aces
>Defensive specialist Lexi Gruszczynski had a career-best 14 digs
>In the middle, Ofure Iselen pounded a career-high 11 kills, hitting .375 and shared the team lead with three block assists
>Grad student Isabella Scarlett totaled eight kills and three block assists, while junior Ella Gardiner had a career-high seven kills
>Libero Campbell Jensen had a team-high 22 digs to go with six set assists and an ace
>Setter Nicole Feliciano tallied a career-best 42 set assists, a career-tying 12 digs and her first two career aces
>San Francisco's Maria Petkova led all players with 19 kills and 19 digs. Abby Wadas had a match-high 24 digs for the Dons who improve to 2-1 overall
>USF hit .243 (59-17-173) and out-blocked (9-8) and out-aced (8-5) the Anteaters

FIRST SET
>Marianna Bertolone opened the match with a kill
>Hunter Riedl picked up where she left off the night before with a pair of kills, 3-1
>Bertolone had a kill and ace that was combined with another Riedl kill to force a USF timeout, 6-1. The duo was a perfect 5 for 5 on attacks
>Out of the timeout, Bertolone notched another ace, 7-1
>Kills by Riedl and Ofure Iselen plus two Don attack errors extended the lead to 11-2
>San Francisco would rally, out-scoring UCI 8-2 to close within 13-10
>Back-to-back kills by Bertolone and Isabella Scarlett held the lead, 17-13
>USF would knot the score at 18s then UCI responded with six in a row, including an ace by Nicole Feliciano, 24-18
>Ella Gardiner would end the set with a kill, 25-19
>The Anteaters posted their best offensive set of the season, hitting .412 (17-3-34)

SECOND SET
>USF rattled off four in a row to take a 5-2 lead
>A Bertolone kill trickled over the tape to tie the set at 5-5
>The Dons would create some separation with two kills, 10-7
>A block by Iselen and Riedl helped narrow the margin to 11-12
>San Francisco went on a 6-1 spurt to open a 19-13 advantage
>A kill by Bertolone and two by Scarlett kept UCI in the set, 19-16
>An ace by Feliciano drew UCI within 21-23, but USF ended the set with a kill and an ace, 25-23

THIRD SET
>The teams remained close until USF had four consecutive kills to move ahead 10-7
>Scarlett came alive with two kills and a block assist to tie the set at 11s
>USF had three unanswered to lead 15-12 at the media timeout
>UCI used two USF attack errors and a kill by Riedl to take a 16-15 lead
>The Dons would rally late, out-scoring UCI 6-2 to win the set 25-21

FOURTH SET
>Two blocks and an ace catapulted USF to a 6-1 lead
>A kill and three consecutive Anteater attack errors increased USF's lead, 15-5
>USF stayed in control but UCI wouldn't go away easily, scoring four in a row before the Dons ended the match with a kill, 25-18

NOTES
>Bertolone and Iselen were named to the all-tournament team
>Bertolone has recorded an ace in each of the first three matches and leads the squad with five
>Feliciano has three double-doubles to kick off her career

All-Tournament Team
Uxue Guereca – New Mexico
Athina Dimitriadas – New Mexico
Madeline Matheny – Seton Hall
Senna Roberts-Navarro – Seton Hall
San Francisco – Abby Wadas
San Francisco – Maria Petkova
UC Irvine – Marianna Bertolone
UC Irvine – Ofure Iselen

UP NEXT
UCI travels to the Windy City Classic Thursday-Saturday, playing host Chicago State in the opening match at 4:00 p.m. PT. The Anteaters will then take on Southeast Missouri State Friday and Jacksonville State Saturday before returning home to host Boson College next Sunday (Sept. 3) at 1:00 p.m. at the Bren Events Center.