Box Score NORTHRIDGE, Calif. –Outside hitter Kendra MacDonald powered the Anteater offense with a career-high 20 kills as the Anteaters beat CSUN 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-10, 25-) at the Premier America Credit Union Saturday.

Setter Nicole Feliciano guided UC Irvine to a season-high .426 (61-12-115) hitting percentage the sixth best mark in the Big West this season.

MacDonald was unstoppable with a match-high 20 kills, hitting a blistering .576 (20-1-33).

Opposite Hunter Riedl was also red-hot on the attack with a .481 hitting percentage (15-2-27). She also recorded a team-best four block assists and four digs.

UCI wins its third straight, improving to 14-9 on the year and 8-4 in the Big West.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Feliciano ended the night with 48 set assists, four digs and two block assists
>Outside hitter Katie Smith totaled 12 kills and an ace
>Middle blocker Ella Gardiner added six kills and three block assists
>Libero Campbell Jensen had three aces and a match-high 18 digs
>Middle blocker Ofure Iselen matched Riedl with four block assists
>Amaris Smith led a trio of Matadors (8-15, 3-9) in double-figure kills with 13
>UCI held a 7-2 block advantage, holding CSUN to a .197 hitting percentage

FIRST SET
>A kill by Katie Smith and a block by Ofure Iselen and Hunter Riedl highlighted a 3-0 run that gave UCI a 7-6 lead
>Down 8-10, UCI scored five unanswered, including two kills by Kendra MacDonald to move in front 13-10
>Nicole Feliciano would bat a ball down to put the Anteaters up 18-14
>Kills by MacDonald, Ella Gardiner and Riedl gave the Anteaters a 23-17 advantage
>CSUN made it interesting with three in a row, but MacDonald would end the set with the final two kills, 25-20

SECOND SET
>Kills by Iselen and Riedl and an ace by Campbell Jensen opened the set, 3-0
>A pair of kills by Smith extended the lead to 8-4
>A 4-1 run by the Matadors, three on UCI errors tied the set at 10-10
>Another 3-0 spurt by CSUN pushed the lead to 16-13
>A cross court bang by Riedl was followed by an ace by Smith to tie the set at 18-18
>Out of a timeout a block by Iselen and Riedl gave the Anteaters the 19-18 lead only to watch CSUN record a pair of kills to move back in front 20-19
>The teams would trade points until the Matadors took advantage of a serve that trickled over the net and a reversal of a UCI block that turned into a net violation to have set point 24-21
>A kill by MacDonald delayed CSUN's win, 25-22
>CSUN hit .500 (16-2-28)

THIRD SET
>A kill by Riedl and ace by Jensen and a Matador attack error helped UCI out to a 3-0 lead
>The Anteaters went up 7-1 on another Riedl kill, one from Gardiner and two CSUN errors
>CSUN would call timeout before a Matador attack into the net, a MacDonald kill, and another attack error extended the gap to 10-1
>A block by Smith and Iselen was followed by an ace by Amanda Leinbach for a 14-4 Anteater lead
>A 5-1 run that included two kills by MacDonald, one each from Riedl and Gardiner and a block by Ielen and Riedl made it 21-7
>A block by Feliciano and Gardiner ended it, 25-10
>UCI hit .500 (12-2-20) to CSUN's -.160

FOURTH SET
>For the third consecutive set UCI jumped out early, this time, 7-0 on five CSUN errors, one a Jensen ace
>CSUN could never get more than a two-point string going to make a dent in the Anteater lead
>Fittingly, MacDonald had the match-winner 25-19

NOTES
>Jensen has recorded at least one ace in four of the last five outings and has 23 overall

UP NEXT
UCI hosts two important matches at the Bren Events Center next week starting with UC San Diego Friday (Nov. 8) at 6:00 p.m. then Long Beach State Saturday (Nov. 9) at 4:00 p.m.