UC Irvine Falls To Cal Poly

Friday, October 17

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

7-12,2-5Big West

Cal Poly

14-5,5-2Big West

Team	1	2	3	Final F
UC Irvine	21	19	14	0
Cal Poly	25	25	25	3

UC Irvine Falls To Cal Poly

October 17, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Stacey Shackleford

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – UC Irvine couldn't get the offense going in a 3-0 loss to Cal Poly (21-25, 19-25, 14-25) Friday night at the Mott Athletics Center.

UCI hit .092 (30-21-98), the fourth lowest of the season and lowest since Sept. 12. Cal Poly had 10 aces to the Anteaters' two.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Outside hitter Madison Triplett led the Anteaters with eight kills. She had six digs, an ace and a block assist
>Setter Nicole Feliciano had a double-double with 24 set assists and match-best 11 digs to go with three block assists
>Outside hitter Kendra Duffey totaled seven kills and seven digs plus an ace and a block assist
>Middle blocker Ally Bolden recorded six kills and a team-best four block assists
>Middle Blocker Sydnee Rowe added five kills and two block assists
>Libero Campbell Jensen popped up 10 digs
>Cal Poly had five players with six or more kills including a match-high nine by Emma Fredrick
>The Mustangs hit .245 (36-12-98) and held a 7-6 blocking advantage

FIRST SET
>With the score tied at 6-6, Cal Poly went on a 5-0 run that included a kill, block, ace and two UCI attack errors, 11-6
>A kill by Madison Triplett and a block by Ally Bolden and Nicole Feliciano made the margin 13-17
>A kill by Kendra Duffey, a block by Lois Hansen and Sydnee Rowe and an ace by Duffey narrowed the margin to 18-22
>The Mustangs held set point before UCI tried to rally on a Cal Poly ball handling error and a kill by Bolden forcing a timeout
>Out of the break, a Cal Poly kill ended the set, 25-21

SECOND SET
>Cal Poly jumped out to an early 6-2 lead
>A block by Rowe and Feliciano and a kill by Hansen inched UCI within 8-9
>The Anteaters would tie the score at 12-12 on a Mustang service error, and a pair of Triplett kills
>A kill by Rowe kept the set tied at 17-17 before Cal Poly scored four unanswered to take the 21-17 advantage
>The Mustangs would use a kill and back-to-back aces to win the set, 25-19

THIRD SET
>Cal Poly once again took an early lead, 7-2
>The Mustangs would increase the lead to 11-4 with three in a row
>A 4-2 spurt by UCI which started with a Triplett kill and ended with a Triplett ace made it 13-20
>The Mustangs would score the final three points, the last an ace, to win 25-14

UP NEXT
UCI will take on UC Santa Barbara tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at The Thunderdome.