IRVINE, Calif. – It's scary how well the UC Irvine women's volleyball team is playing, recording their third consecutive sweep, beating UC San Diego 25-21, 28-26 and 25-23 at the LionTree Arena on Halloween night.

The Anteaters hit .278 (51-14-133), the fifth best mark of the season and were led by outside hitter Kendra Duffey's 17 kills. The senior hit .302 (17-4-43) with seven digs and an ace.

Senior libero Campbell Jensen totaled a match-high 21 digs and moved into second all-time in UCI career digs with 1,762. She passed Devon Sutherland (2005-08) for second (1,756).

Outside hitter Madison Triplett had a career-high 14 kills, hitting .306 (14-3-36). She added six digs and two block assists.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Setter Nicole Feliciano recorded 44 set assists, nine digs and four block assists
>Opposite Lois Hansen pitched in nine kills, two kills and a block assist
>Middle blocker Ally Bolden tallied six kills and shared the team lead for total blocks with Sydnee Rowe with four
>The Tritons were led by Molly McClusky's 14 kills and 12 digs
>The Anteaters out-blocked UCSD 8-5. Both teams had 57 digs. The Tritons held the 4-2 edge in aces

FIRST SET
>The Anteaters got out quickly leading 6-2 on the strength of two kills from Madison Triplett
>Four in a row by UC San Diego knotted the score at 13 all
>UCI responded with four of their own on kills by Sydnee Rowe and Lois Hansen and a block by Hansen and Ally Bolden, 17-13
>The Anteaters wouldn't relinquish the lead ending the set on an ace by Kendra Duffey and a block by Rowe and Triplett, 25-21
>Duffey put down seven kills in the set

SECOND SET
>It would be UCSD with the early 3-1 lead until UCI went on a 7-2 run which included kills by Hansen, Triplett, Bolden and Duffey and a block by Nicole Feliciano and Bolden to move the Anteaters ahead 8-5
> The Tritons answered with a 7-2 run of their own to take a 14-11 lead only to watch UCI have a kill by Hansen, a block by Bolden and Triplett and a UCSD attack error to tie the score at 14-14
>Kills by Duffey and Rowe were sandwiched around a solo block by Rowe to give UCI some separation, 20-17
>A 4-1 run by UCSD tied the score 22 all
>The teams would go point for point until the Tritons had a pair of kills for set point, 25-24
>A Triplett kill kept the set going
>A kill by Bolden, a block by Feliciano and Rowe and a kill by Duffey closed out the set for the Anteaters, 28-26

THIRD SET
>Kills by Hansen and Bolden plus an ace by Jensen moved UCI out to a 5-2 lead
>The Anteaters broke open the set with a kill by Duffey, a block Rowe and Feliciano and two Triton attack errors, 11-6
>A pair of kills by UCSD closed the gap to 17-19, but UCI would answer every Triton point until a 4-0 spurt that gave UCSD a 21-20 lead
>UCI rallied on three consecutive kills by Triplett, Hansen and Bolden, 23-21
>Bolden would end the set and match with a kill, 25-23

NOTES
>UCI has won nine straight sets
>It is Duffey's 10^th double-figure kill performance of the season

UP NEXT
UCI and Long Beach State will tangle in the Black & Blue Rivalry tomorrow at the Walter Pyramid. First serve is 6:00 p.m.