DAVIS, Calif. – UC Irvine and UC Davis combined for 155 digs, but the Aggie offensive was just a bit better in the end. UCD would beat UCI 3-1 (27-25, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21) at the University Credit Union Center Saturday afternoon.

UCI's 73 digs were a season-high, led by senior libero Campbell Jensen's season-best 30, just two shy of her career-high. Only UC Davis' Ximena Cordero Barr had more this season in the Big West with a match-high 35. Sophomore Madison Triplett returned to the lineup and totaled a career-high 17 digs to go with eight kills.

More defensive highlights came at the net with the Anteaters out-blocking UC Davis 15-6. The 15 blocks are tied for the fourth most in the Big West this season.

Graduate student Sydnee Rowe recorded a career-high eight block assists, while opposite Lois Hansen totaled a career-best seven block assists. Rowe was also good offensively, hitting .467 (7-0-15).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Senior Kendra Duffey put away a match-high 15 kills. She added five digs, three blocks and an ace
>Setter Nicole Feliciano inked her third consecutive double-double with 18 set assists and 10 digs to go with four kills. She also had three total blocks (one solo)
>Middle blocker Elizabeth Miller pitched in four block assists, three kills and her first ace of the season
>UC Davis out-hit UCI .169 to .139
>Ally Chandler led the Aggies, hitting .519 with 14 kills and no errors in 27 swings
>Breeze Czapinski came in the final two sets to spark the Aggies with 13 kills, hitting .522 and recording two blocks

FIRST SET
>A marathon point was ended by a block by Lois Hansen and Nicole Felciiano, 2-1
>Feliciano would hit down the line for a kill then Elizabeth Miller had an ace, 7-5
>UCI exploded for five in a row, using a kill by Sydnee Rowe, a block by Rowe and Hansen, two Aggie attacks that sailed out and another block, this one by Rowe and Triplett, 12-6
>UCD had a kill, block and ace to close to 16-17
>A dump by Angelina Dellutri and a block by Rowe and Triplett ended another long rally to give UCI the 21-17 advantage
>A 5-1 run by the Aggies capped by an ace that trickled off the tape to tie the set at 23-23
>A block by Miller and Feliciano gave UCI set point, 24-23, but UC Davis fought off another before a UCI service error and two attack errors handed the Aggies a 27-25 win

SECOND SET
> Miller tapped the ball back down on an overpass then by a kill by Duffey and an Aggie attack error pushed UCI out to a 7-4 advantage
>Duffey pounded three consecutive kills followed by another from Hansen on the right side to stretch the lead to 15-8
>Again Dellutri found Duffey on an out of system kill from the back row, 19-11
>A 5-1 run by the Aggies helped UC David chip away and get within 17-21
>The Anteaters would have a UCD service error, block by Miller and Feliciano and a kill by Duffey to end the set, 25-18
>Duffey put away 10 kills in the set

THIRD SET
>The Aggies started with an early 7-1 lead on five UCI errors
>An ace by Duffey helped UCI get back in the set, 5-8
>Four straight kills by the Aggies and two UCI errors moved UCD out to a 16-7 lead
>UC Davis would out-score the Anteaters 7-1 to close out the set 25-13
>UCI hit .000 (5-5-32)

FOURTH SET
> Two Anteater blocks, both assisted by Rowe started the set, 2-0
>The teams would battle back-and-forth never getting farther than two apart
>Miller would record a kill down the middle then joined Feliciano for a block, 16-14
>Triplett used both hands to push the ball over for a kill to keep the lead, 19-18
>That would be UCI's last lead watching five consecutive kills by the Aggies give UC Davis control 23-19
>The teams would trade points until UC Davis had a kill to end the match, 25-21

NOTES
>Jensen's 30 digs are tied for 14^th most nationally
>Rowe has recorded four or more blocks in each of the last six matches
> UCI goes to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in the Big West. UC Davis improves to 8-4 on the year and 4-0 in the Big West

UP NEXT
UCI returns home to face CSU Bakersfield Friday for a 6:00 p.m. match at the Bren Events Center.