IRVINE, Calif. – Outside hitter Madison Triplett tied her career-high in kills to lead UC Irvine to a sweep of UC Riverside (25-13, 25-18, 25-18) Saturday at the Bren Events Center.

After a lackluster offensive performance yesterday, the Anteaters bounced back with a .301 showing (42-8-113) versus the Highlanders, the second best mark of the season.

Triplett tied her career-best with a team-high 14 kills. She recorded her third career double-double with 14 digs, while adding two block assists and an ace in the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Outside hitter Kendra Duffey followed Triplett with 11 kills to go with six digs and two block assists
>Opposite Lois Hansen totaled eight kills, while hitting .412 (8-1-17) to go with five block assists
>Middle blocker Sydnee Rowe put down six kills and rejected seven total blocks (1 solo)
>Setter Nicole Feliciano recorded 32 set assists and 10 digs, her 11^th double-double of 2025
>Libero Campbell Jensen had 19 digs and four set assists
>Emma Napoleon had a career-high three aces to lead the Anteaters in a 5-4 advantage from the service line
>Middle blocker Ally Bolden added four block assists to UCI's 11 for the night. The Anteaters out-blocked UCR 11-3
>The Highlanders hit .092 (33-22-120) and were led by Sophia Ewalefo's match-high 15 kills

FIRST SET
>A kill by Sydnee Rowe started a 5-0 run which included kills by Madison Triplett and Lois Hansen and two Highlander errors, 5-1
>A block by Nicole Feliciano and Ally Bolden was followed by an ace by Triplett to put the Anteaters up 11-4
> Back-to-back aces by Emma Napoleon extended the margin to 14-7
>UCI would hold a 23-12 lead after consecutive kills by Triplett and three straight UCR errors, the last courtesy of a block by Triplett and Bolden
>Izzy Romero would end the set with an ace, 25-13

SECOND SET
>Back-to-back blocks, both assisted by Rowe gave the Anteaters the 13-7 advantage
>Consecutive aces by the Highlanders made it 11-15 then three straight kills brought UCR within 16-18
>Kills by Triplett and Hansen were followed by a Highlander error to place UCI at set point, 24-17
>After a UCR kill, Rowe and Hansen returned an attempt back down to the floor for a 25-18 victory

THIRD SET
>UCI held a 6-4 lead then used three kills by Triplett another from Kendra Duffey and an UCR attack error to move out 11-4
>Three in a row, including an ace inched UCR closer, 8-13
>After UCR went on a 4-1 run, UCI had back-to-back blocks both assisted by Hansen, to go up 22-14
>A kill by Duffey ended the set 25-18 and match 3-0

NOTES
>This is UCI's eighth sweep of the season
>Izzy Romero has recorded an ace in six matches this season

UP NEXT
UCI makes its final regular season road trip traveling to CSUN Thursday (Nov. 13) and CSU Bakersfield Saturday (Nov. 15).