UCI Swept by CSUN - UCI Athletics

Friday, November 13

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

9-17,7-8Big West

CSUN

12-13,8-7Big West

Team	1	2	3	Final F
CSUN	25	25	25	3
UC Irvine	17	23	18	0

Box Score (PDF)

Nicole Feliciano rises up to hit the ball with a CSUN player putting up a block at the net.

November 13, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

IRVINE, Calif. - UC Irvine women's volleyball fell to CSUN, 17-25, 23-25, 18-25, in a Big West battle Friday night at the Bren Events Center.

The Anteaters (9-17, 7-8 Big West) struggled to find an offensive rhythm, hitting just .037. The Matadors finished with a .152 attack percentage, and held the advantage in digs (66-62), blocks (9-4), and aces (3-1).

Freshman Taylor Boice paced UCI with a match-high tying eight kills. Sophomore Izzy Romero added a season-best seven kills.

Junior libero Whitney Wallace led all players with 15 digs. Junior Madison Triplett recorded 11 digs and five kills, while senior setter Nicole Feliciano finished with 19 assists and 10 digs for her 11th double-double of the year.

CSUN had five players with 6+ kills, led by eight from Audrey Nuckols. Five Matadors also reached double digits in digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED: CSUN (12-13, 8-7 Big West) pulled away right before the first-set media timeout, using a 6-1 run to go up, 15-9. The Matadors kept their foot on the gas, taking their largest lead of the frame at 24-13. A Feliciano kill then started a 4-0 rally for UC Irvine, but CSUN got a kill out of a timeout for the 25-17 win.

The Matadors raced out to a 6-1 advantage in set two. They increased their margin to eight before the Anteaters rode a 9-2 stretch to make it a one-point game (16-15). CSUN stayed out front until the 'Eaters tied it up at 22-22 on a Triplett kill. The visitors then made the final push to hold on for the 25-23 victory.

UCI went up 7-4 in the third before back-to-back aces brought the Matadors even at 8-all. Three more ties followed before a 4-0 spurt put CSUN ahead, 15-11. Boice delivered a kill out of the media timeout, but the Matadors would not relinquish the lead, running away with the 25-18 win.

UP NEXT: UC Irvine will host Cal State Bakersfield in its Senior Night match on Saturday, Nov. 14. First serve is set for 5 p.m. at the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters will honor their three seniors - Nicole Feliciano, Lois Hansen, and Kendra MacDonald, in a post-match ceremony.

NOTES
• Nicole Feliciano is now in sole possession of ninth among UCI's career dig leaders (1,104).
• Whitney Wallace extended her double-digit dig streak to 23-straight matches.
• Madison Triplett reached double figures in digs for the third time in her last five outings.
• Kaia Ciszewski had six digs in just one set played.
• This was the Anteaters' second loss in their last 12 meetings with CSUN.