IRVINE, Calif. – No. 4 UC Irvine gave No. 1 UCLA a run for their money in a five-set loss (22-25, 25-20, 30-28, 22-25, 11-15) in front of a crowd of 4,133 at the Bren Events Center Friday.

The Anteaters (12-2) had a trio of players with double-digit kills, led by opposite William D'Arcy with 15. He had seven digs and a block assist, while freshman outside hitter Andrej Jokanovic recorded 14 kills, five digs and three block assists.

Middle blocker Trevor Clark, the nation's leader in hitting percentage, was once again efficient, with a .476 mark and 12 kills. He also had a team-high six total blocks (three solo).

The Bruins, who go to 14-0 overall, had 16.5 blocks which are tied for eighth most in a match nationally this season.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Middle blocker Micah Goss totaled nine kills and a team-high four block assists
>Outside hitter Andon Kiriakou had a team-high 13 digs and four aces to go with six kills
>Setter Cameron Kosty had 46 set assists, six digs, four kills and three block assists
>The Anteaters held a 9-6 advantage in aces
>UCLA's Zach Rama had 20 kills to lead all players
>UCI had more kills (60-59), but the Bruins had a better attack percentage (.261-.221)

FIRST SET
>A kill by Trevor Clark and a Bruin attack error tied the set at 6-6
>A block by William D'Arcy and Micah Goss tied the set at 10 all before UCLA peeled off the next three points to open a 13-10 advantage
>A kill by Goss was followed by a solo block courtesy of Clark in the middle to inch within 13-15
>UCI closed to 18-19 on a 4-1 run that included a kill by Cameron Kosty, ace by Andon Kiriakou, Bruin service error and block by Andrej Jokanovic and Goss
>A kill and ace by UCLA forced a UCI timeout, 23-20
>A pair of UCLA errors helped the Anteaters get to 22-24 but a Bruin kill would end it on the next point, 25-22

SECOND SET
>UCLA had the first two points before UCI exploded for the next five on kills from D'Arcy and Kosty and an ace from Clark, 5-2
>UCI went on a 5-0 spurt which included two aces by Kiriakou to give UCI a 16-10 lead
>A Bruin service error and a block by Kiriakou and Goss stretched the lead to 20-14
>UCLA would fire an ace to close to 20-23 before the Anteaters used a Bruin service error and a kill by Jokanovic to win the set, 25-20

THIRD SET
>UCI jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead on a pair of Jokanovic kills, an ace and kill by Goss and a kill and solo block by Clark
>The Bruins would rally and catch UCI at 9-9
>UCI went on a 7-1 run which included a kill by Jokanovic, an ace by Goss, triple block by Jokanovic, Clark and Kosty, a kill and back-to-back aces from Kosty and a Bruin attack that sailed long, 18-14
>A kill by Kiriakou was followed by four Bruin kills to knot the set at 23 all
>The teams traded points until UC Irvine used a kill by D'Arcy and a Kiriakou ace to take the 30-28 victory

FOURTH SET
>A kill by Clark and a Bruin attack wide put UCI in front 5-3
>A solo block by Clark was followed by a kill by D'Arcy forcing a UCLA timeout, 8-4
>UCLA would out-score the Anteaters, 6-1 to move in front 10-9
>UCI would regain the lead with the help of two UCLA errors, 13-12
>Teams would trade points until the Bruins had four in a row, on three kills and a UCI attack error, 20-17
>UCI wouldn't go away scoring on a kill by D'Arcy and a UCLA attack error, 19-20
>UCLA would score the next two to remain in control and go on to the 25-22 win

FIFTH SET
>Kosty dumped the ball over then UCLA had a pair of blocks and a pair of kills to jump out to the early 4-1 lead
>The Anteaters tried to rally on two kills from Jokanovic, 9-12
>Jokanovic softly dropped the ball over for another kill followed by a Bruin attack error, 11-13
>A UCI service error and a Bruin block ended the match, 15-11
 
NOTES
>UCI had 10.5 blocks, the seventh double-digit block performance of the year
>Clark's three solo blocks ties his career-high
>UCI's only two losses have come in five sets
>The crowd of 4,133 is the second largest in UCI history and third largest this season by a school other than Hawaii and BYU

UP NEXT
UCI will take a break before starting Big West action against No. 12 UC Santa Barbara Mar. 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the Bren Events Center.