UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball

UC Irvine Anteaters
University	University of California, Irvine
Conference	MPSF
Location	Irvine, CA
Head coach	David Kniffin (4th year)
Home arena	Bren Events Center (Capacity: 4,984)
Nickname	Anteaters
Colors	Blue and Gold[1]
NCAA Tournament Champions
2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament Final Four
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
Conference Tournament Champions
2007, 2012, 2015
Conference Regular Season Champions
2006, 2009, 2015

The UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team is the men's intercollegiate volleyball team at the University of California, Irvine. It has won the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship four times, and appeared in the tournament an additional two.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

2016 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#2 BYU †^y	19	–	3		.864			27	–	4		.871
#3 UCLA ^y	17	–	5		.773			25	–	7		.781
#4 Long Beach State ^y	17	–	5		.773			25	–	8		.758
#6 Stanford	17	–	5		.773			19	–	6		.760
#5 UCSB	14	–	8		.636			20	–	10		.667
#7 Pepperdine	12	–	10		.545			13	–	11		.542
#8 Hawaiʻi	11	–	11		.500			16	–	12		.571
UC Irvine	7	–	15		.318			10	–	20		.333
#14 CSUN	7	–	15		.318			14	–	15		.483
Cal Baptist	6	–	16		.273			14	–	16		.467
USC	5	–	17		.227			7	–	19		.269
UC San Diego	0	–	22		.000			5	–	23		.179
† – Conference champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of June 17, 2016; Rankings from AVCA

Roster

Head Coach	David Kniffin
Assistant Coach	Mark Presho

2015-16^[19]

No.	Name	Class	Position
1	Andrew Benz	Junior	Middle Blocker
2	Dante Chakravorti	Freshman	Setter
3	Tamir Hershko	Junior	Opposite
4	Jason Agopian	Senior	Middle Blocker
5	Michael Saeta	Junior	Opposite
6	Tucker Pikula	Sophomore	Outside Hitter
7	Aaron Koubi	Sophomore	Outside Hitter
8	Logan Zotovich	Freshman	Setter
9	Phillip Friedman	Junior	Outside Hitter
10	Reid Dominguez	Sophomore	Outside Hitter
11	David Parker	Sophomore	Outside Hitter
12	Dillon Hoffman	Junior	Libero
13	Marty Ross	Senior	Middle Blocker
14	Ben Sebastian	Sophomore	Middle Blocker
15	Kyle Russell	Senior	Outside Hitter
16	Karl Apfelbach	Freshman	Opposite
20	Thomas Hodges	Junior	Outside Hitter
R	Matthew August	Freshman	Opposite
R	Grant Friedman	Freshman	Outside Hitter
R	Matthew Younggren	Freshman	Middle Blocker

R – redshirt

Notable alumni

The following alumni are distinguished for their contribution to the school's men's volleyball program and for having a successful playing career individually.^[20]

• Zachary La Cavera, 2012–15
• Michael Brinkley, 2012–15
• Kévin Tillie, 2011–13
• Carson Clark, 2009–12
• Ryan Ammerman, 2006–09
• Jayson Jablonsky, 2004–07
• David Smith, 2004–07
• Brian Thornton, 2004–07

References

1. UCI Art Sheet (PDF). University of California, Irvine. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
2. "Miller: Minus football, UC Irvine's athletic program getting lots of bang for buck". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
3. "UC Irvine volleyball coach David Kniffin building on a legacy". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
4. "UCI volleyball champs take their victory lap". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
5. "UCI men's volleyball team back on track". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
6. "UCI celebrates NCAA volleyball title the right way". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
7. "UCI men's volleyball begins quest for second national title". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
8. "UCI repeats as men's NCAA volleyball champs". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
9. "Men's Volleyball: UCI earns No. 2 seed". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
10. "UCI, USC vie for NCAA volleyball title". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
11. "UCI to meet BYU for men's volleyball championship". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
12. "UCI celebrates NCAA volleyball title at home". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
13. "Loyola of Chicago sweeps away UC Irvine in NCAA men's volleyball semifinals". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
14. "UC Irvine men's volleyball team beats Pepperdine to win MPSF Tournament, earn automatic NCAA bid". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
15. "UC Irvine men's volleyball team outlasts USC to advance to MPSF final". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
16. "Faulkner: 'Eaters assume throne". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
17. "Zack La Cavera is the go-to guy for UCI volleyball going into NCAA semifinal against Loyola". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
18. "Men's Volleyball: Loyola halts UCI title run". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
19. "UC Irvine Athletics". Retrieved 2016-05-04.
20. "USA Volleyball-Athletes". Retrieved 2016-05-04.

External links

• Official website