Wednesday, March 14
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
18-5, 6-2
3
vs
0
Concordia University Irvine
10-11, 3-4
1
2
3
F
Concordia
22
15
19
0
UCLA
25
25
25
3
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
MVB Aces Eagles in Straight Sets
March 14, 2018 | Men's Volleyball
The No. 4-ranked UCLA men's volleyball team registered a straight set win over No. 14 Concordia in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match played on Wednesday night in the John Wooden Center. Scores of the contest were 25-22, 25-15, 25-19. The Bruins improved their records to 18-5 overall and 6-2 in MPSF action while upping their home record to 12-1 with the victory. Christian Hessenauer led the way with a match-high 18 kills as UCLA outhit the Eagles .396 to .227.
Set one was a battle with neither team leading by more than two until the end. Concordia established the early edge at 4-6. UCLA came back to level the score at points 6 and 7 on kills by Dylan Missry. A spike by Jake Arnitz put UCLA in front 10-8. The visitors then grabbed leads of 12-14, 13-15 and 15-17. The Bruins battled to even the score at 17 after an ace from Missry. Another ace from Missry sent UCLA in front 18-17. A Hessenauer swing pushed the Bruins into a 22-21 advantage. Ian Parish connected for a 23-21 lead. Two straight kills from Hessenauer, who finished with seven in the set, ended the frame at 25-22.
In set two, UCLA ran out to a 10-4 margin after an ace from Arnitz. Concordia rallied to close to 11-9, but the Bruins opened the lead up after kills from Daenan Gyimah and Missry to make it 13-9.The Eagles sliced the deficit to two points again at 14-12 only to see UCLA answer with kills from Gyimah and Parish. Eric Matheis came on with UCLA up 20-15 and served out the set, recording a couple of aces along the way in a 25-15 win. UCLA hit .469, with just one error in 32 swings during the set.
UCLA broke a 5-all tie with a four-point run in set three thanks to kills from Arnitz and Hessenauer and a pair of aces from Micah Ma'a. The Bruins built the lead up to 16-10 after another Missry kill. Hessenauer's sixth kill of the set made it 18-13. Sam Kobrine delivered point 24 with a smash and the Bruins took home the match, 25-19, after an Eagle serving error. UCLA hit .500 for the set.
UCLA, which will host No. 13 Grand Canyon on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Wooden Center, recorded nine service aces to one for Concordia. The Eagles won the block battle 4.5 to 2.0 over the Bruins.
Team Stats
CONCORD
UCLA
Kills
25
50
Errors
8
12
Attempts
75
96
Hitting %
.227
.396
Points
30.5
61.0
Assists
24
48
Aces
1
9
Blocks
4.5
2.0
Game Leaders
Kills
18
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
10
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
10
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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