Saturday, April 13
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
19-8
3
vs
0
Concordia University Irvine
14-19
1
2
3
F
Concordia
21
23
17
0
UCLA
25
25
25
3
Senior Dylan Missry led UCLA with 14 kills and a season-high four aces.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
MVB Advances to MPSF Semifinals
April 13, 2019 | Men's Volleyball
The No. 2 seeded UCLA men's volleyball team advanced to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) semifinals with a straight set win over No. 7 seed Concordia on Saturday night in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Scores of the match were 25-21, 25-23, 25-17. Senior Dylan Missry led the way for UCLA with 14 kills and four aces. Senior Micah Ma'a also had four aces and became the school's all-time leader in single-season aces with 64 (old mark was held by Mark Williams, who had 63 in 2000).
The Bruins will meet No. 3 seed USC in the second MPSF semifinal match on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse at Pepperdine. The top-seeded Waves will host No. 5 seed BYU in the opening semifinal match on Thursday at 5 p.m. in Malibu. The winners will meet at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at Pepperdine to determine the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament. The bracket for the national tournament will be revealed on April 21 at 10 a.m. on ncaa.com.
In set one, Concordia opened up a 1-3 lead in the early stages. UCLA tied the score at 4 on ace from Ma'a. A kill by Missry lifted the Bruins into a 9-7 lead. Concordia evened the score at 12-all. A Missry ace put the Bruins in front 17-14. The Eagles rallied to close to within one at 21-20. Daenan Gyimah answered with a kill for a 22-20 edge. Missry's sixth and seventh kills of the set took the Bruins to set point at 24-21. UCLA came away with the win after a ball handling error by the Eagles.
CUI moved out to a 2-6 advantage to start set two and pushed the margin to 12-18. A couple of Brandon Rattray kills narrowed the gap to 14-18. A kill by Missry made it 17-21, but the Eagles scored the next two points. An Adam Parks kill stopped the run and sent Missry to the service line. Seven serves later the Bruins had the win. Rattray's kill and a Missry ace made it 20-23. A block by Ma'a / Grant Maleski followed by another ace from Missry and it was 22-23. A Ma'a kill leveled the score at 23-all. Missry and Ma'a putaways completed the comeback for a 25-23 Bruin win.
The Bruins grabbed a 4-2 edge to begin set three and worked the margin up to 11-7 after a ball handling error. A block by Adam Parks / Matt Younggren pushed the Bruins in front 15-10. A Younggren kill made it 17-12. However, Concordia rallied with the next three points to slice the deficit to two. Ma'a responded with a kill, but CUI battled to made it 18-17. A service error and a kill by Ma'a helped UCLA to a 20-17 lead. Ma'a then took control from the service line with three-straight aces, including the school single-season record-setter, for a 23-17 advantage. Kills by Missry and Ma'a ended the match.
For the match, UCLA outhit CUI .316 to .220 to improve to 19-0 on the season when owning the better hitting percentage. UCLA registered nine aces to three for the Eagles and the home team held a slim margin at the nets 8.5 to 8.0 total blocks. The Bruins improved to 10-1 at home this season and 19-8 overall. It was the 12th time this season that Ma'a had recorded at least three aces in a match.
The Bruins will meet No. 3 seed USC in the second MPSF semifinal match on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse at Pepperdine. The top-seeded Waves will host No. 5 seed BYU in the opening semifinal match on Thursday at 5 p.m. in Malibu. The winners will meet at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at Pepperdine to determine the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament. The bracket for the national tournament will be revealed on April 21 at 10 a.m. on ncaa.com.
In set one, Concordia opened up a 1-3 lead in the early stages. UCLA tied the score at 4 on ace from Ma'a. A kill by Missry lifted the Bruins into a 9-7 lead. Concordia evened the score at 12-all. A Missry ace put the Bruins in front 17-14. The Eagles rallied to close to within one at 21-20. Daenan Gyimah answered with a kill for a 22-20 edge. Missry's sixth and seventh kills of the set took the Bruins to set point at 24-21. UCLA came away with the win after a ball handling error by the Eagles.
CUI moved out to a 2-6 advantage to start set two and pushed the margin to 12-18. A couple of Brandon Rattray kills narrowed the gap to 14-18. A kill by Missry made it 17-21, but the Eagles scored the next two points. An Adam Parks kill stopped the run and sent Missry to the service line. Seven serves later the Bruins had the win. Rattray's kill and a Missry ace made it 20-23. A block by Ma'a / Grant Maleski followed by another ace from Missry and it was 22-23. A Ma'a kill leveled the score at 23-all. Missry and Ma'a putaways completed the comeback for a 25-23 Bruin win.
The Bruins grabbed a 4-2 edge to begin set three and worked the margin up to 11-7 after a ball handling error. A block by Adam Parks / Matt Younggren pushed the Bruins in front 15-10. A Younggren kill made it 17-12. However, Concordia rallied with the next three points to slice the deficit to two. Ma'a responded with a kill, but CUI battled to made it 18-17. A service error and a kill by Ma'a helped UCLA to a 20-17 lead. Ma'a then took control from the service line with three-straight aces, including the school single-season record-setter, for a 23-17 advantage. Kills by Missry and Ma'a ended the match.
For the match, UCLA outhit CUI .316 to .220 to improve to 19-0 on the season when owning the better hitting percentage. UCLA registered nine aces to three for the Eagles and the home team held a slim margin at the nets 8.5 to 8.0 total blocks. The Bruins improved to 10-1 at home this season and 19-8 overall. It was the 12th time this season that Ma'a had recorded at least three aces in a match.
Team Stats
CUI
UCLA
Kills
28
44
Errors
10
14
Attempts
82
95
Hitting %
.220
.316
Points
39.0
61.5
Assists
27
43
Aces
3
9
Blocks
8.0
8.5
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
14
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
4
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
4
Aces
1
Blocks
5
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