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UC Irvine Men's Volleyball Defeats USC In 4 Games
January 25, 2008 | Men's Volleyball
Jan. 25, 2008
Taylor Wilson had 19 kills, Cory Yoder added 16 kills and Kevin Carroll had 12 kills to lead the No. 10-ranked UC Irvine men's volleyball team to a 30-28, 30-26, 27-30, 30-24 win over No. 11 USC in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Friday (Jan. 25) at USC's Galen Center.
The Anteaters improved to 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the MPSF, while the Trojans fell to 4-5 and 3-3.
For USC, Juan Figueroa had 20 kills, 11 digs and 5 blocks, while Murphy Troy added 17 kills, Hunter Current had 8 blocks and 7 kills off the bench, Jimmy Killian had 50 assists with 7 blocks and Luke Morris had 16 digs.
Yoder, whose father, Bob, played for USC's 1977 NCAA championship team and then was the Trojans' head coach when they won the 1988 NCAA title, hit .469. Teammate Kevin Wynne hit .533 with 9 kills and 6 blocks.
In the first game, UCI broke a 26-26 tie with a Trojan hitting error and then a solo block by Wynne to go up by 2 and the Anteaters never relinquished the lead. UCI got out to a 10-5 lead in the second game and USC could never overcome it as the Anteaters hit .405. It was all USC in the third game as the Trojans opened with a 5-0 lead and were never threatened while putting up 5.5 blocks. UCI jumped out to a 13-6 edge in the fourth game, but USC pulled within 19-18 before the Anteaters regained control by going on a 4-0 run and riding that to victory.
USC next plays at No. 4 Long Beach State in an MPSF match on Friday (Feb. 1).
