2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team

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2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball
UC Irvine Anteaters logo.svg
Conference Big West Conference
Record18–11 (6–4 Big West)
Head coach
  • David Kniffin (11th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arena Bren Events Center
Seasons
 2022
2024 
2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Hawai'i  y91 .900293 .906
No. 4 Long Beach State  y91 .900215 .808
No. 5 UC Irvine  64 .6001811 .621
UC Santa Barbara  37 .300817 .320
UC San Diego  28 .200817 .320
CSUN  19 .1001216 .429
Conference champion
2023 Big West Tournament champion

The 2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Anteaters, led by eleventh year head coach David Kniffin, played their home games at the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked to finish third in the Big West preseason poll. [1]

Contents

Season highlights

Preseason

Coaches poll

The preseason poll was released on December 21, 2022. UC Irvine was picked to finish third in the Big West Conference standings. [3]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Hawai'i25 (5)
2Long Beach State19
3UC Irvine17 (1)
4UC Santa Barbara13
5CSUN10
6UC San Diego6

Roster

2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster [4]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 1 Davis Lau - Senior
  • 3 Cole Power - Senior
  • 8 Gustavo Gomes - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Middle Blockers

  • 13 Beck Weber - Freshman
  • 17 Connor Campbell - Junior
  • 18 Julian Albulescu - Freshman
  • 23 Maxim Grigoriev - Freshman
 

Outside Hitters

  • 2 Akhil Tangutur - Senior
  • 6 Cole Gillis - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 7 Doug Dahm - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 10 Conner Dahm - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 11 Francesco Sani - Junior
  • 14 Brandon Marina - Freshman
  • 19 Josh McCune - Freshman
  • 20 Hilir Henno - Sophomore
  • 30 Stefan Vartigov - Freshman
 

Opposite Hitters

  • 5 William D'Arcy - Freshman

Setters

  • 4 Patrick Vorenkamp - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 9 Dylan Zhai - Junior
  • 12 Joe Karlous - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 15 Cade Martin - Sophomore
  • 22 Aidan Schulten - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.
Date
Time
OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(Big West Record)
1/6
3 p.m.
vs. #14 Lewis #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.org W 3–1
(26–28, 28–26, 25–22, 25–23)
2491–0
1/7
3 p.m.
vs. McKendree #8Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
byutv.orgW 3–0
(36–34, 25–15, 25–19)
1522–0
1/13
7 p.m.
Emmanuel #7 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–12, 25–21, 25–11)
5783-0
1/18
7 p.m.
# 10 USC #7Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–2
(25–22, 25–27, 23–25, 25-20, 15-11) [5]
1,5344-0
1/20
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine #7Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–16) [6]
7025-0
1/21
7 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine#7 CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–17, 25–20, 25–7)
1126-0
1/25
7 p.m.
#12 BYU #6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–21, 25–23, 25–15)
1,1027-0
1/27
7 p.m.
#12 BYU#6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 2-3
(24-26, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 9-15)
1,7437-1
2/03
6 p.m.
@ #9 Grand Canyon #7 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 1-3
(19-25, 19-25, 25-12, 22-25)
1,1087-2
2/04
4 p.m.
@ #9 Grand Canyon#7GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 2-3
(21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 27-29, 13-15)
7047-3
2/08
7 p.m.
@ #6 Pepperdine #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WavesCastW 3-2
(29-27, 20-25, 25-20, 27-29, 15-9)
6238-3
2/10
7 p.m.
#6 Pepperdine#7Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3-1
(25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-17)
1,2929-3
2/24
7 p.m.
#2 UCLA #6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 1-3
(25-17, 23-25, 19-25, 16-25)
2,4119-4
2/26
5 p.m.
@ #2 UCLA#6 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ UCLA L 1-3
(25-20, 22-25, 16-25, 25-27)
1,3069-5
3/04
3 p.m.
@ #10 Stanford #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANW 3-0
(25-17, 25-23, 25-22)
79310-5
3/05
5 p.m.
#3 Penn State #6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 2-3
(34-32, 23-25, 25-18, 22-25, 11-15)
88110-6
3/10
7 p.m.
UC San Diego*#6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-17, 25-23, 25-16)
93211-6
(1-0)
3/11
7 p.m.
@ UC San Diego*#6 LionTree Arena
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-16, 25-17, 25-14)
91012-6
(2-0)
3/16
7 p.m.
@ UC Santa Barbara*#6 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
ESPN+W 3-2
(23-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-11, 15-11)
31213-6
(3-0)
3/17
7 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara*#6Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-23, 25-22, 25-20)
79014-6
(4-0)
3/31
7 p.m.
#15 CSUN*#5Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-19, 25-21, 25-19)
62015-6
(5-0)
4/01
7 p.m.
@ #15 CSUN*#5 Premier America Credit Union Arena
Northridge, CA
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-22, 28-26, 25-19)
18616-6
(6-0)
4/07
9 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'i*#5 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
ESPN+L 1-3
(16-25, 25-17, 23-25, 22-25)
7,39916-7
(6-1)
4/08
9 p.m.
@ #1 Hawai'i *#5Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
ESPN+L 0-3
(24-26, 20-25, 19-25)
8,40916-8
(6-2)
4/14
7 p.m.
@ #4 Long Beach State*#5 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 0-3
(18-25, 19-25, 22-25)
2,40916-9
(6-3)
4/15
5 p.m.
#4 Long Beach State*#5Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+L 2-3
(25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 13-15)
1,65116-10
(6-4)
4/20
7:30 p.m.
CSUN
(6)
#5
(3)
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Quarterfinal)
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-21, 25-22, 25-18)
1,00817-10
4/21
7:30 p.m.
#4 Long Beach State
(2)
#5
(3)
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Semifinal)
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-21, 25-17, 25-20)
2,54318-10
4/22
7 p.m.
#1 Hawai'i
(1)
#5
(3)
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Championship)
ESPNUL 1-3
(18-25, 25-21, 13-25, 22-25)
4,06418-11
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches8 [7] 7 [8] 7 [9] 6 [10] 7 [11] 7 [12] 6 [13] 6 [14] 6 [15] 6 [16] 6 [17] 6 [18] 5 [19] 5 [20] 5555
Off the Block MediaNot released7 [21] 5 [22] 61066666666677

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

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