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'Eaters Wing it

October 05, 2003

The UC Irvine women's volleyball team, on the heels of Thursday

night's upset loss at Idaho, responded well on the road Saturday

night as Coach Charlie Brande's squad swept Utah State, 30-27, 30-23,

37-35 in Big West Conference action at the Smith Spectrum in Logan,

Utah.

After a wild third game, Kelly Wing finished with a match-high 15

kills for the Anteaters, while adding 11 digs. Sami Cash contributed

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14 kills, four block assists, one stuff block and one service ace for

UCI (14-4, 5-1 in the Big West). Dana Kurzbard, Terbrie Taylor and

Amanda Vazquez each pounded home 10 kills for the winners, who play

again next Saturday at Long Beach State. Setter Ashley Bain recorded

54 assists for UC Irvine.

Utah State fell to 9-6, 2-3.

UC Irvine splits pair

* WATER POLO: The UC Irvine men's water polo team split its two

games in the first day of the Northern California tournament at

Stanford Saturday. The ninth-ranked Anteaters opened with a 7-6 win

over No. 8 Loyola Marymount, then lost to No. 1 USC, 9-7. With the

loss, UCI will head into the consolation bracket, facing No. 6 UC San

Diego at 8 a.m. today.

In the win over LMU, Nate White scored what proved to be the

game-winning goal with 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter to

give the Anteaters a 7-4 lead and UCI held off the Lions. Rick Merlo

led the Anteaters with two goals in the second quarter as UCI built a

5-3 halftime lead. A goal by Chris Peters with 3:57 left in the third

quarter extended the lead to 6-3. Joe Wynne had five saves in goal

for the Anteaters.

Endre Rex-Kiss led the Lions with three goals.

In the loss to USC, Dan Noon, Chris Peters and Rick Merlo scored

two goals apiece. Merlo's second goal of the game at 3:21 of the

fourth quarter drew the Anteaters to within one at 7-6, but

back-to-back goals by Juraj Zatovic and James Shin sealed the win for

the top-ranked Trojans. Zatovic and Shin scored three goals each to

lead USC.

Joe Wynne had four saves for the Anteaters and Bozidar Damjanovic

had seven stops for USC.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOURNAMENT First round

UC Irvine 7, Loyola 6

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 2 3 2 0 -- 7

Loyola Marymount 2 1 2 1 - 6

UCI - Rick Merlo 2, Peters, Noon, Bitter, Garcia,

White. Saves -- Wynne 4. LMU - Rex-Kiss 3, Smith,

Chapatte, Wagner. Saves - Elliott 5.

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Second round

USC 9, UC Irvine 7

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 2 1 1 3 -- 7

USC 1 2 3 3 - 9

UCI - Noon 2, Peters 2, Rick Merlo 2, Hutten.

Saves -- Wynne 4. USC - Shin 3, Zatovic 3, Hadar

2, Damjanov. Saves -Damjanovic 7.

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