Junior guard Daman Starring, who averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists, received honorable mention in the all-conference voting.
UCI finished tied for sixth in the regular-season conference standings and was seeded No. 7 in the eight-team Big West Tournament. It upset No. 2-seeded Cal State Fullerton, 65-59, in the tournament quarterfinal on March 8 at Honda Center.
— From staff reports
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UCI's Stevens lauded
UC Irvine junior Jeff Stephens was voted Big West Conference Player of the Week in baseball after helping the Anteaters go 3-2 last week.
Stephens, an outfielder who transferred from Sierra Community College, was 10 for 22 (.455) during the stretch of five games in five days, to up his season average to .400. He has multiple hits in six of the last seven games, including four straight.
He had a run batted in against Pepperdine on March 13 at Dodger Stadium, then went three for five with an RBI in a home win over Washington State on March 14.
He went two for four in the series opener at Nevada on March 15, and he was two for four to help UCI even the series on Friday.
In the rubber game at Nevada on Saturday, he doubled twice in a 6-5 victory that lasted 10 innings.
— From staff reports
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UCI's Clark honored
UC Irvine senior opposite Carson Clark has been named National Player of the Week in men's volleyball by the American Volleyball Coaches Assn.
The 6-foot-5 two-time All-American hit a blistering .667 with 17 kills in a three-game sweep at No. 13 Can State Northridge on March 14. He also added two aces, two block assists and five digs. In the final two sets at Northridge, Clark was almost unstoppable putting away 15 kills on 21 swings without an error (.714).
