UC Irvine Anteaters

UC Irvine knocks off BYU to retain NCAA men's volleyball title

2013-05-04 20:05:00

UC Irvine became the first team since UCLA in 1996 to successfully defend an NCAA men's volleyball title, defeating top-seeded Brigham Young in straight sets, 25-23, 25-22 and 26-24, at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday night. The second-seeded Anteaters...

UC Irvine men's volleyball team goes for a repeat title Saturday

2013-05-03 16:55:00

Sometimes it takes a losing coach to give the best assessment of the next event. Penn State men's volleyball coach Mark Pavlik lost to top-seeded Brigham Young on Thursday night in the NCAA semifinals at Pauley Pavilion, and he saw second-seeded UC...

UC Irvine to play BYU for NCAA men's volleyball championship

2013-05-02 21:51:00

Loyola of Chicago ended its first trip to the NCAA men’s volleyball championships with a semifinal loss to UC Irvine at Pauley Pavilion on Friday. Second-seeded UC Irvine (24-7), the defending national champions, beat the third-seeded Ramblers...

UC Irvine heads to the NCAA men's volleyball final again

2013-05-03 00:00:00

This place isn't unexpected for the UC Irvine men's volleyball team. It is in the NCAA final again, for the fourth time. And the second-seeded Anteaters will get the chance to defend their national title after beating third-seeded Loyola of Chicago,...

Walk-on Collin Mehring a rising star in UC Irvine volleyball

2013-05-01 18:10:00

Collin Mehring had been a growing boy and a somewhat unreliable contributor to the UC Irvine men's volleyball team for two years while being an intense student in the school's acclaimed computer science engineering program. And that's hardly surprising....

UC Irvine wins NCAA men's volleyball title again

2013-05-04 22:14:00

So cool were the UC Irvine Anteaters, even when top-ranked and top-seeded Brigham Young had three set points and seemed poised to generate some momentum Saturday night in the NCAA men's volleyball championship match at Pauley Pavilion. Even when BYU had...

Rafael Nadal proves fitness, wins Barcelona Open

2013-04-28 22:24:00

Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolas Almagro, 6-4, 6-3, in Spain for his fourth title of the year. This latest victory, with next month's French Open approaching, is a promising sign that Nadal is getting...

UC Irvine in NCAA men's volleyball Final Four

2013-04-28 13:26:00

UC Irvine will play in the NCAA men's volleyball Final Four this week after receiving the event's at-large bid. The other teams in the Final Four will be Brigham Young, which won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title this weekend; Loyola Chicago,...

Pacific defeats UC Irvine, 64-55, in Big West men's tournament

2013-03-17 00:00:00

UC Irvine men's basketball team will not be making its first NCAA tournament appearance. This is not the year to finally fear the Anteater. Top-seeded Pacific jumped to an early lead Saturday night and never lost it on its way to a 64-55 win in the...

UC Irvine advances to Big West men's final

2013-03-15 23:32:00

The school with the funny nickname is 40 minutes from becoming no joke. UC Irvine had a great coach once in Bill Mulligan. The school has produced a roster of star players that includes Kevin Magee, Ben McDonald and Scott Brooks. The mighty Anteaters,...

Long Beach State grinds out win over Cal State Fullerton

2013-03-14 23:10:00

Top-seeded Long Beach State versus injury-ravaged Cal State Fullerton went just as you might expect a game with that billing would go. Fullerton's Titans were tenacious enough in Thursday night's opening round of the Big West Conference tournament. They...

Long Beach State beats UC Riverside by 40 points

2013-02-16 22:39:00

at Long Beach State 75, UC Riverside 35: The balanced 49ers shot 53% and handed the Highlanders their seventh loss in a row. It was the fewest points Long Beach (16-9, 12-2 Big West) has given up since UC Irvine scored 26 in 1980. Tony Freeland scored...

Dedra Butler, UC Irvine Assistant Athletic Director of Academics & Student Affairs, left, gets her t-shirt autographed by volleyball players Michael Brinkley, center, and Michael Saeta, right, after a ceremony celebrating the Anteaters' back-to-back NCAA men's volleyball national championship on

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Record: 22-12. How they got here: Won Big West tournament. Strengths: Retiring coach Bob Thomason guided the Tigers to their first NCAA berth since 2006 and fifth of his career. Weaknesses: They went 4-9 vs. ESPN.com's top 150 RPI teams and struggled against taller teams.

2013-03-16 00:00:00