January 4, 2006
Slugs Open Season with Hard-Fought Loss to Stanford

PALO ALTO, CA -- The UC Santa Cruz Men's Volleyball team opened their season against Stanford with a loss. After losing a shaky game 1, the Slugs settled down for an exciting game 2. Behind strong blocking and the hitting of Tyler Madden (Outside Hitter, Sr.) the Slugs tied the game at 28-28 before dropping the game 32-34. After starting game 3 down 3-7, the Slugs tied the score at 20-20 before losing 26-30.

Tyler Madden recorded 13 kills while Bryan Shires (Outside Hitter, So.) added 8. Senior Matt Reynolds (Setter) had 28 assists on the match.

The Slugs play two important NCAA D-III matches next week at home. UC Santa Cruz plays Medaille on Jan. 10 at 7:30 pm and Steven's Institute of Technology on Jan. 11 at 7 pm. Both matches will be played in the West Field House at UC Santa Cruz.