April 18, 2009 Men's Volleyball Takes Third in Molten Invitational
MAHWAH, N.J. –Top-seeded Juniata swept #2 Stevens Institute of Technology to win the 2009 Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship on Saturday at the Bill Bradley Sports and Recreational Center on the campus of Ramapo College. The Eagles have won a record six Molten Invitational Championship titles. The Eagles earned the 3-0 win with game scores of 30-26, 30-25 and 30-19. In the consolation game, #3 UC Santa Cruz defeated #4 Ramapo, 3-2 (30-27, 27-30, 30-26, 27-30, 15-13). .(more)
April 17, 2009 Men's Volleyball Drops Their Opener in the Molten Division III Men's Invitational Championship
MAHWAH, N.J. – Senior middle hitter Andrew Cranford of the second-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology men’s volleyball team helped to propel the squad to its first-ever national title match appearance after the Ducks upended the University of California-Santa Cruz in the semifinal of the 2009 Division III Molten Volleyball Championship Friday night in Mahwah, N.J. (more)
April 13, 2009 Sullivan Earns AVCA Division III Men's All-American Team
LEXINGTON, KY. - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce its 6th Annual AVCA Division III Men's All-America Teams.
Juniata College and Stevens Institute of Technology lead the way this year, each placing two student athletes on the First-Team and another on the Second-Team. Springfield College and Vassar College also have three players a piece honored, with both landing a First-Team honoree and two Second-Team mentions.(more)
April 7, 2009 Men's Volleyball Makes Molten Division III Men's Invitational Championship
LEXINGTON, KY - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball (USAV), in conjunction with Molten U.S.A., Inc., are pleased to announce the Midwest/West Region at-large representative and seeding for the 2009 Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship. This year’s tournament will be held April 17-18 at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J.(more)
March 14 , 2009 Slugs Go 4-0
KENOSHA, WI -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday afternoon at the Carthage College Invitational, winning in three games, 30-25, 30-22, 30-22. The Slugs improve their record to 14-9 overall and 7-2 at the Division III level. (more)
March 14 , 2009 Slugs Keep Streak Going
KENOSHA, WI -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Philadelphia Biblical University on Saturday afternoon at the Carthage College Invitational, winning in three games, 30-18, 30-28, 30-21. The Slugs improve their record to 13-9 overall and 6-2 at the Division III level. (more)
March 13 , 2009 Slugs Find Stride In Kenosha
KENOSHA, WI -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated host Carthage College on Friday night at the Carthage College Invitational, winning in four games, 30-19, 26-30, 34-32 and 30-17.?The Slugs improve their record to 12-9 overall and 5-2 at the Division III level. (more)
March 13 , 2009 Slugs Take Down NYU
KENOSHA, WI -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated New York University on Friday afternoon at the Carthage College Invitational, winning in four games, 30-22, 30-22, 29-31 and 30-26.?The Slugs improve their record to 11-9 overall and 4-2 at the Division III level. (more)
February 27, 2009 Slugs Get Win In Oakland
RIVERSIDE, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Holy Names University on Friday night at Holy Names winning in four games, 30-25, 24-30, 30-22, and 30-24. The Slugs move to 10-6 over all and 3-1 at the Division III level. (more)
February 21, 2009 Slugs Drop Match In Battle Against Cal Baptist
RIVERSIDE, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by California Baptist University on Saturday night at the Van Dyne Gym, losing in three games, 28-30, 16-30, 28-30. The Slugs record drops to 9-6 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 11 kills. Senior Outside Hitter Matt Smiley contributed 9 kills and Junior Setter Eric Rowell had 34 assists. (more)
February 21, 2009 Slugs Fall To Lindenwood In 4
RIVERSIDE, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by Lindenwood University on Saturday afternoon at the Van Dyne Gym, losing in four games, 24-30, 31-29, 28-30 and 29-31. The Slugs record drops to 9-5 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 19 kills. Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam had 18 kills and Sophomore Middle Blocker Alex Schwartz contributed 11 kills. (more)
February 20, 2009 Slugs Drop Match In Battle Against Cal Baptist
RIVERSIDE, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by California Baptist University on Saturday night at the Van Dyne Gym, losing in three games, 28-30, 16-30, 28-30. The Slugs record drops to 9-6 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 11 kills. Senior Outside Hitter Matt Smiley contributed 9 kills and Junior Setter Eric Rowell had 34 assists. (more)
February 21, 2009 Slugs Fall To Lindenwood In 4
RIVERSIDE, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by Lindenwood University on Saturday afternoon at the Van Dyne Gym, losing in four games, 24-30, 31-29, 28-30 and 29-31. The Slugs record drops to 9-5 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 19 kills. Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam had 18 kills and Sophomore Middle Blocker Alex Schwartz contributed 11 kills. (more)
February 20, 2009 Slugs Lose To Hope International
FULLERTON, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by Hope International University on Friday night at the Darling Pavilion, losing in four games, 30-24, 28-30, 26-30 and 23-30. The Slugs record drops to 9-4 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level. Senior Outside Hitter Matt Smiley led the Slugs with an impressive 21 kills. Sophomore Opposite Hitter Shane Yablonka contributed 20 kills and Junior Setter Eric Rowell had 65 assists. (more)
February 19, 2009 Slugs Defeat Johnson & Wales On The Road
FULLERTON, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Johnson & Wales University on Friday at the Darling Pavilion, winning in four games, 26-30, 30-26, 30-19 and 35-33. The Slugs improve their record to 9-3 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam led the Slugs with 18 kills. Sophomore Opposite Hitter Shane Yablonka contributed 15 kills and Junior Setter Eric Rowell had 59 assists. (more)
February 14, 2009 Slugs Fall to Vassar and End Tournament 3-1
ROCHESTER, NY -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team was defeated by Vassar College on Saturday at the Nazareth University Invitational, losing in three games, 27-30, 26-30, 28-30. The Slugs move to 8-3 overall and 3-1 at the Division III level.
Senior Middle Blocker Max McDaniel led the Slugs with 9 kills. Sophomore Opposite Shane Yablonka came off the bench to add 6 kills and 2 aces. (more)
February 14, 2009 Slugs Get Win Against Rival Carthage
ROCHESTER, NY -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Carthage University on Saturday afternoon at the Nazareth University Invitational, winning in four games, 28-30, 30-24, 30-24 and 30-21. The Slugs improve their record to 7-2 overall and 3-0 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 17 kills and 6 aces. Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam fallowed up with 12 kills and 5 aces. (more)
February 13, 2009 Slugs Take On Host Nazareth
ROCHESTER, NY -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Nazareth on Friday at the Nazareth University tournament, winning in five games, 27-30, 30-28, 30-24, 29-31 and 15-10. The Slugs improve their record to 7-2 overall and 2-0 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 18 kills. Middle Blocker Max McDaniel contributed 16 kills and Eric Rowell had 69 assists. (more)
February 13, 2009 Slugs Get First Division III Win
ROCHESTER, NY -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated SUNY New Paltz on Friday at the Nazareth University Invitational, winning in three games, 30-20, 30-28, 34-32. The Slugs improve their record to 6-2 overall and 1-0 at the Division III level.
Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan and Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam led the Slugs with 11 kills. (more)
February 9, 2009 Slugs Show Real Grit
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Cal Berkley on Saturday night at the West Field House, winning in four games, 23-30, 30-26, 30-24, 30-28.
Junior Out Side Hitter Brad Sullivan led the Slugs with 18 kills and Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam was next with 14 kills. Eric Rowell contributed 56 assists in the match. (more)
January 31, 2009 Slugs Take Down the Alumni in Three
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball (4-2) team defeated the UCSC Alumni on Saturday night at the West Field House, winning in three games, 30-22, 30-27, 30-24.
There was a great turn out of over 20 alumni spanning from the class of 1975 to 2008. The Alumni came out fired up in the first game but were unable to keep the pressure on after 4-1 lead. In game two the Slugs found themselves down late in the game but were able to climb back to win. (more)
January 29, 2009 UCSC Men's Volleyball and Hula's Island Grill Announce Mahalo Monday's Fundraiser in March
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Every Monday in March, you can support Men’s Volleyball at UC Santa Cruz by eating at Hula’s Island Grill in Downtown Santa Cruz. Hula’s will donate 10% of the proceeds from sales to men’s volleyball program. The donation will support travel expenses for the team. (more)
January 23, 2009 Slugs Get Win at Holy Names
OAKLAND, CA -- UC Santa Cruz men's volleyball beat host Holy Names University for the second time in two weeks. The Slugs (4-2), won in four games by the scores of 28-30, 30-20, 30-27, 30-26.
Matt Smiley (Sr., Outside Hitter) led the Slugs with 8 kills while fellow outside Shane Yablonka (So.) added 7 kills. Justin Lam (Jr., Outside Hitter) and middle Alex Schwartz (So.) each chipped in 6 in the effort. (more)
January 16, 2009 Slugs Let Fifth Game Slide
STOCKTON, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Mens Volleyball Team(3-2) lost to The University of the Pacific (2-4) on Friday night at the Alex G. Spanos Center; losing in five games, 31-29, 28-30, 27,30, 30-28, 8-15. Junior Outside Hitter Justin Lam led the Slugs with 28 kills, and Junior Outside Hitter Brad Sullivan fallowed up with 19 kills. The Slugs where able to out block Pacific 13 to 11.5 but the Tigers where able to out dig the Slugs 47 to 43. (more)
January 13, 2009 Slugs Ranked No. 2 in Preseason Poll
LEXINGTON, KY. -- The Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz boast a pair of returning 2008 AVCA First-Team All-Americans in outside hitters Brad Sullivan and Austin Einhorn, as the squad has been selected as the No. 2 team in the poll this preseason. UC Santa Cruz, who is fresh off a 15-11 overall mark one year ago, grabbed one first-place vote in the process, and will again look to secure an “At-Large” bid to the Molten Invitational in April. (more)
January 10, 2009 Slugs Go Over the Top
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Holy Names University on Saturday night at the West Field House, winning in four games, 30-17, 30-14, 27-30, 30-25.
Senior Outside Hitter Chris Konish led the slugs with 9 kills, and Junior Setter Eric Rowell was next with 8 kills. Eric also contributed 42 assists in the match. (more)
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