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American college volleyball season

2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record18–11 (6–4 Big West)
Head coach
  • David Kniffin (11th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBren Events Center
Seasons← 20222024 →
2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Hawai'i ‍†‍‡‍ 9 – 1   .900 29 – 3   .906
No. 4 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍ 9 – 1   .900 21 – 5   .808
No. 5 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 18 – 11   .621
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 8 – 17   .320
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 8 – 17   .320
CSUN  ‍‍‍ 1 – 9   .100 12 – 16   .429
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 Big West Tournament champion

The 2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Anteaters, led by eleventh year head coach David Kniffin, played their home games at the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked to finish third in the Big West preseason poll.

Season highlights

  • Joe Karlous won the National Setter of the Week award for Week 0 games.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The preseason poll was released on December 21, 2022. UC Irvine was picked to finish third in the Big West Conference standings.

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Hawai'i 25 (5)
2 Long Beach State 19
3 UC Irvine 17 (1)
4 UC Santa Barbara 13
5 CSUN 10
6 UC San Diego 6

Roster

2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 1 Davis Lau - Senior
  • 3 Cole Power - Senior
  • 8 Gustavo Gomes - Redshirt Sophomore

Middle Blockers

  • 13 Beck Weber - Freshman
  • 17 Connor Campbell - Junior
  • 18 Julian Albulescu - Freshman
  • 23 Maxim Grigoriev - Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 2 Akhil Tangutur - Senior
  • 6 Cole Gillis - Redshirt Junior
  • 7 Doug Dahm - Redshirt Junior
  • 10 Conner Dahm - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 11 Francesco Sani - Junior
  • 14 Brandon Marina - Freshman
  • 19 Josh McCune - Freshman
  • 20 Hilir Henno - Sophomore
  • 30 Stefan Vartigov - Freshman
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 5 William D'Arcy - Freshman

Setters

  • 4 Patrick Vorenkamp - Redshirt Senior
  • 9 Dylan Zhai - Junior
  • 12 Joe Karlous - Redshirt Junior
  • 15 Cade Martin - Sophomore
  • 22 Aidan Schulten - Freshman
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.
Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(Big West Record)
1/6
3 p.m. 		vs. #14 Lewis #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–1
(26–28, 28–26, 25–22, 25–23) 		249 1–0
1/7
3 p.m. 		vs. McKendree #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–0
(36–34, 25–15, 25–19) 		152 2–0
1/13
7 p.m. 		Emmanuel #7 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–12, 25–21, 25–11) 		578 3-0
1/18
7 p.m. 		# 10 USC #7 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–2
(25–22, 25–27, 23–25, 25-20, 15-11) 		1,534 4-0
1/20
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine #7 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–16) 		702 5-0
1/21
7 p.m. 		@ Concordia Irvine #7 CU Arena
Irvine, CA 		EagleEye W 3–0
(25–17, 25–20, 25–7) 		112 6-0
1/25
7 p.m. 		#12 BYU #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0
(25–21, 25–23, 25–15) 		1,102 7-0
1/27
7 p.m. 		#12 BYU #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(24-26, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 9-15) 		1,743 7-1
2/03
6 p.m. 		@ #9 Grand Canyon #7 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(19-25, 19-25, 25-12, 22-25) 		1,108 7-2
2/04
4 p.m. 		@ #9 Grand Canyon #7 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 27-29, 13-15) 		704 7-3
2/08
7 p.m. 		@ #6 Pepperdine #7 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WavesCast W 3-2
(29-27, 20-25, 25-20, 27-29, 15-9) 		623 8-3
2/10
7 p.m. 		#6 Pepperdine #7 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-1
(25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-17) 		1,292 9-3
2/24
7 p.m. 		#2 UCLA #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(25-17, 23-25, 19-25, 16-25) 		2,411 9-4
2/26
5 p.m. 		@ #2 UCLA #6 Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		P12+ UCLA L 1-3
(25-20, 22-25, 16-25, 25-27) 		1,306 9-5
3/04
3 p.m. 		@ #10 Stanford #6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12+ STAN W 3-0
(25-17, 25-23, 25-22) 		793 10-5
3/05
5 p.m. 		#3 Penn State #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(34-32, 23-25, 25-18, 22-25, 11-15) 		881 10-6
3/10
7 p.m. 		UC San Diego* #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-17, 25-23, 25-16) 		932 11-6
(1-0)
3/11
7 p.m. 		@ UC San Diego* #6 LionTree Arena
La Jolla, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-16, 25-17, 25-14) 		910 12-6
(2-0)
3/16
7 p.m. 		@ UC Santa Barbara* #6 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-2
(23-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-11, 15-11) 		312 13-6
(3-0)
3/17
7 p.m. 		UC Santa Barbara* #6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-23, 25-22, 25-20) 		790 14-6
(4-0)
3/31
7 p.m. 		#15 CSUN* #5 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-19, 25-21, 25-19) 		620 15-6
(5-0)
4/01
7 p.m. 		@ #15 CSUN* #5 Premier America Credit Union Arena
Northridge, CA 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-22, 28-26, 25-19) 		186 16-6
(6-0)
4/07
9 p.m. 		@ #1 Hawai'i* #5 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		ESPN+ L 1-3
(16-25, 25-17, 23-25, 22-25) 		7,399 16-7
(6-1)
4/08
9 p.m. 		@ #1 Hawai'i * #5 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		ESPN+ L 0-3
(24-26, 20-25, 19-25) 		8,409 16-8
(6-2)
4/14
7 p.m. 		@ #4 Long Beach State* #5 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA 		ESPN+ L 0-3
(18-25, 19-25, 22-25) 		2,409 16-9
(6-3)
4/15
5 p.m. 		#4 Long Beach State* #5 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN+ L 2-3
(25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 13-15) 		1,651 16-10
(6-4)
4/20
7:30 p.m. 		CSUN
 #5
 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Quarterfinal) 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-21, 25-22, 25-18) 		1,008 17-10
4/21
7:30 p.m. 		#4 Long Beach State
 #5
 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Semifinal) 		ESPN+ W 3-0
(25-21, 25-17, 25-20) 		2,543 18-10
4/22
7 p.m. 		#1 Hawai'i
 #5
 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Championship) 		ESPNU L 1-3
(18-25, 25-21, 13-25, 22-25) 		4,064 18-11
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • Lewis: No commentary
  • McKendree: No commentary
  • Emmanuel: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • USC: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • Concordia: Robbie Loya & Charlie Brande
  • Concordia: Jeff Runyan
  • BYU: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • BYU:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • Grand Canyon:
  • Pepperdine:
  • Pepperdine:
  • UCLA:
  • UCLA:
  • Stanford:
  • Penn State:
  • UC San Diego:
  • UC San Diego:
  • UC Santa Barbara:
  • UC Santa Barbara:
  • CSUN:
  • CSUN:
  • Hawai'i:
  • Hawai'i:
  • Long Beach Sttae:
  • Long Beach State:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches877677666666555555
Off the Block MediaNot released7561066666666677

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

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  2. "Recipients unveiled for Off the Block National Weekly Awards". Off the Block. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. "Preseason Poll and First Preseason Team Released as The Big West Looks for Fifth Straight National Champion in Men's Volleyball". Big West Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  4. "2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Men's Volleyball Roster". ucirvinesports.com. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  5. "UCI Men's Volleyball Outlasts USC 3-2 in Top 10 Battle". New University. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  6. "UCI Men's Volleyball Squad Wins Their Third Straight Game at Home vs Concordia, 3-0". New University. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  7. "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  8. "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  9. "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  10. "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  11. "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  12. "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  13. "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  14. "AVCA Week 8 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  15. "AVCA Week 9 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  16. "AVCA Week 10 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  17. "AVCA Week 11 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  18. "AVCA Week 12 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  19. "AVCA Week 13 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  20. "AVCA Week 14 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  21. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 17)". Off the Block. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  22. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll (Jan 24)". Off the Block. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
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