2023 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team

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ConferenceBig West Conference
Record18–11 (6–4 Big West)
Headcoach
  • David Kniffin (11th season)
Assistant coaches
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
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Hawaii ‍†‍‡‍y 9–1 .90029–3 .906
No. 4 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍y 9–1 .90021–5 .808
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍ 6–4 .60018–11 .621
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 3–7 .3008–17 .320
UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 2–8 .2008–17 .320
Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 1–9 .10012–16 .429
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

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.[1]

  • Joe Karlous won the National Setter of the Week award for Week 0 games.[2]

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.[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Hawai'i25 (5)
2Long Beach State19
3UC Irvine17 (1)
4UC Santa Barbara13
5CSUN10
6UC San Diego6

Roster

2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster[4]
 

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)[5]		 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)[6]		 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
(6)		 #5
(3)		 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
(2)		 #5
(3)		 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
(1)		 #5
(3)		 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

Rankings

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