2025 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ConferenceBig West Conference
CoachesNo. 5
Record21–7 (6-4 Big West)
Headcoach
  • David Kniffin (13th season)
2025 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
Record21–7 (6-4 Big West)
Head coach
  • David Kniffin (13th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Larsen (2nd season)
  • Michael Brinkley (2nd season)
  • Marty Ross (1st season)
Home stadiumBren Events Center
Crawford Hall
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team is the varsity intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of California, Irvine. The team's home venue is Bren Events Center located on campus in Irvine, California. They also play at Crawford Hall for smaller games. UCI has been a member of the Big West Conference since the 2017-18 season, when the league began sponsoring the sport.[1] Despite finishing the regular season ranked 4th in the nation, 4th in RPI, 4th in KPI, and 1st in strength of schedule, UC Irvine did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. They end the season falling 1-3 against eventual conference tournament champion Hawai'i, and dropping to 5th in the nation having not played in the tournament.

2025 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍y 8–2 .80030–3 .909
No. 3 Hawaii ‍‍‡‍y 7–3 .70027–6 .818
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍ 6–4 .60021–7 .750
No. 10 UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30018–12 .600
No. 17 UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30012–16 .429
No. 9 Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30018–11 .621
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Last season, UC Irvine finished with a 20–11 record, going 7–3 in the Big West, and finishing second in the conference. They received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA men's volleyball tournament, along with conference champion Long Beach State. The Anteaters took 5 sets and lost 3, falling to the eventual champion, the UCLA Bruins in the semifinals 2–3. UC Irvine finished the season ranked 4th in the nation.[2]

Preseason

Preseason All-Big West Team

Source:[3]

Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 19, 2024.

Preseason All-Big West Team
Player No. Position Class
Maxim Grigoriev23Middle BlockerJunior
Hilir Henno20Outside HitterSenior

Big West Coaches' Poll

Coaches' Poll
Pos. Team Points
1Long Beach State24 (4)
2UC Irvine21 (2)
3Hawai'i18
4UC Santa Barbara12
5CSUN8
6UC San Diego7

Roster

Source:[4]

2025 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster[5]
 

Libero/Defensive Specialists

  • 1 Shane Atiken - Redshirt RS Freshman

Setters

  • 2 Micah Tumas - Freshman
  • 12 Joe Karlous – Graduate Student
  • 15 Cameron Kosty - Freshman (also listed as an opposite hitter)
  • 22 Aidan Schulten - RS Sophomore
  • 24 Aidan Rigg - Redshirt RS Freshman
  

Middle Blockers

  • 7 Micah Goss - Freshman
  • 8 Lukas Winn – Freshman
  • 10 Nicolas Restrepo – Redshirt RS Freshman
  • 11 Kobe Brown – Redshirt RS Freshman
  • 13 Beck Weber - Redshirt RS Sophomore
  • 19 Alec Apelian - Freshman
  • 23 Maxim Grigoriev - Junior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 6 Tim Ennis – Freshman
  • 9 Nolan Flexen – Senior
  • 16 Aidan Cuppett – Freshman
  • 20 Hilir Henno - Senior

Opposite Hitters

  • 5 William D'Arcy – Junior
  • 14 Andon Kiriakou – Sophomore

Coaches

2025 UC Irvine Anteaters Coaching Staff
  • David Kniffin – head coach – 13th year
  • Ron Larsen – assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Michael Brinkley – assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Marty Ross – assistant coach – 1st year

Schedule

Source:[6]

Legend
 Anteaters win
 Anteaters loss
 Postponement
*Non-Conference Game
2025 UC Irvine Anteaters Men's Volleyball Game Log (21-7)
Regular Season (20–6)
Postseason (1–1)

Awards and honors

Rankings

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI