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Greene’s Career-high 40 Kills Not Enough in 3-2 loss at UC Irvine
4/7/2018 12:17:00 AM | Men's Volleyball
IRVINE, CA – A career night from senior Arvis Greene wasn't quite enough as third-ranked UC Irvine held off ninth-ranked CSUN's upset bid in five thrilling sets (25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25, 22-20) in a key Big West Conference match Friday the Bren Events Center.
The loss drops the Matadors (13-9, 3-4 Big West) one game behind both the Anteaters (18-7, 4-3) and Hawai'i (16-6, 4-3) with three matches remaining in the conference season.
Greene pounded a career-high 40 kills, the most by a hitter in a five-set match in the NCAA this season. Greene, who hit .384 on a career-high 73 attacks, came within a single kill of the CSUN rally scoring era record of 41 set by Dan Rhodes in 2006.
Greene's total is the most by a CSUN hitter since set scoring changed to 25 in 2011. The senior opposite also had seven digs, four blocks and a pair of aces to account for 44.0 of CSUN's 84.0 points in the match.
"Arvis had probably the best attacking match by any hitter in the conference this season, maybe the entire country," said CSUN head coach Jeff Campbell.
"It feels good having a great game but it would have been better if we got the win," said Greene. "I used a lot of line shots and a lot of sharp cut shots helped me a lot, it took a variety to get a lot of kills."
Eric Chance added nine kills on 14 errorless attacks to hit .643 while Maciek Ptaszynski chipped in eight kills (.231) and 10 digs. Setter Schylar Lillethorup handled the setting duties over the final three sets and handed out a career-high 51 assists and libero Emmett Enriques had a match-high 15 digs in the loss.
"It was a great match, but we started off a little slow in the first two sets," added Campbell. "In sets three and four, we made a few changes and it changed the dynamic, our passing improved and our setting improved."
The Matadors got off to a slow start, putting down just eight kills and hitting .040 in dropping set one 25-17. The host Anteaters hit .385 in the set to claim the eight-point win.
CSUN then got its offense in gear in sets two and three, hitting .400 and .412 but still trailed two sets to one after winning the third set 25-22.
Needing a win in the fourth set to stay in the match, the Matadors jumped out to an 8-4 lead, forcing a UCI timeout following Chance's ace. A 5-1 run by the Anteaters knotted the score at 9-9. But kills from Ptaszynski and Greene followed by a UCI hitting error pushed the CSUN lead back to three.
The hosts battled back to take an 18-17 lead before a Ptaszynski kill coupled with a Greene ace put CSUN back in front 19-18. A 2-0 UCI run gave the Anteaters a 20-19 lead but another Ptaszynski kill sent the Matadors on 5-1 run which all but sent the match to a fifth and deciding set.
After a Josiah Byers service error, Greene's 31st kill of the match gave the Matadors the 25-22 win.
The Anteaters got out to a quick start in the fifth, leading 5-2 after seven points. The UCI lead swelled to four at 9-5 before the Matadors put together a 4-1 run, capped by a Chance kill, to pull within 10-9.
A Dimitar Kalchev kill evened the set at 11-11 but CSUN wasn't able to wrestle back the lead. After another Greene kill tied the score at 13-13, Joel Schneidmiller's kill gave the Anteaters their first match point at 14-13.
Greene's kill out of a timeout saved one match point and the Matadors saved another at 15-14 before a CSUN block and another Greene kill set the Matadors up with match point at 16-15.
But Greene lost his footing on his approach as he attempted to end a rally and his attack hit the antenna. The Matadors then saved four more match points, the last at 20-19, when service error followed by a kill by UCI setter Dante Chakravorti ended the match.
Karl Apfelbach and Aaron Koubi each had 17 kills to lead the Anteaters who wound up hitting .329 as a team to CSUN's .301.
The same two teams complete the regular season series Saturday at CSUN as the Matadors and Anteaters square off at 7 p.m.
#GoMatadors
The loss drops the Matadors (13-9, 3-4 Big West) one game behind both the Anteaters (18-7, 4-3) and Hawai'i (16-6, 4-3) with three matches remaining in the conference season.
Greene pounded a career-high 40 kills, the most by a hitter in a five-set match in the NCAA this season. Greene, who hit .384 on a career-high 73 attacks, came within a single kill of the CSUN rally scoring era record of 41 set by Dan Rhodes in 2006.
Greene's total is the most by a CSUN hitter since set scoring changed to 25 in 2011. The senior opposite also had seven digs, four blocks and a pair of aces to account for 44.0 of CSUN's 84.0 points in the match.
"Arvis had probably the best attacking match by any hitter in the conference this season, maybe the entire country," said CSUN head coach Jeff Campbell.
"It feels good having a great game but it would have been better if we got the win," said Greene. "I used a lot of line shots and a lot of sharp cut shots helped me a lot, it took a variety to get a lot of kills."
Eric Chance added nine kills on 14 errorless attacks to hit .643 while Maciek Ptaszynski chipped in eight kills (.231) and 10 digs. Setter Schylar Lillethorup handled the setting duties over the final three sets and handed out a career-high 51 assists and libero Emmett Enriques had a match-high 15 digs in the loss.
"It was a great match, but we started off a little slow in the first two sets," added Campbell. "In sets three and four, we made a few changes and it changed the dynamic, our passing improved and our setting improved."
The Matadors got off to a slow start, putting down just eight kills and hitting .040 in dropping set one 25-17. The host Anteaters hit .385 in the set to claim the eight-point win.
CSUN then got its offense in gear in sets two and three, hitting .400 and .412 but still trailed two sets to one after winning the third set 25-22.
Needing a win in the fourth set to stay in the match, the Matadors jumped out to an 8-4 lead, forcing a UCI timeout following Chance's ace. A 5-1 run by the Anteaters knotted the score at 9-9. But kills from Ptaszynski and Greene followed by a UCI hitting error pushed the CSUN lead back to three.
The hosts battled back to take an 18-17 lead before a Ptaszynski kill coupled with a Greene ace put CSUN back in front 19-18. A 2-0 UCI run gave the Anteaters a 20-19 lead but another Ptaszynski kill sent the Matadors on 5-1 run which all but sent the match to a fifth and deciding set.
After a Josiah Byers service error, Greene's 31st kill of the match gave the Matadors the 25-22 win.
The Anteaters got out to a quick start in the fifth, leading 5-2 after seven points. The UCI lead swelled to four at 9-5 before the Matadors put together a 4-1 run, capped by a Chance kill, to pull within 10-9.
A Dimitar Kalchev kill evened the set at 11-11 but CSUN wasn't able to wrestle back the lead. After another Greene kill tied the score at 13-13, Joel Schneidmiller's kill gave the Anteaters their first match point at 14-13.
Greene's kill out of a timeout saved one match point and the Matadors saved another at 15-14 before a CSUN block and another Greene kill set the Matadors up with match point at 16-15.
But Greene lost his footing on his approach as he attempted to end a rally and his attack hit the antenna. The Matadors then saved four more match points, the last at 20-19, when service error followed by a kill by UCI setter Dante Chakravorti ended the match.
Karl Apfelbach and Aaron Koubi each had 17 kills to lead the Anteaters who wound up hitting .329 as a team to CSUN's .301.
The same two teams complete the regular season series Saturday at CSUN as the Matadors and Anteaters square off at 7 p.m.
#GoMatadors
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