49ers Beat UCI

Wednesday, January 16

Long Beach, Calif.

6:00 PM

Long Beach State University

5-0, 3-0

UC Irvine

3-4, 1-2

UC Irvine

Long Beach State

1/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

49ers Beat UCI In Three
Pestolesi Keys Win Off Bench
January 16, 2008

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL	1	2	3	4	5	FINAL	RECORDS
#7 UC Irvine	34	28	24	-	-	0	3-4, 1-2
#5 LBSU	36	30	30	-	-	3	5-0, 3-0
Long Beach State Kill Leaders: Paul Lotman 17, Dan Alexander 14 UCI Kill Leader: Kevin Carroll 15
BOX SCORE

LONG BEACH – Paul Lotman had 17 kills and Dan Alexander 14 to lead fifth-ranked Long Beach State to a 36-34, 30-28, 30-24 win over UC Irvine on Wednesday evening at the Walter Pyramid. The Beach improves to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), while the seventh-ranked Anteaters fell to 3-4 and 1-2 in MPSF action.

Long Beach got 12 kills from Dean Bittner and five from Fletcher Anderson, but the key to the match was sophomore Tommy Pestolesi. Pestolesi finished with a season-high four kills, adding five digs, three blocks and three service aces.

Pestolesi entered game two with the 49ers down 27-23 after Long Beach had given up three straight points to UCI thanks to two hitting errors and a service ace. Pestolesi promptly earned a side out with a kill (27-24) and then served three aces in a row to tie the game at 27-27. Two more Pestolesi serves and two UCI hitting errors gave the 49ers a 29-27 lead. Long Beach would close out game two with a 7-1 run to win 30-28.

Freshman Kevin Carroll led UCI with 15 kills and Taylor Wilson added 13. UCI hit .255 for the match.

In game three UCI jumped to a 3-0 lead only to see a 7-2 49er run give Long Beach a 7-5 advantage. The 49ers would never trail the remainder of the game, winning 30-24.

Game one saw a see-saw battle as Lotman recorded eight kills in the 36-34 win. Tied at 34, the 49ers went up 35-34 after a service error by Cory Yoder and closed out the long game with a Lotman kill.

The 49ers finished the match with a .286 hitting percentage as Alexander led the way at .571 (14-2-21). Setter Mike Klipsch had 52 assists, three digs and three blocks. Alexander recorded six blocks, Anderson five and Bittner four.

Long Beach travels to fourth-ranked UCLA on Friday for a 7 pm match at Pauley Pavilion.