Anteaters capture MPSF

STOCKTON — The No. 1-ranked UC Irvine men’s volleyball team captured the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season title with a 36-34, 30-17 30-23 victory over Pacific at the Spanos Center Saturday.

It is the second time in program history the Anteaters have won the league’s regular season title (2006). They will be the No. 1 seed for the MPSF Tournament.

Top-seeded UCI will take on No. 8 UCLA Saturday at the Bren Events Center at 7 p.m.

Sophomore Cory Yoder led UCI (24-4, 19-3 in the MPSF) with a season-high 15 kills, while hitting .583. Yoder committed just one attack error in 24 swings. Redshirt freshman Carson Clark came off the bench to record 10 kills and senior Taylor Wilson hit .500 with seven kills. Setter Ryan Ammerman played in two games with 27 set assists, three blocks and a team-best six digs.

Austin D’Amore had six kills, an ace and three blocks, while middle blocker Bryan Simmons hit .571 (5-0-7) and added two blocks.

Outside hitter Cole Reinholm added four kills, two aces and a block in two sets. Setter Anthony Spittle recorded 18 set assists and an ace in the win, while brother Nick had four digs.

Pacific closed out the year 3-28, 0-22.

— From staff reports