They have had to do some reconstructing after losing one of their best players and have put together a nice team. Bunker leads the nation in hitting, posting a .549 mark on the season. Senior Mac Wilson also saw significant time off the bench, recording five kills on nine attempts and produced three key blocks. Like last night, we had some guys come off the bench and contribute in a nice way, McGown said. I told the team earlier today we have 12 guys that make up this team.
Every guy has to be able to contribute.
In game one, the Cougars trailed by as many as five points late in the game. Fueled by Monte Tucker and Jimmy Peizel who combined for 12 of the Anteaters 19 kills in game one, UCI held a 22-17 lead before the Cougars started to chip away. Junior Mike wall, who recorded 22 kills against UCLA on Friday, flu and all, picked up his fifth kill of the game to tie the contest at 29-29. Game two was much more of the same. Acosta recorded his third kill of the match to force game point when former BYU setter Todd Steinert sailed into the net, giving BYU its second straight 31-29 win.