{"id":510978,"date":"2026-01-12T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510978\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:11:15","slug":"tritons-sweep-hawks-uc-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510978\/","title":{"rendered":"Tritons Sweep Hawks &#8211; UC San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BYU_logo.png\" alt=\"BYU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>at BYU<\/p>\n<p>1\/16\/2026 | 6 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 16 (Fri) \/ 6 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BYU_logo.png\" alt=\"BYU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0BYU&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/byu\/92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>LA JOLLA, Calif. \u2014 <\/strong>No. 10 UC San Diego men&#8217;s volleyball picked up its first sweep of the season on Sunday, defeating visiting Rockhurst 25-17, 25-20, 25-12 at LionTree Arena. The Tritons are now 3-0 on the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUC San Diego hit .457 while holding the Hawks to .100. The Tritons managed 40 kills and just eight errors across the match. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/josh-ewert\/14087\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14087\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Ewert<\/a> had a match-high 10 kills, while <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/sebastiano-sani\/14123\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14123\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastiano Sani<\/a> had nine on .500 hitting and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/jim-garrison\/14088\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14088\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Garrison<\/a> had seven with a .778 clip. Setter <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/cameron-wurl\/14095\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"14095\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Wurl<\/a> led the offense, racking up 28 assists.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Tritons hit a blistering .524 in set one, with Rockhurst only managing .040. The hosts took an early 8-3 lead after three-straight Rockhurst errors and never looked back. A Ewert kill and Rockhurst&#8217;s eighth error of the set closed out the first frame with the Tritons on top 25-17.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSet two was the closest of the match, but UC San Diego still connected at a .464 clip. The visitors led 10-8 before the Tritons went on an 8-1 run to lead 16-11. The Tritons had six kills during that stretch from five different players. The closest Rockhurst got down the stretch was a 20-18 Triton lead before UC San Diego closed set two on a 5-2 advantage to win 25-20.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe third set saw the Tritons register five of the nine blocks they recorded during the match. That defense saw Rockhurst hit a match-low -.036 in the set. The Hawks actually had an early 7-5 lead before the Tritons took 10 of the next 12 points to open up a six-point lead. The Tritons ultimately outscored Rockhurst 20-5 to finish the match with a commanding 25-12 set three victory.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>TRITON TIDBITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Tritons had a season-low three service errors per set.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>UC San Diego is 3-0 to start the season for the second-straight year.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Tritons have their first road trip of the season, visiting No. 8 BYU for a top-10 clash. The two teams will face off this Friday and Saturday, with both matches beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>About UC San Diego Athletics<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter two decades as one of the most successful\u00a0programs in\u00a0NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as\u00a0a\u00a0member\u00a0of The Big West in\u00a0NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in\u00a0Divisions\u00a0II\u00a0and III and helped guide\u00a01,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world&#8217;s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II.\u00a0For more information on the Tritons, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCSDtritons.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2020\/9\/30\/social-media-directory.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2019\/12\/12\/social-media-directory.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">@UCSDtritons<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: at BYU 1\/16\/2026 | 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":510979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-510978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115882536751457714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}