MEN'S VOLLEYBALL vs. DAEMEN
WHEN: Thursday, March 20 at 6 pm
WHERE: Fairfax, Va. | Recreation and Athletic Complex
RECORDS: George Mason (11-6); Daemen (9-4)
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DAEMEN vs. UC IRVINE
WHEN: Friday, March 21 at 6 pm
WHERE: Fairfax, Va. | Recreation and Athletic Complex
RECORDS: Daemen (9-4); UC Irvine (12-4)
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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL vs.UC IRVINE
WHEN: Saturday, March 22 at 5 pm
WHERE: Fairfax, Va. | Recreation and Athletic Complex
RECORDS: George Mason (11-6); UC Irvine (12-4)
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Fairfax, Va.- George Mason faces a challenge from the West as they prepare to face UC Irvine on Saturday at 5 pm. Before that test, the Patriots will be facing Daemen on Thursday at 6 pm.
The Patriots have not faced Daemen before, the game on Thursday will be the first time that both programs will face each other. Daemen's first volleyball season was in 2019 and they now compete in the NEC conference.
George Mason and UC Irvine have competed six different times dating back to 2015. UC Irvine has the upper hand winning five of those games but the Patriots won the most recent game in 2024. George Mason won the game in the fifth set with an offensive trio of
Omar Hoyos,
Jack Bolz, and
Liam French. The last time the Anteater's visited Fairfax was in 2019 and they handed a loss to the Patriots, 1-3. UC Irvine are considered as favorites to win the NCAA tournament and have been usual name in the Final Four for the past few years including in 2024. UC Irvine fell to UCLA, the eventual champions, in last year's tournament in a five set thriller.
Scouting Daemen:
- Overall record of 9-4
- Billy Wieberg leads the team in kills with 115 and in service aces with 20
- 81 digs for Kyle Zelasko
- Bradyn Winters has the most assists with 197
- Maverick O'Neill recorded 37 blocks
Scouting UC Irvine:
- Overall record of 12-4 with a conference record of 0-2
- Hilir Heno leads his team in kills with 236 and in service aces with 37
- Heno has the second-best record in aces averaging .673 per set, only behind Moni Nikolov from Long Beach
- Joe Karlous has the most digs with 99 and the most assists with 479
- Micah Goss is the defensive wall with 62 blocks
- UC Irvine is the 2nd best team in the NCAA in service aces averaging 2.15 per set
