UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball

UC Irvine Anteaters
UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
Head coachDavid Kniffin (13th season)
ConferenceBig West
LocationIrvine, California
Home arenaBren Events Center (capacity: 4,984)
NicknameAnteaters
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament champion
2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament semifinal
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearance
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2024
Conference tournament champion
2007, 2012, 2015
Conference regular season champion
2006, 2009, 2015

The UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team is the men's intercollegiate volleyball team at the University of California, Irvine. UC Irvine was a founding member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in the 1992–93 season. Beginning with the 2017–18 season, UCI moved to the Big West Conference's inaugural men's volleyball league.[2] Irvine has won the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship four times (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013) and appeared in the tournament an additional four.[3]

  1. ^ UCI Art Sheet (PDF). May 1, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Big West conference to add men's volleyball starting in 2018". Off the Block. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  3. ^ "Miller: Minus football, UC Irvine's athletic program getting lots of bang for buck". Orange County Register. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2024-10-07.