THOUSAND OAKS (1-18) - The eighth-ranked UC Santa Cruz men's volleyball team split their two matches at the Cal Lutheran Invitational on Saturday. In the morning, they couldn't maintain a quick start in a loss to Vassar, and in the afternoon they dismantled a Fontbonne team.

UCSC vs. Vassar
UC Santa Cruz dropped the first match 3-1 to Vassar (25-17, 27-29, 20-25, 14-25). The Banana Slugs started hot, hitting .217 to win the first set, but hit just .000 the rest of the way dropping the final three sets. Vassar outblocked the Banana Slugs in the match 20-9, with three in a row to take a wild second set that swung momentum to the Brewers. Ian Pizzuti and Aaron Fox each had 7 kills to lead UCSC, while Sam Wittert had 26 assists to become the seventh man in program history with over 1,000 assists.