Slugs Sweep Pointers to Improve to 10-1 On the Season

Saturday, February 14

Sheboygan County, Wi.

11:00 AM PT

UC Santa Cruz Athletics

10-1,0-0DIII Independent

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

4-6,0-0DIII Independent

Wis.-Stevens Point

UC Santa Cruz

2/14/2026 1:13:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. – The UC Santa Cruz men's volleyball team improved to 10-1 on the year with a clean 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-21) sweep over the UW-Stevens Point Pointers on Saturday morning. Kyle Ownbey led the team with 11 kills and a .588 clip while Riley Norman and Evan Erickson both recorded 10 kills.

UCSC 3, UWSP 0

The opening set was neck and neck with the two teams working to a 20-20 tie before the Slugs closed out the set on a 5-3 run with kills from Noy Fisher, Evan Erickson, Nick Nayak, and Kyle Ownbey.
UCSC jumped out to a 7-3 lead to get set two going and later extended the lead to 12-6 with kills from AJ Contreras, Riley Norman, Erickson, and Nayak.
The Pointers closed the gap to two points at 18-16 but UCSC quickly counted, using a 7-5 advantage down the stretch to take set two 25-21.
The Banana Slugs jumped out to another 7-3 lead, this time in set three but UWSP closed the gap to two points at 9-7. The Pointers continued to play well, staying close at 21-18 but kills from Erickson, Nayak, and Logan Taylor gave UCSC the victory at 25-21 to secure the sweep.