UCI to hang championship banner, then face Trojans

The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team will have its banner-hanging ceremony tonight to commemorate the team for winning the 2007 NCAA championship.

The program went 29-5 to claim UCI’s first NCAA championship title last season. But this year’s UCI team has already outpaced that 2007 squad in terms of season losses.

The Anteaters (7-7, 5-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will play USC tonight at 7 at the Bren Events Center. The banner ceremony will be held before the start of the match.

California State Senator Tom Harman will present the 2007 defending national champions with a resolution. Irvine Mayor Beth Krom will address the team.

The No. 8 Anteaters won at USC Jan. 25 in four games.

They opened the season with a three-game loss to the University of Alberta, and later experienced a three-match slide against Stanford, Long Beach State, and UC San Diego.

The Anteaters, who have won three of their last four matches, rebounded with a four-game win Jan. 23 at Pepperdine.

— From staff reports