Men's Volleyball Heads to California For Pair of Ranked Matchups

Monday, March 9

La Jolla, Calif.

7:00 PM PST / 10:00 PM EST

Princeton University

UC San Diego

Men's Volleyball Heads to California For Pair of Ranked Matchups

March 08, 2026 | Men's Volleyball

Princeton vs #11 UCSD
Mon., March 9 | La Jolla, Calif. | 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST
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Princeton vs #17 CSUN
Wed., March 11 | San Diego, Calif. | 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton men's volleyball team will head west for a pair of California matchups this week, first taking on #11 UCSD on Monday before facing #17 CSUN on Wednesday.

About the Tigers

Princeton is coming off a 3-2 win over Dominican last Saturday at home in Dillon.
Owen Mellon and Andrew Werner tallied career-highs in kills, with Mellon recording 25 and Werner making 18.
The career-high is Mellon's second of the season, first making 20 kills against #5 USC in January. He now averages 3.60 a set to rank third in the EIVA.
Nolan Kelly has been clutch for the Tigers, ranking third in the EIVA in digs with an average of 2.11 a set. He also ranks fifth in assists, tallying 7.80/s.
On defense, Tristan Whitfield has led the Tigers with an average of 1.00/s, putting him fourth in the EIVA.
Princeton was picked to finish fourth in the EIVA preseason poll, with Mason Rice and Ryan Vena named players to watch.
Princeton kicked off preseason with a trip to Canada, where the Tigers took home two exhibition wins over McMaster and TMU.
Last year, the Tigers won the EIVA regular season championship. Ultimately, they fell to Penn State in the EIVA tournament finals.
The Tigers are led by Head Coach Sam Shweisky, in his 17th year. He is assisted by Joe Norton, in his third.

About #11 UCSD

UCSD is 10-6 on the year, most recently falling 2-3 to no. 12 UC Santa Barbara. Notable wins this season include a 3-0 sweep of #17 CSUN.
Sebastiano Sani leads the Tritons in kills with 3.52 a set.
Ben Warren has 1.33 blocks a set for a team-high.
Princeton is 4-15 all-time against UCSD.

About #17 CSUN

CSUN is 10-5 on the year, most recently coming off the aforementioned 3-0 sweep by UCSD on March 3rd.
Jalen Phillips leads the Matadors with an average of 3.83 kills a set.
Joao Favarim leads with 0.81 blocks per set.
The Tigers are 3-4 in the series against CSUN.