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Anteaters’ DuFault shares top honor

UC Irvine junior outside hitter Jordan DuFault has been named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week in men’s volleyball.

DuFault had a career-high 30 kills in a five-set loss to No. 1-ranked USC Saturday, the second best single-match total by an MPSF player this season.

It is only the second time since 2004 that a UCI player has had at least 30 kills. Jon Steller had 32 kills against Hawaii that season.

DeFault had 19 kills in a four-game conference win over Pepperdine Wednesday, including seven kills in the clinching set.

An All-American on the 2009 NCAA championship team, DuFault averaged 5.44 kills per set and 5,89 points, while recording a hitting percentage of .426 for the week.

UCI, ranked No. 4, visits No. 2-ranked Cal State Northridge Wednesday at 7 p.m.

— From staff reports

UCI product qualifies

Former UC Irvine men’s golfer Sean Shahi earned his Asian Tour card through qualifying completed Saturday in Thailand.

Shahi finished 11th in the final stage of qualifying with a 72-hole total of 279. The top 40 players and ties earned their exempt cards for 2010.

Shahi earned All-Big West Conference honors for the Anteaters in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

— From staff reports