Honolulu – The No. 3 University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team defeated No. 1 Grand Canyon in straight sets on Friday, the second day of the Outrigger Invitational at Simplify Arena in the Stan Sheriff Center. The set scores were 25-17, 25-20, 25-20.
The Rainbow Warriors (16-1) played their best volleyball of the season, handing previously undefeated Grand Canyon (15-2) their losing streak in the tournament. Not only did UH extend their winning streak to 15 games, but they also extended their winning streak to 24 games with seven straight straight wins.
Hawaii is trying to get that 11.th They won the all-time Outrigger Invitational title on Sunday against the University of California, Irvine.The Anteaters lost 14 times.thIn Friday's first match, he led Lewis in five sets.
In front of a raucous crowd of more than 8,000, the Warriors controlled the serve-receive game, recording eight aces to GCU's one. College service pressure also contributed to the team's 11 blocks, including six blocks by middle blockers. Kurt NustererThe team was led by three aces.
As a team, Hawaii hit .449 in this game. Spiros Chakas She had a team-high 14 kills, eight digs and two aces. Alakai Todd Added 11 kills with .692 hits with 2 aces and 3 blocks Chaz Galloway He had 7 kills and 5 blocks.
Camden Gianni led Lopez with a match-high 16 kills.
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In set one, UH jumped out to an 11-5 lead on an ace from Nusterer. Todd's ace made it 18-9, but Lopez could only get within five points. Hawaii hit .261 with two aces and five blocks in this set.
The Warriors used a 5-1 run to take a 9-7 lead in the second set. Shortly after, UH reeled in his fourth in a row to take a 16-12 advantage. Lopez narrowed the lead to one point, but Hawaii scored three consecutive points, including a solo block by Voss, to make it 21-17.
Nusterer hit back-to-back aces in set three to take a 12-8 lead. Chakas' back-low kill and ace on back-to-back plays gave UH a 16-10 lead and the game was all but decided.
In the opening match of the day, Lewis defeated UCI 22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-20, 15-11. Daniel Haber had 17 kills for the Flyers (11-9), and Hilil Henno had a match-high 24 kills for the Antiters (13-5).
Sunday's games begin with Grand Canyon vs. Lewis at 2 p.m., followed by Hawaii vs. UC Irvine at 5 p.m.
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