Girls’s Volleyball Swept by No. 4 Stanford

STANFORD, Calif. — The University of Hawai’i girls’s volleyball crew opened its first highway journey of the season with a 25-19, 25-18, 25-20 loss to No. 4 Stanford on Friday at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif.
 
The Rainbow Wahine (4-5) battled again from an early six-point deficit to tie the primary set at 17-17 earlier than the host Cardinal (7-2) broke away to take the set on their approach to finishing the sweep within the first assembly between the packages since 2012.
 
Stanford represented UH’s highest ranked opponent because the Rainbow Wahine confronted No. 1 Minnesota within the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal hit .262 to UH’s .179 and halted the ‘Bows’ four-match successful streak.
 
The ‘Bows outblocked the Cardinal 8-4 with sophomore Miliana Sylvester in on six blocks and Tyla Reese Mane contributing on three. Libero Victoria Leyva once more sparked UH’s back-row protection with a team-high 14 digs.
 
Freshman Cha’lei Reid led the UH assault with 10 kills in her sixth double-figure efficiency in 9 matches this season. Stella Adeyemi completed with eight kills in opposition to only one error and got here up with 11 digs. Sylvester completed with 5 kills with out an error in 12 assaults to hit .417.
 
Stanford’s Elia Rubin, a first-team AVCA All-American final season, led the Cardinal with 16 kills and had 13 digs. Lizzy Andrew added 12 kills on 17 makes an attempt.
 
Stanford jumped out to a 13-7 lead within the opening set earlier than UH went on a run to shut to 15-14. The ‘Bows caught the Cardinal at 17-17 on a kill by Sylvester, however Stanford reclaimed management and closed the set with an 8-2 surge to take the lead within the match.

Stanford once more jumped forward early within the second, opening up a 9-3 lead and sustaining management whereas hitting .326 for the set.

 

The Cardinal went up 10-5 within the third and pulled away to steer 23-14. The ‘Bows put collectively their longest run of the night time with a 6-0 surge with Leilani Lopez on the service line. Reid sparked the run with a kill then teamed with Sylvester on a block. Mane despatched again one other block for UH’s fifth straight level and Reid’s kill lower the deficit to 23-20. Rubin halted the run together with her ultimate kill and Logan Parks closed out the match for the Cardinal.

 

The Rainbow Wahine subsequent face UCLA on Saturday at 2 p.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Hawai’i Time) within the 79^th all-time assembly between the longtime rivals. UCLA held off Texas State in 4 units (25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 28-26) in Friday’s first match at Maples Pavilion.

 

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