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HONOLULU - The No. 11 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine (15-6, 8-0 WAC) swept through the San Jose State Spartans (9-11, 4-4 WAC) 30-27, 30-22 and 30-24, to run their WAC winning streak to 100 consecutive matches, in front of a crowd of 7,556 at the Stan Sheriff Center Saturday.
Ashley Watanabe came up with 24 digs to lead the Rainbow Wahine. Juliana Sanders hit .400 with 13 kills and eight blocks, while Susie Boogaard had 10 kills and five digs while hitting .368. Kanoe Kamana`o put up 48 assists, 10 digs and four blocks. Sarah Mason had eight kills, five digs and five blocks while hitting .727 in just two games before going out with an injury to her right ankle. The injury isn't major and Mason is not expected to miss any future matches because of it.
Hawai`i jumped on the Spartans early, going up 7-2 on a solo block by Sanders to force SJSU to call a timeout. San Jose State was able to pull back within three points at 15-12 and then tied it up at 26. But the Rainbow Wahine then took control, scoring four of the next five points, capped by a block by Mason and Sanders, giving UH the 30-27 game one victory.
The Rainbow Wahine fell behind 3-1 at the start of game two before going on a 10-point run on the serve of Kamana`o, putting UH up 11-3. But the 11th point came at a price as Mason fell on a SJSU player's foot, reaggravating an ankle injury that held her out of five matches earlier in the season. Hawai`i kept rolling, getting their lead to 27-14 on a four-point run that was highlighted by back-to-back aces by Cayley Thurlby. SJSU had a little bit of fight left as they responded with a 8-1 run that cut the deficit to 28-22. But that would be it as a kill by Victoria Prince and a solo block by Kamana`o ended it 30-22.
UH got up 4-0 to start game three with two consecutive blocks by Kamana`o and Kari Gregory. And they just kept rolling along as a dump by Kamana`o got it up to 18-8 before a 9-3 Spartan run pulled SJSU within four points at 21-17. But SJSU couldn't get any closer as Sanders put away an overpass to end the match with a 30-24 game three victory.
Hawai`i will now head on the road for matches at Nevada on Oct. 26 and at Fresno State on Oct. 28. Both matches will start at 7 p.m.
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