Box Score Box Score

HONOLULU - The No. 9 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (22-6, 16-0 WAC) swept through Louisiana Tech (15-17, 2-14) 30-16, 30-11, 30-20, closing out their seventh-straight undefeated WAC season, in front of 8,673 on senior night at the Stan Sheriff Center Friday.

Victoria Prince hit .375 with six kills, five digs, four blocks and three aces in her final match at the Stan Sheriff Center. Fellow seniors Susie Boogaard and Ashley Watanabe had eight and 11 digs, respectively for UH. Kanoe Kamana`o had six blocks, five digs, 37 assists and three kills while Tara Hittle put away a team-high nine kills and 15 digs. Juliana Sanders played just one game, putting away six kills on six swings to hit 1.000.

Hawai`i was on fire at the start of the match, scoring the first five points, then going up 18-6 to force Louisiana Tech to burn both of their timeouts early. At that point, the Rainbow Wahine had put away 13 kills on their first 14 attempts, hitting a blistering .929. The Lady Techsters did get it a little closer, but Kamana`o put away her second kill of the game to close it at 30-16.

Louisiana Tech held a 3-2 lead at the start of game two before Prince and Kamana`o served UH to a 15-1 run that was kick-started by a Prince kill and three-straight blocks by Kamana`o and Kari Gregory. By the time Prince was up to serve again, it was to close out the game, as the Rainbow Wahine took it 30-11 on a block by Gregory and Alicia Arnott. Gregory ended the night with six blocks in just two games played.

Game three took a little longer for UH as a 8-2 Tech run gave LTU the lead at 13-10. But UH roared back, scoring 10 of the next 11 points to take the lead back at 20-14. Dave Shoji was able to sub out all three seniors to loud applause by the crowd before the Rainbow Wahine closed out the match with a 30-20 game three victory.

UH will now head on the road for the WAC Tournament in Reno, Nev., where they will face the winner of Tech and Boise State's first round match in the quarterfinals. The match is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PST at the Lawlor Events Center on the University of Nevada campus.

Match Statistics

-uh-