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RUSTON, La. – The University of Hawai'i Warrior football team began its final season in the Western Athletic Conference with an emphatic 44-26 road win at Louisiana Tech Saturday at Joe Ailett Stadium. UH improved to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the WAC with its first road win of the year.
 
La Tech (1-4, 0-1 WAC) scored the opening touchdown of each half, only to see a resilient UH squad respond with three unanswered scores each time. The Warriors, the defending WAC champions and the 2011 preseason favorite, won for the 11th time in its last 12 league games dating back to 2009.
 
UH put together a solid all-around performance with all three phases getting into the scoring act. Bryan Moniz tossed four touchdown passes; Richard Torres returned an interception for a touchdown and Tank Hopkins scored on a fumble return following a botched kickoff return by the Bulldogs in the second half.
 
Moniz finished 34-of-55 for 410 yards. It was the second straight game that Moniz threw for more than 400 yards and the fifth time in his career he surpassed the 400-yard mark.
 
Royce Pollard recorded a career-high 10 receptions for 216 receiving yards and three touchdowns and became just the 11th Warrior to eclipse the 200-yard barrier in a game.
 
UH spotted the Bulldogs the first six points of the game, but came roaring back with a trio of Moniz-Pollard connections. Pollard caught touchdown passes of 27-, 13- and 9-yards to help UH stake a 20-6 halftime lead. It was the second straight week Pollard scored three first-half touchdowns.
 
The Bulldogs scored on its first possession of the second half to cut the deficit to 20-13. But again UH reeled off three unanswered touchdowns, this time coming in a span of less than two minutes. Moniz found Stutzmann in the back of the endzone for a 6-yard strike to put UH back up by two touchdowns
 
Then the defense and special teams got in the scoring column with Torres 49-yard interception return on a Nick Isham pass and Hopkins 16-yard fumble return on the ensuing kickoff. Suddenly, UH was up 41-13 with 7:36 left in the third quarter and the Warriors cruised the rest of the way.
 
Senior linebacker Aaron Brown led the UH defense with eight tackles, while sophomore safety John Hardy-Tuliau had six tackles, one interception and a blocked kick. Freshman running back Joey Iosefa had a breakthrough game on the ground with 99 yards on 16 carries.
 
The Warriors have a bye next week before returning to the field on Oct. 14, when they play at San Jose State in a nationally-televised game. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. PT (3:00 p.m. HT) at Spartan Stadium.