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VIDEO: Men’s Volleyball Rolls Over UC San Diego

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VIDEO: Game Highlights

HONOLULU – The 10th-ranked University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team had by far its easiest match of the year with a straight-set victory over UC San Diego, Friday night, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set scores were 25-15, 25-13, 25-21.
 
The teams play again on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
 
The Rainbow Warriors (4-2, 2-1 MPSF) hardly broke a sweat in the straight set victory as the Tritons were mostly at fault. UCSD (0-6, 0-5) hit .000 in each of the first two sets and .067 for the match with 21 errors and 26 kills.
 
UH hit .353 as a team and posted 10 team blocks and five aces. Outside hitter Sinisa Zarkovic led the way with a team-high nine kills on .375 hitting and two aces. Middle blocker Taylor Averill added eight kills, hitting .636 and a season-high seven blocks while opposite Brook Sedore had eight kills and four blocks.
 
Nick Iorfino had a team-high eight kills for the Tritons.
 
The Warriors broke open Set 1, with a 6-1 run which included a pair of aces by Zarkovic and one by Davis Holt for a 20-13 lead. Hawai'i finished the set with five blocks, including four by Averill.
 
UH opened Set 2 with three straight blocks and surged ahead 10-4 after stringing together four straight points. The Warriors hit .423 in the set while limiting the Tritons to .000 for the second straight set.
 
Holding a slim 11-10 lead in Set 3, Hawai'i used a 7-2 run to pull ahead 18-12 and essentially put the match away in just 89 minutes.
 
 
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