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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team was extended early in the first match before putting away a pesky UC San Diego in three sets, Sunday in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rematch at the Stan Sheriff Center.
 
Set scores were 30-28, 25-19, 25-22. The Rainbow Warriors (8-1, 3-1 MPSF) extended their home win streak to 16 matches, including 6-0 this season. The win moves head coach Charlie Wade to within one of career win No. 100.
 
Senior outside hitter Sinisa Zarkovic led UH with a match-high 21 kills, hitting .594 along with seven digs and two blocks. Zarkovic has reached double figures in all nine matches this season.
 
Opposite Stijn van Tilburg and outside hitter Kupono Fey each had six kills. Libero Kolby Kanetake recorded 15 digs and middle blocker Iain McKellar had seven blocks. UH hit .322 as a team and out-blocked the Tritons, 13-6.
 
Ian Colbert recorded a team-high 19 kills to lead the Tritons (3-7, 0-6).
 
In Set 1, UCSD led early 7-3 and 15-9 midway through before the Warriors chipped away. The Warriors eventually tied it at 21 on a play, which included two tremendous saves and the Tritons failing to clear the net. The teams battled back and forth with Zarkovic and Colbert leading the way for each. UH erased one set point at 24-23 and had four chances for the set, finally making good on its fifth when Colbert hit into a Hendrick Mol wall.
 
UH hit .364 in the set as Zarkovic and Colbert each had nine kills apiece.
 
Hawai'i extended its lead to 17-10 in Set 2 with a 5-0 scoring run that included consecutive kills by van Tilburg, Fey and Zarkovic. The Warriors would side-out the rest of the way to take the 2-0 lead in the match with a convincing 25-19 win.
 
UH jumped out to a 8-4 lead in Set 3 before UCSD tied it at 13 and led 15-14 at the media timeout. The teams traded leads until the Warriors went ahead 18-17 after a Francikovic-McKellar double block. Back-to-back kills by Zarkovic momentarily gave UH a 21-17 lead before the Tritons stormed back with four straight points to tie it at 21. But UH scored four of the last five points including a van Tilburg-Mol block to end it.
 
The Warriors conclude their three-week homestand by hosting No. 1 UCLA in a two-match MPSF series Feb. 5-6 at the Stan Sheriff Center.