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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team withstood a gritty effort by the NAIA's top-ranked team, Grand View, winning in straight-sets Friday in a non-conference match-up at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set scores were 25-21, 25-19, 25-13.
 
The Rainbow Warriors (7-2) extended their home win streak to 10 straight dating back to last season including a perfect 6-0 in 2017. The win also marked UH's 18th straight against non-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation teams. GVU (3-1), the NAIA's runner-up last season, dropped its first match of the season. The teams play again on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
 
Sophomore Stijn van Tilburg led the Warriors with 10 kills in two sets of action. Freshman Rado Parapunov pounded nine kills in nine attempts playing only the third set while freshman Austin Matautia added five kills and five digs.
 
As a team, the Warriors hit .368 compared to .184 for the Vikings, who are coached by Maui native Donan Cruz and feature a travel squad with two players from Hawai'i.
 
The Vikings were not intimidated by the nation's fifth-ranked team taking a 13-11 lead in Set 1. The Warriors responded with four straight for a 19-16 lead and closed out the set by out-scoring the Vikings, 10-5 for the 25-21 win.
 
Head coach Charlie Wade shuffled his lineup in Set 2 and the Warriors broke it open with an 8-1 run for a 16-9 lead. Moments later, UH strung together a four-point run for its largest lead at 20-12 and held on to win 25-19.
 
In Set 3, the Warriors jumped out to a 10-4 lead with four quick kills by Parapunov. UH hit .714 in the set as they steamrolled GVU 25-13 to close out the match.