HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (8-5, 2-0 Big West) finished a strong Big West opening weekend on Saturday in the Stan Sheriff Center with a sweep over UC Davis, 26-24, 25-17, 25-20. The Bows won their sixth straight match and extended its home conference win streak to 21.
 
For the second straight match Hawai'i had three players with double-digit kills orchestrated by sophomore setter Norene Iosia who finished with 41 assists, two service aces, and a block.  Iosia also notched her ninth double-double of the season, including the last five straight with 11 digs.
 
Junior outside hitter McKenna Granato led the Rainbow Wahine in kills with 16 while tallying her fifth double-double of the season with 13 digs. She also added a service ace and two blocks (one solo). Senior middle hitter Emily Maglio got off to a slow start, but finished the match with 12 kills. She led the team with three blocks. Junior outside hitter Casey Castillo rounded out the top three in kills with 10 with four digs.
 
Senior libero Savanah Kahaki continues to climb in career digs. She passed the 1,200 dig recordeing a team-high 14 digs to bring her career total to 1,203. She is now only 17 digs away from tying Kanoe Kamana'o who stands at No. 6 in the UH career record books with 1,220 digs.
                                 
The 'Bows and the Aggies battled each other closely throughout the first set, as evidenced with 15 tied scores and eight lead changes in the opening stanza. Hawai'i would hold off the Aggies to snag the opening set, 26-24.
 
UC Davis came out strong in the second set jumping out to a 5-1 lead. But Hawai'i would come back with the first of four tied scores at five points each. The 'Bows slowly pulled away and the Aggies couldn't catch up as UH took the set, 25-17.
 
Hawai'i led from the get-go in Set 3 and never let UC Davis threaten. Hawai'i had a five point scoring run behind Kahakai's serving and led 23-14. But UC Davis kept fighting and would not give up that easily, scoring five straight points. But UH would seal the sweep by winning the third set, 25-20.
 
For the Aggies, freshman outside hitter Mahalia White led the team with nine kills. Junior middle hitter Kelechi Ohiri led in blocks with four. The Aggies finished hitting at .121 compared to the Bows .244.
 
The Rainbow Wahine will travel to California for their first away games of the season against Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside. The first game against Cal State Fullerton will be on September 29 at 4 p.m. HT.