NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (15-7, 11-2 Big West) swept CSUN (7-18, 3-10 Big West) to open its final roadtrip of the season, 25-23, 25-19, 25-20. Senior McKenna Granato recorded a match-high 12 kills while Natasha Burns added 10 kills and a match-high six blocks at The Matadome on Friday night.
 
Granato, who is closing in on becoming just the 20^th Rainbow Wahine to join its 1,000 career kill club, needs just five more kills to accomplish the feat. Against CSUN, Granato hit a .500 hitting percentage on the night with just one error on 22 attacks. She also contributed with seven digs.
 
Burns notched her sixth double-digit kill match of the season and second in its last three matches. She hit at a .471 clip with just two errors on 17 swings. She led all players with six blocks as well as a match-high 13.5 points.
 
Senior Tita Akiu tallied her 21^st double-digit dig match of the season with a match-high 12 digs. She also dished out a pair of assists, while Faith Ma'afala and Norene Iosia had 18 and 17 assists respectively.
 
UH never trailed in the first set, and slowly pulled away to take a 1-0 lead. Hawai'i was aided by a 5-to-0 run—with four points coming off the serve of Rika Okino—in the middle of the set for an 18-13 lead. Hawai'i continued to hold a five-point advantage over the Matdors at 23-18. CSUN however, rallied to finish the set on a 5-to-2 run to make things close, but Iosia split the block to put down a kill as UH took the first set, 25-23.
 
In Set 2, UH jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but the Matadors battled right back to tie it up at 5-5. The set would be tied three more times, the last coming at 8-8. UH then picked up three-straight points on Janelle Gong's serve to take an 11-8 lead. The 'Bows led by as many as six points late and ended the frame at 25-19 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
The third set saw CSUN take an early lead at 7-4, but the 'Bows score three straight to knot it up at 7-7. The Matadors then went back in front to lead 11-8. But the momentum pendulum swung the other way as UH went on a 6-to-0 run to tie and take the lead behind the serving of Gong. Hawai'i never relinquished the lead the rest of the way as they completed the sweep with a 25-20 win in Set 3.
 
The Matdors were led by Nicole Nevarez's 10 kills. Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker led CSUN with 16 assists while Kristey Markle had a team-high seven digs and Brianna Johnson had a team-high three blocks.
 
Hawai'i has a quick turnaround as it plays at Long Beach State on Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid at 4:00 p.m. HT.