HONOLULU, Hawai'i—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (6-5, 3-0 Big West) swept Long Beach State, 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 to remain unbeaten in the Big West on Friday night at the Simplifi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.  
 
For the eighth time this season, and 20th time of her career, senior outside hitter Brooke Van Sickle recorded double-digit kills and tied for a match-high with 15 kills. She finished the match one dig shy of a double-double. She posted a .324 hitting percentage (15-4-34) while filling her stat line with a block, an assist, and a service ace.
 
Freshman setter Kate Lang recorded her first double-double her career, dishing out 37 assists with a match-high 11 digs to go with a block and a service ace. Lang ran an efficient offense for the third straight match as UH hit .349 for the game (47 kills, 10 errors on 106 swings with all five starting hitters getting at least six kills each.

Sophomore outside hitter Riley Wagoner posted double-digit kills for the second time this season and third time in her career. She finished the match with 11 kills while hitting a season-high .409 (11K-2E-22ATT) while sophomore outside hitter Braelyn Akana put down a career-high seven kills and was in on three blocks.
 
In the first set, Long Beach State (7-8, 1-3 Big West) started off strong, taking an early 10-5 lead which forced UH to an early first timeout. UH closed within three points at 15-12 when LBSU called its first timeout. Hawai'i would trail for most of the set, but was finally able to tie the score at 23-23 with a Riley Wagoner kill that danced along the top of the net before falling in the front corner of the Beach's side of the court. Hawai'i would stave off an LBSU set point at 24-23 with a kill by Igiede which knotted the set at 24-24. The Beach's Kashauna Williams attack sailed long to give the 'Bows set point. Igiede and Lang then closed things out with a solid double-block that gave UH a 26-24 Set 1 win.
 
After falling behind 2-0 early in Set 2, Van Sickle got UH on the scoreboard with her fifth kill of the match. The 'Bows tied and overtook the Beach on a 10-to-3 run for a 10-5 lead. Hawai'i would not look back and go up by as many as 11 points at 23-12. Long Beach State however kept fighting, scoring three points to cut their deficit to eight at 23-15 which made Ah Mow call her first timeout of the frame. Wagoner gave the 'Bows set point with a kill and after an LBSU sideout, Van Sickle buried her 10^th kill of the match to seal Set 2, 25-16. In Set 2, the Rainbow Wahine hit .484 in the set with a combined 16 kills with one error on 31 swings. UH held LBSU to a .086 hitting percentage in Set 2.
 
The third set was much closer. Hawai'i held a slim lead early, but the score was tied a total of seven times in the frame, the last time coming at 12-12. The 'Bows were able to gain control over the final set to eventually win with a 25-21 win in Set 3.
 
As a team, UH out hit LBSU, 47-to-41 in kills and .349-to-196 in hitting percentage. Hawai'i's defense out-dup the Beach, 46-to-42 and edged out LBSU in blocks, 6.0-to-5.0. Hawai'i extended its streak to 20-straight sets won in the Big West Conference, dating back to 2019. It also marked UH's eighth-straight win over LBSU dating back to 2016. The Beach's Erykah Lovett led her team with 15 kills while hitting .438. Kashauna Williams racked up nine kills in the first set alone but cooled off ending up with 14 kills on .057 hitting. Both Kameron Bacon and Tia Chaviro had match highs of four blocks apiece.
 
Hawai'i will return to take on Cal State Fullerton on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 5:00 p.m at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.