HONOLULU – The ninth-ranked University of Hawai'i beach volleyball team split a pair of matches on the second day of the OUTRIGGER Queen's Cup at Queen's Beach. The Rainbow Wahine opened the day with a 5-0 sweep of Nebraska and fell to No. 3 TCU, 4-1, to finish round robin play at 3-1.
 
The Rainbow Wahine (9-4) will next meet California in Saturday's first semifinal match at 10:00 a.m., and will the play in either the third place match at 2:00 p.m., or the championship match at 4:00 p.m. UH defeated 10^th-ranked Cal on the opening day of the tournament, 3-2.
 
In UH's first match on Friday, the BeachBows secured the first two points of the dual with easy wins at Fights No. 2 and No. 4. Kaylee Glagau and Megan Widener won their match at No. 2, 21-15, 21-10 while the pair of Sofia Russo and Anna Maidment were victorious at No. 4, 21-8, 21-12.
 
In the second sets of matches, UH took the first set at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5, then clinched the dual with a win by Brooke Van Sickle and Riley Wagoner at No. 1 with a 21-11, 21-19 win. The other two matches eventually went to a third set before Sarah Penner and Ilihia Huddleston won 15-5 at No. 3 and Sydney Rau-Kim and Amirah Ali pulled out their match 15-12 at No. 5.
 
The day's final match pitted the two unbeaten tournament teams. The first two contested flights were evenly matched but the Horned Frogs pulled out both at No. 4 where UH's Huddleston and Penner fell 21-19, 21-17 and at No. 2 where Wagoner and Kylin Loker dropped their match 21-18, 21-17.
 
UH did not go down without a fight in the next set of matches, winning at No. 5, where Maidment and Russo defeated TCU's Megan Muret and Rochelle Scott, 21-17, 21-15 to close the deficit to 2-1. Flight No. 3 went to a third set before Widener and Jaime Santer fell 15-10, clinching the match for the Horned Frogs. Van Sickle and Glagau dropped their match at No. 1, 21-13, 22-20 to close out the dual.
 
Hawai'i 5, Nebraska 0
1. Brooke Van Sickle/Riley Wagoner (UH) def. Kenzie Knuckles/Madi Kubik (NEB) 21-11, 21-19
2. Kaylee Glagau/Megan Widener (UH) def. Ally Batenhorst/Keonilei Akana (NEB) 21-15, 21-10
3. Sarah Penner/Ilihia Huddleston (UH) def. Bekka Allick/Lexi Rodriguez (NEB) 21-19, 19-21, 15-5
4. Sofia Russo/Anna Maidment (UH) def. Lindsay Krause/Nicklin Hames (NEB) 21-8, 21-12
5. Sydney Rau-Kim/Amirah Ali (UH) def. Hayden Kubik/Whitney Lauenstein (NEB) 21-16, 19-21, 15-12
Order of Finish: 4,2,1,5,3

TCU 4, Hawai'i 1
1. Daniela Alvarez/Tania Moreno (TCU) def. Brooke Van Sickle/Kaylee Glagau (UH) 21-13, 22-20
2. Kaylie McHugh/Sutton MacTavish (TCU) def. Riley Wagoner/Kylin Loker (UH) 21-18, 21-17
3. Alexis Filippone/Hailey Brockett (TCU) def. Jaime Santer/Megan Widener (UH) 21-16, 18-21, 15-10
4. Maria Gonzalez/Ana Vergara (TCU) def. Sarah Penner/Ilihia Huddleston (UH) 21-19, 21-17
5. Anna Maidment/Sofia Russo (UH) def. Megan Muret/Rochelle Scott (TCU) 21-17, 21-15
Order of finish: 4,2,5,3,1
 
Saturday's Schedule
Quarterfinals: Nebraska vs. UC Davis, 8:00 a.m.
Semifinals #1: Hawai'i vs. Cal, 10:00 a.m.
Semifinals #2: TCU vs. Nebraska/UC Davis winner, 12:00 p.m.
Third Place Match: 2:00 p.m.
Championship Match: 4:00 p.m.