DAVIS, Calif. — The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team pushed Big West leader UC Davis deep into each set before falling in four in Thursday's conference match at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, Calif.
 
The teams split the first two sets and the Rainbow Wahine (8-14, 4-7 Big West) had two opportunities at set point in the third before the host Aggies (15-5, 11-1) finished off the set on their way to a 25-21, 22-25, 28-26, 25-20 win. In all, there were 36 ties and 16 lead changes in the match before UC Davis completed a sweep of the regular-season series with UH.
 
UH middle blocker Bri Gunderson tied her season high with 15 kills to lead four 'Bows in double figures. Fellow senior Tyla Reese Mane posted her first double-double while setting career highs with 12 kills and 10 digs.
 
Cha'lei Reid added 13 kills in her 14^th double-figure performance of her freshman season. Miliana Sylvester finished with 11 kills and was in on four of UH's 10 blocks.
 
Morghn Monahan contributed a season-high five blocks, including a solo stuff, and UH posted double-digit blocks for the seventh time this season.
 
Libero Victoria Leyva led the back row with 19 digs in her fifth consecutive match in double-figures. Freshman Jaci Miyasaki had her most productive match of the season with 13 digs and and four aces.
 
Setter Adrianna Arquette posted her seventh double-double with 44 assists and 17 digs, which matched her career best.
 
Jade Light led UC Davis with 19 kills and had 13 digs and setter Mia Starr finished with 46 assists and 12 digs.
 
UH went on a 5-0 run early in the match and took a 13-9 lead on a block by Sylvester and Monahan. UC Davis rallied to tie the set at 16-16 and took the lead with an ace. UC Davis moved ahead 20-18 on back-to-back UH errors and held off the 'Bows through the end of the set.
 
Miyasaki sparked UH with back-to-back aces early in the second set and UH raced out to a 14-7 lead. The 'Bows led 21-13 when Sylvester put away a kill but the Aggies put together a 7-1 run to close the gap. Sylvester ended the UCD surge and Gunderson delivered UH's final two kills to close out the set and even the match.
 
UC Davis took an early lead in the third and UH answered with a 6-1 surge to catch the Aggies at 11-11. The 'Bows took a 22-19 lead but momentum again see-sawed to UCD. UH earned set points at 24-23 and 25-24 but the Aggies forced deuce both times. UH fought off a set point on a Gunderson kill, but the Aggies converted on their second set point.
 
UH led 13-12 in the fourth set before UC Davis went on a 9-1 run to take control. The 'Bows made a final push with a 4-1 surge but Light's 19^th kills closed out the match.
 
The Rainbow Wahine continue their road trip in Riverside, Calif., where they'll face UC Riverside on Saturday at SRC Arena. First serve is set for 4 p.m. Pacific Time (1 p.m. Hawai'i Time).