MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — The No. 13 University of Hawai'i beach volleyball team wrapped up the East Meets West Invitational with losses to a pair of ranked opponents at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Saturday. The Rainbow Wahine (7-8) fell to No. 12 LSU in a tight 3-2 loss that came down to the final court, before falling to No. 8 Arizona State 4-1 in the final match of the tournament.
 
The BeachBows and the Tigers traded dual points to start the matchup. After LSU took the first dual point  with a 21-18, 21-14 win at court one, Sydney Miller and Caprice Lorenzo responded by tying up the dual with a win at court two. Miller and Lorenzo took set one 23-21, before winning a much-quicker 21-10 set two to tie the dual up at 1-1. The Tigers won court five 21-10, 21-12, but the BeachBows again tied up the dual with Julia Lawrenz and Izadora Stedile's 21-17, 24-22 win at court one.
 
At the deciding court three, Sydney Amiatu and Sarah Burton won set one 21-17, but LSU pair Camryn Chatellier and Aubrey O'Gorman stormed back to take set two 21-17 and set three 15-11 to clinch the dual for the Tigers. LSU ties up the all-time series with UH 5-5, with wins in each of the last two matchups.

In UH's final match of the tournament, the BeachBows fell behind early as Arizona State claimed two straight-set wins at court two (21-19, 21-9) and court four (21-18, 21-19). Emily Heintzelman and Kiera Cornman responded by taking down ASU pair Kendall Whitmarsh and Olivia McElroy 21-19, 21-12 at court five to put UH within striking distance in the dual at 2-1.
 
The deciding points at courts one and three were each settled in the third set. At court one, Lawrenz and Stedile rebounded from a 21-19 set one loss to take set two 21-15, but ASU pair Ava Kirunchyk and Samaya Morin took set three 15-9 to clinch the dual for the Sun Devils. At court three, Amiatu and Sophie Buschmann took the first set 23-21, but dropped back-to-back sets 21-11, 15-13 to ASU duo Reagan Hope and Daniella Kensinger.

Up next for the Rainbow Wahine is the Big West Challenge, March 20-22, as UH will take on all six of its conference foes in Long Beach, Calif.

LSU 3 Hawai'i 2 
1. Lawrenz/Stedile (UH) def. Julia Specher/Kenzey McGatlin (LSU), 21-17, 24-22
2. Skylar Martin/Tatum Finlason (LSU) def. Julia Thelle/Buschmann (UH) 21-18, 21-14
3. Camryn Chatellier/Aubrey O'Gorman (LSU) def. Amiatu/Burton (UH) 17-21, 21-17, 15-11
4. Miller/ Lorenzo (UH) def. Emily Hellmuth/Bella Lagemann(LSU) 23-21, 21-10
5. Ryan Lambert/ Zayna Meyer (LSU) def. Kristen Serrano/Cornman (UH) 21-10, 21-12
Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 1, 3

Arizona State 4 Hawai'i 1  
1. Kirunchyk/Morin (ASU) def. Lawrenz/Stedile (UH) 21-19, 15-21, 15-9
2. Zoe Taylor/Arden Besecker (ASU) def. Thelle/Burton (UH) 21-19, 21-9
3. Hope/Kensinger (ASU) def. Amiatu/Buschmann (UH) 21-23, 21-11, 15-13
4. McKenna Flaherty/Kristin Gilmour (ASU) def. Miller/Lorenzo (UH) 21-18, 21-19
5. Heintzelman/Cornman (UH) def. Whitmarsh/McElroy (ASU) 21-19, 21-12
Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 1, 3