University of Hawaii volleyball coach Dave Shoji felt his team would have a good chance to upset Washington if it could find a way to slow down Washington’s Krista Vansant.
University of Hawaii volleyball coach Dave Shoji felt his team would have a good chance to upset Washington if it could find a way to slow down Washington’s Krista Vansant.
The Rainbow Wahine couldn’t, and as a result their season is finished.
Vansant smacked 22 kills Saturday night as the third-ranked Huskies ousted Hawaii in four sets in an NCAA tournament second-round game, winning 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 25-14 in Seattle.
Nikki Taylor led the Wahine (22-7) with 15 kills, but she made 10 errors as UH hit just .088. Kalei Adolpho recorded 10 kills on .562 hitting, while Kalei Greeley’s match typified the night for Hawaii: 10 kills, eight attack errors.
While Vansant, the AVCA national player of the year last season as a junior, carried her team, Kaleigh Nelson added nine kills and Tia Scambray contributed eight kills and 18 digs.
Washington held a 15.5-6 blocking edge.
BYU tops UH
Tyler Haws scored 30 points and Kyle Collinsworth had 19 points, 12 rebuonds and 10 assists as BYU pulled away from Hawaii 90-70 in Salt Lake City
It was the first triple-double at BYU (7-2) since 1988.
Aaron Valdes had 14 points for the Rainbow Warriors (7-3) with Roderick Bobbitt adding 15.
Pacific women 69, Hawaii 61: Kendall Kenyon and Haile Eackles each scored 13 points, and Pacific shot 60.9 percent in the second half to win in Honolulu.
Shawna-Lei Kuehu paced the Rainbow Wahine (4-4).
Pacific (5-2) trailed 31-29 at halftime, but it used a 11-1 run early in the second half to take control.