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JENNIFER BUCHANAN / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach Dave Shoji talked to his team before Saturday's match against Washington in Seattle.
SEATTLE >> Reigning national player of the year Krista Vansant put down 22 kills and No. 3 Washington eliminated No. 23 Hawaii in the second round of the NCAA tournament for the third time in five years, 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 25-14 Saturday night at the Alaska Airlines.
Nikki Taylor had 14 kills and Kalei Greeley and Kalei Adolpho each had 10 for the Rainbow Wahine (22-7). In the loss, senior libero Sarah Mendoza set a program record for digs in a four-set match. The previous record was 31 by Elizabeth Ka’aihue in 2007.
The Huskies (31-2) ran their home-court winning streak to 34. Washington will stay at home and host the Seattle Regional next Friday and Saturday.
The Huskies will meet No. 11 Nebraska (22-9) in one third-round match and No. 6 Florida State (30-2) faces No. 12 BYU (27-4) in the other.
