From the moment Emily Hartong blasted the first point off Kelly Chang, knocking the Hawaii Baptist graduate back several feet and then over, 11th-ranked Hawaii owned Thursday’s Western Athletic Conference volleyball match against Nevada.

This one was just a matter of time. It would take 75 minutes for the Rainbow Wahine to wear out the Wolf Pack, 25-15, 25-15, 25-14.

It wasn’t nearly as close as the scores, which weren’t all that close before a Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 3,820.

The Wolf Pack (2-11, 0-2) struggled to put the ball down offensively and bring it up against the UH servers. Hartong hit .692 (9-for-13) playing two positions and Kanani Danielson was a dazzling 6-for-8 in the second set en route to a match-high 13 kills.

Hawaii (13-1, 3-0 WAC) won its eighth straight without breaking a sweat, against a team that went five with Fresno State — Saturday’s opponent.

It was also the Wahine’s 44th consecutive conference regular-season win, the longest active streak in the nation.

But this one was about faces, not numbers. UH coach Dave Shoji got to see lots of freshmen Lizzie Blake, at libero, and Kalei Adolpho, in the middle for Hartong, who moved to the right for the final two sets.

"We tried a lot of different lineups against someone other than ourselves," said Adolpho, who followed up what Shoji termed a "monster match" Saturday at Utah State with three blocks and two kills in two short sets. "Mostly just wanted to work on things that we might not be able to work on against a stronger team."

Shoji was fine with his freshmen, happy that Blake didn’t "freak out" after a few bad passes at a new position and still high on Adolpho’s athleticism.

"She really wasn’t ready to play against some of the better teams we played earlier in the season," Shoji said of his first player from Molokai. "I think now is a good time to get her experience. She won’t be overwhelmed and she’ll just get better every time she’s out there."

But it was Hartong he brought up first.

"It just seems like wherever we put her, she’s going to score," he said. "We just have to figure out where we want to play her."

The faces on the other side were also familiar. First-year Nevada coach Ruth Lawanson started juniors Elissa Ji (Maryknoll) and Chang, along with senior setter Tatiana Santiago (Kamehameha).

To tell you what kind of night the Pack had, Santiago was their only effective hitter, finessing six kills in nine attempts.

Last year, with Lawanson assisting Devin Scruggs, the Wolf Pack had a shot at taking a set off Hawaii.

"I told them before the match we played well here last year, but you guys were just happy to play well," Lawanson. "You could have taken a game off them, but you didn’t really focus on that. I said I didn’t want to come back into that situation saying we played well, but we just didn’t finish.

"Unfortunately that wasn’t the case tonight. We just didn’t come to compete. They just had a good time. It is what it is. You have those matches where it’s all bad."

Hawaii scored in big bursts from the beginning, getting five points in a row with Danielson serving and seven more with Chanteal Satele cranking jump serves.

Up 17-5, and Satele already good for one ace and three more serves Nevada couldn’t handle, Shoji brought in Courtney Lelepali, who made it 18-5.

When Jane Croson jump-served two quick aces a little later, Shoji subbed her out, much to the chagrin of the fans. He grinned at Croson on her way out and the freshman put her arm around him.

"I said something about her hitting and she had a funny remark," Shoji said, laughing. "She’s a pretty sweet kid, very good-natured. She took it well coming out."

He did it again in the final set and high-fived Croson while the crowd booed — or at least "oohed" — Shoji.

The Wolf Pack scored six of the last eight points in the opening set, but it had no answers for the Wahine. The second set was more of the same, with Hawaii changing nearly half its lineup and Danielson going off.

Hartong, 4-for-4 in Set 1, switched to the right and went 3-for-4. Adolpho stuffed the first Nevada swing she saw. That same lineup, with help from Lelepali and Kristina Kam and eventually everyone, cruised through the third set.

Hawaii had eight aces and eight blocks in the match, out-hit Nevada by nearly 300 points (.388-.098) and out-dug it 40-25.

No. 11 Hawaii def. Nevada

25-15, 25-15, 25-14

WOLF PACK (2-11, 0-2)

RAINBOW WAHINE (13-1, 3-0)

Key — s: games; k: kills; e: hitting errors; att: attempts; pct: hitting percentage; d: digs; bs: block solo; ba: block assists; pts: points (kills plus blocks plus aces). Service Aces — Nevada 3 (Heinen 2, Ji). Hawaii 8 (Hewitt 2, Croson 2, Satele, Hartong, Griffiths, Blake). Service errors — Nevada 6 (Batista, Anxo, Santiago, Ji, Chang, Heinen). Hawaii 3 (Croson, Griffiths, Kam). Assists — Nevada 25 (Santiago 16, Chang 4, Batista 2, Anxo, Ji, Heinen). Hawaii 39 (Uiato 30, Stauber 3, Danielson 2, Griffiths 2, Satele, Kam). T — 1:15. Officials — Kent Kitade, Wayne Lee. A — 3,820.

WAC Standings

Thursday
No. 11 Hawaii def. Nevada, 25-15, 25-15, 25-14
New Mexico State def. Idaho, 25-18, 14-25, 25-23, 25-22
Fresno State def. San Jose State, 25-17, 26-28, 25-17, 21-25, 15-10
Utah State def. Louisiana Tech, 25-19, 25-14, 21-25, 25-12

Saturday
Fresno State at Hawaii, 7 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center
Idaho at Louisiana Tech
Nevada at San Jose State
Utah State at New Mexico State