With both teams riding lengthy winning streaks into Thursday’s volleyball match, something had to give.

It wouldn’t be Hawaii’s victory skein.

It wouldn’t be Brigham Young-Hawaii’s pride.

And it wouldn’t be the travel plans of Rainbow Wahine coach Dave Shoji.

Shoji had plenty of time to catch his red-eye flight to New Mexico to see his newborn grandson after Hawaii swept Brigham Young-Hawaii, 25-16, 25-15, 25-17 in front of 3,695 at the Stan Sheriff Center. It was the 15th consecutive victory for the Rainbow Wahine (22-2), ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division I, and the first loss in 19 matches for the Seasiders (20-3), No. 8 in Division II.

Sophomore hitter Jane Croson had a match-high 13 kills and had two of Hawaii’s season-high 12 aces in the 79-minute win. Senior hitter Lauren Hagemeyer led BYUH with 10 kills, while Stella Chen and Melanie Manutai each had 12 digs.

"I think we got what we wanted out of tonight’s match," UH associate head coach Scott Wong said. "We got everyone in and we played at a pretty decent level throughout. It’s always nice to play your team, the players who work hard every day in practice but don’t get to play much. It was nice for our first team to play well that we were able to do it.

"I think (the Seasiders) were caught a little off guard with our serves. They’re not used to seeing those kinds of serves in their league. Jane (Croson) has the heat, Emily (Hartong) has the range and Ali (Longo) got us off to a nice start."

The Wahine started off Set 1 nearly perfect, with Longo’s tough serving helping Hawaii to a 5-0 lead. By the time Longo was done with her second serving rotation, she had four aces, including three in a row, and UH had pulled away at 18-6.

The Seasiders finally got a read on the Wahine offense, which had put down 10 kills in 19 attempts. When Hagemeyer and Ariel Hsu stuffed Hartong to make it 18-8, it was Hawaii’s first hitting error of the night.

At 20-10, BYUH made it interesting with Joyceann Feletoa’s ace highlighting a 5-0 spurt that brought the Seasiders to within 20-14. But that would be as close as BYUH would get as the Wahine closed it out on two kills from Hartong and an ace by Emily Maeda, the sixth ace of the set.

Hawaii went to its bench early and often the rest of the night, using all 17 on the roster. It led to some ragged play, particularly in Set 3 when the Wahine fell behind 12-6 and the Seasiders took advantage of UH reserve setter Monica Stauber (5 feet 8) being in the front row.

With starting setter Mita Uiato back in, the Wahine steadied out, tying it at 12. BYUH regained the lead briefly at 14-12 only to have Hawaii go on a 4-0 run to take the lead for good.

The Seasiders closed to 17-16 but the Wahine answered with a 8-1 closing run that included two kills by junior middle Kristiana Tuaniga and Croson’s second ace.

Coming into the match, BYUH had given up just 60 aces in 22 matches and "we knew that if we were going to stay in the match we had to do well with our serve-receive," Seasider coach Wilfred Navalta said. "And we didn’t do that enough. They have some great servers.

"At 14-14 (in Set 3) I was just thinking ‘keep it going’ but we couldn’t. But now my team knows the value of good serving and good serve-receive. I hope this helps us the rest of the way."

BYUH, which has already clinched a spot in the NCAA Division II national tournament, finishes the regular season at Hawaii-Hilo on Saturday. The Seasiders, tops in their region, are hoping to host the West Regional beginning Nov. 29.

The Wahine, who have also clinched a spot in the postseason, continue Big West play next week at Pacific on Friday and UC Davis Saturday.

"I think this was good for us, for everyone to get reps to get better," said defensive specialist Maeda, UH’s lone senior. "(BYUH) was very good defensively and it was a little frustrating for us.

"They had their big right-side (6-1 Hagemeyer) who was a lefty. We’re going to see teams like that later on with a player like that so it was good for us. We had a good serving night and it helped us get back in the game (in Set 3). It just shows that you have to show up every night to play."