The Hawaii volleyball team went a long way — 2,483 miles and five sets — to come away empty in a second consecutive road loss to UC Santa Barbara.

The scores were 20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 21-25, 15-13 in Robertson Gym.

The Rainbow Warriors lost in four sets to the Gauchos on Thursday night. In Friday’s rematch, the Warriors scored the final four points of the fourth set, then rallied from a four-point deficit to close to 14-13 in the fifth set.

UH outside hitter Jace Olsen then blistered a serve that resulted in an over-pass. But UH setter Joby Ramos’ first-touch slam was rejected by opposing setter Jonah Seif for aloha point. At 6-foot-8, Seif is the Gauchos’ tallest player. That was Seif’s only solo block; he assisted on two others.

The Gauchos completed their third consecutive season sweep of the Warriors, and extended their winning streak in this series to seven matches.

The ninth-ranked Gauchos improved to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

The Warriors are 5-4 and 3-3.

UCSB opposite Evan Licht led the way with a match-high 22 kills. Outside hitter Austin Kingi contributed 15 kills and hit .324. Matt Hanley, the Gauchos’ second left-side attacker, started in place of Weston Nielsen and finished with 10 kills. Middle Jake Staahl had 10 kills and participated in seven of the Gauchos’ 17 blocks.

In Thursday’s match, the Warriors’ erratic passing slowed the quick-middle attack and led to predictable sets. The UH middles combined to hit .200 in that match. On Friday, the Warriors were able to reboot the middle. Taylor Averill had 14 kills and hit .500; Davis Holt amassed nine kills and hit .471.

But the Warriors were undone by 47 errors — 29 on attacks, 13 on serves, four on aces and one on a block attempt.

Opposite Brook Sedore had 15 kills but made eight errors. Olsen also had eight attack errors, doubling his number of kills, in 19 swings. He finished hitting minus-.211.

Still, the Warriors overcame a dismal third set in which they managed two natural points in 14 serves.

After blowing a four-point lead in the fourth set, it was tied at 21. Then Averill seized control. Averill hit an angle shot to make it 22-21. Averill and outside hitter Siki Zarkovic teamed on a block. After a Gauchos timeout, Averill crushed a kill. Olsen then finished with a line shot to force the fifth set.

With Licht and Hanley attacking from the pins, the Gauchos built leads of 9-5 and 11-7. Later, UH closed to 12-11 when Kingi’s serve sailed long.

But then Sedore’s swing from the back right struck the antennae. After a UH timeout, Olsen hit high, the blockers lowered their arms, and the ball went out of bounds to make it 14-11.

Then Averill blasted a kill, and UCSB’s Hanley hit wide left, making it 14-13. But the match ended when Ramos could not elude the taller Seif.

The Warriors return to Honolulu this afternoon. They will depart on Wednesday for the weekend road matches against Cal State Northridge.

MPSF VOLLEYBALL

FRIDAY

UCSB def. Hawaii
20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 21-25, 15-13

Long Beach State def. Stanford
17-25, 25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 15-11

CS Northridge def. Pacific
25-20, 19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-11

Pepperdine def. BYU
25-19, 17-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-11 

UC Irvine def. UC San Diego
25-11, 25-20, 25-12

TODAY

BYU at USC
CS Northridge at Stanford
Long Beach State at Pacific
UCLA at UC Irvine

NO. 9 UC SANTA BARBARA DEF. NO. 11 HAWAII 20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 21-25, 15-13

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 — Hawaii 5 (Holt 2, Olsen, Sedore, Zarkovic). UCSB 4 (A. Kingi, Seif, Staahl, Thompson). Service errors — Hawaii 13 (Holt 3, Sedore 3, Zarkovic 3, Averill 2, Franciskovic, Olsen). UCSB 19 (A. Kingi 5, Licht 3, Seif 3, Thompson 3, Hanley 2, Delson, Donohue, Staahl). Assists — Hawaii 50 (Ramos 43, Franciskovic 5, Kanetake 2). UCSB 55 (Seif 45, C. Kingi 6, Hanley 3, Licht). T — 2:34. Officials — Tony Chan, Rick Olmstead. A — 445.