With good reception, the University of Hawaii volleyball team dialed up a 25-20, 25-15, 28-26 road victory over Cal State Northridge on Friday night.
Before 439 in the Matadome, the Rainbow Warriors earned their first away victory of the season to improve to 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
The Matadors fell to 3-5 and 3-4.
The rematch is today at 12:30 p.m. Hawaii time.
The Matadors entered as one of the league’s most disruptive servers, averaging 1.5 aces per set.
The Warriors spent four practices this week — three in their Gym I, one in the Matadome — focusing on the serve-and-receive phases.
"We made an extra effort to concentrate on receiving serves because their serves are so good," UH coach Charlie Wade said. "We knew we had to really prepare, really tighten up the seams. We made that a priority."
The Warriors passed well, creating quick-set opportunities for middles Taylor Averill and Nick West. Averill slammed eight kills (without an error) in nine swings and hit .889.
West was playing his first match in three weeks after recovering from a broken pinkie on his left (non-hitting) hand. West also did not have a hitting error, collecting five kills in eight swings, and contributed to six of the Warriors’ 12.5 blocks.
"Nick is a tough matchup," Wade said. "We got him going early, then teams try to read, and they’ve got to commit (on the middle), and once they start committing, it’s, like, ‘OK.’ Ask Jace (Olsen) what it’s like to have Nick back in the lineup. It frees him up quite a bit."
Olsen, a left-side attacker, responded with eight kills (and no errors) in his first 10 swings. Olsen finished with 10 kills and hit .533. He also was instrumental in providing an obstacle for CSUN opposite Damani Lenore, who entered averaging 4.24 kills per set. Olsen got his hands on several Lenore spikes.
Lenore, who averages 26.2 swings per match, finished with seven kills in 15 swings.
| MPSF VOLLEYBALL |
| |
CONFERENCE |
OVERALL |
| |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
W |
L |
| BYU |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
— |
8 |
3 |
| Pepperdine |
6 |
1 |
.857 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
| UCLA |
6 |
1 |
.857 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
| USC |
5 |
3 |
.625 |
21⁄2 |
6 |
3 |
| Long Beach St |
5 |
3 |
.625 |
21⁄2 |
6 |
3 |
| Hawaii |
4 |
3 |
.571 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
| UCSB |
4 |
3 |
.571 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
| UC Irvine |
4 |
5 |
.444 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
| CS Northridge |
3 |
4 |
.429 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
| Stanford |
3 |
4 |
.429 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
| Cal Baptist |
2 |
6 |
.250 |
51⁄2 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
| Pacific |
0 |
7 |
.000 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
| UC San Diego |
0 |
9 |
.000 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
| |
| Friday |
| Hawaii def. CS Northridge |
| 25-20, 25-15, 28-26 |
| Stanford def. UC San Diego 3-0 |
| 25-14, 25-16, 25-16 |
| UC Irvine def. Pacific 3-0 |
| 25-20, 25-22, 25-16 |
| |
| Today |
| Hawaii at CS Northridge, 12:30 p.m. |
| UC Irvine at Stanford |
| UC San Diego at Pacific |
| UC Santa Barbara at Pepperdine |
| |
| hawaii def. cs northridge |
| 25-20, 25-16, 28-26 |
| |
| RAINBOW WARRIORS (6-4, 4-3 MPSF) |
| |
S |
K |
E |
ATT |
PCT |
D |
BS |
BA |
PTS |
| Ramos |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2.5 |
| West |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
.625 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
| Sedore |
3 |
10 |
3 |
18 |
.389 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
13.5 |
| Averill |
3 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
.889 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
| Zarkovic |
3 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
.000 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
9.5 |
| Olsen |
3 |
10 |
2 |
15 |
.533 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
| Hartley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kanetake |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Timmer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Fey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
3 |
39 |
12 |
75 |
.360 |
19 |
2 |
21 |
55.5 |
| |
| MATADORS (3-5, 3-4 MPSF) |
| |
S |
K |
E |
ATT |
PCT |
D |
BS |
BA |
PTs |
| Lenore |
3 |
7 |
3 |
15 |
.267 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Holt |
2 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
.000 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Wellenreiter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1.000 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
.5 |
| Freiha |
3 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
-.143 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
| T.Magorien |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.000 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Faulkner |
3 |
10 |
2 |
13 |
.615 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
| Condron |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sakaida |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1.000 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ciesla |
2 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
-.182 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3.5 |
| Beskeen |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
| Stevenson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Peachey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| O’Gorman |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| C.Magorien |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
3 |
31 |
20 |
72 |
.153 |
19 |
0 |
9 |
38.5 |
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 4 (Sedore 2, West. Zarkovic). CS Northridge 3 (Holt, Freiha, T. Magorien). Service errors — Hawaii 14 (Sedore 3, Zarkovic 3, Ramos 2, West 2, Olsen 2, Averill, Fey). CS Northridge 14 (T.Magorien 4, Holt 3, Freiha 2, CMagorien 2, Lenore, Sakaida, Ciesla). Assists — Hawaii 35 (Ramos 32, Kanetake 2, Zarkovic). CS Northrige 29 (T.Magorien 28, Freiha). T — 1:35. Officials — Marvin Hall, Robert Okamura, Kevin Strauss. A — 439.
