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Senior middle Emily Maglio put down a match-high 14 kills without a hitting error and Hawaii easily won its first road match, sweeping Cal State Fullerton 25-8, 25-9, 25-16 in tonight’s Big West volleyball contest in Fullerton, Calif.
The Rainbow Wahine (9-5, 3-0) set a new program record with 17 aces, including a career-high six by junior hitter McKenna Granato in winning their seventh straight. Granato tied a program-record held by 10 others; the last Wahine to have six aces was Emily Hartong in a four-set win over Wichita State in 2011. Amber Kaufman holds the program record with 11 in 2008
Hawaii ran its record to 37-0 against the Titans (4-12, 0-4).
Senior libero Savanah Kahakai had 13 digs and needs just five to pass Kanoe Kamana‘o (1,220) for No. 6 on the program’s career list. Maglio had 18 attempts, hitting .778.
Tyler Fezzes had seven kills for the Titans.
Hawaii had just two hitting errors, both coming in Set 2, and finished with a .494 hitting percentage. Fullerton, hitting .143, didn’t reach double digits in points until Meagan Carlson’s kill made it 18-10 in Set 3.
The Wahine are at UC Riverside (8-7, 0-3) on Saturday.
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