Much was on the line Friday night.

Two unblemished records.

Early national implications.

No. 2 vs. No. 3.

And it was Hawaii-UCLA for the 93rd time.

Something had to give.

As a Stan Sheriff Center season-high crowd of 4,328 watched, it wasn’t the third-ranked Rainbow Warriors.

Behind 15 kills from sophomore opposite Rado Parapunov and 13 from junior hitter Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii prevailed 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-19 in 2 hours and 17 minutes. Junior hitter Brett Rosenmeier added 10 and junior setter Joe Worsley a double-double (36 assists, 14 digs) as the Warriors (7-0) ran their home winning streak to 26, dating back to 2016.

Senior libero Tui Tuileta finished with 10 digs for Hawaii, which outdug UCLA 43-24. Parapunov had three of the team’s seven aces and was in on one important block, teaming with sophomore middle Patrick Gasman to end the match.

The Bruins (7-1), who fell to the Warriors for a third straight time, won the block war 13.5-8. Sophomore middle Daenan Gyimah led UCLA with nine kills and junior setter Micah Ma’a (Punahou) had four aces to go with 37 assists. The Bruins had 23 service errors to the Warriors’ 15.

“We’ve been working a lot on our serve-receive and serve-receive was huge in this match,” Rosenmeier said. “The team is scrappy — 43 digs is a great number.

“It’s good to have a day off, settle down, get back in the gym and get ready for Sunday.”

The teams meet again at 5 p.m. Sunday.

“We didn’t play great,” Warriors coach Charlie Wade said. “But what I liked was we played well in the moment, even in the first set.”

There were big moments at the ends of all the sets, but especially Set 4. Except for two ties, Hawaii led the entire way. UCLA pulled to 20-19 with a block of van Tilburg.

Van Tilburg responded with his last kill, sending junior middle Dalton Sobrig back to the service line. He never left as the Warriors used a hitting error by Oliver Martin and two stuffs to finish it out.

“There was absolute incredible energy to turn around and see my entire team explode with passion,” Gasman said of the final point. “Going into Set 4, the mind-set was to attack with the same energy we had in Set 3. Keep firing at them, keep pressuring them with the serve.”

Set 1 was tight early, with 11 ties, the last at 12. Neither team had more than a one-point lead until the Bruins went up 15-13. At 17-15, Ma’a went on a 3-0 serving run that included an ace and UCLA enjoyed its largest margin at 20-15.

The Warriors had six service errors, including one each by their three serving subs, with the last by Gage Worsley putting the Bruins ahead 23-18. Hawaii rallied to within 23-21 and then held off two set points, closing to 24-23.

Coming out of a timeout, Christian Hessenauer ended it.

Set 2 was even tighter — 14 ties — with even more drama. The Warriors looked to be in control at 16-13, only to have the Bruins use another serving run by Ma’a to lead at 21-19.

Down 23-21, Hawaii again rallied as it had in Set 1, helped by three UCLA errors (one service, two hitting). The Warriors needed only one chance to tie the match, with Parapunov tapping back down a ricochet off a block.

Hawaii grabbed the momentum coming out of the break, rolling out to leads of 12-5, 15-8 and 19-11. UCLA chipped away and chipped away, closing to 22-20, the last on an ace by Ma’a, a call that was initially ruled long but overturned on successful video replay challenge by Bruins coach John Speraw.

Rosenmeier answered with an ace to give Hawaii set point at 24-20. The Warriors needed four as the Bruins got to within an uncomfortable 24-23. Out of the timeout, van Tilburg put down his 10th kill to give UH a 2-1 advantage.