A little adversity is a good thing.

A lot of adversity? Even better … at least that seems to be the case for the beach volleyball pair of Emily Maglio and Ka‘iwi Schucht.

For a third consecutive match, and fourth in five over the weekend, No. 3 Hawaii’s Flight 1 duo was extended to three sets. Each time, they have pulled it out, including Sunday’s finale of the Queen’s Cup against Washington to extend their program record to 19 in a row.

Maglio had four stuffs in Set 3 en route to being named the event’s best blocker as she and Schucht turned back the Huskies’ Jordan Anderson and Kimmy Gardiner, 17-21, 21-12, 15-9. The victory capped a 5-0 sweep for the Rainbow Wahine, who ran their program record to 23 in a row with the five tournament wins at Queen’s Beach.

“I honestly don’t know why,” Schucht said of the number of three-set matches. “Sometimes we start off too slow. We have to work at getting into gear soon.

“No one likes to lose, but we aren’t thinking ‘Oh, man, we’re going to lose.’ We’re thinking that every (opponent’s attack) has to be (dug) up. Refuse to lose? We just want to keep it going.”

Maglio-Schucht improved to 28-3 with their 18th straight at the top flight. The victory that started the streak came on March 18 at Flight 2 against No. 12 Grand Canyon.

Their record has somewhat overshadowed the success going on at Flight 4, where Ari Homayun and Amy Ozee ran their winning streak to 17 and were named the outstanding pair of the tournament. They have dropped just one set during the run, that coming against Cal Poly at the Big West Challenge on March 31.

“We’re stoked for Emily and Ka‘iwi,” Homayun said. “It pushes Amy and I to keep pushing. It keeps us motivated to keep winning, too. What we’re doing is pretty extraordinary.

“Ka‘iwi is such a competitor and Emily is Emily, she’s used to winning. As a pair, they’re used to winning. When it comes down to crunch time, I have faith they won’t lose.”

“Play at (Flight) 1 is never easy and Emily and Ka‘iwi are very consistent,” Ozee added. “Ka‘iwi is such a gamer and Emily is so disciplined.

“It’s really exciting to see them go on with their streak. And for Ari and I to keep doing ‘us.’ ”

If there was a hard-luck loser, it was Utah’s Flight 1 pair of Adora Anae and Dani Barton. They went 1-4 over the weekend with three of the losses coming in three, two to Maglio-Schucht.

“They (Maglio-Schucht) are such a good team, they compete every point,” said Anae, a Kahuku High graduate and an indoor All-American for the Utes. “This was our first tournament and I’m pretty proud of our team. And having the opportunity to play at home in front of my family meant a great deal.”

Anae was named the tournament’s best attacker. The Utes, opening their season here, went 0-5 and lost the third-place dual to No. 16 Loyola Marymount (16-11).

In Sunday’s semifinals, Hawaii swept Utah 5-0, and Washington topped LMU 4-1.

The SandBows conclude the regular season with Senior Celebration Weekend on Saturday and Sunday at the Ching Complex courts. Honored after Sunday’s finale against Arizona State will be seniors Schucht, Allyssah Fitterer, Carly Kan, Laurel Weaver and Hannah Zalopany.

Hawaii also will host the Big West tournament April 27-29 at Queen’s Beach. The SandBows are the two-time defending champions.