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No. 6 Hawaii opened the Arizona State Invitational beach volleyball tournament Friday with a split on the first day at the PERA Club in Tempe, Ariz., falling to No. 5 Pepperdine 3-2 and sweeping the host Sun Devils.
It was the second time this season that the Rainbow Wahine (12-5) lost to the Waves 3-2, the first coming on opening day in Honolulu. On Friday, Pepperdine (13-6) went up 2-0, then clinched the match at the No. 2 Flight when Deahna Kraft-Gigi Hernandez swept Julia Scoles-Ari Homayun 23-21, 21-15 to snap Hawaii’s seven-match winning streak.
It was just the third loss in 15 matches for Scoles-Homayun. Hawaii picked up its points at Nos. 1 and 3.
“I’m happy with our win over ASU, almost a sweep when dropping one set,” Hawaii coach Jeff Hall said. “I feel like we let another one get away from us with Pepperdine. It’s always a great duel when we play them, but we didn’t play as well as we are capable. We have to keep getting better.”
In the second match, Hawaii won in straight sets in four out of five matches to improve to 5-0 against the Sun Devils all-time. The only one that went three was at No. 4, where Kylin Loker-Hi’ilawe Huddleston held off Sam Plaster-Kate Baldwin 21-18, 19-21, 15-12.
The SandBows are back at the PERA Club today, facing No. 2 USC and then ASU.
Hines and Hajkova continue at NCAAs
Junior Phoebe Hines and sophomore Karolina Hajkova represented the University of Hawaii swimming and diving team for the second day of the NCAA Championships at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming center on Friday.
Hines competed in her second event of the championships, placing in 41st in the women’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.06.
Hajkova finished in 47th place with a time of 53.23 in her first event, the 100 backstroke.
Chaminade softball swept by Eagles
The Chaminade softball team lost both of its games against Concordia-Irvine on Friday, 9-1 and 4-1.
The runs for the Silverswords (10-17, 7-13 PacWest) came in the top of the fourth in both games.
The Eagles (21-3, 10-2 PacWest) were led by Callie Nunes’ 14 strikeouts in the opener.
Hilo softball splits with Azusa Pacific
The Hawaii Hilo softball team split two games with Azusa Pacific on Friday at Azusa, Calif. The Vulcans lost the first game 5-4 and won the second game 8-7.
Both games went to extra innings, with the first game going eight and the second going nine.
The Vulcans (18-8, 13-5 PacWest) will play the Cougars (12-10, 9-5 PacWest) again today in a doubleheader.
>> The Hawaii Hilo baseball team was trounced by Azusa Pacific 22-0 in Azusa, Calif., on Friday.
The Vulcans (10-13, 8-8 PacWest) totaled nine hits and left nine runners on base, while the Cougars (18-9, 8-2 PacWest) had 17 hits.
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