The Hawaii women’s volleyball team survived four match points in the opening set and then roared to its first sweep of the season, beating Pepperdine 27-25, 25-18, 25-21 tonight in the Outrigger Volleyball Challenge.

Sophomore Caylen Alexander had a match-high 15 kills and 11 digs and senior Riley Wagoner added 14 kills for Hawaii (5-2), which bounced back from its first loss of the season that went more than three sets on Thursday to Liberty.

A SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 4.727 watched Hawaii overcome a 24-20 deficit in the first set with Wagoner serving four straight points with two aces to put UH in the lead.

A Tali Hakas dig that lined over the net and into no-mans land on the Pepperdine side of the net ended the first set and Hawaii took it to the Waves (1-6) from then on.

UH jumped to a 22-8 lead in the second set and led by as many as nine in the third before Pepperdine pulled closed to two points at 22-20.

Amber Igiede added eight kills and Tali Hakas hit .375 with seven kills for Hawaii, which hit a season-best .324.

Hawaii will close the tournament against UCLA (6-1), which swept Liberty in tonight’s first game.