The Hawaii beach volleyball team won both matches Friday at the Big West Championship in Long Beach, Calif., to earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.
The No. 3-seeded BeachBows beat No. 4 UC Davis 3-0 in the semifinals, and No. 2 Long Beach State 3-2 in the final.
Hawaii (24-11) won its fourth title in eight seasons of Big West beach volleyball.
Against the Beach, Hawaii fell behind 2-1 after matches on the first three courts concluded. Hawaii’s No. 5 duo of Sarah Burton and Caprice Lorenzo won to even up the match, meaning the No. 4 court between UH’s Riley Wagoner and Sydney Amiatu and LBSU’s Haley Carrington and Christine Deroos would determine the champion.
Long Beach State took the first set 21-16, but Hawaii rallied to take the second set 21-15. Then, Wagoner and Amiatu held on to win the deciding set 16-14 to give Hawaii the title.
Hawaii will take an eight-match winning streak into the NCAA Championships set for May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The NCAA Selection Show will be broadcast Sunday at 5 a.m. on NCAA.com.
Hawaii routs Fullerton in water polo
The Hawaii women’s water polo team got hat tricks from four players to rout Cal State Fullerton 19-6 in Friday’s first round of the Big West Championship in Davis, Calif.
Alba Bonamusa Boix, Roni Perlman, Lucia Gomez de la Puente and Bernadette Doyle each scored three goals for the top-seeded Rainbow Wahine, who are ranked No. 2 in the country.
Bonamusa Boix, who added three assists, became the first player in school history to record 200 goals and 100 assists in a career.
Hawaii (20-3) outscored No. 8 seed Cal State Fullerton (10-19) 13-3 over the second and third quarters.
Rainbow Wahine goalkeeper Daisy Logtens made two saves in the first half and Emma Gurasich had six in the second.
Hawaii will face No. 4 seed UC San Diego in today’s semifinals at 9 a.m. UC San Diego beat Cal State Northridge 18-11 on Friday.
Hawaii softball edged by Beach
The Rainbow Wahine softball team was defeated by Long Beach State on Friday in Long Beach, Calif., losing 2-1.
Each team managed five hits. Long Beach State (20-26,15-4 Big West) scored both its runs in the third on a double by Makayla Mendelin, while Hawaii (18-20, 11-6) got its lone run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Izabella Martinez.
UH men’s tennis team bounced
The Hawaii men’s tennis team was eliminated by UC Davis 4-3 in Friday’s quarterfinals of the Big West Championship in San Diego.
Karl Collins and Diego Dalisay won singles matches for the fifth-seeded Rainbow Warriors.
The duos of Collins and Andy Hernandez and Dalisay and Guillaume Tattevin won matches as the Rainbow Warriors won the doubles point from the fourth-seeded Aggies.
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COLLEGE
Big West Championship
At Long Beach, Calif.
Friday
Semifinals
Hawaii 3, UC Davis 0
Jaime Santer/Alana Embry (UH) def. Coleen McGuire/Kylie Miller (UCD) 21-15,21-14
Kaylee Glagau/Pani Napoleon (UH) def. Tabitha Mitchell/Kimi Waller (UCD) 21-16, 21-14
Anna Madiment/Sydney Miller (UH) vs. Morgan Coolbaugh/Lindsay Heller (UCD) 15-21, 21-11, 1-3, unfinished
Riley Wagoner/Sydney Amiatu (UH) vs. Alicia Letvin/Mia Olen (UCD) 21-15, 21-23,
unfinished
Sarah Burton/Caprice Lorenzo (UH) def. Anna Braun/Kate O’steen (UCD) 25-23, 21-16
Final
Hawaii 3, Long Beach State 2
Malia Gementera/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) def. Jaime Santer/Alana Embry (UH) 21-16, 21-11
Julia Westby/Savannah Standage (LBSU) def. Kaylee Glagau/Pani Napoleon (UH) 21-16, 25-23
Anna Madiment/Sydney Miller (UH) def. Natalie Glenn/Mo Gibson (LBSU) 21-17, 21-18
Riley Wagoner/Sydney Amiatu (UH) def. Haley Carrington/Christine Deroos (LBSU) 16-21, 21-15, 16-14
Sarah Burton/Caprice Lorenzo (UH) def. Megan Widener/Livi Narancich (LBSU) 24-22, 21-16
