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[ HAWAII 3, PEPPERDINE 0 ]
Waves crash
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After trailing by as many as six, Hawaii used a 4-0 run late in Game 1 to take its first lead at 25-24. It started with Arnott's third kill that lifted her out of a negative hitting percentage, continued with a great running dig by Kanoe Kamana'o and finished by two consecutive hitting errors by Pepperdine's Sophia Milo.
The Wahine finally began to slow down Daly, who hit .571 in Game 1 (eight kills, 14 swings, no errors) and had over half of her team's 15 kills. Daly was rebuffed on four attempts during one play in Game 2, with the Wahine finally winning the long rally for a 6-4 lead.
Daly committed her first hitting error on her 23rd attempt when her placement shot to an empty UH back court went long to put the Wahine ahead 8-4. Daly continued to swing away, with her 15th kill helping a 5-1 run that gave Pepperdine an 18-16 lead.
The seesaw game would be tied four times, the last at 25-25, before the Wahine used a 3-0 spurt to take the lead for good at 28-25. The Waves did not fold, holding off two game points in closing to 29-28.
Victoria Prince ended it with her fifth kill.
Hawaii led for most of Game 3, taking control early at 12-7. Pepperdine used mini-surges to keep its hopes of taking a game off the Wahine, holding off two match points with kills that landed just inside UH's backline.
Boogaard finally ended it with her 28th attempt.
Prince was in on six blocks and Boogaard five as the Wahine outblocked the Waves 10-5.
"We just made too many errors," said Pepperdine coach Nina Matthies. "It's a young group and they're pressing instead of relaxing. Winning begets winning and this team is still trying to find its identity.
"We usually don't get a chance to play a team back-to-back. It's nice to be able to work on things. We can play better."
Hawaii def. Pepperdine
30-28, 30-28, 30-27Waves (2-6)
g k e att pct. bs ba d Milo 3 4 10 25 -.240 0 3 2 Mehlhorn 3 5 0 12 .417 0 3 4 McClune 3 6 2 13 .308 2 0 0 Hinds 3 6 4 31 .065 0 0 14 Daly 3 25 6 56 .339 0 0 7 Shultz 3 6 6 20 .000 0 0 9 Crabbe 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 18 Roberts 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 Mulligan 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 Bayer 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 Totals 3 53 29 160 .150 2 6 57 Rainbow Wahine (9-0)
g k e att pct. bs ba d Boogaard 3 12 0 28 .429 0 5 10 Hittle 3 11 3 23 .348 0 3 5 Gregory 2 6 1 15 .333 0 1 0 Arnott 3 11 10 45 .022 0 0 10 Kamana'o 3 0 0 1 .000 0 2 10 Prince 3 7 1 17 .353 0 6 2 Sanders 2 4 0 7 .571 0 3 1 Eckmier 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Watanabe 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 16 Fotu 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 Thurlby 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Woolford 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 Totals 3 51 15 136 .265 0 20 58 Key -- g: games; k: kills; e: hitting errors; att: attempts; pct.: hitting percentage; bs: block solos; ba: block assists; d: digs.
Aces -- PU(2): Hinds, Shultz. Hawaii (2): Prince, Watanabe. Assists -- PU (47): Mehlhorn 33, Shultz 5, Hinds 4, Daly 3, Milo 2. Hawaii (50): Kamana'o 48, Fotu, Thurlby.
T -- 1:48. Officials -- Wayne Lee, Denice Hansen. A --5,655.