Women's Volleyball Bested by No. 22 Hawaii

Box Score HONOLULU— The UC Riverside Women's Volleyball Team continues to search for its bounce back win as the Highlanders were bested aon the road 3-0 by No. 22 Hawaii Friday night.

With this win the Rainbow Wahine improved to a 5-2 record in Big West play and an impressive 11-1 at home, while the Highlanders dropped their sixth straight by way of the sweep, falling to 1-6.

The Highlanders kept the scoring as close as they could in the opening two sets falling 25-17 and 25-18, but UH was determined to end the night early taking the third and final set 25-12.

The second set for UCR was the best of the night, not just in the scoring deficit, but in the efficiency of the attack. It was the sole set where the Highlanders surpassed 10 kills (15) and gathered a positive hitting percentage (.194).

Junior Ayla Fresenius led the way with seven kills, followed by fellow junior Alexis Vanlandingham who collected five. Fresenius also added six digs and an assist. Defensively, senior Tara Eaton led the way with eight digs.

UC Riverside will now return home for a tough pair of matches at SRC Arena this weekend featuring Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara.