Honolulu – No. 3 University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team opens 2024 season with straight sets win over 10y– Ranked Loyola Chicago, Wednesday, at SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Shreve Center. The assigned scores were 25-23, 25-19, 25-20.
The Rainbow Warriors (1-0) extended their winning streak in the season opener to 11.
Spiros Chakas He led all forwards with 16 kills as well as four digs and three blocks. Alaka’I Todd added seven kills, eight digs and two aces while Be a theme He came off the bench and provided a spark with three kills, an ace and two digs.
As a team, the Warriors are hitting .256 with six aces and 7.5 blocks. UH also outrebounded the Ramblers (0-1), 43 to 30 as a free agent Elio Choi He led all players with a career-high 15 digs. A female student Tread Rosenthal He made his debut with the team and finished with 32 assists, two aces and two kills.
Parker Van Buren led Loyola with nine kills.
The Warriors needed to rally late in the first set and overcome an eight-point deficit in the third.
In the first set, Loyola took a 21-20 lead before the Warriors scored three straight goals behind Choi’s impressive defense. A kill by Galloway gave UH a jump start and sent the Ramblers long to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the game.
UH opened up an 11-6 lead to start the second set and extended the lead to 18-10 after taking a four-point lead. Hawaii hit .355 in the set as Chakas and Todd combined for nine of the team’s 14 kills.
The Ramblers had their largest lead of the night in Set 3 and led 15-7 at the media timeout. Thiim got into the lineup and UH immediately scored three straight goals, including Thiim’s lone serve. The Warriors continued to pull away and used an 8-0 run to take a 19-17 lead behind Rosenthal’s serve. Back-to-back kills by Thiem made it 22-19 and Hawaii ended the game with a Rosenthal-goal.Kurt Nosterer Double block.
The two teams will meet again on Friday at 7:00 pm
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