Women’s Volleyball Records Road Sweep at UC Irvine

IRVINE, Calif.—The University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball team (18-6, 15-1 Big West) notched its fourth-straight sweep, defeating UC Irvine on the road in three, 25-23, 25-13, 25-20. The win extended Hawai’i’s win streak to eight—tying their longest win streak of the season. Hawai’i’s Amber Igiede and Riley Wagoner combined for 27 of UH’s 42 kills to lead UH’s offensive attack on Saturday night at the Bren Events Center. The win keeps Hawai’i atop The Big West standings just a game ahead of UC Santa Barbara.
 
Igiede put down a match-high 14 kills while hitting .364 to record her 22^nd double-digit kill match of the season. She led UH with 6.0 blocks (one solo) while showing off her versatility and athleticism adding three digs, and a service ace for a match-high 18.5 points. In the third set alone, Igiede had seven kills on 15 errorless swings to hit .467 in the final frame.
 
Wagoner buried 13 kills to register her 16^th 10+ kill match. Along with Igiede, she finished the match strong, posting six kills in Set 3. Wagoner was also solid on defense with six digs and four blocks. UC Irvine targeted her 32 times but she did not commit any serve-receive errors for the night.
 
Setter Kate Lang had 34 assists in the win while adding eight digs, a kill and a service ace.
 
Libero Tayli Ikenaga was all over the floor directing the back row, scooping up a team-high 16 digs.
 
Set 1 saw momentum swings that went back and forth. Early on, UH led by as many as six at 12-6 via a pair of four-point runs with Igiede and Lang serving respectively. But the Anteaters rallied on a 7-to-1 run to trail by just one at 13-12. Hawai’i held off UCI but eventually, the Anteaters would retake the lead at 22-21. UCI held the lead until the ‘Bows see-sawed back in front at 24-23 and scored the last three-straight…