Male volleyball falls to matadors in three

Northridge, California. – The male male volleyball team at Hawai’i University classified fifth underwent its first defeat of the season after falling in n ° 9 CSUN in two consecutive sets in the first of the two games of Big West at the first America Credit Union Arena. The defined scores were 25-17, 25-20, 25-20.

The Rainbow Warriors (21-3, 4-1 BWC) were flat from the start, reaching 0.045 in set 1 and 0.219 for the match by undergoing their first scan of the season. Uh has also lost the road for the first time this season.

Kristian Titriaski Leaded uh with 14 striking attacks, but no other warrior had more than five striking attacks. Adrien Roure Adding five victims but struck 0.067 and an outdoor strike colleague Louis Sakanoko had four victims, reaching 0.100.

As a team, Uh has achieved an ace of the season and had only three team blocks.

CSUN (15-7, 0-4) was led by Jalen Phillips, who succeeded 16 striking attacks, reaching 0.414 while Joao Avila added 10 striking attacks, reaching 0.692. The matadors struck .507 for the match – an UH opponent for the season – and raised 9.5 blocks, all in the first two sets.

A three-point race put Uh at the top 10-8 in the set 1, but the Matadors responded immediately with five consecutive games for an advance of 13-10. CSUN has extended its advance to five to 19-14 to everything except to store the opening set. The matadors reached 0.476 and had 4.5 blocks.

In set 2, the matadors extended their advance at 17-12 before the Warriors drew in both at 18-16. But CSun managed to be assisted and killing consecutive from Avila and Lorenzo Bertozzi gave them a 23-19 lead. Sakanoko’s attack on the set point was long and CSUN took a 2-0 lead in the match.

The matadors led 11-8 to open set 3 and did 18-13 after the second AS of Avila. Uh arrived in two to 22-20, but CSUN has scored the last three points to finish the scan.

The teams meet again on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. PT (3:00 p.m. ht).

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