Hawai'i held off the Bulldogs in the first game and muzzled them in the last two to win their WAC West volleyball match 30-28, 30-17, 30-26 tonight before approximately 6,000 at Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine (18-0) moved a full match ahead of Nevada ­ next week's opponent in Reno ­ at 7-0 and extended their school-record streak of game victories to 42.

Fresno (18-3), which would have vaulted into first place with a victory, fell to third place at 6-2.

The bad news for the Bulldogs began early. Senior Christy Burnett injured her ankle in practice and never played. The all-WAC hitter is among the country's most lethal servers and a vital part of FSU's game, with 38 double-doubles (10-plus kills and digs) in her career.

Fresno didn't appear to miss Burnett early. The Bulldogs, particularly outside hitter Kristen Fenton, went right after Hawai'i. They blasted their way to an 8-4 advantage to open the match, then shrugged off the Rainbows' initial rally. After the teams' fifth tie, at 16, FSU went on another run, pulling ahead 26-23 before Hawai'i found a familiar solution.

Kim Willoughby landed four of her match-high 24 kills. In between, Lily Kahumoku launched a kill ­ she finished with 18 ­ from the back row and another from the front after the Rainbows missed a serve. That put UH at game point (29-27). Fenton held it off with her sixth kill of the game but Karin's Lundqvist's first kill a moment later ended it.