Posted at 10:41 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2003
UH volleyball team sweeps UC Santa Barbara
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team surged to a 30-23, 30-17, 30-28 victory over UC Santa Barbara tonight in the Stan Sheriff Center.A crowd of 4,140, led by UH football player Isaac Sopoaga and the bikini-clad Rainbow Wahine volleyball team, watched the Warriors win their 10th in a row and improve to 20-5 overall and 14-5 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Gauchos fell to 9-18 and 4-15.
If the Warriors win tomorrow's rematch, they will host the opening round of the MPSF Tournament in two weeks.
"We had two MVPs tonight Tony (Ching) and Isaac," UH coach Mike Wilton said. "Isaac did a good job of firing up the crowd."
Meanwhile, Ching did the rest, amassing 12 kills in 23 swings he was perfect on his first eight attacks eight digs and five aces.
