Posted at 10:29 p.m., Friday, September 1, 2006
Florida sweeps Hawaii in volleyball
By Ann Miller
Advertiser Staff Writer
Tenth-ranked UCLA (4-0) swept Colorado (1-1), 30-25, 30-25, 30-25, earlier. Nana Meriwether was in on 10 of the Bruins' 14 blocks.
Florida opened with a .517 hitting flourish in an imposing first game and finished with a .287 to .096 advantage in one of the sport's most telling statistics. The Gators' dominance was so widespread, and their blocking so tough, they won Game 2 with a measly 10 kills — to Hawaii's 17.
Florida didn't even play all that well after the opening-game ambush, when Hawaii did not have a block and barely got a touch against outsides Marcie Hampton and Amber McCray.
Turned out, those two were the only real offensive threats on the floor. Hawaii's outsides provided two-thirds of its offense, but Tara Hittle hit just .156 and Jamie Houston .078.
