Jamie Houston led UH (12-3, 6-0 WAC) to its ninth consecutive victory with a match-high 16 kills, climbing into ninth on the career list. Tara Hittle added 13 kills on .706 hitting. The Wolf Pack (7-7, 4-3) was lead Karly Sipherd with nine kills and four of its five stuffs.

The 'Bows broke to a big early lead primarily by keeping the ball in, a trait the Wolf Pack could not match. Nevada, struggling to pass the UH serves from the start, hit negative .026 for the game. Its two big guns — Ericson and Sipherd — were a combined 4-for-17 with five errors. Stephanie Brandt served through a 6-0 surge and Liz Ka'aihue went for five in a row to get UH to 28 before the Pack hit double digits, and could score two points ia row,

Nevada put the pieces together in Game 2, opening a 10-7 advantage despite missing four serves. The lead did not last. Houston, who was 7-for-11 without an error in the game, drilled two kills in a row, the second off the side off Sipherd's face at point-blank range.

The Rainbows caught up in the midst of a four-point service run by Brandt and never trailed again — ever. Nevada called its first timeout down 6-1 in the third and never could close.