Posted at 5:59 p.m., Monday, September 24, 2007
Hawaii rolls by San Jose State in WAC volleyball
Advertiser Staff
All-American Jamie Houston blasted 24 kills and hit .605 to help 13th-ranked Hawai'i to a 30-17, 30-25, 30-21 volleyball victory over San Jose State tonight at Spartan Gym in California.The Rainbow Wahine (11-3) have won their last eight, including all three on this road trip, and surged to the top of the Western Athletic Conference at 5-0.
SJSU dropped to 6-7 and 0-2. The Spartans led for just a brief period at the beginning of Game 3, and hit just .144 in the match. UH held Jennifer Senftleben to 11 kills, with an .095 attack percentage.
Hawai'i out-blocked San Jose 10-2, with the Spartans getting their only two stuffs in the final game. The first cut the UH advantage to 17-15, and the Rainbows outscored SJSU 13-6 the rest of the match.
Aneli Cubi-Otineru added 16 kills for UH and hit .351. She and Houston combined for 40 of Hawai'i's 55 kills. Juliana Sanders had seven kills and four stuffs. Freshman libero Liz Ka'aihue collected a match-high 16 digs.
The Rainbow Wahine's next match is Oct. 5 against Nevada, at Stan Sheriff Center.
