Tenth-ranked Hawai'i followed Victoria Prince's imposing lead last night to sweep Nevada, 30-22, 30-22, 30-27, in a Western Athletic Conference volleyball match played before 918 at Virginia Street Gym in Reno.

The Rainbow Wahine (16-6, 10-0 WAC) scored the last six points of the match to win the only game that was in question. They have won 10 in a row, and their last 116 against WAC opponents. Hawai'i is also on a 24-game winning streak going into tomorrow's WAC match at Fresno State.

The Wolf Pack (13-9, 7-4), who were unbeaten in the WAC when they came to Hawai'i three weeks ago, have now lost three in a row and four of their last seven.

Last night's loss was a dramatic improvement for Nevada from its showing here, when it scored just 40 points. Even without all-WAC middle Salaia Salave'a, whose injured ankle prevented her from playing front row, the Pack came after Hawai'i.

The Rainbows never let down, outhitting Nevada by 300 points (.410 to .111) in the first two games. They lost the first point of the match and didn't trail again until Game 3.

"We played very well again," UH coach Dave Shoji said. "We didn't make very many mistakes and that's the key on the road.

"Our defense was excellent. We were flying around, touching a lot of balls. If we're doing that, we're going to take swings to score."

Prince was impossible to ignore. She hammered a match-high 14 kills on .545 hitting, and was in on eight of 12 UH stuffs.

"It's nice to have her back at full strength," said Shoji, who held his second-team All-American out last weekend when she suffered from stomach flu. "She played very determined tonight."

The Wolf Pack, which had won its previous nine at home, led for nearly the entire third game. It got up 27-24 when UH freshman Jamie Houston hit out.

Prince came back with her last kill, then joined Kanoe Kamana'o and Houston for successive blocks to tie it. Houston launched one kill, then stuffed a Nevada shank into the floor before Carly Sorensen ended it with her ninth hitting error.

Houston came into the front row midway through the final game and collected three kills and two blocks.

"After we were up 2-0, I thought she was going to play no matter what," Shoji said. "She needs to get experience. I was hoping we'd be ahead, but actually we were behind. It turned out to be a good time to put her in because she can get instant kills."

Sorensen, the Pack's most prolific hitter after Salave'a, hit negative .097 with six kills. Freshman Erika Ryan led Nevada with 11 kills and a team-high .285.

Hawai'i plays at Fresno State tomorrow at 4 p.m. Sports Radio (1420 AM) will have match reports during the UH-Fresno State football game. It will carry the end of the match live, if it is still going on after the football post-game show.