Eighth-ranked Hawai'i swept Nevada tonight, 25-12, 25-23, 25-16 in a Western Athletic Conference volleyball match watched by 3,483 at Stan Sheriff Center.

The Rainbow Wahine (18-3, 11-1 WAC) moved back into first, a half-match ahead of New Mexico State.

UH hosts fourth-place Utah State (9-14, 7-5) tomorrow night in its final WAC home regular-season match. Utah State ended Hawai'i's 108-match conference home winning streak last season.

The Wolf Pack (11-11, 6-6) has won six of its last eight, the only losses coming against Hawai'i.

Jamie Houston had 19 kills to lead the 'Bows, hitting .607, with Aneli Cubi-Otineru adding 12.

Houston moved ahead of two-time national Player of the Year Teee Williams into second on the career kill list with 1,891 kills. Kim Willoughby, the 2003 national Player of the Year, is first with 2,598 kills - sixth-best in NCAA history.

Nevada had just 23 kills - eight by WAC Player of the Week Lindsay Baldwin - and was out-dug 54-25.

The Rainbows were practically perfect in the opening set, taking their lead from Houston. When the teams played two weeks ago in Reno, Houston was a woeful 5-for-21 with six errors. Last night she buried five of her first six swings and finished the first set 8-for-9.

Nevada could not stop her, or any other UH outside hitter. Houston, Cubi-Otineru (5) and Kanani Danielson (4) had all but five of the 22 kills and hit an astounding - and error-free - .739. In contrast, the Wolf Pack had five kills, and didn't get its second until it was down 17-7.

It was so one-sided that when UH junior defensive specialist Jayme Lee came in to serve at 21-11, Amber Kaufman set her and Lee ripped the ball off the tape and down to the Nevada side of the floor for her first kill of the year and seventh of her career. The 'Bows also outdug the shell-shocked Pack, 17-5.

Hawai'i came back to earth with a thud in the second set, which has become a habit. Nevada shook off its first-set free fall and pulled ahead 14-10 with the help of five UH hitting errors and three Wolf Pack stuffs.

The Rainbows rallied again behind Houston, who dropped three straight kills to force a Wolf Pack timeout. Hawai'i pulled even at 16 and outscored Nevada the rest of the way, with help from three missed serves.

There would be no more letdowns. Hawai'i score seven of the first eight points in the final set and Nevada never got closer than four.