LAS VEGAS � Third-ranked Hawai�i eased into tomorrow�s Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 25-15, 25-15, 25-17 volleyball victory over Fresno State tonight, before 1,827 at Orleans Arena.

The top-seeded Rainbow Wahine (27-2) won their 23rd straight and extended their WAC Tournament streak to 29. They play second-seeded New Mexico State tomorrow (4:30 p.m. HST) for the title, for the fourth year in a row.
Hawai�i has won the last 11 WAC championships.
The first two sets against fifth-seeded FSU (15-16) lasted just 19 minutes apiece, with Aneli Cubi-Otineru getting seven of her 11 kills. Kanani Danielson, named WAC Player of the Year Sunday, finished with a match-high 12 kills, seven in the final set, for the Rainbow Wahine.
It took three serves for Hawai�i to seize control.
After Dani Mafua shanked the opening serve and Stephanie Ferrell was stuffed on the second, Ferrell crushed a kill to end a long rally � after she and Mafua both salvaged balls.
From there, it was all Rainbows. Amber Kaufman served four in a row, with Cubi-Otineru launching two balls untouched into the floor.
FSU called its first timeout after a Kaufman ace at 5-2 and its last after Danielson�s third straight serve made it 15-7.
The Bulldogs would not get within six again until the second set, which was tied four times, the last at 8-8.
Hawai�i outscored Fresno 17-7 the rest of the way, getting points in bunches with Mafua, Cubi-Otineru and Stephanie Brandt serving.
The �Bows had four aces in the set and Cubi-Otineru was 4-for-5, blasting one ball into Kelli Parker�s shoulder after hitting her on the ankle in the opening set.
Danielson took over in the third, blasting four consecutive kills to put UH ahead 7-4. The Bulldogs would not catch up.
Sixth-seed Boise State, which upset third-seeded Idaho Monday, could not convert against second-seeded New Mexico State in the other semifinal.
The Broncos (8-22) had five set points in the second set, but NMSU (19-8) scored the final seven and ultimately won, 25-16, 26-24, 25-10.
Kayleigh Giddens led all attackers with 13 kills for NMSU, which out-hit Boise, .391 to .067.
NOTES
Tonight�s WAC Championship will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 4:30 p.m. Hawai�i time. It will also be aired live in Hawai�I on ESPN/1420 AM.
Poor pronunciation by the announcer during last night�s introductions inspired so much laughter he finally said, �OK folks, you try this.�