HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team was swept by San Diego to close out opening weekend.
UH returned to the Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center Sunday and fell to the Toreros in three sets, 18 hours after a five-set slugfest against No. 21 Baylor.
Hawaii’s Cha’lei Reid was the team’s leader in kills with 11, tied for a match-high.
‘Bows head coach Joshua Walker reflected on the weekend and said there is a lot of work to do and they haven’t peaked yet.
“There were moments where we fought,” Walker told K5’s Ryan Kalei Tsuji after the match. [We] brought some different situations in there to see what people could do,” he said.
Walker added there were too many moments and not enough consistent play.
“We got to make sure we’re not turning these moments into us habitually. We’ve got to make sure we’re a lot more consistent, how we’re playing, how we start games, how we’re finishing sets,” he said. “Easy way to lose matches if you’re not focused at the start of matches.”
The Rainbow Wahine are back in the Stan for the Outrigger Invitational, facing Utah Tech on Thursday.
“We got to make sure we’re taking care of our bodies first of all, tomorrow is an off day, so it’s a good opportunity to do that,” Walker said. “Watch some video, make sure we get better on the things that we can fix just mentally, and then we got to be able to execute a little bit better next week.”
Television coverage on K5 starts at 6:30 p.m. Hawaii time.
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