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Hawaii outside hitter Ravyn Dash (32) keeps the ball in play against Long Beach State during the second set of an NCAA womens volleyball game on Saturday.
Hawaii’s season came to an end tonight with Long Beach State eliminating the Rainbow Wahine from postseason play in a 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16 victory at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
A season-high crowd of 5,137 showed up for a win or stay home match for UH after UC Irvine upset Cal Poly in straight sets earlier in the day.
UH took its first set off the Beach this season, but ultimately faltered to finish the worst season in program history with a 12-17 record and 8-10 mark in conference play, finishing in a tie for sixth with the Anteaters.
UCI won the tiebreaker to advance to the Outrigger Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship by virtue of its three-set win over Hawaii in the only match between the two schools this season.
Hawaii had never lost more than 12 games or finished with a losing record until this season.
UH’s streak of 31 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances comes to an end.
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Bri Gunderson set a UH career high in kills with 16 and Tyla Reese Mane added 14 kills and five digs.
Freshman Cha’lei Reid added 13 kills and nine digs.
Hawaii honored seniors Gunderson, Mane and Morghn Monahan after the match.