Hawaii sophomore opposite hitter Kristian Titriyski, who made his first start in more than two months, delivered the game-clinching kill in the fifth set to give him a team-high 13 to lead No. 3 Hawaii to a 26-24, 23-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-12 win over No. 2 Long Beach State tonight at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.

Hawaii (18-3, 1-0 Big West) began conference play with its first win over the Beach (14-3, 0-1) in 11 years inside of the Pyramid.

The Rainbow Warriors snapped an eight-match road losing streak to Long Beach State in regular-season play.

Junior setter Tread Rosenthal finished the match despite being in serious discomfort after what looked like cramps in the final two sets.

He had a team-high 35 assists, seven kills and five blocks.

Louis Sakanoko hit .500 with eight kills for UH before leaving the match in the third set after an apparent injury. Sakanoko, who received a red card earlier in the set for complaining to an official, also had four digs.

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Adrien Roure added seven kills and Finn Kearney had five kills after taking over for Sakanoko at outside hitter.

Hawaii hit .288 in the match and finished with 17 less total kills than the Beach, who had 64 and hit .259.

Wojciech Gajek led Long Beach State with 22 kills but also was dealing with cramps late in the match.

The Beach committed 28 attack errors and 26 service errors and was outblocked 12.5-7.5.

The two teams will play again on Saturday night at 4.