The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ team claimed first place alone atop the after a four-set victory over UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) 25-21, 20-25, 25-18 and 25-22. The Rainbow Wahine were tied with UCSB and Cal Poly going into the match on October 22, however, UH¡¯s win and Cal Poly¡¯s loss to UC Irvine vaulted the ¡®Bows into the top spot with 10 matches remaining in the regular season.
Juniors Riley Wagoner and Amber Igiede combined for 30 of UH‘s 54 kills and Kendra Ham recorded a career-high 18 digs and put down the final kill to end the match.
Wagoner was a catalyst in the win, leading the Rainbow Wahine with her fourth double-double of the season with 17 kills and 13 digs. She hit just shy of .300 with three errors on 48 swings for a .292 hitting percentage. It marked her 12th double-digit kill match and her fifth 10+ dig match of the season.
Igiede’s 13 kills contributed to her 16th-straight double-digit kill match. She was in on four blocks and tied her season-high with eight digs.
Ham recorded nine of her 18 digs in the fourth set alone. It was her second straight match with double-digit digs and the sixth of the season. She has posted more than 10 digs in three of the last four matches.
Kate Lang also finished one dig shy of a double-double with 41 assists and nine digs. She also had a pair of aces and tied her season-high with three blocks.
UH had a 54-50 advantage in kills, 52-47 edge in assists and 4-3 lead in aces.
With this win, the Rainbow Wahine are now at 11-6 overall and 9-1 Big West play.
This week, the team will travel to California to take on UC Riverside on October 27 and UC Davis on October 29.
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