{"id":152689,"date":"2021-12-03T16:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=152689"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:50:16","slug":"volleyball-advances-2nd-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/03\/volleyball-advances-2nd-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine advance to NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament 2nd round"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Sophomore middle blocker and Big West first team selection Amber Igiede led the team against Mississippi State with 18 kills hitting .500, and five blocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s volleyball<\/a> team defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament in Seattle, Wash<\/abbr>., 17-25, 25-14, 25-13, 21-25 and 15-11. The ‘Bows advance into the second round on December 4, 5 p.m. HST<\/abbr>, and will face the winner of No<\/abbr>. 15 seed Washington vs. Brown.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> was led by sophomore middle blocker and Big West first team selection Amber Igiede<\/strong> with 18 kills hitting .500, and five blocks. Senior outside hitter and Big West Conference Player of the Year Brooke Van Sickle<\/strong> added a double-double of 16 kills and 14 digs, and senior middle blocker and Big West first team selection Skyler Williams<\/strong> contributed 12 kills and six blocks. Freshman setter and Big West first team and all-freshman selection Kate Lang<\/strong> added a double-double, with 47 assists and 10 digs.<\/p>\n

Match flow<\/h2>\n

Mississippi State took an early lead in the first set 10-5, and then extended the lead to 18-9, forcing UH<\/abbr> to call its first timeout of the set. The Rainbow Wahine then went on a 4-point run, punctuated by a service ace from Lang to close the deficit to six. Both teams, however, traded points and mini-runs, with the Bulldogs taking the first set 25-17.<\/p>\n

The second set was quite the opposite as the Rainbow Wahine jumped out to a quick 8-3 lead on a Mississippi State service error, a pair of UH<\/abbr> kills and an attack error by the Bulldogs. The teams alternated points, before the Rainbow Wahine went on a huge 6-0 scoring run, going up 17-7, forcing Mississippi State to burn its first timeout of the set. The Bulldogs went on a late 4-0 scoring run, forcing UH<\/abbr> to call a timeout at 18-12, but the Rainbow Wahine closed out the rout of set two, 25-14, on a trio of UH<\/abbr> kills and an attack error by the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> opened the third set on a dominant 6-1 run, with a trio of kills by Igiede and a pair of kills by Williams. The Rainbow Wahine extended the lead to 9-2 on a kill by Van Sickle and 14-5 on a pair of blocks. Another 4-0 run gave UH<\/abbr> a 20-9 lead, and the Rainbow Wahine never looked back, taking the set on a kill by Igiede, 25-13.<\/p>\n

Both teams came out in a battle to open the fourth set tied at 5. Mississippi State went on a 3-point run to take the 8-5 lead and extended it to four at 12-8. The Bulldogs went on a few mini-runs leading by as much as seven at 23-16 on a service ace. UH<\/abbr> put up a fight, closing the deficit to three at 24-21, but the Bulldogs managed to close out the set with a kill, 25-21.<\/p>\n

The race to 15 in the fifth set opened similar to the fourth. Both teams were neck-and-neck, with UH<\/abbr> taking a slim 5-4 lead on a service ace by Van Sickle. Kills by sophomore outside hitter Riley Wagoner<\/strong> and Igiede, and a Bulldog error extended UH<\/abbr>\u2019s lead to 8-5 into the set\u2019s lone media timeout. Teams traded sideout points before a pair of kills by Igiede pushed UH<\/abbr>\u2019s lead to four at 10-6 forcing Mississippi State to call a timeout. All the Rainbow Wahine needed to do was trade points and that is exactly what they did. UH<\/abbr> went up 13-9 on a kill by Van Sickle and closed out the set, 15-12, on a kill by freshmen outside hitter Martyna Leoniak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

—By Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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