LSU ends Rainbow Wahine’s season in NCAA opening round

Stanford, CA >> LSU’s Sanaa Dotson scores 16 kills as the Tigers record 14 blocks to close out the University of Hawaii Women’s Volleyball team’s season in Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion. won 4 sets at .

After Rainbow Wahine overtook the Tigers in the first set, LSU took advantage of a flood of UH’s offensive errors to level the game, making attacks en route to 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25. We have resumed. – Advance to Round of 32 with 22 wins.

UH outside hitter Riley Wagoner had a game-high 20 kills, while middle blocker Amber Iguide added 16 to lead Rainbow Wahine. West His champion Wahine closed out the season with his 22-7 record.

UH took a 9-5 lead with blocks by Igiede and Braelyn Akana. LSU answered with her 4-0 run and outside the system she scored two of her Dotson kills and Maddie Waak scored an ace. The Tigers took a 17-16 lead when UH went on a 7-1 run with three kills from Wagoner and two from Igide. Setter Kate Lang landed a chip to take UH’s set point to his 24-19. LSU repulsed the first two before Kaylen Alexander hit an overpass on Tiffany Westerberg’s offense to give UH a set.

Wahine led 3-1 in the second set before a series of errors overwhelmed UH. Wahine struggled to find the court on his ten swings, with an LSU block causing five more errors. The Tigers needed just eight kills to level the game.

The teams played in a 15-15 tie, with LSU setter Josie Vondran scoring a kill on second contact to spark a 6-1 Tigers surge. The run included four more UH errors and LSU led 21-16 with blocks from Dotson and Aria Williams. The Tigers closed out the set with UH’s 9th error of the set and 27th error of the match to take the lead in the match.

LSU middleman Anita Anwusi joined two blocks in the Tigers’ 7-2 run early in the fourth set. UH senior Mylana Byrd entered the set and teamed with Westerberg on the block to cut LSU’s lead to 16-15. After a timeout, the Tigers continued her 3-0 run to regain control. LSU was on match point with her 24-20, and Igiede put away her last two kills to keep her UH alive. A service error then ended the match and the UH season.