HONOLULU, Hawaii – UC Irvine could not get the offense ignited in a 3-0 loss to Hawaii (18-25, 15-25, 21-25) at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, which saw fans in the stands for the first time this season.

Hawaii (17-6, 14-1) had six aces and out-blocked UCI 7.0-4.0. The Rainbow Wahine out-hit the Anteaters .340-.167.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Middle blocker Onye Ofoegbu led UCI (15-11, 8-8) with 12 kills, hitting .417 (12-2-24). She also had two blocks and an ace
>Freshman Marianna Bertolone followed with eight kills and six digs
>Hawaii native Bailey Darnell made the start and had a team-high eight digs
>UH was led by Amber Igiede's career-high 17 kills. She hit .630 without committing an error in 27 attempts
>Brooke Van Sickle had a match-best 17 digs and eight kills in the win

FIRST SET
>Hawaii would lead 6-4 before Onye Ofoegbu had a block assist and an ace to tie the score at 6 all
>A pair of kills and an ace put Hawaii ahead 13-11 but UCI quickly fought back on two Rainbow Wahine errors, 13-13
>The Rainbow Wahine would once again lead by two (17-15) before Ellen Veargason had two block assists and a kill to take a 18-17 lead
>Hawaii responded scoring the final eight points to win the set 25-18. Five of the final points were on UCI mistakes
>UCI hit .071 and watched Hawaii fire four aces

SECOND SET
>UCI led 3-2 before Hawaii went on a 6-2 run, which included another ace to take a 9-5 lead
>Another run, this one 6-1, opened a 17-8 advantage for the Rainbow Wahine
>Hawaii would hit .344, while the Anteaters hit just .056 as UH won the set, 25-15

THIRD SET
>A kill by Ofoegbu, an ace by Indy DeSmet and two Hawaii errors helped UCI out to an early 5-2 lead
>A pair of Ofoegbu kills plus another Rainbow Wahine attack error gave UCI the 8-4 advantage
>UH would tie the set at 9-9
>Hawaii would take its first lead of the set at 12-11 on back-to-back kills
>A kill and block gave UH some separation, 17-15
>A kill by Marianna Bertolone and a Hawaii attack error knotted the set at 19-19
>Tied at 20-20, Hawaii would score with the next two on kills to take a 22-20 lead and force a UCI timeout
>Following a UCI kill by Bertolone, Amber Igiede recorded the final three kills to give Hawaii the 25-21   

NOTES
>UCI was without the services of libero Carly Richter
>Hawaii avenges a 3-2 win by UCI in 2019
 
UP NEXT
UCI will host Cal State Fullerton Friday (Nov. 19) in the lone match of the week. First serve from the Bren Events Center is 7:00 p.m.