HONOLULU, Hawaii – No. 5 UC Irvine could not contain No. 1 Hawaii in a 3-0 loss at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

UH won 26-24, 25-20, 25-19, handing UCI the first loss in straight sets this season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Opposite Francesco Sani led the Anteaters with a match-high 15 kills, his 23^rd double-digit match of the season
>Outside Cole Gillis had another good offensive performance with 12 kills, hitting .429
>Middle blocker Connor Campbell hit .833 (5-0-6)
>Sophomore Hilir Henno had seven kills, two aces and six digs. With two aces tonight, Henno moved into second in the NCAA season ace record book (78)
>Libero Cole Power led the squad with a match-high eight digs in two sets
>Setter Joe Karlous totaled 38 set assists and five digs
>Once again Hawaii owned the net, out-blocking 8.0-3.5. The Rainbow Warriors also owned the service line tonight, 8-2
>UH was led by Dimitrios Mouchlias with 12 kills and seven digs
>Hawaii (24-2, 7-1) hit .424 (45-9-85), while UCI (16-8, 6-2) hit .341 (42-14-82)

FIRST SET
>A kill by Connor Campbell started a 4-0 run which included two Hilir Henno aces and a Henno kill, 5-1
>Gillis would place it in the back corner to extend the lead to 7-2
>Hawaii would chip away, scoring five straight to tie the set at 8-8
>A kill by Gillis and a block by Doug Dahm and Francesco Sani moved UCI in front, 15-14
>Back-to-back kills by Sani forced a UH timeout, 20-19
>After Hawaii tied it at 20-20, UCI used a kill by Gillis and a 'Bow attack error, 22-20
>A pair of UCI errors, one attacking and receiving, tied the set again, 23-23
>Following a UCI kill by Gillis, UH would score the final three points of the set to win 26-24

SECOND SET
>Three unanswered by Hawaii put the Rainbow Warriors in front 5-4
>A triple block by Sani, D. Dahm and Gillis gave UCI the 6-5 advantage
>Hawaii would out-score the Anteaters, 4-0  to gain the 9-6 advantage
>A kill and block assist by Campbell edged UCI to 17-18
>The Rainbow Warriors would take three of the next four to keep a cushion, 21-18
>For the second consecutive set, Hawaii peels off three in a row to win 25-20

THIRD SET
>Two kills and an ace gave Hawaii the 7-4 lead
>A triple block was followed by an ace to extend UH's lead to 15-9
>UCI would go on a 4-1 spurt capped by a Henno kill from the backrow, 15-18
>UH would remain in control of the set and win 25-19

NOTES
>Honolulu native Davis Lau made the start

UP NEXT
UCI will remain on the road, traveling to Long Beach State Friday (Apr. 14) before the regular season finale at the Bren Events Center Saturday (Apr. 15) at 7:00 p.m.