The BYU–Hawaii women’s volleyball team came home empty handed from the GNAC/crossover tournament after finishing the tournament with a loss against Central Washington University, 3-0.
The Lady Seasiders went 0-4 in their four games against teams from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in a three-day span, Sept. 10-12. This comes after the Lady Seasiders faced four other teams from the GNAC at the beginning of this month in the Hawaii Invitational Tournament, in which they went 2-2.
In the final match against Central Washington, the Lady Seasiders had no response to the Wildcat’s 35 kills and 13 blocks. After a tight first set in which despite three kills early by BYUH’s Sinamoni Tonga, the Lady Seasiders were unable to rebound after a 6-0 scoring run by the Wildcats that helped them win the set 25-22.
The second set gave the Lady Seasiders a glimmer of hope as a pair of kills from Tonga and Malary Reid followed by a service ace from Michelle Chen gave BYUH the 12-9 lead, their first lead of the match. However, another 6-point run to end the set gave the Wildcats the second set victory.
In the third set the Wildcats took control early and dominated the set as they beat the Lady Seasiders 25-13 to take the set and finish the match sweep.
The final match against Central Washington pretty much summed up the tournament for the Lady Seasiders as they struggled from day one losing to Northwest Nazarene 3-0.
The second day saw BYUH lose to Western Washington 3-1 and a close match against Alaska Anchorage 3-2. The Lady Seasiders looked as though they were going to sweep Alaska Anchorage after winning the first two sets but were unable to hold against an impressive comeback. Alaska Anchorage dominated the final three sets to go on to win the match.
With the four losses, the Lady Seasiders fall to a 2-6 record. BYUH also fell out of the national rankings for the first time in a number of years. The Lady Seasiders will look to regain their composure as they start conference play this weekend with a visit to University of Hawaii-Hilo.