Box Score OAKLAND, CA (October 2, 2013)—The Hawai`i Pacific Volleyball Team started off the mainland portion of its road trip with a strong showing, sweeping Holy Names 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 28-26). The win moves HPU to 11-2 overall and 5-0 in the Pacific West Conference. Holy Names drops to 0-15 overall and 0-6 in conference play.
 
The Sea Warriors came out the locker room hot building a three-point lead early in the first set. With the score 15-12, Hawai`i Pacific would go on a 5-0 run sparked by a Haley Doerfler kill and capped with back-to-back kills by Elizabeth Culpepper. HPU closed the door by winning five of the next eight points to take set one 25-15.
 
Set two would play out similarly to the first, as HPU imposed its will in the middle of the frame going on 6-2 run that featured a pair of kills from both Kasey Thompson and Pomai Recca.  A 5-1 run to close out the second (25-20), gave the Sea Warriors a commanding 2-0 lead.
 
In set three, the Hawks stepped up the intensity and put up a strong fight, but the play of Doerfler, Recca and Samantha Rummans would prove to be too much as the Sea Warriors took the final set 28-26.
 
Rummans led the way for HPU with 10 kills while Thompson and Recca each had nine.
Buyuan was characteristically strong defensively, leading the team with 11 digs.
 
Hannah Schuett set the table all night dishing out a game-high
15 assists.
 
Head Coach Daryl Kapis commented on his team's victory, "We came out strong in the first two games and held off a fiery team and crowd in game three. They really tested our resolve in our first game of the this road trip."
 
With a quick turnaround the Sea Warriors are back in the gym tomorrow. They move across the bay to San Francisco to face Academy of Art at 7 p.m. PST.