HONOLULU – Hawai'i Pacific University bounced back into the win column with a three-set PacWest Conference sweep of Concordia Irvine on Saturday night at The Shark Tank.
 
The Sharks (11-6, 7-2) clipped the Eagles (9-6, 3-4) 25-14, 25-12, 25-22 to pick up their seventh win in their last eight matches.
 
The Sharks hit .342 with only three team blocks, while Concordia hit just .103 with seven team blocks.
 
Senior Perla Escobar of Calexico, Calif./Calexico racked up a season-high 18 kills and hit .366 in the three-set win. Junior Cameryn Collie of El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge posted her ninth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 15 digs. Sophomore Kirah Boynton-Brown of Vancouver, Wash./Union led the Sharks with two blocks.
 
Mackenzie Jensen led the Eagles with seven kills, a .333 hitting percentage and five blocks. Gracie Rowland added five kills.
 
HPU saw the Eagles take the opening point, but followed with a 6-1 run for the quick lead. CUI answered with a 5-0 run to tie the set at 10-all. Sophomore Nicole Ferris of Woodstock, Ga./Etowah came out of an HPU timeout with a kill to spark a 9-2 run that was capped by an Escobar kill to extend the lead to 19-12. After allowing an Eagle score, HPU went on a 6-1 run to win the set 25-14 on an Escobar kill.
 
CUI and HPU battled through two lead changes and four ties early in the second set before the Sharks blew it open with a 10-1 run capped by a block from Boynton-Brown for a 19-8 lead. The teams swapped scores before a pair of kills from sophomore Makenna Gambee of Hillsboro, Ore./Hillsboro ended the set 25-12.
 
Concordia Irvine fought back in the third set, overcoming a 6-4 HPU lead to build a three-point 14-11 CUI advantage. The Sharks responded with a 5-2 run that tied the set at 16-all on an Escobar service ace. The Eagles regained the lead on a Rowland kill that broke the seventh tie of the set.
 
That's when the Sharks used a kill by Ferris for the eighth tie of the set and start a 5-1 run to regain the lead for the final time. HPU edged the lead to 24-20, but had to suffer a pair of Eagle points before Escobar ended it with a strong cross-court kill for the 25-22 win and a straight sets sweep.
 
The Sharks used just an hour and 17 minutes in picking up the win.
 
HPU gets a few days break before hosting Fresno Pacific on Wednesday at The Shark Tank. First serve is set for 7 p.m.