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Rainbow Wahine get payback, sweep UC Santa Barbara in Big West match

Playing like it had something to prove, the Hawaii women’s volleyball team put an emphatic end to a seven-set losing streak to UC Santa Barbara. Caylen Alexander needed only 36 swings to put down a match-high 19 kills and Hawaii hit .364 in a 25-14, 25-21, 25-17 sweep of the Gauchos on Friday night before a SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 4,315.

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Hawaii outside hitter Caylen Alexander (17) goes for a dig and keeps the ball in play against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos during the second set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Tali Hakas (9), top left, outside hitter Caylen Alexander (17), and middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) celebrate with defensive specialist Victoria Leyva (2) and libero Tayli Ikenaga (16) after a point against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos during the second set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii head coach Robyn Ah Mow talks to her team during the second set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Miliana Sylvester (12) goes up to block UC Santa Barbara middle blocker Nia Correal (11) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii setter Kate Lang (10) goes for a dig and keeps the ball in play during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Tali Hakas (9) reacts after a point with libero Tayli Ikenaga (16) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Tali Hakas (9) puts a kill past UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Eva Travis (7) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) puts down a kill against UC Santa Barbara opposite Tasia Farmer (21) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) puts down a kill against UC Santa Barbara opposite Tasia Farmer (21) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Miliana Sylvester (12) puts a kill past UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Sophie Reavis (14) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Tali Hakas (9) puts down a kill against UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Sophie Reavis (14) and middle blocker Andi Kreiling (47) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Miliana Sylvester (12) puts a kill past UC Santa Barbara middle blocker Nia Correal (11) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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UC Santa Barbara middle blocker Nia Correal (11) has a kill attempt thwarted by Hawaii middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Caylen Alexander (17) puts a kill past UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Emma McDermott (33) and middle blocker Nia Correal (11) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Tali Hakas (9), left, and middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) roof a kill attempt by UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Eva Travis (7) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii middle blocker Jacyn Bamis (5) puts down a kill against UC Santa Barbara middle blocker Nia Correal (11) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii outside hitter Caylen Alexander (17) roofs a kill attempt by UC Santa Barbara middle blocker Andi Kreiling (47), bottom, during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.
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Hawaii setter Kate Lang (10) and middle blocker Miliana Sylvester (12) go up to block UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Emma McDermott (33) during the first set of an NCAA women’s volleyball game, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Honolulu.

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