The Hawaii volleyball team received its new uniforms, but not better fortune in a three-set road loss to USC in the Galen Center on Saturday night.

The 25-22, 25-20, 25-18 victory was the Trojans’ second over the Rainbow Warriors in three nights. Hawaii, which had won four in a row entering this series, fell to 9-6 overall and 7-5 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. USC improved to 9-5 and 8-5.

After a delay of more than two months, the Warriors’ new uniforms were delivered. That meant that players were able to use numbers that were assigned for this season.

But the new-look Warriors could not overcome illness (several players suffered flu-like symptoms on the trip) and the Trojans’ steady play.

The Trojans put 89 percent of their serves in play, were active near the net (11.5 blocks) and hit .378.

The Warriors relinquished 11 points on service errors, hit .194 (their third-lowest accuracy this season) and shuffled the lineup.

Left-side hitter Jace Olsen, who had no kills and two errors in seven swings, was replaced by Johann Timmer, the usual serving specialist. Freshmen Kupono Fey and Hendrik Mol also played in that second outside-hitter position. Late in the second set, Davis Holt replaced middle Nick West. Holt started the third set.

Although Holt had four kills and no errors, the move was designed to improve UH’s blocking, coach Charlie Wade said.

"Davis has been a better blocker, and really, we were trying to get something going, trying to push some button, trying to get a little mojo going," Wade said.

The Warriors could not hold a three-point lead in the first set. In the second, a block that would have drawn UH to 20-18 was nullified because of a rotation error. The Warriors scored three in a row to close to 20-18 in the third set. But after a timeout, Holt served long, and the Trojans scored the rest of the match’s points.

USC opposite Tanner Jansen had 13 kills and hit .348.

"Our passing was just OK, our serving was just OK, (setter) Joby (Ramos) kind of struggled," Wade said. "Some of it was (the Trojans) played really well; some of it was we were off a little bit. We never really got into a rhythm."