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No. 17 Hawaii rebounds with win over San Diego State

BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii middle blocker Olivia Magill hits between San Diego State's Jensen Cunningham and Chaiymin Steel in the second set of the San Diego State vs Hawaii volleyball match at Stan Sheriff Center.

Freshman hitter Kalei Greeley put down a match-high 15 kills in her first start and No. 17 Hawaii rebounded from its first loss of the season by defeating San Diego State 25-16, 25-17, 23-25, 25-14 in Sunday’s finale of the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational volleyball tournament.

Junior middle Olivia Magill and junior hitter Keani Passi added 11 kills a piece for the Rainbow Wahine (2-1), finishing second in the 10th annual event.

Ciara Brown led the Aztecs (0-3) with 13 kills.

In Sunday’s opener, No. 25 Arizona State outlasted Ohio 25-16, 24-26, 26-24, 24-26, 15-8, to claim the championship.Tournament MVP Macey Gardner finished with 18 kills and 11 digs to lead the Sun Devils (3-0).

Kelly Lamberti had 20 kills for Ohio (1-2).

Also named to the all-tournament team were Lamberti; Hawaii’s Tai Manu-Olevao and Kalei Adolpho; Arizona State’s Kizzy Willey and Bianca Arellano; and San Diego State’s Chaiymin Steel. 

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