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USCV Men's Volleyball Falls At Hawaii In Four Games
February 17, 2007 | Men's Volleyball
Feb. 17, 2007
The 12th-ranked Hawaii men's volleyball team knocked off No. 14 USC on Friday (Feb. 16) in four games, snapping a seven-match losing streak, in front of 3,156 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The Warriors, who had lost seven straight (including five consecutive home losses), won 24-30, 31-29, 30-27, 30-24 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match.
It wasn't pretty, but UH hit .232 on the night while outblocking (15.5 to 12.5) and outdigging (44 to 43) the Trojans.
Hawaii improved to 3-9 overall and 3-7 in the MPSF, while USC fell to 4-9 and 3-7.
The Trojans came out strong in the first game, jumping out to a lead of 3-0 and increased it to 10-4 before the Warriors rallied to close to 17-13. But that was as close as they would get as USC increased the lead to 29-22 before closing it out, 30-24.
In Game 2, UH caught fire early, streaking out to leads of 4-1 and 8-3 before USC clawed its way back into the game to tie it at 17. The game teetered until 29 all when UH got a kill from Matt Vanzant and a USC hitting error to tie the match at a game apiece with a 31-29 win.
The turning point in the match came in the third game with USC leading 5-2. The Trojans' leading attacker, Juan Figueroa, then committed a hitting error and came down wrong on his ankle and never returned in the match.
USC, however, kept the pressure on UH, winning five of the next eight points to lead 10-5. That is when UH mounted its comeback. The Warriors would then go on a 14-9 run to tie it at 19. The teams played side out until UH finally took its first lead of the game at 23-22 on Jim Clar's kill. UH increased its lead to 26-24 on a hitting error by USC. But the Trojans played side out until 28-27 when UH took advantage of a USC service error and then Clar capped it with a kill, 30-27.
In Game 4, UH took a 5-4 lead on a Clar kill and never relinquished the lead, finishing off the match, 30-24.
Clar led the way for the Warriors with a match-high 20 kills. Jacob Schkud and Vanzant each added 13. Setter Brian Beckwith handed out 52 kills, while Matt Rawson posted a team-high seven blocks.
USC was led by C.J. Schellenberg's 19 kills, while Figueroa and Matt Anderson contributed 11 and 10, respectively.
