HONOLULU, HI. - On Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center,  the Coastal Carolina volleyball dropped its final match of two to the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. The Chanticleers fell in straight sets, 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-22), and now dropped to 1-4 on the season.

Hawaii picked up where they left off on Thursday night as they got off to a hot start as they jumped out to a  6-1 in the opening set , but the Chants were able to rally over the next 12 points to  cut the Wahine lead down to three, 11-8. Freshman Ani Bozdeva led the Chanticleers with two of her four kills in that span. Coastal was not able to cut into the lead as Hawaii went onto win the first set, 25-14.

Rainbow hit close to perfect as they ended the set with one attack error and as a team they hit .519. It was a trio of Wahine players; McKenna Granato, Skyler Williams, and Norene Iosia, that each had three kills apiece in the opening stanza.

Coastal's offense continued to struggle in set two as the Wahine jumped out to a 10-3 lead. Just like set one, Coastal was able to rally back, resulting from five Hawaii errors and were able to cut into the lead over the next 15 points and make it 16-12. After the Chants got back into the set, Hawaii's Sarah Liva was part of all three of those blocks that helped put a gap of eight points into her team's lead, 20-12. The Chants just didn't have enough  as the Rainbow took  the set, 25-16. Though Hawaii's hitting percent dropped to .212, the Chanticleers hit just .067. Granato and Casey Castillo led the Rainbow with four kills each in set two.

Set three was different from the prior five sets of the two match series. Neither team could get a firm grip on the set as there were three lead changes and 11 ties. Anett Nemeth had her best set of the two weekend's matches as she was able to find holes through the Hawaii block. Nemeth tallied five kills in 11 swings for a .300 hitting percentage in set three.

With set three tied at 19, Hawaii rattled off four consecutive points as Bozdeva contributed to the cause with two consecutive attack errors. The Chanticleers continued to  fight to stay alive in the match as their offense came up with three consecutive points. Bozdeva and Nemeth earned putaways to make the score at 23-22. Hawaii that was just too much for the young Chanticleer team as they was able to finish off the set 25-22 and win the match in straight sets.

Nemeth on the night led the Chants with nine kills. Bozdeva was the majority of the offense early as she totaled eight kills. Senior Dora Lulic also had seven and led all players with a .600 hitting percentage. Senior setter Sara Boothe led the match with 22 assists and redshirt junior Carla Cahill led the match with 12 digs.

For Hawaii, Granato and Castillo led all players with 14 and 11 kills respectively. Setter Faith Ma'afala and Norene Iosia both had double-digit assist numbers as Ma'afala had 21 and Iosia 15.  Libero Tita Akiu led the Wahine with 11 digs while Granato and Iosia had 10 each.

Next for Coastal will be the Duke Invitational as they will play Duke, Cincinnati and East Tennessee State. Action will  start at 10 a.m. on Friday against ETSU. 

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