21st sweep: No. 2 Hawaii 3, CUI 0; belated congrats to Martin-Napoleon Pairs of Week

Junior opposite Rado Parapunov put down 15 kills and No. 1 Hawaii continued its undefeated season with a 25-20, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Concordia-Irvine in a nonconference men’s volleyball match today in Concordia, Calif.
Senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg added 12 kills with just one error for the Rainbow Warriors (21-0), who hit .449 on the night, just off their nation’s best .481. Hawaii extended its program-best winning streak to 21 as well as its NCAA record for consecutive sets-won to 63.
The Warriors out-blocked the Eagles (12-16) 11.5-1 with junior middle Patrick Gasman in on eight — including the match-ending solo stuff — and Parapunov six. Hawaii also won the dig battle 32-21 with senior hitter Brett Rosemeier — in his second start of the season — finishing with a match-high eight and sophomore libero Gage Worsley seven.
Jordan Hoppe led CUI with 11 kills.
The Warriors finish out their six-matches-in-10-day road trip with two Big West matches at UC San Diego (7-13, 0-4) on Friday and Saturday. Hawaii’s final two regular-season home matches are April 5 and 6 against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (15-5, 2-2).
SET 3 UH wins 25-16
5:27: Patrick Gasman with his eighth block, a solo, to end it.
5:22: Hawaii pulling away at 21-13. TO Eagles
SET 2: UH wins 25-16
4:58: Warriors take Set 2 25-16. Stijn van Tilburg 10-1-17. UH out blocking CUI 6-1 with a 28-12 edge in digs. Set streak at 62.
SET 1: UH 25-20
4:30: Hawaii takes Set 1, 25-20, on Dalton Solbrig’s third kill. Warriors hitting .500. 16-2-28. Hawaii has won 61 straight sets
4:23: Eagles close to 15-13. Warriors answer to lead at 17-13. TO CUI. UH 9-0-17.
4:18: Warriors started a little slow. It was 9-9. UH on a 3-0 run. Lead 12-9. TO CUI. Rado Parapunov 3-0-4, Dalton Solbrig 2-0-4.
Brett Rosenmeier with the start over Colton Cowell.
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No. 1 Hawaii (20-0) at Concordia-Irvine (12-15), 4 p.m. HST
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My bad when not posting Martin-Napoleon getting BWC pairs of week.
Wrote it for today’s paper, didn’t make it here.
Junior All-American Morgan Martin and Pani Napoleon were named the Big West Pairs Team of the Week after going 5-0 during UH’s five-match road swing in Arizona. It is the fourth time in four weeks of competition that a UH pair has earned the honor.

The pair started the week by capturing the clinching point in UH’s 3-2 win at No. 17 Grand Canyon. The duo then went 4-0 in the Arizona State Invitational with two wins over the host Sun Devils as will as victories over pairs from No. 2 USC and No. 5 Pepperdine. All five wins came in straight sets.

Since being paired together for the first time at the No. 3 flight on March 16, the duo has gone 10-0 and haven’t dropped a set.

Up next for the Rainbow Wahine is the Big West Challenge, Saturday-Sunday in Pismo Beach, Calif.