Kainoa Wade tied a career-high with 21 kills and Louis Sakanoko added a season-high 19 kills to lead No. 3 Hawaii to a 25-27, 25-10, 25-15, 38-36 win over No. 14 Penn State today at Rec Hall in University Park, Pa.
The Rainbow Warriors (10-1) were tested in picking up their seventh consecutive victory. UH dropped a set for only the fifth time this season and then needed a challenge on its eighth match point to overturn an out call that was reversed, giving Adrien Roure an ace and Hawaii the victory.
UH served out on four of those match points and had 25 service errors in the match. Wade and Roure each had three of Hawaii’s nice aces.
Middle Justin Todd set a career-high with seven blocks for UH, which finished with 13.5 blocks.
Setter Tread Rosenthal finished with a match-high 47 assists, a team-high seven digs, three blocks, three kills and two aces.
UH will next play at No. 16 Stanford on Feb. 13 and 14.
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