Soccer player Jorge Martinez and volleyball standout Emily Wade both had big weeks during Vulcan victories and near victories against Azusa Pacific, Point Loma and Biola. 

Senior midfielder Jorge Martinez had two big goals last week in matches against Biola and Azusa Pacific as the Vulcans continued to make strides of improvement in 2019. The Madrid, Spain native scored the tying goal against Biola on Oct. 26 in the 73rd minute. The Vulcans would later score with less than two minutes left to give the Eagles their first PacWest loss of the season. On Oct. 28, against undefeated and No. 1 ranked Azusa Pacific, Martinez scored the tying goal again in the 69th minute to make the score 2-2. The Cougars would go on to win in overtime, but the Vulcans gave the top team in the country a scare. Martinez leads the Vulcans with four goals on the season, with one assist for nine total points.

Freshman Emily Wade had the match of her young collegiate life in the Vulcans' biggest win of the season to date. The 6-foot-3 middle blocker had a career-best 24 kills with only two errors, hitting a red-hot .478. She had three kills at the end of the fifth set as UH HIlo took down defending conference champion Azusa Pacific. She also had a solo block and nine assisted blocks to lead the Vulcans to their 12th straight win. Earlier in the week, the Sacramento, Calif. native had 12 kills in a 3-1 win over Point Loma. UH Hilo, now 17-5 on the season and 12-2 in the PacWest, will head to Oahu this weekend to take on fellow title contenders Hawaii Pacific (Saturday) and Chaminade (Sunday).