SANTA BARBARA, California – After taking the opening set, Westmont took the next three as the Hawai'i Hilo Women's Volleyball team fell to the Warriors, 3-1, Wednesday evening in Pacific West Conference action at Murchison Gymnasium. Set scores were 25-21, 24-26, 19-25 and 21-25.

The Vulcans battled through nine ties and six lead changes to edge the Warriors in Set 1 as Raelee Samio put down five kills (.444).

Set 2 was just as competitive while ultimately being the turning point in the match as Westmont managed to escape from tied scores at each of 20-all through 24-24 before a block and an ace evened the match at two sets apiece.

Momentum swung in Set 3 as the Warriors opened with five consecutive points before the Vulcans later snapped back on a seven-point run, but Westmont came back with four scores and managed to take nine of the last 11 points for the lead. The Warriors then closed out the match with a victory in the fourth set.

The two teams previously met Oct. 20 in Hilo with the Vulcans claiming victory in four sets.

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Hawai'i Hilo moved to 10-13 overall (7-8 PacWest) while Westmont moved to a 7-8 conference record (10-12 overall). Both are tied at No. 6 in the league standings as No. 25 Point Loma still stands atop at 15-0.

The Vulcans will close its action-packed week in Southern California this Saturday, Nov. 4 against Azusa Pacific.

Hawai'i Hilo will return for its final two home matches of the regular season, hosting Dominican (Nov. 8) and Academy of Art (Nov. 9) — the latter of which will be Senior Night celebrating the Vulcans' two departing seniors.

ONLINE TICKETS

Single-game tickets are now available to be purchased online through Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Athletics' recently launched online ticket platform in partnership with AudienceView Campus.

Tickets for all soccer, women's volleyball and men's and women's basketball home events are available at HiloAthletics.com/tickets.