HONOLULU — Central Arkansas (0-6) lost its match to Hawaii (5-2) 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-18) on Thursday. Central Arkansas finished with 23 kills and a .027 hitting percentage, while Hawaii totaled 47 kills and hit .288.
The Sugar Bears opened the match with a
Kennady Martindale kill, assisted
Cameron McDaniel for a 1-0 lead, but Hawaii answered and built a commanding lead.
Nicole Sargent and
Greyson Button each added late kills, while
Sarah Carnathan had a block and a kill as Central Arkansas tried to respond, before dropping the first set 25-12.
In the second set, Central Arkansas fought back from a 10-3 deficit, getting to 13-11 behind kills from
Tatelyn Brandsma, Carnathan and Martindale. Central Arkansas made another push from 18-12 to 18-16, with Carnathan putting down three-straight kills and
McKinzee Haas adding a service ace. Hawaii responded with a 7-1 run to take the set 25-17.
Back-to-back
Trinity Hamilton service aces gave Central Arkansas a 2-0 lead to open the third set, but Hawaii answered with a scoring 5-0 to move in front 5-2. The Sugar Bears stormed back to tie the set at 5-5 behind two
Karlyn Frazier kills and a Hawaii attack error, and the set was even again at 8-8. Hawaii separated from there and closed out the set 25-18, and won the match 3-0.
Central Arkansas Top Performers
Sarah Carnathan
- Team-high 9 kills
- team-high 10.0 points
- 1 solo block
- 4 digs
Tatelyn Brandsma
- Team-high 11 assists
- 4 digs
- 1 kill
- 1 block assist
Olivia Kremer
- Team-high 9 digs
- 1 assist
Trinity Hamilton
- Team-high 2 service aces
- 3 digs
- 1 assist
McKinzee Haas
- Team-high 2 blocks, including 1 solo
- 1 service ace
- 4 digs
The Sugar Bears will take on the Rainbow Wahine in Honolulu once again tomorrow, with first serve set for 12 a.m. CT. The match will be streamed on MW+, audio will be streamed on ESPN Radio Honolulu, and live stats will be available online from StatBroadcast.
