COLLEGES: WAVES FALL TWICE ON HAWAII TRIP.Byline: Daily News Pepperdine's women's volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team twice took seventh-ranked Hawaii the distance, but the No. 19 Waves return from Honolulu with an 0-2 record. Jamie Houston had 49 kills to lead the Rainbow Wahine Rainbow Wahine is the nickname applied to women's sports teams at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The University of Hawaii teams were traditionally called "rainbows" until controversies with the name led the to 3-2 nonconference victories Friday and Saturday nights, both matches decided by the slimmest of margins. Hawaii rallied from a two-game deficit to win the opener 25-30, 26-30, 30-25, 33-31, 17-15, then held off a Pepperdine comeback for a 30-28, 30-26, 25-30, 23-30, 21-19 triumph in the second meeting. Freshman Rachel Lumsden led the Waves with 23 kills Friday and 21 Saturday. In other volleyball action: No. 10 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (3-0) captured the Bearcats A Bearcat is another name for a binturong, a sloth-like mammal from Southeast Asia. A Bearcat is also the mascot for Willamette University, Binghamton University, CUNY Baruch, Northwest Missouri State University, Southwest Baptist University, and the University of Cincinnati. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. , beating host Cincinnati 3-1 as Katie Carter, Kaitlin Sather and Nana Meriwether combined for 48 kills. Women's soccer: Top-ranked UCLA, routed in its opener Friday, bounced back to beat Maryland 3-0 at the Penn State Invitational. Lauren Wilmoth, Stephanie Kron and McCall Zerboni scored goals. Former Canyon High of Canyon Country star Nini Loucks scored in No. 17 USC's 4-1 triumph over visiting UC Irvine, and No. 20 Pepperdine fell 2-1 at CalPoly. Cal State Northridge fell to 1-1 with a 1-0 loss at Fresno State. |
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