The victory served as Dominican’s first in Pacific West Conference volleyball.
The victory served as Dominican’s first in Pacific West Conference volleyball.
The loss was the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s second consecutive in five sets.
It all left coach Tino Reyes scratching his head.
“We’re just not ready to make plays,” Reyes said after the 22-25, 25-7, 25-23, 22-25, 15-10 setback in San Rafael, Calif. “We shoot ourselves in the foot. We just do the most amazing things out there, and not in a good way.”
Picking up the slack for an injured Marley Strand-Nicolaisen, middle blocker Kyndra Trevino-Scott shined again for the Vulcans (4-7, 3-5 PacWest) with 16 kills on .433 hitting.
“Only Kyndra played well,” Reyes said.
Aimee Steinwand paced the Penguins (3-13, 1-7) with 19 kills.
Reyes said Strand-Nicolaisen would likely be back in the lineup when UHH hosts BYU-Hawaii on Saturday.
She was clearly missed again at outside hitter on a night when no player except for Trevino-Scott was efficient. Callie Aberle (.048 percentage) posted 11 kills, Morgan Lees (.098) added nine and Shelby Harquess (.000) had eight.
The Vulcans finished their road trip 1-5, and the low point might have come during a Game 2 rout in which they made 11 attack errors with only four kills.
“What was that?” Reyes said. “That’s a butt-whooping.”