Score:  UC Davis 3, Hawaii 1
Set Scores: 22-25, 25-21, 28-26, 25-17
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii (SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center)
Records: UC Davis 10-5 (5-1), Hawaii 9-6 (3-2)
 
The short story: For the first time in program history UC Davis volleyball went to Hawaii and came back to the mainland with a win, surviving a first-set loss to storm back and snap an 18-match losing streak to the Rainbow Wahine.
 
FIRST SERVE

• Senior Olivia Utterback finished with a match-high 21 kills, hitting .318 and adding two service aces and four blocks
• Sophomore Mia Starr had a career night, finishing with 58 assists (career-high) while only committing a pair of errors. The Aggie setter also threw in seven digs and four blocks
• Junior Jade Light finished with 18 kills, hitting .372 and nine digs
• Sophomores Ally Chandler (.409) and Reese Diersbock each finished with 12 kills, giving the UC Davis four Ags who finished with at least 12 kills
• UC Davis out served the Rainbow Wahine, finishing with eight aces to Hawaii's three

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• The win was the first over Hawaii for head coach Dan Conners
• UC Davis wins its first match over Hawaii since 2013
• The Aggies got their first win at Hawaii in program history, on the 11th try
• In the Big West standings, the Aggies head back to California sitting in first place in the conference
• The Aggies have won five-straight matches

WHAT HEAD COACH DAN CONNERS HAD TO SAY
"The team played well tonight. They executed our defensive plan very well and were aggressive offensively. Mia [Starr], again, ran a very balanced offense and because of that we had four players with double digit kills and Liv [Olivia Utterback] led the way with 21 kills. It was a great team effort, especially from the service line, and we really did a good job of keeping them very off-balance."  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Late in the opening set, the Aggies mounted an ill-fated comeback. But it would be a sign of things to come as after the 25-22 first-set loss the Aggies would not fall again
• At 16-16 in the second-set UC Davis began to create space, getting solid service from Light who nailed back-to-back aces to make it 18-16
• The strong service from Light was enough to springboard the Aggies to a second-set 25-21 win and a tie match at 1-1
• In the longest set of the match, both sides wrestled for control of the match. Each ripping off multiple point runs, answering blow for blow until it was 23-23
• Chandler smashed home a kill to make it 24-23, but the next points fell the Rainbow Wahine's way
• A Hawaii kill gave them set point and a 26-25 lead, it's as close as they would get to winning a set for the remainder of the action
• Diersbock ended the Hawaii set point and after a Hawaii attack error, Utterback smashed home a set winning kill to give the Aggies a 28-26 third set win
• With a 2-1 lead, after outlasting Hawaii in the third set, UC Davis made sure that there would be no fifth-deciding set
• Despite Hawaii coming out strong over the opening 20 points decided, the set was knotted up at 10-10
• Starr's service over the next handful of points allowed UC Davis to build out a 15-11 lead, one they would hold until the end of the set
• Hawaii would get as close as 18-16, but an offensive onslaught of six Aggie kills over the seven points finished off the fourth set, 25-17, and locked down the historic Aggie win.

UP NEXT: The Aggies remain on the road and in the Big West with a weekend trip to Cal State Bakersfield on Oct. 17 and an Oct. 19 visit to CSUN.
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