There were high points and building blocks set along the way, but in the end the UH-Hilo volleyball team’s season ended with a whimper.
Or, more specifically, a helpless chuckle from coach Tino Reyes after a season-ending 25-5, 25-20, 25-21 loss to BYU-Hawaii on Saturday night in Laie, Oahu, that ensured a losing record.
“We were so bad in the first game,” Reyes said. “It was a mix and match of things we weren’t doing.”
Despite finishing the season on a four-match losing streak – the trip to Oahu also included a four-set loss Friday to Hawaii Pacific – the Vulcans (11-12, 9-11 Pacific West Conference) recorded their best season since 2011 and will say goodbye to only one senior in middle blocker Shelby Harguess.