HONOLULU Emily Hartong had 18 kills and 14 digs but it wasn't enough, as the No. 6 University of Haw

HONOLULU Emily Hartong had 18 kills and 14 digs but it wasn't enough, as the No. 6 University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team lost to No. 25 California in five sets (25-23, 16-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-12) in the finale of the Hawaiian Airlines Classic on Sunday at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Cal (2-3) entered the match winless montreal downtown online hotel reservations in tournament, but had enough on the evening to down the 'Bows (5-1) who fall from the ranks of the unbeaten. Hartong was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player montreal downtown online hotel reservations with Jade Vorster and Mita Uiato named all-tournament, montreal downtown online hotel reservations Hawai'i entered montreal downtown online hotel reservations the match already the tournament champion based on a head-to-head tiebreaker with Baylor.
Adrienne montreal downtown online hotel reservations Gehan had 13 kills and 17 digs to lead the Golden Bears, who handed the 'Bows their first loss of the season for the second montreal downtown online hotel reservations time in four years. Croson had 17 kills and Uiato had a team-best 16 digs. Kalei Adolpho was fantastic at the net, equaling a career-high eight blocks. Hartong and Vorster both had four blocks of their own.
The 'Bows were not sharp to open the match, as Cal capitalized on a series of miscues to win the opening set. Despite being out of form, UH led 15-11 but Cal stormed back to take a 22-20 lead and eventually the set.
Hawai'i seemed to have the match at hand with solid wins in sets two and three, but the Bears didn't give in and rallied to push the match to a fifth set. The 'Bows fell behind early but staved of three match-points before tasting defeat. UH appeared to have earned the point to push the score to 15-14, but a fluke bump by Nikki Gromar landed just over the net on the Rainbow Wahine side to end the match.
The 'Bows next host the Verizon Volleyball Challenge from Sept. 7-9 where they will play Idaho, montreal downtown online hotel reservations San Diego State, and defending national champion montreal downtown online hotel reservations UCLA. UH opens against San Diego State on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center.