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September 4, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s volleyball lost to Hawaii Hilo 3-1 in their first home match of the year Tuesday night at the SMU Pavilion. The Saints got the early lead taking game one 30-27. With the Vulcans up 23-20, SMU scored the next five points to go ahead 25-23. Hilo was able to regain the lead 27-26 but the Saints scored the final four points to pick up the victory. The Vulcans pulled away in game two but down 15-9 Saint Martin’s scored nine of the next 12 points to tie it 18-18. Hilo scored the next five going ahead 23-18, a deficit the Saints could not recover from. Game three saw UHH build a solid lead going up by as much as 12 at one point. Late in the game the Saints went on short four point run closing the gap to eight but it wasn’t enough as they lost 30-21. Late in game four Hilo put together a 10-2 run to manufacture a 27-17 advantage. Saint Martin’s battled back to cut the point deficit to six at 28-22 but it was too little too late as the Vulcans got the win 30-23. Shealun Campisi led the Saints with 15 kills and 16 digs. Malia Ibarra added 15 digs and six kills while Andrea Tarbet had 10 digs and seven kills. Hilo had four players with ten plus kills including Hillary Hurley with 20, Fabiane Seben with 17, Lauren Bayer at 12 and Josimara Pinheiro added 11. The Saints get set to take on Western Washington University at home this Thursday in their first conference game of the year.
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