HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team dropped its second straight match Saturday night, falling to conference leader UC Santa Barbara 25-17, 29-27, 28-26 at the Stan Sheriff Center.

A night after a five-set loss to Cal Poly, the Rainbow Wahine couldn’t break through in a tight matchup against the Gauchos. UH fell to 17-8 overall and 10-4 in Big West play.

UH senior middle blocker Kennedi Evans led the Rainbow Wahine with 10 kills in 22 attempts. Senior middle Amber Igiede added nine kills and passed Diana Jesse (1984-87) to move into 13th in program history with 1,267 career kills. Igiede also had three blocks in the homestand to pass Juliana Sanders (2004-07) for fifth place with 497 career total blocks list.

Outside hitter Tali Hakas provided a spark off the bench with seven kills on 19 swings in the second and third sets for UH, which hit .139.

UCSB hit .202. Briana McKnight led the Gauchos with a match-high 14 kills.

UH’s four conference losses is the most since the 1993 team went 13-5 in Big West play in 1993.

The Rainbow Wahine next play at UC Irvine on Friday and at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.

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