HONOLULU – Despite a week off and five hours of travel, the Azusa Pacific volleyball continued its winning ways late on Friday evening.

The Cougars won their seventh straight match with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-22) victory against Hawai'i Pacific.

HOW IT HAPPENED: Azusa Pacific was in fine shape as they had comfortable leads in both the first and second sets before being challenged in the third frame. The Cougars posted a solid .333 team hitting percentage in taking the second set. Despite that success, they had to grind out a final set.

In that final stanza both teams had rough time finding their offense as they combined for 19 hitting errors (10 for Hawai'i Pacific, 9 for Azusa Pacific). The Cougars took the lead for good after a Hannah Pauling kill gave them a 15-14 edge as part of a 5-0 scoring run. The home team tied the score twice at 21-21 and, again, at 22-22 but could never take the lead. Azusa Pacific scored the last three points via an Aliyah Morrison kill, a Kaylen Higa service ace and completed with Julianne Miller and Amy Hinnant combining on a block.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

- Miller had another solid match with a team best 12 kills and a .550 hitting mark
- Pauling played a big role by contributing nine kills
- Bailey Henington registered a match best 19 kills along the back role

UP NEXT: The Cougars will travel across the city to play Chaminde at 3:00 p.m. (HDT) today to conclude the two-match in two-day swing in Hawai'i.