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College volleyball: Cal Baptist overpowers Vulcans

Tribune-Herald

For much of her career, the UH-Hilo volleyball team can best be described as “Marley and the Others.”

Too often, especially against top opponents, Marley Strand-Nicolaisen has had to shoulder a heavy load and the Vulcans usually lost.

It was a similar scenario, again, as Cal Baptist swept UHH 25-22, 25-12, 25-16 in a PacWest match on Wednesday at Riverside, Calif.

Strand-Nicolaisen slammed 13 kills on 35 swings with five errors for a .229 hitting percentage to lead the Vuls (4-5, 2-2 PacWest).

The rest of her teammates struggled: Katrina Johnson (eight kills, negative .