HONOLULU, Hawaii --The Portland Pilots came up just short in a five-set battle, falling 3-2 (24-26, 25-21, 10-25, 27-25, 11-15) to the Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine on Thursday night at Bankoh Arena inside the Stan Sheriff Center. The non-conference loss moves Portland to 5-2 on the season.
The Pilots were led by a double-double from Maui Robins, who registered 16 kills and 10 digs on the day. Elin Larsson also added 12 kills to help the attack. On the defensive end, Jeryn Hildenbrand chipped in with a career-high 13 digs to go with five blocks from Lucia Busso.