HONOLULU – Friday's later-than-scheduled start time was always in the works for the Chaminade University women's volleyball team.
Little did they know, as the day progressed, their start would be a little later than planned.
The Silverswords late-night party was spoiled by Concordia University Irvine by a 25-22, 25-20, 25-14 count at McCabe Gymnasium.
The match, originally scheduled for an 8 p.m. first serve, did not get underway until 8:45 p.m. thanks to a pair of lengthy men's basketball games at the Hoops of Hawai'i Tip-Off Classic men's basketball tournament which saw Lake Erie College and Winona State go into overtime followed by the Chaminade-Tampa game which last two hours and 10 minutes.
Tabby Allen (Leander, Texas/Rouse) led the 'Swords with 11 kills while
Lillie Hinton (Spicewood, Texas/Lake Travis) added seven.
Lilinoe Paschoal (Paukukalo, Maui, Hawai'i/Baldwin) had 17 assists with
Kyra Pagud (Honolulu/Moanalua) getting five digs.
Chaminade fell to 12-14 on the year and 6-10 in the Pacific West Conference.
Livia Eyre had 14 kills for the Golden Eagles who improved to 20-5 and 13-3 in the PacWest, pulling within a half-game of conference-leading Point Loma.
Chaminade was quite spry as the first set went well into the 9 p.m. hour, grabbing a 13-7 lead but CUI's 8-0 run was the catalyst for them to take the opener.
It was the Golden Eagles' turn with some pep in their step in the second frame, building a 17-10 lead. Chaminade got to within 23-20 thanks to both of Paschoal's service aces before Concordia closed out the set.
It was all CUI in the final set, jumping out to leads of 7-1 and 20-8. Emma Wegleitner's kill ended the match at approximately 10:18 p.m.
Chaminade hit .098 in the match with 26 kills, 24 assists, 23 digs, eight aces and five total team blocks. Concordia hit .286, had 39 kills, 31 assists, 14 aces and a pair of blocks.
The Silverswords will wrap the season next week as they face in-city foe Hawai'i Pacific University at McCabe Gym on Wednesday with their usual start time of 6 p.m.
