There were few volleyball surprises last night in California when the best and worst of the Western Athletic Conference collided. Tenth-ranked Hawai'i swept Fresno State, 30-24, 30-17, 30-24, before 716 at North Gym.

The Rainbow Wahine (17-6, 11-0 WAC) have won their past 117 against WAC opponents, their past 11 matches and 27 straight games.

The Bulldogs (4-17, 2-9) never threatened any of those streaks. Hawai'i used all 12 players and came up one Jamie Houston kill short of having four hitters in double digits.

Its middles were all but untouchable. Their lone attack error came midway through the final game and they hit a combined .535. Victoria Prince and Juliana Sanders had 10 kills apiece and dropped in on 11 of Hawai'i's 16 stuffs. Kari Gregory, who played for Prince in the last game, had four kills and three blocks.

"Our middles were just more physical than theirs," UH coach Dave Shoji said, "so we pretty much had our way."

The only trouble Hawai'i had was when its passing wasn't good enough to set the middle. That happened the end of the first game and, with left-side hitters Sarah Mason and Tara Hittle having trouble adjusting to the Bulldogs' small blockers, FSU scored six straight to cut the UH's lead to 28-24.

"Mason and Hittle each had three hitting errors and they kept missing the line by a foot or so," Shoji said. "We're not real concerned. They were just trying to find some (blockers') hands and Fresno's hands weren't high enough."

Mason rallied with a block and a kill to end the game, and finished with a team-high 14 kills. Alisha McKee led Fresno with 14, and hit .400, to her team's .156.

The Rainbows dominated Game 2, hitting .472. They took the lead for good in Game 3 when Mason served five straight — including two aces — to make it 17-13. Fresno closed to 21-20. After a UH timeout, Mason and Sanders launched four consecutive kills, then teamed for a stuff to stifle the Bulldogs' last threat.

Hawai'i had six aces in the match, with only one service error. But for all the positive numbers last night and at Nevada Thursday, Shoji was not completely happy with the trip.

"We weren't in any danger except in Game 3 at Nevada, but we really need to play at the highest level," he said. "We can't let down, can't just be satisfied with a win. In that respect, tonight was a little disappointing. We all feel we should hold Fresno under 20, but we didn't in two of the games."

The Rainbow Wahine don't play again until Idaho comes to the Stan Sheriff Center Saturday.