HONOLULU – In its second stop on a three-part Hawaii roadtrip, Academy of Art volleyball took a 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-16) defeat at the hands of Hawaii Pacific inside Saint Andrew's Priory on Sunday evening.

An early 8-0 run by the Sharks contributed to their 13-4 start to the first set. Redshirt senior middle blocker Safua Elisaia's kill helped slow the momentum and she would soon provide a block assist and another kill as ART U scored on four of the next six sequences. HPU, however, rattled off five points and eventually took the opener 25-13.

PacWest Freshman of the Week middle blocker Jillian Wheaton found her rhythm with freshman setter Picabo Reinhold early in the second set and the pair would connect four times by the midpoint. From trailing 8-6, Academy of Art stayed close, but a 4-0 run then put Hawaii Pacific in front 16-9. A put-away by sophomore middle blocker Sadie Emery initiated three unanswered kills late, but the home team prevailed 25-17 in the end.

The Sharks progressed to a 12-4 advantage to start the third set, but the teams were separated by only four points not long after as Wheaton and Elisaia provided back-to-back kills. Unfortunately for ART U, a 6-1 surge led into a series of points being traded back and forth before HPU completed the sweep with a 25-16 victory in the frame.

The Urban Knights are now 0-17 overall and 0-9 in PacWest action. Hitting a season-high .571 with eight kills on the night, Wheaton paced the Knights offensively while Reinhold finished with 22 assists.

"It's nice to have those two players together as freshmen," said head coach Allen McCreary. "They will be a good combination as we grow."

Hawaii Pacific improves to 5-10 on the year and 4-5 in conference play. Cameryn Collie led the Sharks with a match-high 17 kills.

Remaining in Honolulu, Academy of Art completes its 2018 Hawaii roadtrip by facing Chaminade tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. HT (10 p.m. PT) inside the Silverswords' McCabe Gym.