HILO, Hawai'i---Island time and the Vulcan offense proved too much for the Point Loma Sea Lions (13-11 overall, 9-7 PacWest) to overcome in a straight set loss to the Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans (15-5 overall, 12-4 PacWest) Wednesday night.

Whether it was the late start time or the adjustment to the red-hot Vulcan offense, Point Loma struggled to find its rhythm early.

Each team delivered 14 kills in the opening set, but Point Loma was hampered by seven errors, tilting the set 25-20 in favor of the Vulcans.

Point Loma cleaned up their play over the next two sets, but the Vulcans offense began clicking. Hilo registered 18 kills as a team in set two with Bria Beale and Samara Cruz each hit double-digits in kills for the match while Point Loma had just 9 kills in set two. Hilo took a two set advantage, taking set two 25-17.

Set three was a mixture of Point Loma's struggles as their attack percentage was in the negative for much of the third set.

Point Loma's defense did tighten up in the final two sets, forcing 13 errors from the Vulcans. The offense also improved over the final fifteen points, chipping away at a 7 point deficit with seven kills and just two errors and pulling within three.

But Hilo closed out the set, and the match, 25-21 to defeat Point Loma in three sets.

Six different Sea Lions had multiple kills, with Anna Massari leading the way with 7.

Massari also continued her stellar defensive stretch with five blocks. Claire Smith added three as Point Loma was able to tally 12 blocks.

Courtney Dyer led the back row for Point Loma with 21 digs.

Point Loma will look to bounce back, after switching islands, when they take on Chaminade on Oahu Friday night at 10:00pm (PT).