And a cold shower.
While the women sliced into the congratulatory dessert, the men were up on a second-story balcony with water balloons and buckets of water.
The dousing that ensued was nothing compared to the one the Aztecs received this season while embarking on a brutal preseason schedule. San Diego State played its first 12 matches on the road, including games against Top 25 schools Stanford, Texas, UC Santa Barbara, Southern California, Loyola Marymount and Arizona.
The Aztecs lost all six matches to ranked teams, but have rebounded with four straight wins to improve to 8-6. They look to end a 12-match skid against Hawaii when facing the No. 1 Wahine in tomorrow night's WAC contest.
"Our schedule was pretty tough," said Aztecs coach Mark Warner. "But I think our preseason helped us. We did a lot of traveling and learned to play in front of hostile crowds.
"I think we match up pretty well with Hawaii but when you're playing the No. 1 team in the country at their place, your first reaction is to hope you're good enough to hang in front of a big crowd."
The largest crowd to watch the Aztecs this season was at Texas (2,500). Hawaii, leading the nation in attendance with a 7,817 average, expects a near sellout of the Special Events Arena tomorrow night.
San Diego State experienced the "Arena Aura" last December when facing Michigan State here in the sold-out regional semifinals. The Spartans defeated the Aztecs in straight sets before handing the Wahine their only loss of the season the next night in the regional final.
"San Diego State's tested," said Hawaii coach Dave Shoji, whose team is 39-2 at home since the arena opened in mid-season of 1994. "They've lost to the best teams in the country on the road.
"Their only problem was they scheduled too tough. They were in all of those matches and are playing well now. They are very capable of beating us."
San Diego State is coming off a 3-2 win over Brigham Young on Sept. 27, the fifth five-set match the Aztecs have been involved in this season. Hawaii has swept 11 of its 14 opponents in straight-sets.
The Aztecs feature three All-American candidates - 5-10 senior hitters Juliana Cezar and Ginger Ernest, and 5-11 junior hitter Martina Vitkova. Vitkova is seventh in WAC kill average (4.12), Cezar eighth (4.00) and Ernest 10th (3.98).
The Aztecs also put up an intimidating block behind Carrie Mapes and Jennifer Whitley, and 6-1 freshman Nicole Curtis.
The Wahine counter with senior All-American blocker Angelica Ljungquist in the middle. The 6-3 Ljungquist, 12 block assists shy of breaking the UH record of 502, leads the conference in hitting efficiency (.419) and blocks (1.79 average), and is second in kill average (4.72).
Also in the middle for UH are junior Cia Goods and freshman Jennifer Roberts. The Wahine have balance and depth on the outside in senior Chastity Nobriga, junior Therese Crawford, sophomore Kelli Cordray and freshmen Aven Lee and Heidi Illustre.
Senior hitter Joselyn Robins, hampered by a sprained ankle the past few weeks, is expected to be at near 100 percent.
The best matchup may be between the setters: UH All-American Robyn Ah Mow and San Diego State's Andrea Clark. Clark leads the WAC in assist average at 13.00, Ah Mow is second at 12.93.
Tomorrow: San Diego State at HawaiiWhere: Special Events Arena
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