Hawaii hit .263 as a team.
Randy DeWeese was the lone Gaucho to post double-figure kills with 13 on .207 hitting. Keenan Sanders had eight kills and Roy McFarland seven.
"The guys always follow the game plan so well and we had a good one today, utilizing our serve-block defense," McLaughlin said. "If we could've served better it would've made the match closer, but we touched a lot of balls and dug a lot of balls, and I think if we had sided-out better we could've won."
The first set was tied at 18-18, but a three-man Hawaii block sparked a 5-1 run. Guilherme Voss and Parapunov finished the set for Hawaii with a block on McFarland.