The title has been decided. Bragging rights are still very much up for grabs. A night after clinching the Big West championship, the Rainbow Wahine (21-6, 18-1 BWC) take on UC Santa Barbara (20-11, 16-3) tonight aiming for payback for their lone loss of the conference season. A few weeks ago, the possibility of the Big West race coming down to senior night match was in play. The Gauchos swept UH at the Thunderdome on Oct. 22, but losses to […]
After nine weekends of conference play, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team enters its final homestand one win away from a repeat title. UH (20-6, 17-1) opens senior weekend with a match against Cal State Northridge (7-22, 6-13) on Friday with a chance to clinch the outright Big West championship and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Wahine secured a share of the title with a win at Cal Poly last Saturday and need at least a split […]
Not since Sept. 24, 2016 has a University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team ventured into the Mott Athletics Center and departed with a victory. It was Dave Shoji’s final year leading the Rainbow Wahine and Nikki Taylor put away 25 kills in a 32-34, 27-25, 25-17, 25-20 win over Cal Poly. The Mustangs have protected their home court in UH’s next three visits, winning in five sets in 2017, four sets in 2018 and posting a sweep in 2019. The […]
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team makes its first visit to Cal State Bakersfield’s Icardo Center to face the Roadrunners on their blue court today. UH enters the match on a seven-match winning streak and with a two-game lead in the Big West standings with second-place UC Santa Barbara taking on UC Davis at home later today. The Rainbow Wahine swept the Roadrunners 25-18, 25-20, 25-18 on Oct. 16 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Brooke Van Sickle and Amber […]
The Rainbow Wahine saw it’s lead in the Big West women’s volleyball standings grow since they last took the court. After Friday’s sweep of UC Irvine, UH had a rare Saturday off and got some help in the conference race when Long Beach State knocked off second-place UC Santa Barbara at the Walter Pyramid. As such, the Wahine enter today’s match with UC San Diego with a 1-1/2 game lead on the Gauchos and have a chance to open up […]
The line outside the main gate was still modest at 5:45 p.m. but there was more activity outside SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center for tonight’s Rainbow Wahine volleyball match with UC Irvine. But having fans on the main concourse represents a welcome change compared to the silence of earlier this season. UH played in front of gatherings of under 500 in its last homestand. Tonight’s match and Sunday’s meeting with UC San Diego will be the first of the […]
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will try to extend its winning streak in the storied series with Long Beach State today at the Walter Pyramid. UH picked up its eighth straight win in the series with the Beach on Oct. 1 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center when the Rainbow Wahine rallied in the first set then rolled to a 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 sweep. Long Beach State led 23-20 in the opening set with Kashauna Williams hammering nine kills. […]
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team went the distance in a home win over Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 3. They’ll take the lessons of that close call into today’s rematch at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. UH controlled the first two sets against the Titans at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, but had to survive in five after Cal State Fullerton rallied in the third set and ran away in the fourth. The match remains UH’s lone five-set duel […]
