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Rainbow Forecast: Hawaii football’s showdown in Boise, volleyball’s at Central Cali Coast

By Brian McInnis on October 7, 2019

It’s a pivotal week in conference play for both the Hawaii football and women’s volleyball teams. The Rainbow Warriors, well rested coming off a bye week and still feeling good following the 54-3 beatdown of Nevada in Reno, head up to Boise to take on the No. 14 Broncos on The Blue, a place they’ve never won. The No. 19 Rainbow Wahine? All they have to do is head up the Central California Coast for matchups on consecutive days with […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Braelyn Akana rises to desperate occasion

By Brian McInnis on October 6, 2019

Another disaster was nigh. Hawaii, which had its foundations rocked by UC Irvine’s reverse sweep of the Rainbow Wahine on Friday night, was on the cusp of falling to another struggling Big West opponent. The Rainbow Wahine were points away from getting swept by Cal State Fullerton, in fact. But the Rainbow Wahine coach Robyn Ah Mow signed an executive order for some emergency relief and got it in a couple of forms on Saturday night. PHOTO GALLERY: HAWAII VS. […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Irvine pulls off reverse sweep stunner

By Brian McInnis on October 4, 2019

UC Irvine coach Ashlie Hain did not call it the biggest win in program history. Not even after her Anteaters beat traditional women’s volleyball powerhouse Hawaii for the first time in 41 meetings. At the Stan Sheriff Center. With the Rainbow Wahine ranked No. 11. With her team trailing by two sets through two played. Irvine ignored the increasingly desperate pleas of “Let’s Go Bows!” and pulled off the reverse sweep stunner, 11-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-13. The 5,265 fans […]

Hawaii soccer: Wahine seek first result in a Big West opener

By Brian McInnis on October 3, 2019

Big West openers have not gone well for the Hawaii soccer team. Home, away, it has not mattered. Seven losses in seven such games to date, in fact. Last season was the most painful of the bunch, as the Rainbow Wahine gave up a goal with five seconds left in double overtime at UC Irvine — five seconds from getting their first result and a point in the league standings right off the bat. Thus, UH has always played from behind […]

‘Bows in the Pros: Hawaii baseball alum Kolten Wong looks to build on best year

By Brian McInnis on October 3, 2019

Kolten Wong is ready to build on his finest season to date. When the Hawaii alum’s St. Louis Cardinals take on the Atlanta Braves today in the NL Division Series (11 a.m. HST on TBS), the second baseman is expected to bat seventh in the lineup in his return from a recent injury. And if he produces like he did before he went out of the lineup, that’s a huge gain for the NL Central champs. Wong, in his sixth […]

Hawaii athletics facilities: Long-awaited track rolled out

By Brian McInnis on October 2, 2019

For years in college track and field circles, the University of Hawaii was known for its signature rainbow-themed track. More recently, it was also known for the condition of said track. The rainbow had faded, literally and figuratively. The university recently completed a $2.05 million overhaul of its aging 17-year-old quarter-mile surface at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. It had been long overdue; most well-maintained tracks are replaced every eight to 10 years. The Rainbow Wahine had learned to […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Paul George carries memories of Sheriff Center

By Brian McInnis on October 2, 2019

When Paul George played at Fresno State in the late 2000s, both the Bulldogs and Hawaii struggled to contend in the Western Athletic Conference. UH and FSU, longtime conference rivals, actually made pretty good opponents for each other. Bob Nash’s ‘Bows had an explosive talent in Roderick Flemings and Fresno State had one of its own in a youngster named Paul George. But both squads struggled to make that translate into team success. >> VIDEO, PHOTOS OF CLIPPERS CAMP AT […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Wahine dish on long road trip

By Brian McInnis on October 2, 2019

Nearly two weeks spent in close quarters on a road trip with anyone can make you a little loopy by the end. The Hawaii women’s volleyball team, though, was able to get through its four-game swing through the Baylor Classic and the first week of Big West play on the mainland mostly intact. No. 11 UH (12-1, 2-0 Big West) went 3-1, losing only to now-No. 1 Baylor, the only undefeated team in the country. Libero Rika Okino, hitter McKenna […]

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