The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team closes the sixth week of conference play looking to remain tied atop the Big West standings and undefeated against UC Riverside. UH enters tonight’s match at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center at 28-0 in the all-time series with the Highlanders and opened conference play this season with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-16 win in its conference opener on Sept. 23 Riverside, Calif. That started an eight-match winning streak that ended with a loss at UC […]

For the first time since Dec. 7, 2019, the University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team will play in front of home fans when the Rainbow Wahine take on UC Davis tonight at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The Wahine had played in an empty arena for their first nine home matches due to pandemic restrictions, which were eased to allow 500 spectators for tonight’s match and Saturday’s meeting with UC Riverside. That represents a fraction of the 10,300-seat capacity, […]

Coming off their first conference loss of the season, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will look for a bounce-back performance today against Cal State Northridge at the Matadome. Hawaii (11-6, 8-1 BWC) will try to extend a 10-match winning streak against CSUN (4-15, 3-6) and end the first half of the Big West schedule with a share of first place. The Wahine enter today’s match a half-game behind UC Santa Barbara (13-9, 9-1) after being swept by the Gauchos on […]

The top two teams in the Big West meet today when Hawaii (11-5, 8-0 BWC) takes on UC Santa Barbara (12-9, 8-1) at the Thunderdome in Santa Barbara, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine own a 43-9 advantage in the all-time series with the Gauchos and won both meetings in 2019. UH’s current 19-match winning streak in Big West contests began with a sweep at the Thunderdome on Oct. 12, 2019 when Hanna Hellvig put away 14 kills and McKenna Ross added […]

And then there was one … With UC Santa Barbara’s four-set loss at UC Davis on Saturday, Hawaii enters Saturday’s match with Cal State Bakersfield as the lone undefeated team in Big West play. The Rainbow Wahine (10-5, 7-0 BWC) will try to end the weekend alone in first place when they take on the Roadrunners (10-5, 3-4) at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in the third meeting between the programs. UH swept a two-match series with CSUB in […]

Hawaii has longer, more storied women’s volleyball rivalries, but the series with Cal Poly has carried Big West title implications for the last three seasons. The Mustangs swept the Rainbow Wahine in 2017 and went on to finish undefeated in conference play, two games ahead of UH in the final standings. The teams split their 2018 meetings and Cal Poly again edged Hawaii by a game for the conference title. Hawaii flipped the script in 2019 in placing a game […]

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will have a quick turnaround for today’s match at UC Irvine. Following Friday night’s four-set battle at UC San Diego, the Wahine were scheduled for a 10 a.m. Pacific time serve-and-pass session before facing the host Anteaters at the Bren Events Center at 5 p.m. (2 p.m. Hawaii time). UC Irvine enters the match with the top overall record in the Big West at 11-4 and has won three straight to remain a game behind […]