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Hawaii men’s volleyball: NCAA banquet pictures, Beach’s TJ DeFalco again Player of the Year

By Cindy Luis on May 1, 2019

Long Beach State senior TJ DeFalco was named the AVCA Player of the Year, his second in three seasons. He is the fourth player in Division I-II men’s history to win the honor twice. Jeff Nygaard: UCLA, George Roumain: Pepperdine, Costas Theocharidis: Hawaii are the others. It is the third consecutive season the award has gone to Long Beach State (first time in history) DeFalco is one of three players to be a four-time AVCA First-Team All-American (Costas Theocharidis: Hawaii […]

Hawaii tennis: Petra Melounova three-peats as Big West player of year; Andre Ilagan honored

By Brian McInnis on May 1, 2019

Make it 3-for-3 for Hawaii tennis junior Petra Melounova. Three straight trips to the NCAA women’s individual tennis tournament. And, on Wednesday, three straight Big West player of the year awards. Melounova, of the Czech Republic, is only the third Big West women’s player to receive the league’s top individual honors three times in a career. #BWCHonors Player of the Year – Petra Melounova (@UofHawaiiTennis) 3rd all-time to be named POY 3 times Secured 3rd-straight berth to the NCAA Singles […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Warriors practice at Pyramid; Charlie Wade, players speak at press conference

By Cindy Luis on May 1, 2019

Hawaii had a practice Tuesday night at the Gold Mine (West Gym) of Long Beach State. First official practice in the Pyramid this morning at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time. UH faces Lewis in the NCAA semifinals at 2 p.m. Hawaii time on Thursday. #HawaiiMVB gets some work in at The Pyramid on Wednesday morning, preparing for Thursday’s semifinal against Lewis. pic.twitter.com/ZbB7nuMZxW — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) May 1, 2019 Here are clips of the Q&A from the team press conference. […]

Hawaii water polo: Rainbow Wahine draw Cal in NCAA tournament

By Brian McInnis on April 29, 2019

A cheer went up and the applause echoed in the water polo clubhouse at Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex. Hawaii learned Monday afternoon that it will face fourth-seeded California in the quarterfinals of the 10-team NCAA tournament on May 10 at Stanford. And that it was the Golden Bears, a team that fifth-ranked UH defeated during the regular season, was met with enthusiasm. Big West champion #HawaiiWWP reacts to the reveal that it will play No. 4 seed California (a team […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Program-record 5 named All-Americans

By Cindy Luis on April 29, 2019

Congratulations to the Rainbow Warriors on their bounty of All-America selections. Hawaii senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg was named to the AVCA All-America first team for a third time and the top-ranked Rainbow Warriors had a program-record five players selected, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today. Joining Van Tilburg on the 10-member first team were senior setter Joe Worsley, junior opposite Rado Parapunov and sophomore libero Gage Worsley. Junior middle Patrick Gasman was named to the 10-member second team. […]

Hawaii basketball: Kameron Ng posts commitment with ‘Bows

By Brian McInnis on April 28, 2019

The 2018-19 Star-Advertiser All-State Basketball Player of the Year is apparently Manoa bound. Saint Francis senior guard Kameron Ng posted an announced commitment to Hawaii on Sunday night. Island boy 4 life #committed πŸ€™πŸ»πŸ pic.twitter.com/dUZJp5bTGo — Kameron Ng (@NgKameron) April 29, 2019 Ng, at 5 feet 11, scored 21 points in 12 of 15 games in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. He was a repeat winner of the Gatorade Hawaii Player of the Year Award. It’s not immediately known if […]

Hawaii water polo: Rainbow Wahine redeem Big West championship weekend

By Brian McInnis on April 28, 2019

It was shaping up to be a tough weekend for University of Hawaii sports in Big West Conference championship events. The beach volleyball team lost twice to Cal Poly on Saturday, ending a three-year run in the sand as tournament champs (although it then received an NCAA at-large bid). The UH women’s tennis team positioned itself to repeat as the league champion in Indian Wells, Calif., Sunday morning, only to fall in heart-rending fashion to Long Beach State, 4-3, when […]

Hawaii beach volleyball: SandBows seeded 7th, face No. 2 UCLA in NCAA tournament

By Cindy Luis on April 28, 2019

Hawaii received the at-large bid it was hoping for and will open against UCLA on Friday in the NCAA beach volleyball tournament in Gulf Shores, Ala. Other first-round matches have top-seeded USC vs. Stetson, third-seeded Florida State vs. Cal Poly and fourth-seeded Pepperdine vs. LSU. The bracket πŸ–πŸ: https://t.co/3S6nd6Qvd4 #NCAABeachVB pic.twitter.com/VJABjSAea6 — NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) April 28, 2019 WELCOME TO THE BEACH πŸ–πŸ7️⃣ @UHBeachVolley#NCAABeachVB pic.twitter.com/10a5LIhgvM — NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) April 28, 2019 ____ The NCAA beach volleyball tournament’s selection show […]