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Game Night: Hawaii-USC renew rivalry

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 10, 2021

Hawaii and USC renew their women’s volleyball rivalry tonight when the programs open the two-match Outrigger Volleyball Series at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine and Trojans had seven meetings between 2003 and 2011 with four coming in the NCAA tournament. But they’ve crossed paths far less frequently since and tonight’s meeting will be the first since UH’s five-set win in the first round of the 2016 NCAA tournament in Minneapolis. USC is also making its first […]

Game Day: Rainbow Wahine close trip vs. No. 19 Utah

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 4, 2021

A challenging road trip ends with what figures to be the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team’s toughest test so far. The Rainbow Wahine (2-3) close their three-match stay in the Beehive State by taking on No. 19 Utah (4-0) at 3 p.m. today in the finale of the Utah Classic at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The match will be streamed on the Pac-12 Network and CBS Sports Radio. UH enters the match looking to avoid the program’s first […]

Game Morning: No. 22 San Diego up next for Wahine

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 3, 2021

The road doesn’t get any easier for the Rainbow Wahine today. After opening their first road trip of the season with a five-set loss at Utah Valley, the Wahine (2-2) face No. 22 San Diego (1-1) in an 8:30 a.m. (Hawaii time) matchup in the Utah Classic at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. UH won two meetings against the Toreros in 2019 in Manoa, pulling out a five-set win in the season opener and sweeping USD in the […]

Game Day: UH hits the road at Utah Valley

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 2, 2021

After a 2-1 showing in the season-opening Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic, Hawaii opens another run of three matches in three days with today’s meeting with Utah Valley (2-1) in Orem, Utah. After today’s match at Lockhart Arena, the Rainbow Wahine face No. 22 San Diego on Friday morning and No. 19 Utah on Saturday. Along with playing its first road match of the season, Hawaii will be playing in front of fans for the first time since the 2019 […]

Game Day: Wahine face Aggies in tourney finale

By Jason Kaneshiro on August 29, 2021

Hawaii enters the final day of the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic looking for a bounce-back performance against Texas A&M in today’s tournament finale at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Both teams lost to Marquette and swept Fairfield over the first two days of the tournament and will meet for second place after Marquette (3-0) clinched the title. Texas A&M dropped a five-set decision to Marquette in Friday’s tournament opener and Hawaii fell in three sets to the Golden […]

Game Night: Rainbow Wahine take on Golden Eagles

By Jason Kaneshiro on August 28, 2021

Coming off a sweep of Fairfield, Hawaii faces Marquette in Day 2 of the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Both teams received votes in the ACVA preseason poll — Hawaii with 47 and Marquette with 27 — and tonight’s match is the first meeting between the programs since the Golden Eagles pulled out a five-set victory in Robyn Ah Mow’s debut as UH head coach on Aug. 25, 2017. Skyler Williams’ 12 blocks in […]

Game Night: Rainbow Wahine volleyball is back

By Jason Kaneshiro on August 27, 2021

Six hundred and twenty-three days. The countdown to the return of University of Hawaii women’s volleyball ends tonight when the Rainbow Wahine take on Fairfield on the opening night of the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic. The three-day tournament opens with Texas A&M taking on Marquette with Hawaii making its 2021 debut at 7 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Kaneshiro (@jasonkaneshiro_hsa) Updates will be posted below. Brooke Van Sickle closes out a season-opening sweep […]

Power and hope: Logan Pauelsen’s return sparks Warriors in booming performance

By Jerry Campany on March 14, 2021

By Paul Honda At the beginning and the end, big guys delivered the boom. In between, Hawaii (8-2) got contributions up and down the lineup, as well as reserves, in a 13-0 shellacking of UH-Hilo. It was the first and only time in their weekend sweep that the Rainbow Warriors overwhelmed the Division II Vulcans — the kind of sunny Sunday afternoon that was as bright as the future for a team that gave nationally-ranked Arizona State all it could […]