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Hawaii women’s volleyball: History of rare Wahine pre-conference road trips

By Brian McInnis on September 20, 2019

This week’s Hawaii road trip to the Baylor Classic will likely test Robyn Ah Mow’s No. 13 Rainbow Wahine in ways that they’ve yet to be tested. UH (9-0) takes on No. 17 Missouri (8-0) on Saturday and No. 5 Baylor (7-0) on Sunday in Waco, Texas. The teams are among the handful of remaining unbeatens in the country. Mizzou and Baylor square off today. It’s the first pre-conference road trip in Ah Mow’s three years, and just the sixth […]

Hawaii soccer: Lex Mata tries to save day against Washington State

By Christian Shimabuku on September 19, 2019

Lex Mata did her part. Despite a nearly flawless game from the senior goalkeeper, Hawaii lost to No. 24 Washington State 1-0 during its season debut at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium to drop to 2-5-1. Chemical runoff had previously shifted the ‘Bows games to their on-campus practice field in Manoa. Mata registered 10 saves against an athletic and relentless Cougars squad that saw its season record improve to 6-1-0. In the process, WSU extended UH’s winless streak at home against […]

Warrior Beat: Cole McDonald named Hawaii football captain; Farris invited to Hula Bowl

By Stephen Tsai on September 19, 2019

Quarterback Cole McDonald has been added as a team captain, head coach Nick Rolovich confirmed today. McDonald joins running back Dayton Furuta, slotback Jason-Matthew Sharsh, defensive lineman Azia Se‘ei and rush end Kaimana Padello. Last week, Furuta underwent ankle surgery and will miss an extended amount of playing time. During a team meeting the night before the Sept. 14 Washington game, Furuta called and requested that McDonald serve as his replacement as captain. McDonald joined the other captains during the […]

Hawaii soccer: Wahine take crack at Pac-12 breakthrough at Waipio

By Brian McInnis on September 19, 2019

A return to action at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium means a renewed chance at a Pac-12 breakthrough at home for Hawaii. The Rainbow Wahine host two potent Pac-12 foes this week in the first UH matches at Waipio since the field was damaged over the summer due to chemical runoff. UH (2-4-1) faces No. 24 Washington State (5-1) at 7 p.m. today and No. 5 UCLA (5-1) at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The Pac-12 has been a semi-regular, and often […]

Warrior Beat: Donovan Dalton made safety a priority for Hawaii football

By Stephen Tsai on September 18, 2019

An understudy is expected to be ready when his number is called. At 4:40 p.m. Pacific Time this past Saturday, in Donovan Dalton’s 40th game as a Rainbow Warrior, the coaches yelled for No. 29. Dalton replaced safety Khoury Bethley, who was ejected. Bethley had started in place of ailing Ikem Okeke. Dalton made eight tackles — exceeding last season’s total of six — in the 53-20 loss to Washington. “That was the first time getting 50-plus snaps (in a […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Josh Walker named AVCA assistant coach of the year; Nebraska loses to Stanford

By Cindy Luis on September 18, 2019

University of Hawaii men’s volleyball assistant coach Josh Walker was named the 2019 AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year today. Walker, a second-team AVCA All-American in 2010 for the Warriors, completed his fourth season on head coach Charlie Wade’s staff in 2019. He is the first UH assistant coach to win the award since it debuted in 2010. The Virginia Beach, Va., native helped lead the Rainbow Warriors to a national runner-up finish and a program-best 28 victories, which included […]

Remembering former Hawaii football, basketball standout Dr. Richard Mamiya

By Ferd Lewis on September 18, 2019

Decades before Tim Chang, John Hao and Chevan Cordeiro ever took aim at an end zone for the University of Hawaii, there was another quarterback from Saint Louis School who starred for the Rainbows. Athletics was but one remarkable facet of the widely successful life of Dr. Richard Mamiya, who died last month at age 94. Mamiya is internationally known as a pioneering heart surgeon and humanitarian. Locally, he was honored as a philanthropist as well as one of the […]

Hawaii volleyball: Emily Hartong returns as AVP pro

By Warrior World on September 18, 2019

Former Hawaii volleyball great Emily Hartong is back in town this week competing on the AVP Tour. Hartong, an AVCA All-American and a two-time Big West player of the year, granted a video interview with Hawaii Warrior World’s Cindy Luis on Tuesday at a practice at Queen’s Beach. She will compete in a qualifier Thursday to advance into the main draw of the AVP’s Hawaii Open, with competition through Sunday at Fort DeRussy. Hartong was eighth all-time in UH indoor […]

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