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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On this date in 1979, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team took an important step toward a national championship. While fans at home were celebrating a 52-3 victory over the Santa Clara football team, Dave Shoji’s Rainbow Wahine were left to ponder what life is like as the top team in the nation. Rocky Elias led Hawaii to an impressive 15-6, 10-15, 15-13 sweep over previously unbeaten Utah State for the championship of the Nissin Tournament in Los Angeles. The Rainbow […]
On this date in 2010, Hawaii did all that it wanted to in a season-opening sweep of Utah State. Kanani Danielson led the way with 15 kills and Chanteal Satele was next with 14. Elizabeth Kaaihue led the way for Hawaii with 15 of the team’s 59 digs. In all, Dave Shoji’s crew hit .235 to Utah State’s .108 and outblocked the Aggies 18-13.
Robyn Ah Mow has officially added a fourth player to her incoming 2020 class. Siena Springborn, a 6-foot middle/opposite out of Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif., was announced by UH on Friday. She was a two-time all-league first-team selection at Newport. “We are very thrilled to have Siena join our team this coming fall,” Ah Mow said in a UH release. “Siena is hard working, versatile and committed to becoming the best player she can be. She […]
