2023 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team explained

Sport:volleyball
Year:2023
Prev Year:2022
Next Year:2024
Sex:none
Team:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Conference:Big West Conference
Short Conf:Big West
Record:29–3
Conf Record:9–1
Head Coach:Charlie Wade
Hc Year:14th
Asst Coach1:Milan Zarkovic
Ac1 Year:10th
Asst Coach2:Kupono Fey
Ac2 Year:1st
Stadium:Stan Sheriff Center
Champion:Big West Regular Season Co-Champions
Big West Tournament Champions
Tourney:NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:Runner-Up

The 2023 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 14th-year head coach Charlie Wade, play home games at Stan Sheriff Center on the UH campus in the Honolulu neighborhood of Mānoa. The Rainbow Warriors, members of the Big West Conference, were picked by Big West coaches to win the conference in its preseason poll with Long Beach State.[1] The Rainbow Warriors enter the season as the two-time defending national champions after defeating Long Beach State in the 2022 national championship game.[2] The national championship was Hawai'i's second men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.

Season highlights

Preseason

Coaches poll

The preseason poll was released on December 21, 2022. Hawaiʻi was picked to finish first in the Big West Conference standings.[3]

1 Hawai'i 25 (5)
2 Long Beach State 19
3 UC Irvine 17 (1)
4 UC Santa Barbara 13
5 CSUN 10
6 UC San Diego 6

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be televised on Spectrum Sports. All conference road games will be streamed on ESPN+ or the respective schools streaming service.

Date
Time		OpponentRank
(Tournament Seed)		Arena
City
(Tournament)		TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(Big West Record)
1/12
7 p.m.
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Challenge)		SPECW 3–1
(25–16, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17)[4] 		5,5811-0
1/13
7 p.m.
  1. 6 Ball State
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Challenge)		SPECW 3–1
(23-25, 25–23, 25-18, 25–18)[5] 		6,6462-0
1/18
7 p.m.		St. Francis
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3–0
(25-16, 25–18, 25-23)		4,5143-0
1/20
7 p.m.		St. Francis
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3–0
(25-21, 25–20, 25-20)		5,4274-0
1/25
2 p.m.		@ Queens
  1. 1
Curry Arena at the Levine Center
Charlotte, NC		YouTubeW 3–0
(25-20, 25–21, 25-17)		4555-0
1/26
2 p.m.		@ Belmont Abbey
  1. 1
Wheeler Center
Belmont, NC		Conference Carolinas DNW 3–0
(25-18, 25–18, 25-21)		1,1546-0
1/28
2:30 p.m.		@ Barton
  1. 1
Wilson Gymnasium
Wilson, NC		Conference Carolinas DNW 3–0
(25-11, 25–19, 25-14)		7957-0
2/10
5 p.m.		@ #8 Stanford
  1. 1
Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA		P12+ STANW 3–0
(25-22, 25-19, 26-24)		1,7038-0
2/11
4 p.m.		@ #8 Stanford
  1. 1
Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center
Stanford, CA		P12+ STANW 3–0
(27-25, 25-19, 25-19)		1,3369-0
2/16
7 p.m.		Concordia Irvine
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3–1
(25-14, 22-25, 25-15, 25-23)		4,92010-0
2/17
7 p.m.		Concordia Irvine
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-20, 25-19, 25-19)		5,38111-0
2/22
7 p.m.		LIU
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-13, 25-13, 25-18)		4,37112-0
2/24
7 p.m.		LIU
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-18, 25-13, 25-16)		5,24513-0
3/01
7 p.m.
  1. 7 Pepperdine
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-1
(25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21)		5,05914-0
3/03
7 p.m.
  1. 7 Pepperdine
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-19, 25-18, 25-21)		7,45215-0
3/09
7 p.m.		Purdue Fort Wayne
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball Invitational)		SPECW 3-0
(27-25, 25-13, 25-20)		4,69616-0
3/10
7 p.m.
  1. 3 Penn State
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball Invitational)		SPECL 1-3
(25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 23-25)		6,55716-1
3/11
7 p.m.
  1. 2 UCLA
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Outrigger Volleyball Invitational)		SPECW 3-1
(29-27, 21-25, 25-22, 28-26)		10,30017-1
3/17
7 p.m.
  1. 4 Long Beach State*
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECL 0-3
(20-25, 27-29, 22-25)		7,52717-2
(0-1)
3/18
7 p.m.
  1. 4 Long Beach State*
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-16, 25-23, 25-23)		9,57918-2
(1-1)
3/24
4 p.m.		@ #14 CSUN*
  1. 2
Premier America Credit Union Arena
Northridge, CA		ESPN+W 3-0
(25-22, 25-14, 25-18)		51319-2
(2-1)
3/25
4 p.m.		@ #14 CSUN*
  1. 2
Premier America Credit Union Arena
Northridge, CA		ESPN+W 3-0
(25-17, 25-18, 25-15)		52220-2
(3-1)
3/31
4 p.m.		@ UC Santa Barbara*
  1. 1
Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA		ESPN+W 3-0
(25-22, 25-21, 29-27)		54221-2
(4-1)
4/01
4 p.m.		@ UC Santa Barbara*
  1. 1
Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA		ESPN+W 3-0
(25-19, 25-21, 29-27)		63422-2
(5-1)
4/07
7 p.m.
  1. 5 UC Irvine*
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-1
(25-16, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22)		7,39923-2
(6-1)
4/08
7 p.m.
  1. 5 UC Irvine*
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(26-24, 25-20, 25-19)		8,40924-2
(7-1)
4/14
7 p.m.		UC San Diego
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-1
(28-26, 25-17, 19-25, 25-14)		7,02225-2
(8-1)
4/15
7 p.m.		UC San Diego*
  1. 1
Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI		SPECW 3-0
(25-19, 25-22, 25-21)		10,30026-2
(9-1)
4/21
2 p.m.		UC Santa Barbara
(4)
  1. 1
    (1)
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Semifinal)		ESPN+W 3-0
(25-18, 25-19, 25-18)		127-2
4/22
4 p.m.		@ #5 UC Irvine
(3)
  1. 1
    (1)
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
(Big West Championship)		ESPNUW 3-1
(25-18, 21-25, 25-13, 25-22)		4,06428-2
5/4
1:30 p.m.
  1. 3 Penn State
  1. 1 (2)
EagleBank Arena
Fairfax, VA
(NCAA Semifinal)		NCAA.comW 3–2
(25–20, 25-23, 16-25, 23-25, 15-10)		3,78229-2
5/6
11 a.m.
  1. 2 UCLA (1)
  1. 1 (2)
EagleBank Arena
Fairfax, VA
(NCAA Championship)		ESPN2L 1-3
(26-28, 33-31, 21-25, 21-25)		6,94229-3

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Hawaii Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hawai’i picked to win 2023 Big West title in preseason poll. Off the Block. 2022-12-22.
  2. Web site: Hawaii sweeps Long Beach State to repeat as NCAA men's volleyball champion. . 8 May 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Preseason Poll and First Preseason Team Released as The Big West Looks for Fifth Straight National Champion in Men’s Volleyball . Big West Conference . 16 January 2023.
  4. Web site: No. 1 Hawaii overcomes ‘erratic’ serving to fend off No. 6 Ball State. . 13 Jan 2023 . en.
  5. Web site: No. 1 Hawaii men’s volleyball improves to 2-0 with win over No. 6 Ball State. . 14 Jan 2023 . en.

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