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Recapping Junior hitter Colton Cowell put down 15 kills and top-seeded Hawaii used 10 aces to eliminate Lewis 25-15, 25-17, 30-32, 25-16 in today’s NCAA men’s volleyball semifinal at the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State. Senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg and junior opposite Rado Parapunov added 11 kills apiece for the Warriors (28-2), setting a program record in a single-season win. Junior middle Patrick Gasman was in on eight of the Rainbow Warriors’ 14 blocks with eight kills and […]

Everything you need to know about the tournament is available here at Tournament Center. This includes video links for postgame press conferences. Specifically for Hawaii-Lewis match, 2 p.m. HST View online at here Also available at BigWest.tv Radio: 1420-AM/92.7-FM Listen online here Live stats click here Hawaii leads the series 7-1 over Lewis at the Stan Sheriff Center. Only time Flyers won was in 2012, 3-2. Overall, Hawaii leads 15-2.

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 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. […]

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. […]