Hawaii men’s volleyball: Final Rainbow Warriors 2, Alumni 1

Some stat leaders
For the alumni: Josh Walker 17 kills, Mauli’a La Barre 10 kills, 2 aces, Mikey China six kills, Rory Brandt five kills.
For the varstiy: Cole Hogland 12 kills, 2 blocks; Devon Johnson 9 kills, 3 blocks; Danny Wong 5 kills, 6 blocks; James Anastassiades 6 kills.

>> PHOTO GALLERY: HAWAII VS. ALUMNI

#HawaiiMVB edges the alumni squad 33-31 in Set 3 to beat the old timers 2-1 overall.@JWALKUH27 goes just wide on roughly the 57th set point either way 😆 pic.twitter.com/87QpxUsKj1

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— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 25, 2020

Set 3: Varsity pulls it out on fifth match point, 33-31
Josh Walker hits wide to finally end it.
Set 2: Alumni win 25-18.
Josh Walker with the last two kills.
Set 1: Varsity wins 25-21
no official stats being kept. Alumni hanging in. Some impressive kills for Josh Walker from 3-meter
Crowds just sang Happy Birthday to Beth McLachlin. Forgot to mention that Milan Zarkovic sang Hawai’i Pono’i.
Charlie Wade not going with his normal starters so the B side starting
Up ref: Brett Sheward. Down ref: Rado Parapunov Lining: Patrick Gasman and Guilherme Voss
James Anassasiades, Jackson Van Eekeren, Shea Suzumoto, Max Rosenfeld, Danny Wong, Devon Johnson
Alumni: Cory Enriques, Mikey China, Josh Walker, Matt Larson, Rory Brandt, Kolby Kanetake, Mauli’a LaBarre
In the skills contests, servers had to aim for the ball baskets
It was alumni Alex Berganio–Justin Ching vs. Gage Worsley-‘Eleu Choy. Alumni win 9-8.
Setting into the target net
Varsity Alaka’i Todd–Jackson Van Eekeren vs. alumni Mauli’a LaBarre-Mason Kuo
Todd beat out Van Eekeren and LaBarre beat out Kuo, LaBarre then defeated Todd 27-27.

Hawaii MVB Vs alumni skills contest may include dunking Parapunov has skills pic.twitter.com/el323zuSYo

— Cindy Luis (@Cindy3Luis) January 25, 2020

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Friday
No. 9 Penn State def. No. 6 UCLA, 25-22, 29-27, 26-24 First win for the Nittany Lions over the Bruins since 2008
No. 2 BYU def. No. 5 UC Irvine, 28-25, 27-25, 25-17, 27-25
No. 7 Lewis def. Urbana 25-17, 25-13, 26-24
No. 15 Loyola def. Charleston 25-20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-1
Grand Canyon def. McKendree 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 25-18
Saint Francis def. King 28-30, 25-16, 21-25, 25-19, 15-12
Lindenwood def. Lees-McRae 25-19, 25-18, 25-14
UC San Diego def. Quincy 25-22, 25-13, 25-20
Ohio State def. USC, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22
ICYMI
Thursday
NJIT def. No. 11 Purdue Fort Wayne, 27-25, 25-17, 25-22
No. 12 George Mason def. Ball State, 26-24, 25-16, 19-25, 19-25, 18-16
UC San Diego def. Lindenwood, 25-23, 22-25, 20-25, 25-16, 15-12
Wednesday
No. 2 BYU def. No. 5 UC Irvine, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19, 25-15