Hawaii heats up late to reach final of Big West volleyball tournament
The Rainbow Warriors (27-4) reached their sixth Big West tournament final in eight tries with a four-set victory over UC San Diego. Read more
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Billy Hull is the prep sports editor at Hawaii Prep World and a sports reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering a little bit of everything.
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Rainbow Warriors have no margin for error as postseason starts
Everything was guaranteed to the second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball season until now. Read more
UC San Diego earns rematch with Hawaii with sweep of UCSB
The second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team gets to face the one team it lost to in conference play in the semifinals of the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship. Read more
Tread Rosenthal, 4 other Warriors on 1st team as Hawaii dominates Big West awards
The No. 1 seed in the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship earned the most first-team, all-conference selections on Wednesday. Read more
Competitiveness part of Wade’s, Warriors’ DNA
In an informal poll of Hawaii men’s volleyball players, the most competitive person for the second-ranked Rainbow Warriors is a coach. Read more
No. 2 Hawaii lands 5 players on All-Big West first team
No school other than UH has had five or more players selected to a Big West first team. Hawaii have five honorees in 2019 and a record six in 2023. Read more
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UH setter Rosenthal adds to awards count
With the Big West set to announce its season awards in men’s volleyball on Wednesday, one Rainbow Warrior has been the best at his position nearly every week for the entire season. Read more
Hawaii beats CSUN to claim the BWC title outright
Hawaii’s lone senior stole the show on senior night. Vladimir Kubr, who had appeared in three matches in his two-year Rainbow Warriors career, earned a thunderous ovation when he was the last starter announced pregame. Read more
Warriors win Big West volleyball title outright on senior night
Adrien Roure tied a career-high with 17 kills and No. 2 Hawaii secured the second outright Big West regular-season championship in program history with a 25-15, 21-25, 25-14, 25-16 win over No. 18 Cal State Northridge tonight. Read more
No. 2 Hawaii clinches top seed in Big West tournament
A crowd of 6,765 saw the Rainbow Warriors (25-4, 8-1) earn at least a share of the Big West regular-season championship for the third time in program history and first since 2023. Read more
Little-used UH setter Vladimir Kubr has no regrets as senior season comes to a close
Vladimir Kubr is good enough to play at most Division I men’s volleyball programs. Read more
Hawaii’s Tread Rosenthal likely ready but middle blockers iffy for key match
Instead of dwelling on the past, the second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team is looking ahead. Read more
Wahine volleyball team catches a slight break in new MWC format
The Mountain West Conference announced its women’s volleyball league schedule for the upcoming season on Wednesday, and unlike last year, will have teams playing their opponents twice in the same week. Read more
Billy Hull: Just 1 bare knuckle bout was all it took to get me hooked
I’m still not sure it was something I should be watching, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the broadcast for the first Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event in Hawaii on Saturday night at the Blaisdell Arena. Read more
UH men’s volleyball suffers season’s first conference loss at UCSD in 4 sets
The second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team returned to LionTree Arena on Saturday expecting to have its full roster available. Read more
No. 2 Hawaii suffers first Big West loss
Kristian Titriyski had a team-high 18 kills and Louis Sakanoko added 15 for the Rainbow Warriors (24-4, 7-1 Big West), who still control their destiny to win the conference regular season outright. Read more
No. 2 UH men’s volleyball team sweeps UC San Diego on the road
The second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team is showing no sign of slowing down. Read more
Bare knuckle brawlers hyped for Hawaii’s newest combat sport
Toby Misech, faced off against Charles Bennett at the weigh-in for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s Hawaii debut tonight at Blaisdell Arena. Read more
No. 2 Hawaii stays perfect in Big West play
The Rainbow Warriors will clinch the No. 1 seed in the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship with their next win or any loss by Long Beach State over its final three matches. Read more
Rainbow Warriors seek road perfection in trip to UC San Diego
The second-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team will attempt to complete an undefeated regular season away from home with two matches at No. 13 UC San Diego today and Saturday at LionTree Arena in La Jolla, Calif. Read more
Titriyski, Rosenthal earn Big West Conference honors
No. 2 Hawaii (23-3, 6-0) can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship as soon as Friday with a win over UC San Diego and a Long Beach State loss. Read more
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