2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team
2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball | |
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Big West Regular Season Champions | |
Conference | Big West Conference |
Record | 17-1 (10-0 Big West) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home stadium | Stan Sheriff Center |
The 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 12th-year head coach Charlie Wade, played 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.[1] After a late start was announced, Hawaii went undefeated in conference play.[2] The Rainbow Warriors suffered their first and only setback in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament, forcing them to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.[3] Despite the setback, Hawai'i received the #1 seed in the national tournament and went on to win the National Championship with straight set wins over UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals[4] and BYU in the national championship.[5] The national championship is Hawai'i's first men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Hawaii †y | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 UC Santa Barbara ‡y | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Long Beach State | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 UC San Diego | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CSUN | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big West Tournament champion
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Season highlights
[edit]- Will be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster
[edit]2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors roster[6]
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Defensive Specialist/Libero
Middle blockers |
Outside hitters |
Opposite hitters
Setters |
Schedule
[edit]TV/Internet Streaming information:
- All home games were televised on Spectrum Sports. All road games were also streamed on ESPN3 or Big West TV. The NCAA Tournament was streamed on B1G+ (opening round, quarterfinals), NCAA.com (semifinals), and the Championship was televised nationally on ESPNU.
Date Time |
Opponent | Rank (Tournament Seed) |
Arena City (Tournament) |
Television | Score | Attendance | Record (Big West Record) |
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2/21 2 p.m. |
@ #8 UC Irvine* | #2 | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA |
ESPN3 | W 3–1 (22–25, 25–16, 25–13, 25–17) |
1 | 1–0 (1–0) |
2/22 5 p.m. |
@ #8 UC Irvine* | #2 | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA |
ESPN3 | W 3–0 (25–14, 25–13, 28–26) |
1 | 2–0 (2–0) |
2/24 5 p.m. |
@ #9 UC San Diego* | #2 | RIMAC San Diego, CA |
ESPN3 | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–23, 25–18) |
75 | 3–0 (3–0) |
2/25 7 p.m. |
@ #9 UC San Diego* | #2 | RIMAC San Diego, CA |
ESPN3 | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–19, 25–23) |
75 | 4–0 (4–0) |
3/11 2 p.m. |
@ #3 UC Santa Barbara* | #1 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA |
Big West TV | W 3–1 (16–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–20) |
1 | 5–0 (5–0) |
3/12 2 p.m. |
@ #3 UC Santa Barbara* | #1 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA |
Big West TV | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–21, 25–20) |
1 | 6–0 (6–0) |
3/13 2 p.m. |
@ #3 UC Santa Barbara | #1 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA |
Big West TV | W 3–0 (25–22, 25–19, 26–24) |
1 | 7–0 |
3/26 7 p.m. |
#12 UC San Diego | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–1 (25–21, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15) |
0 | 8–0 |
3/27 7 p.m. |
#12 UC San Diego | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–0 (25–15, 25–19, 25–21) |
0 | 9–0 |
4/2 7 p.m. |
#7 Long Beach State* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–1 (23–25, 25–14, 25–13, 26–24) |
0 | 10–0 (7–0) |
4/3 7 p.m. |
#7 Long Beach State* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–2 (24–26, 32–30, 25–17, 20–25, 15–8) |
0 | 11–0 (8–0) |
4/9 1 p.m. |
@ CSUN* | #1 | Matadome Northridge, CA |
Big West TV | W 3–1 (25–17, 25–20, 23–25, 25–19) |
0 | 12–0 (9–0) |
4/10 1 p.m. |
@ CSUN* | #1 | Matadome Northridge, CA |
Big West TV | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–20, 25–21)[7] |
0 | 13–0 (10–0) |
4/16 7 p.m. |
UC Irvine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–2 (25–22, 25–23, 23–25, 24–26, 15–13) |
0 | 14–0 |
4/17 7 p.m. |
UC Irvine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
SPEC | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–18, 25–13) |
0 | 15–0 |
4/23 7 p.m. |
#14 (4) UC San Diego | #1 (1) | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Big West Semifinal) |
SPEC | L 2–3 (25–22, 23–25, 25–16, 23–25, 16–18)[8] |
0 | 15–1 |
5/6 11 a.m. |
#3 UC Santa Barbara | #1 (1) | Covelli Center Columbus, OH (NCAA Semifinal) |
NCAA.com | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–18, 25–23) |
223 | 16–1 |
5/8 2 p.m. |
#2 (2) BYU | #1 (1) | Covelli Center Columbus, OH (NCAA Championship) |
ESPNU | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–19, 25–16) |
345 | 17–1 |
- *-Indicates conference match.
- Times listed are Hawaii Time Zone.
Announcers for televised games
[edit]- UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
- UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
- UC San Diego: Miles Himmel & Ricci Luyties
- UC San Diego: Miles Himmel & Ricci Luyties
- UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
- UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
- UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
- UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- Long Beach State: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- Long Beach State: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- CSUN: Darren Preston
- CSUN: Darren Preston
- UC Irvine: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- UC Irvine: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
- UC Santa Barbara: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
- BYU: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
Rankings
[edit]Week | ||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AVCA Coaches | 2[9] | 2[10] | 2[11] | 2[12] | 2[13] | 2[14] | 1[15] | 1[16] | 1[17] | 1[18] | 1[19] | 1[20] | 1[21] | 1[22] | 1[23] | 1 |
Off the Block Media | ^ | 2[24] | 2[25] | 1[26] | 1т[27] | 1[28] | 1[29] | 1[30] | 1[31] | 1[32] | 1[33] | 1[34] | 1[35] | ^ | ^ | 1 |
^The Media did not release a Pre-season, Week 13, or Week 14 poll.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 2/1 Hawai'i is the coaches pick to win Big West in 2021". Off the Block. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Big West green lights 2021 men's volleyball season". Off the Block. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "UC San Diego upsets top-ranked Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball semifinals". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "#1 UH men's volleyball National Championship bound, semifinal sweep of UCSB". KITV. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps BYU to capture NCAA championship". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Hawaii Athletics". Hawaiiathletics.com.
- ^ "No. 1 UH men's volleyball clinches Big West regular season title with CSUN sweep". KHON. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "UC San Diego upsets top-ranked Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball semifinals". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 8 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 9 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 10 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 11 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 12 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 13 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Week 14 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Loyola is back in the Off the Block National Media Poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "There is a new No. 1 in college men's volleyball". Off the Block. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "In what is likely to be a prelude for the rest of the regular season, we have a split decision on who reigns supreme in the land of men's volleyball". Off the Block. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Two matches in the books and Hawai'i is already back in sole possession of the No. 1 ranking". Off the Block. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "McKendree is undefeated and now in the National Media Poll for the first time in its program history". Off the Block. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "The upcoming three-match series between Hawai'i and UC Santa Barbara will now officially be a showdown of No. 1 versus No. 2 in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Lewis is back in the top five of the National Media Poll". Off the Block. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Loyola is back in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ "Long Beach State continues its climb in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ "Fresh off a pair of victories over Saint Francis on the road, No. 10 NJIT is back in the national media poll released on Tuesday morning". Off the Block. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "UCLA is moving up in the national rankings following its upset win". Off the Block. Retrieved April 13, 2021.