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By: Tiff Wells As the kids say these days, it’s been a minute. After an extended 5-match roadtrip over three weeks, the top-ranked University of Hawai`i Men’s Volleyball team was back inside the friendly confines of SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. First home match since January 20th to begin a season-long 11-match homestand. Coming into […]

By: Tiff Wells As the kids say these days, it’s been a minute. After an extended 5-match roadtrip over three weeks, the top-ranked University of Hawai`i Men’s Volleyball team was back inside the friendly confines of SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. First home match since January 20th to begin a season-long 11-match homestand. Coming into […]

By Lance Tominaga While an estimated 113 million people watched Super Bowl LVII, University of Hawaii guard Ashley Thoms was part of a more exclusive viewing audience. “Oh, it was really cool!” she says, smiling. Yes, Thoms was actually at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Sunday. That’s one of the perks of […]

By: Tiff Wells 13 days off from their last match played, how would Hawai`i fair on the road again? Finishing off an extended 5-match road trip spread out over three weeks, the unanimous and top ranked team in the land ventured to The Farm for two matches against No. 8 Stanford. As healthy as they […]

By: Tiff Wells For the first time since 2019, the University of Hawai`i men’s volleyball team took their game to the state of North Carolina. Three matches in four days is tough. Throw in the long travel and then the absence of All-American setter Jakob Thelle (didn’t travel, held back for rest) is a little […]

Saturday, January 21, 2023 | By Tiff Wells Anyone can get up for match against a ranked opponent. Especially one that beat you twice a season ago, even if you were at less than full-strength. But when you’re playing a team that isn’t ranked…isn’t a big name school…what factor(s) kick in to motivate you prior […]

Saturday, January 14, 2023 By Tiff Wells #BusinessFinished. #Back22Back. Hawai`i Men’s Volleyball has become the must see attraction on the island over the last couple of years. And with all seven starters plus an experienced group of reserves returning for #WarriorBall23, a lot is expected of this group. Evident by receiving all but one first-place […]

Sunday, December 4, 2022 By: Tiff Well Winning conference and earning that automatic bid into the NCAA Championship. It sure does take a lot of the nerves away when you’re not on bubble watch and having to sweat it out on Selection Sunday. It was a whirlwind of a last regular season road-trip for the […]

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 By: Tiff Well It’s always a great feeling to be playing meaningful matches as you enter the final week of the regular season. There’s so much to play for other than just pride. After playing on Sunday to cap off Senior Week and win the always emotional Senior Night match, the […]

Monday, November 21, 2022 By: Tiff Wells Taking care of business. That’s what UH did the week prior to Senior Week. Two road sweeps won with two different styles moved the Bows to a season-high tying 8-match win streak and a shot in keeping their postseason fate in their own hands. Holding onto a 1-match […]