On July 30th, the Mountain West Conference announced that the four-team women’s volleyball championship would be hosted by UNLV at the Pavilion during Thanksgiving Week.

1. One Loss October – A new Head Coach was hired in the first week of June, less than 100 days before the season opener. He then hired his coaching staff (all first years with UH) throughout the summer. 

Coffee Is For Closers – If you’ve seen the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, you’ve heard the famous line delivered by Alec Baldwin’s character Blake.

Sistahood Of The Travelling Defense – A lot of factors have gone into why the Rainbow Wahine started 2026 at 14-3, their best start to a season since 2019 (also 14-3) ahead of its Wyoming trip. 

Island Defended Twice – To be a factor in the conference race, the math is kind of simple: win at home and at worst, split on the road. Five homestands (10 matches) and four road-trips (eight matches) is how the Mountain West Conference set up UH’s first year in the conference.

With the calendar turned to October, Hawai`i hit the road as arguably the last team in the country to play a true road match. While they did go to Las Vegas two weeks prior, it was a neutral site non-conference tournament that the Rainbow Wahine played host to. 

The Rainbow Wahine continued their perfect start to Mountain West play with a 25-23, 25-21, 25-10 sweep of Grand Canyon on Saturday in Phoenix.

Preseason picked to finish fifth in the 10-team Mountain West Conference, the way UH’s conference schedule was made, it just happened that teams below them would come to the island and they’d travel to the teams picked above them.

In the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas has something for everyone. In the inaugural Lucky Aces Volleyball Invitational, the Rainbow Wahine parlayed the first two matches into a pair of aces.

Kamehameha Schools alum Adrianna Arquette recorded 120 assists and averaged 9.23 assists per set to help the Rainbow Wahine finish 2-1 and earn runner-up honors at the Lucky Aces Women’s Volleyball Invitational.

After sweeping Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, 3-0, and outlasting Iowa State, 3-2, Hawai‘i will face UCLA for the Lucky Aces Women’s Volleyball Invitational title tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. HST.

Panna Ratkai averaged four kills per set during the Outrigger Invitational and received its top honor…Most Outstanding Player.

1. Stacked A Weekend – One of the terms Head Coach Joshua Walker has been using a lot here during his first year as Head Coach is “stacking.”

Hawaiʻi outlasted Loyola Marymount in five sets, 25-10, 25-18, 22-25, 26-28, 15-11, Friday night at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

The Rainbow Wahine opened the OUTRIGGER Invitational with a straight-set win over Utah Tech on Thursday at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

1. Walker’s First Win - For a program coming off its first ever losing season, then seeing an offseason include its Head Coach stepping down in late April (April 29th) and its successor hired on June 5th, there was an unusual amount of buzz and optimism throughout the summer as the Rainbow Wahine got ready for its season opener.

The Rainbow Wahine pushed No. 21 Baylor to the limit Saturday night before falling in five sets at Bankoh Arena.

UH Wahine Volleyball made a strong first impression under first-year head coach Joshua Walker, sweeping Chaminade 25-20, 25-16, 25-10 in its first appearance at Bankoh Arena.

The University of Hawaiʻi women's volleyball team is heading to the Big Island for a preseason exhibition against Hawaiʻi Hilo on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. inside the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

1. Opening Weekend Test – The 52nd season of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine Volleyball opens at home for a 42nd time. The first of two consecutive non-conference tournaments is the 36th Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic, August 28th-30th.

The University of Hawaiʻi has selected Joshua Walker as the next head coach of the Rainbow Wahine volleyball program.

Robyn Ah Mow is stepping down as head coach of the University of Hawai‘i women’s volleyball program, bringing an end to a nine-year chapter that kept the Rainbow Wahine among the Big West’s elite and a consistent presence on the national stage.

After being swept on the road by the Cal State Northridge Matadors, the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team avenged that loss in emphatic fashion, defeating the Matadors in straight sets last night.

The Rainbow Wahine were firing on all cylinders, racking up 40 kills as a team while committing only nine errors for a .316 hitting percentage on the night. Hawai‘i also delivered nine service aces, treating this match with playoff-like intensity.

Already up 24-14 in the third set, sophomore setter Adrianna Arquette found the ball for a set, setting up a signature play.

As Arquette lifted the ball, sophomore middle blocker Miliana Sylvester slid from her middle pin spot, initiating her trademark Rainbow Slide and slamming the ball down on the other side of the net.

Benches cleared, and the Stan Sheriff Center erupted.

After dropping two matches this past weekend, the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team heads out on its longest road trip of the season: a three-match Southern California swing facing Long Beach State and UC San Diego.

Though Hawai’i has now lost three straight, Assistant Coach Nick Costello still has high hopes for the Wahine squad.

Down 24-20 and facing match point, the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team were searching for a spark. After a deflating second set in which Hawai’i managed just 14 points against a sharp Cal Poly attack, the Wahine turned to youth, and found a temporary answer.

Freshman outside hitter Cha’lei Reid delivered a crucial kill through the Mustangs’ block to make it 24-21, igniting the Stan Sheriff Center crowd and breathing life into a potential rally. On the next point, senior outside hitter Tyla Reese Mane kept the momentum going, finding the back row for her 10th kill of the night and cutting the deficit to two.

After a mixed-bag road trip, the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is back at the Stan Sheriff Center to continue Big West Conference play, facing off against the Cal Poly Mustangs and the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

Despite entering the season as the Big West preseason favorites, the Rainbow Wahine haven’t quite lived up to expectations so far. Hawai‘i holds a 6-9 overall record and sits at 2-2 in conference play. Still, associate head coach Kaleo Baxter and the rest of the coaching staff remain confident in the squad.

In their first conference road trip of the season, the Rainbow Wahine bounced back with a solid win over Cal State Bakersfield, but couldn’t carry that momentum into their next match, getting swept by Cal State Northridge.

Hawai‘i took down the Roadrunners (8-6, 1-2 Big West Conference) in four sets (25-20, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17) behind a huge night from sophomore setter Adrianna Arquette, who recorded her second career triple-double with 14 kills, 28 assists, and 20 digs. She led the team in all three categories.

Down 24–13 in the fourth set, Maddie Way readied herself to receive a quick set from sophomore setter Adrianna Arquette. The swing was solid, but the ball sailed long, deflating the Stan Sheriff Center and encapsulating a rough night for the Rainbow Wahine.

In front of a packed Stan Sheriff Center, sophomore setter Adrianna Arquette stepped up at the service line with a do-or-die aloha ball in a grueling fifth set.

Arquette was having a career night, recording the University of Hawai’i Wahine Volleyball team’s first triple double since 2018. Playing setter and outside hitter in place of an injured junior outside hitter Stella Adeyemi, Arquette delivered when it mattered most.