Hawaii Beach (2016)

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UH beach volleyball team heads to Big West

By Cindy Luis
April 25, 2016
Updated April 25, 2016 5:00pm

www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sports-breaking/uh-beach-volleyball-team-heads-to-big-west/


No. 5 Hawaii heads to this week’s inaugural Big West Beach Volleyball Championship as the top seed in the six-team event in Huntington Beach, Calif., the conference announced today.

The Rainbow Wahine (13-8) have a first-round bye in the double-elimination tournament that begins Friday and will play the winner of the earlier match between Cal Poly and Cal State Bakersfield at 9 a.m. Hawaii time. Second-seeded and seventh-ranked Long Beach State (11-11) also has a first-round bye and will play the winner of the match between Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge.

Play continues through Saturday’s final at 10:30 a.m. Hawaii time. If a deciding match is needed, that will be at 12:30 p.m. Hawaii time.

Also today, Hawaii remained at No. 5 in the AVCA Collegiate Beach Top 10. There was no movement above the SandBows in the poll with Outrigger Resorts Aloha Invitational champion USC (26-2) remaining at No. 1. Pepperdine (19-3) stayed at No. 2 followed by No. 3 Florida State (29-1) and UCLA (13-8).

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Beach Volleyball's Schucht And Taylor Earn BWC Pair Of The Week

4/25/2016 8:24:00 PM




Excerpt:

"IRVINE, Calif. – For the seventh time this season, a University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball tandem was named for weekly conference honors. Another new pair picked up accolades, as the duo of Nikki Taylor and Ka'iwi Schucht earned their first Big West Pairs Team of the Week award.

The only time UH did not win the weekly conference award in the 2016 season was the week they did not play and have won the last two. UH held a previous steak of five straight which was interrupted by the off week."


Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/4/26/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyballs-schucht-and-taylor-earn-bwc-pair-of-the-week.aspx?path=wsvb

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SandBows seeded No. 1 in Big West tourney

By Cindy Luis, Star-Advertiser

April 26, 2016


No. 5 Hawaii heads to this week’s inaugural Big West Beach Volleyball Championship as the top seed in the six-team event in Huntington Beach, Calif., the conference announced Monday.

The Rainbow Wahine (13-8) have a first-round bye in the double-elimination tournament that begins Friday and will play the winner of the earlier match between Cal Poly and Cal State Bakersfield at 9 a.m. Second-seeded and seventh-ranked Long Beach State (11-11) also has a first-round bye and will play the winner of the match between Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge.

Play continues through Saturday’s final at 10:30 a.m. If a deciding match is needed, that will be at 12:30 p.m.

Also Monday, Hawaii remained at No. 5 in the AVCA Collegiate Beach Top 10. There was no movement above the SandBows in the poll, with Aloha Invitational champion USC (26-2) remaining at No. 1. Pepperdine (19-3) stayed at No. 2, followed by No. 3 Florida State (29-1) and UCLA (13-8).

Arizona (15-3) traded places with Long Beach State (11-11), the Wildcats moved to No. 6 and the 49ers dropped to No. 7. Georgia State (26-8) and Stetson (28-7) also swapped spots, the Panthers to No. 8 and the Hatters to No. 9.

Appearing in the poll for the first time this season was LSU (18-7) at No. 10.

The inaugural NCAA championship tournament is scheduled for May 6-8 in Gulf Shores, Ala. The eight-team field will be announced Sunday on NCAA.com, with three teams from the west region, three teams from the east region and two at-large teams.

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Jeff Hall leads the ‘SandBows’ both on and off the court

Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:00 am

Katie Almeida, Staff Writer


Gabriel Estevez / Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
Junior Hannah Rooks is a part of the fifth seeded pair.



Excerpt:

"A great coach has to have knowledge of the sport they are teaching, and with over 20 years of experience in the game, Jeff Hall knows volleyball."


Full story: www.kaleo.org/sports/jeff-hall-leads-the-sandbows-both-on-and-off-the/article_9c832f44-0b24-11e6-a8da-63e1f241e50b.html






Gabriel Estevez / Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
Casey Castillo is a freshman at UH this year.


Gabriel Estevez / Ka Leo O Hawai‘i 
Ka‘iwi Schucht is a sophomore from Escondido, California.

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Interesting kaleo article (for a change...). I would, however, like to know more about the divorce, which isn't even mentioned.

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Beach Volleyball Pursues Inaugural Big West Title This Weekend

4/26/2016 12:11:00 PM


Katie Spieler and Emily Maglio lead UH and the Big West with a pairs record of 14-4


Excerpt:

"HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The No. 5 University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball (13-8) team heads to Southern California in pursuit of the inaugural Big West Beach Volleyball Championship. UH also looks to strengthen postseason chances at the conference tournament, Friday-Saturday (April 29-30) at the Beach Boulevard Courts.

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Friday-Saturday, April 29-30
What: Big West Beach Volleyball Championship
Who (Tournament Seeds): No. 1 Hawai'i, No. 2 Long Beach State, No. 3 CSUN, No. 4 CSU Bakersfield, No. 5 Cal Poly, No. 6 Sacramento State
Where: Beach Boulevard Courts, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Time: First Match at 12:0 p.m. PT (9:00 a.m.) on April 29"


Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/4/26/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyball-pursues-inaugural-big-west-title-this-weekend.aspx?path=wsvb

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Beach Volleyball Pursues Inaugural Big West Title This Weekend

4/26/2016 12:11:00 PM


Katie Spieler and Emily Maglio lead UH and the Big West with a pairs record of 14-4


Excerpt:

"HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The No. 5 University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball (13-8) team heads to Southern California in pursuit of the inaugural Big West Beach Volleyball Championship. UH also looks to strengthen postseason chances at the conference tournament, Friday-Saturday (April 29-30) at the Beach Boulevard Courts.

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Friday-Saturday, April 29-30
What: Big West Beach Volleyball Championship
Who (Tournament Seeds): No. 1 Hawai'i, No. 2 Long Beach State, No. 3 CSUN, No. 4 CSU Bakersfield, No. 5 Cal Poly, No. 6 Sacramento State
Where: Beach Boulevard Courts, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Time: First Match at 12:0 p.m. PT (9:00 a.m.) on April 29"


Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/4/26/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyball-pursues-inaugural-big-west-title-this-weekend.aspx?path=wsvb

Long Beach, Hawai'i, the Cal Poly coach, the CSUN coach, CSB (with their lovely campus sand courts), then, who else besides Sacramento??

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Rainbow Wahine looking to grab first conference title

By Cindy Luis, Star-Advertiser

April 28, 2016


In surfing, it’s “Hang Ten.”

In beach volleyball, it’s “Hang One” … or at least that’s the goal of No. 5 Hawaii this week. The Rainbow Wahine left for Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday for the inaugural Big West beach volleyball championship tournament focused on turning a dream into a reality.

“Hanging a banner is so important,” senior All-American Katie Spieler said. “It’s something we’ve been working so hard for and now we have the opportunity to achieve it.

“It’s about turning those dreams into a reality, going out there and playing how we prepared to play.”

Hawaii (13-8), the top seed, has a bye into Friday’s second round at the Beach Boulevard courts and will face the winner of the day’s opening match between fourth-seeded Cal State Bakersfield (4-12) and fifth-seeded Cal Poly (5-10). On the other side of the six-team bracket is No. 2 seed Long Beach State (11-12), which also received a first-round bye. The 49ers, host of this event, meet the winner of third seed Cal State Northridge (6-12) and sixth seed Sacramento State (0-19) in the other second-round contest of the double-elimination tournament.

While Hawaii, with its top-3 RPI, is all but guaranteed a berth in next week’s inaugural NCAA championship tournament, Long Beach State likely would need to defeat the SandBows for the Big West title to solidify an at-large selection. Next week’s field will have three teams from the west region, three from the east region and two at-larges; the selection show is Sunday on NCAA.com at 4 p.m. Hawaii time.

“You never know with a (selection) committee,” 49ers coach Mike Campbell said during last week’s Aloha Invitational at Queen’s Beach. “I don’t feel that confident about the at-large. I hope they recognize that our losses are to teams inside the Top 5 (USC twice and Hawaii twice, Pepperdine and UCLA three times). But you never know.”

The 49ers, who won the 2013 AVCA national beach title, didn’t help themselves last week when going 2-2. The 4-1 loss to Hawaii wasn’t a “bad loss” but losing 4-1 to unranked Grand Canyon — all five flights going to three sets — was not good for the resume.

“Their backs are against the wall,” Hawaii volunteer coach Danny Alvarez said of the 49ers. “They’re always going to be a rival, someone we measure ourselves against.

“But Jeff (UH head coach Hall) has made it a point to have that first Big West championship banner here so that’s motivation for our team.”

“Being able to hang a banner any time is special but it’s a neat situation to be the first,” Hall said. “We have that special opportunity to do so and it’s something that our kids can have forever.”

Hawaii is traveling 14 players and will not return to Honolulu if selected to the three-day NCAA tournament. Play begins next Friday at Gulf Shores, Ala., which hosted the first four championships that were sponsored by the AVCA.


COLLEGIATE BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Big West Championship Tournament

At Huntington Beach, Calif.

Beach Boulevard Courts

Double elimination

(Seedings, records in parenthesis)

All times Hawaii time

FRIDAY

1. CSU Bakersfield (4, 4-12) vs. Cal Poly (5, 5-10), 6 a.m.

2. CSUN (3, 6-12) vs. Sacramento State (6, 0-19), 7:30 a.m.

3. Hawaii (1, 13-8) vs. CSUB-CP winner, 9 a.m.

4. Long Beach State (2, 11-12) vs. CSUN-SS winner, 10:30 a.m.

5. Match 2 loser vs. Match 3 loser, noon

6. Match 1 loser vs. Match 4 loser, 1:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

7. Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner, 6 a.m.

8. Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner, 7:30 a.m.

9. Match 7 loser vs. Match 8 winner, 9 a.m.

10. Championship: Match 7 winner vs. Match 9 winner, 10:30 a.m.

11. Championship, if needed, rematch of Match 10, noon

Radio/TV: None

Twitter updates: @bwcbeachvb, @uhbeachvolley

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Rainbow Wahine sweep Cal Poly

By Star-Advertiser staff
April 29, 2016
Updated April 29, 2016 11:20am

www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sports-breaking/rainbow-wahine-sweep-cal-poly/


Top-seeded Hawaii swept its way into Saturday’s Big West beach volleyball semifinals with a 5-0 win over Cal Poly today in Huntington Beach, Calif.

The Rainbow Wahine (14-8) dropped just one set, that coming at Flight 4 when Hannah Rooks and Ari Homayun rallied for a 19-21,21-11, 15-9 victory.

Hawaii will face the winner of today’s later match between second-seeded Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge on Saturday at 6 a.m. Hawaii time.




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SandBows Open Big West With Commanding Win Over Cal Poly, 5-0

4/29/2016 2:07:00 PM

Excerpt:

"HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Opening up competition on Friday, the No. 5 and top-seeded University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball squad dominated Cal Poly, 5-0 in the inaugural Big West Beach Volleyball Championship semifinals at the Beach Blvd. Courts in Huntington Beach, Calif. commonly called Surf City."

Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/4/29/womens-beach-volleyball-sandbows-open-big-west-with-commanding-win-over-cal-poly-5-0.aspx


Photo Gallery:
www.hawaiiathletics.com/galleries/?gallery=669

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