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ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows 1 – First Strong Start. The slow starts for Hawai`i from Week 1 showed up again to begin Week 2 as in the blink of eye, the Bows trailed 16-5 en route to a 25-15 […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows 1 – Hawaiian Time. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Both opening sets this past weekend were nearly mirror images of one another. Friday against SMU, UH hit -.138 and lost the […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the Hawaiʻi Women’s Volleyball schedule release (and other offseason pertinent news). 1. Texas Two-Step. For the third time in the past four seasons, Hawai`i heads to Texas during the non-conference. 2022 (Texas A&M tournament), 2023 (TCU tournament) were Multi Team Tournaments […]

1 – A Set For The Ages. 36-34. The single largest set score in any match over the six-year history of the Hawaiian Islands presents the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship. It will also be remembered as the one set that got away. Nine. As in nine set point chances for Hawai`i to cash […]

By: Tiff Wells, ESPN Honolulu Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Play-by-Play Announcer 1 – First For Everything. Since the Big West Conference began Men’s Volleyball with the 2018 season, Hawai`i has never played on Day 1 of the conference tournament. Quarterfinal Thursday for the Rainbow Warriors meant a light workout and a Quarterfinal scout for their Semifinal […]

1 – Pass Well, Middles Can Work. It’s a simple game. Serve and pass well, you’ll be in nearly every match. With the night one passing not at its usual self, Hawai`i struggled in the 3-0 loss, hitting just .204 (37-18-93). The Bows saw only 15 of the 93 sets go to the middle tandem […]

By: Tiff Wells – ESPN Honolulu’s Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Play-by-Play 1 – Starting…Eight. Those that attended Senior Night knew that one of the six honorees would be the captain, Spyros Chakas. The last time they saw him it was March 10th as he was being helped off the floor by his teammates with a lower […]

By: Tiff Wells – ESPN Honolulu’s Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Play-by-Play 1 – Trying To Find Themselves. Since the news that Spyros Chakas would miss the remainder of the season, Hawai`i has lost three of four matches. They have also hit under .250 in three of those four matches as they continue to try and find […]

By: Tiff Wells – ESPN Honolulu’s Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Play-by-Play 1 – #PlayFor6. Fans fearing the worst heard final confirmation this past Tuesday as Head Coach Charlie Wade announced that Spyros Chakas would not been seen on the floor in a match for the rest of a season wearing a UH jersey. The 2022 Most […]

By: Tiff Wells – ESPN Honolulu’s Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Play-by-Play 1 – Resume Building Weekend. Coming into the Outrigger, UH was 4-1 against the Top 20, with two additional wins over a team that was receiving votes. But with a non-conference schedule that also included Emmanuel, Tusculum and Missouri S&T, many wondered if the Bows […]