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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 – Almost Had It. Coming off the tough 0-3 road-trip from the previous week, Hawai`i opened its conference slate at home against UC Irvine. Statistically the best blocking team in the conference, UCI out-blocked […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows 1 – It’s Been A Minute Vegas. Not since 1997 when Hawai`i was a member of the WAC had they played a match at UNLV. Prior to the exhibition this past spring, UH hadn’t played […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows 1 – Alexander’s Night To Remember. September 14th, 2024. You’ll always remember where you were when Caylen Alexander went off against Texas State. A historic match for the Most Outstanding Player of the 28th Outrigger […]

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 […]