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By: Tiff Wells, ESPN Honolulu Play-by-Play 1 – Milestone for Igiede. Her 9th kill in Set 3 on Saturday gave her 1,000 for her career. The All-American Middle Blocker becomes UH’s 21st player to reach that milestone. Over the nine sets played against USC, Igiede recorded 31 kills on 53 swings to hit .488, while […]

By: Tanner Haworth The University of Hawaii loses against the Stanford Cardinal in their home debut, 37-24. After raising expectations for the level of play in 2023 in a hard-fought game against Vanderbilt last week, the Rainbow Warriors could not stop shooting themselves in the foot, finishing with ten penalties for 107 yards.  Even though […]

By: Tanner Haworth While the ‘Bows made it a one possession game in the fourth quarter, the Commodores capitalized on UH’s mistakes in all three phases of the game The Rainbow Warriors lost in a heartbreaker to the Vanderbilt Commodores, 35-28. In a game where offenses shined, it was Hawaii that outgained Vanderbilt in a […]

By: ESPN Honolulu Staff Alexander Field roared to life on a humid Friday afternoon as Punahou played host to Millikan High School of Long Beach, Calif. What started out as a close game quickly turned into a dominating performance by the Buff ‘n Blue, ending in a convincing 51-7 win. For most of the first […]

Take a look at some of the top performers from week one of the Hawaii high school football season. All stats are courtesy of scoringlive.com. It should also be mentioned that players listed below are from teams covered and/or broadcasted by ESPN Honolulu. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele: Quarterback, Campbell High School Week 1 Stats: 27-39, 431 passing […]

By: Annaliese Gumboc Friday, June 30, Waikiki restaurant Giovanni Pastrami hosted the UH Men’s Basketball team, kicking off the team’s second year of partnership with Braddahhood Grindz. Athletes were invited to enjoy a free meal and form connections with event guests, which included Governor Josh Green and a number of local business owners. Braddahhood Grindz […]

By: Tiff Wells Multiple flights needed to get to the East Coast, the two-time defending National Champions arrived on Quarterfinal Tuesday to live scout their future Semifinal opponent. Watching Penn State and Ohio State live, the Rainbow Warriors knew they would have a second chance to play Penn State, one of the two teams that […]

By: Tiff Wells The motto for the participants at the 2023 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship this week is “whatever it takes to survive and advance.” Win and move on, lose and the season is done. For the No. 2 seed Hawai`i, final preparations are underway ahead of their trip East…far East. 4,809 is the […]

By Tiff Wells: In the week leading up to heading to Irvine, UH learned that six of their seven starters were named to the 14-player Big West Conference First Team. Add in Kurt Nusterer receiving All-Freshman honors, UH received a total of seven all-conference honors. Getting the two seed in the Outrigger Resorts Men’s Volleyball […]