University of Hawai’i Athletics

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Warrior play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows 1 – Winning Isn’t Always Pretty. 12 errors in Set 1 on night 1 and Hawai`i still wins by 4 points (25-21). Night 2 featured 13 errors in the opening set and yet, the Rainbow […]

Down six runs entering the ninth, Hawai‘i baseball pulled off a stunning comeback, scoring 10 runs in the final frame to secure a 14-10 victory and a series win at CSUN on Sunday. Kamana Nahaku had a historic weekend, belting three home runs in the game to tie a UH single-game record—becoming just the sixth […]

Interim Athletics Director Lois Manin announced Monday that Eran Ganot will return as head coach of the University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team for the 2025–26 season, the final year of his contract. “Coach Ganot and I met last week, and we are committed to supporting the men’s basketball program, staff, and student-athletes as we […]

The University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team’s season ended Thursday with a 63-46 loss to UNLV in the first round of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) at Cox Pavilion. The Big West regular-season champions finished 22-10 after their fourth straight postseason appearance. UH started strong but trailed 27-20 at halftime before UNLV (26-7) pulled […]

On this edition of the Student Section, our guests were Mililani Baseball’s Aukai Araujo-Waiau (UH commit) & Malosi Mataafa-Alferos (Oregon commit), Mililani Girl’s Flag Football’s Zen Nelson & Kizia Mahuka, and University of Hawaii Women’s Soccer’s Jordyn Eldridge Sagapolutele & Julia Ortega! Mahalo to Raising Cane’s, HCAMP, and HawaiiUSA FCU for supporting ESPN Honolulu’s The […]

The University of Hawaiʻi is conducting a national search for a new athletics director for UH Mānoa, with a search committee aiming to announce the hire by mid-to-late summer. The committee, led by UH Board of Regents Chair Gabriel Lee and Jack Tsui of the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation, will identify candidates to navigate the […]

Hawaii sports journalism has lost a true legend with the passing of longtime writer Cindy Luis on Sunday. A pioneering force in the industry, Luis made history as the first female sports editor of a daily newspaper in Hawaii, breaking barriers and paving the way for women in media. For more than 40 years, Cindy […]

The third-ranked University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball team had its 10-match win streak snapped with a four-set loss to No. 5 USC in the 29th OUTRIGGER Invitational championship on Saturday. Set scores were 25-21, 25-20, 26-28, 25-21. UH (19-2) struggled against USC’s Dillon Klein, who had 21 kills. Kristian Titriyski led the Warriors with 23 […]

By Wes Nakama HENDERSON, Nev. — After first running into a buzzsaw, and then becoming one, top-seeded Hawai’i eventually lost to UC San Diego by a single basket in the final second Friday afternoon in the Big West Conference women’s basketball semifinals. Sumayah Sugapong’s driving layup with 0.1 seconds remaining was the killer blow after a […]

‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue hosted a rally for the no.1 seed Hawaii Women’s Basketball Team ahead of their semi-final round game on Friday, March 14, 2025 at The Oak Room in Henderson, NV. Mahalo to those who came out to support the team!