The 2023 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 14th-year head coach Charlie Wade, played home games at Stan Sheriff Center on the UH campus in the Honolulu neighborhood of Mānoa. The Rainbow Warriors, members of the Big West Conference, were picked by Big West coaches to win the conference in its preseason poll with Long Beach State. The Rainbow Warriors enter the season as the two-time defending national champions after defeating Long Beach State in the 2022 national championship game. The national championship was Hawai'i's second men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.
Previous season
Preseason Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 21, 2022. Hawaii was picked to finish first in the Big West Conference and had three players make the preseason team.
Big West Coaches' Poll Coaches' Poll 1 25 (5) 1 Long Beach State 19 3 UC Irvine 17 (1) 4 UC Santa Barbara 135 10 6 UC San Diego 6
Preseason All-Big West Team Player No. Position ClassJakob Thelle10SetterSenior Dimitrios Mouchlias 11 Outside/Opp. Hitter Junior Spyros Chakas 23 Outside/Opp. Hitter Junior
Roster Source: Defensive Specialist/Libero 4 Brett Sheward - Junior 5 'Eleu Choy - Freshman 15 Kai Taylor - Freshman
Middle Blockers 7 Cole Hogland - Junior 8 Kurt Nusterer - Freshman 14 Alaka'i Todd - Junior 19 Alex Parks - Freshman 21 Guilherme Voss - Junior Outside Hitters 1 Chaz Galloway - Junior 2 Derek Bradford - Freshman 6 Makua Marumoto - Sophomore 9 Devon Johnson - Junior 15 Kai Taylor - Freshman 16 Filip Humler - Senior 18 Cole Ottmar - Freshman 20 Keoni Thiim - Junior 23 Spyros Chakas - Junior 25 Kana'i Akana - Senior Opposite Hitters 7 Cole Hogland - Junior 11 Dimitrios Mouchlias - Junior 14 Alaka'i Todd - Junior 16 Filip Humler - Senior 23 Spyros Chakas - Junior
Setters 3 Josh Friedman - Sophomore 4 Brett Sheward - Junior 10 Jakob Thelle - Senior 12 Austin Buchanan - Sophomore
Coaches
Charlie Wade – head coach – 14th year Milan Zarkovic – associate head coach – 10th year Kupono Fey - assistant coach - 1st year Chad Giesseman – volunteer coach –
Schedule TV/Internet Streaming information: All home games will be televised on Spectrum Sports. All conference road games will be streamed on ESPN+ or the respective schools streaming service.
DateTimeStreaming/RadioOpponent RankStadiumScoreSetsAttendanceOverallBWC1/127 p.m.SPEC#6 Ball State#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW, 3–1 (25–16, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17)5,5811-0—1/137 p.m.SPEC#6 Ball State#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3–1(23–25, 25–23, 25–18, 25–18)6,6462-0—1/187 p.m.SPECSt. Francis#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3–0(25–16, 25–18, 25–23)4,5143-0—1/207 p.m.SPECSt. Francis#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3–0(25–21, 25–20, 25–20)5,4274-01/252 p.m.YouTube@ Queens#1Curry Arena at the Levine CenterCharlotte, NCW 3–0(25–20, 25–21, 25–17)4555-01/262 p.m.Conference Carolinas DN@ Belmont Abbey#1Wheeler CenterBelmont, NCW 3–0(25–18, 25–18, 25–21)1,1546-01/282:30 p.m.Conference Carolinas DN@ Barton#1Wilson GymnasiumWilson, NCW 3–0(25–11, 25–19, 25–14)7957-02/105 p.m.P12+ STAN@ #8 Stanford#1Burnham Pavilion & Ford CenterStanford, CAW 3–0(25–22, 25–19, 26–24)1,7038-02/114 p.m.P12+ STAN@ #8 Stanford#1Burnham Pavilion & Ford CenterStanford, CAW 3–0(27–25, 25–19, 25–19)1,3369-02/167 p.m.SPECConcordia Irvine#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3–1(25–14, 22–25, 25–15, 25–23)4,92010-02/177 p.m.SPECConcordia Irvine#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(25–20, 25–19, 25–19)5,38111-02/227 p.m.SPECLIU#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(25–13, 25–13, 25–18)4,37112-02/247 p.m.SPECLIU#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(25–18, 25–13, 25–16)5,24513-03/017 p.m.SPEC#7 Pepperdine#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-1(25–15, 22–25, 25–22, 25–21)5,05914-03/037 p.m.SPEC#7 Pepperdine#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(25–19, 25–18, 25–21)7,45215-0OUTRIGGER Volleyball Invitational3/097 p.m.SPECPurdue Fort Wayne#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(27–25, 25–13, 25–20)4,69616-03/107 p.m.SPEC#3 Penn State#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIL 1-3(25–21, 23–25, 21–25, 23–25)6,55716-13/117 p.m.SPEC#2 UCLA#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-1(29–27, 21–25, 25–22, 28–26)10,30017-1Big West Conference Play3/177 p.m.SPEC#4 Long Beach State*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIL 0-3(20–25, 27–29, 22–25)7,52717-2(0–1)3/187 p.m.SPEC#4 Long Beach State*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0 (25–16, 25–23, 25–23)(25–16, 25–23, 25–23)9,57918-2(1-1)3/244 p.m.ESPN+@ #14 CSUN*#2Premier America Credit Union ArenaNorthridge, CAW 3-0(25–22, 25–14, 25–18)51319-2(2–1)3/254 p.m.ESPN+@ #14 CSUN*#2Premier America Credit Union ArenaNorthridge, CAW 3-0(25–17, 25–18, 25–15)52220-2(3–1)3/314 p.m.ESPN+@ UC Santa Barbara*#1Robertson GymnasiumSanta Barbara, CAW 3-0(25–22, 25–21, 29–27)54221-2(4–1)4/014 p.m.ESPN+@ UC Santa Barbara*#1Robertson GymnasiumSanta Barbara, CAW 3-0(25–19, 25–21, 29–27)63422-2(5–1)4/077 p.m.SPEC#5 UC Irvine*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-1(25–16, 17–25, 25–23, 25–22)7,39923-2(6–1)4/087 p.m.SPEC#5 UC Irvine*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(26–24, 25–20, 25–19)8,40924-2(7–1)4/147 p.m.SPECUC San Diego*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-1(28–26, 25–17, 19–25, 25–14)7,02225-2(8–1)4/157 p.m.SPECUC San Diego*#1Stan Sheriff CenterHonolulu, HIW 3-0(25–19, 25–22, 25–21)10,30026-2(9–1)OUTRIGGER Big West Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands4/212 p.m.ESPN+UC Santa Barbara(4)#1(1)Bren Events CenterIrvine, CA(Big West Semifinal)W 3-0(25–18, 25–19, 25–18)127-24/224 p.m.ESPNU@ #5 UC Irvine(3)#1(1)Bren Events CenterIrvine, CA(Big West Championship)W 3-1(25–18, 21–25, 25–13, 25–22)4,06428-2NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship5/41:30 p.m.NCAA.com#3 Penn State#1 (2)EagleBank ArenaFairfax, VA(NCAA Semifinal)W 3–2(25–20, 25–23, 16–25, 23–25, 15–10)3,78229-25/611 a.m.ESPN2#2 UCLA (1)#1 (2)EagleBank ArenaFairfax, VA(NCAA Championship)L 1-3(26–28, 33–31, 21–25, 21–25)(26–28, 33–31, 21–25, 21–25)6,94229-3
Rankings
^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.
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