For Hawaii high school student-athletes are among the football prospects on official UH visits this weekend. UH extended the visiting schedule in the on-going attempt to build the verbal commitments for the 2024 recruiting class ..read more

Worse came to worst for the Rainbow Warrior basketball team with the announcement that leading scorer Noel Coleman will miss the rest of the season because of a fractured orbital. The condition is so fragile that even a face shield would not offer enough protection. Coleman, a guard, is averaging 14.8 points on 44.1% 3-point shooting. Coleman is the third ‘Bow out with a season-ending injury. During the preseason, Samuta Avea and point guard Juan Munoz underwent surgeries for season-ending ..read more

Two University of Hawaii basketball juniors — guard Junior Madut and center Mate Colina — have decided to pursue pro aspirations and not return for their senior seasons in 2022-23. Both are scheduled to earn bachelor’s degrees in May. Madut, who was born in South Sudan and reared in Australia, will his explore his basketball options. Colina, who grew up in Australia, already signed a future contract to play footie for the Richmond Tigers of the Australian Football League. Colina ..read more

The title has been decided. Bragging rights are still very much up for grabs. A night after clinching the Big West championship, the Rainbow Wahine (21-6, 18-1 BWC) take on UC Santa Barbara (20-11, 16-3) tonight aiming for payback for their lone loss of the conference season. A few weeks ago, the possibility of the Big West race coming down to senior night match was in play. The Gauchos swept UH at the Thunderdome on Oct. 22, but losses to ..read more

After nine weekends of conference play, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team enters its final homestand one win away from a repeat title. UH (20-6, 17-1) opens senior weekend with a match against Cal State Northridge (7-22, 6-13) on Friday with a chance to clinch the outright Big West championship and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Wahine secured a share of the title with a win at Cal Poly last Saturday and need at least a split ..read more

Not since Sept. 24, 2016 has a University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team ventured into the Mott Athletics Center and departed with a victory. It was Dave Shoji’s final year leading the Rainbow Wahine and Nikki Taylor put away 25 kills in a 32-34, 27-25, 25-17, 25-20 win over Cal Poly. The Mustangs have protected their home court in UH’s next three visits, winning in five sets in 2017, four sets in 2018 and posting a sweep in 2019. The ..read more

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team makes its first visit to Cal State Bakersfield’s Icardo Center to face the Roadrunners on their blue court today. UH enters the match on a seven-match winning streak and with a two-game lead in the Big West standings with second-place UC Santa Barbara taking on UC Davis at home later today. The Rainbow Wahine swept the Roadrunners 25-18, 25-20, 25-18 on Oct. 16 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Brooke Van Sickle and Amber ..read more

The Rainbow Wahine saw it’s lead in the Big West women’s volleyball standings grow since they last took the court. After Friday’s sweep of UC Irvine, UH had a rare Saturday off and got some help in the conference race when Long Beach State knocked off second-place UC Santa Barbara at the Walter Pyramid. As such, the Wahine enter today’s match with UC San Diego with a 1-1/2 game lead on the Gauchos and have a chance to open up ..read more

The line outside the main gate was still modest at 5:45 p.m. but there was more activity outside SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center for tonight’s Rainbow Wahine volleyball match with UC Irvine. But having fans on the main concourse represents a welcome change compared to the silence of earlier this season. UH played in front of gatherings of under 500 in its last homestand. Tonight’s match and Sunday’s meeting with UC San Diego will be the first of the ..read more

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will try to extend its winning streak in the storied series with Long Beach State today at the Walter Pyramid. UH picked up its eighth straight win in the series with the Beach on Oct. 1 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center when the Rainbow Wahine rallied in the first set then rolled to a 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 sweep. Long Beach State led 23-20 in the opening set with Kashauna Williams hammering nine kills ..read more