Billy Hull: Hawaii expected to face UC Irvine in semifinal must-win situation
Win or go home. One of the most exciting phrases in all of sports now applies to the Hawaii men’s volleyball team. Read more
Billy Hull
Billy Hull is the prep sports editor at Hawaii Prep World and a sports reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering a little bit of everything.
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Hawaii men’s volleyball swept, gets No. 2 seed in Big West tourney
Hawaii’s fourth different starting lineup in as many matches finally took its toll. Read more
No. 3 Hawaii gets swept in regular-season finale
The Rainbow Warriors (24-5, 7-3) will next play on Friday as the No. 2 seed in the semifinals of the Outrigger Big West Championship. Read more
Rainbow Warriors put Gauchos away in Big West men’s volleyball
Playing without two of its regular starting pin hitters, the third-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team is a victory away from winning at least a share of the Big West regular-season title. Read more
Short-handed Hawaii holds off UC Santa Barbara
Middle blocker Kurt Nusterer added nine kills and six blocks and hit .692 for Hawaii (24-4, 7-2 Big West), which played without opposite Kristian Titriyski and outside hitter Louis Sakanoko. Read more
Hawaii’s heavy-hitting Finn Kearney has impressed on defense as well
For all the big hits and hooking serves Finn Kearney hit over the weekend, his work in the back row is what impressed Hawaii coach Charlie Wade the most. Read more
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UH volleyball team beats Long Beach State in 5
Louis Sakanoko made an even bigger point on match point Saturday night. Read more
No. 1 Long Beach disappoints Hawaii’s full arena with resounding win
Tonight’s 7 p.m. match is also sold out, marking the first time UH volleyball will play in front of back-to-back home sellouts in the regular season since 1996. Read more
No. 1 Long Beach tops No. 4 Hawaii at sold-out Stan Sheriff
A sold-out SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 9,962 watched UH avoid a sweep in the third set and take a 20-18 lead in the fourth set before LBSU scored seven of the final eight points. Read more
Rainbow Warriors welcome Long Beach State, sold-out crowds this weekend
Every player on the Hawaii men’s volleyball roster decided to become a Rainbow Warrior for exactly what lies ahead tonight and Saturday at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
UH junior middle Kurt Nusterer will go from starting job to a dream job
Kurt Nusterer had his Hawaii volleyball career cut short by a year with one phone call he received last week. Read more
UH men’s volleyball bounces back against Cal State Northridge
Opposite Kristian Titriyski, who led the team with 12 kills, had two aces and three service errors in 11 serves. Read more
No. 5 Hawaii bounces back to sweep No. 9 CSUN
Kristian Titriyski had a team-high 12 kills before going down with an injury on UH’s first match point in the third set. Read more
Hawaii volleyball team suffers sweep at Cal State Northridge
The loss ended a nine-game winning streak for Hawaii against CSUN dating back to 2019. A year earlier, the Rainbow Warriors were swept on back-to-back nights in California. Read more
No. 5 Hawaii swept for 1st time this season
The Matadors hit .507 and dominated every facet of the game. They had 9.5 blocks — all in the first two sets — and were never really threatened. Read more
Hawaii knows trips to Cal State Northridge can go wrong quickly
Hawaii men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade doesn’t have to think too far back to the last time a trip to Northridge, Calif., derailed a season. Read more
Hazan’s journey to Hawaii includes serving in military for country at war
Hawaii freshman middle blocker Ofeck Hazan was serving in the Israeli military when the Gaza war broke out in 2023. Read more
Sterling Carvalho out as Kahuku head football coach
Kahuku won 32 consecutive games under Carvalho against Hawaii opponents beginning in 2021 following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Bows’ Sakanoko earns top BWC honor; Hawaii falls in rankings
Despite the series sweep to move to 21-2 overall this season, the Rainbow Warriors dropped one spot to No. 5 in this week’s AVCA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Poll. Read more
Billy Hull: NIL took all the madness out of March
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament isn’t going anywhere, but say aloha to March Madness as we know it. Read more
Hawaii topples UC San Diego in 4 in a match that gets testy
Winning volleyball doesn’t always have to be pretty. Read more
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