gulf shores alabama โ The Big West champion University of Hawaii beach volleyball team heads to Alabama this week for its seventh NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearance. The Rainbow Wahine will play Loyola Marymount for the third year in a row. Opening match. The first serve will take place on Friday, May 3rd at 12:00 PM CDT/7:00 AM (HT) and the match will be broadcast on ESPNU. All five courts will also be streamed on ESPN+.
NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship – No. 9 Hawaii (24-11, Big West) vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount (27-13, WCC) | ||||
Opponent | Date | Time | Loyola Marymount | Friday, May 3, 2024 | 12:00 PM Central Time/7:00 AM Central Time | |||
position | gulf shores alabama | |||
tv set | ESPNU | |||
live stream | ESPN APP / ESPN+ (subscription required) | |||
game memo | Hawaii | |||
Social media | Morimori | Morimori | Facebook | |||
tournament bracket | interactive bracket | |||
Tournament website | NCAA.com |
All-time appearance in the NCAA TournamentAppearance: 7th place
Record: 9 wins, 10 losses
All-time records vs. LMUwhole: UH lead, 12-5
NCAA Tournament: LMU, 2-0
NCAA Tournament Storyline
- The University of California will compete in the 7th NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. The Beach Bows have appeared in seven of the eight NCAA tournaments, but only missed out in 2021.
- This will be the third year in a row that UH and LMU will meet in the NCAA. The Lions defeated the Beach Bows 3-0 in each of the past two NCAA meetings. The two teams also met this year in the regular season opener in Honolulu, with LMU defeating UH 4-1 in the Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic on February 22nd.
- The Rainbow Wahine earned the automatic bid after capturing the 2024 Big West Championship with a dramatic 3-2 victory over host Long Beach State on April 26. This was the fourth championship in eight seasons for Big West beach volleyball and the first since 2018, when UH finished. Achieved 3 consecutive victories.
- The Bowes enter the NCAAs with eight straight wins this season. The last four of those wins came in the Big West Championship.
- UH is 7-11 against ranked teams this season. All 11 losses have come against top-10 teams, and eight of the 11 losses have come against top-five teams. Four of his seven wins against UH's ranked teams have come against top-10 teams.
- The University of California played 11 teams in this year's NCAA field during the regular season. The Beach Bows went a combined 5-11 against teams that had wins over Long Beach State (No. 3), LSU and Georgia State.
- 'Bows is led by Alana Embry and Jaime Santar. The duo is 24-11 and are the only duo to have played in every game together this season.
- The Rainbow Wahine are 9-10 overall in the NCAA Tournament. UH has advanced to Championship Sunday twice, finishing third overall each time (2017 and 2018).
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