LONG BEACH, Calif. — The No. 11 University of Hawaii women's beach volleyball team will gear up for the postseason at the Big West Beach Volleyball Championships April 25-26 in Long Beach.
The Rainbow Wahine are seeking their fourth conference title, the first since 2018 when they played against six other teams in a new tournament format. The first day of the event will see each team in action with modified pool play. After the first day, the participants will be narrowed down to six and a single-elimination bracket will begin on the second day to determine the Big West Champion. UH (20-11) is The No. 3 seed will open pool play against No. 6 seed CSU Bakersfield on Thursday, April 25 at 9:30 a.m. PT/6:30 a.m. PT. If UH wins both games on Thursday and occupies the pool, it will earn a bye to Friday's championship semifinals.
2024 Big West Beach Volleyball Championship | ||||
who | 1st Cal Poly, 2nd Long Beach State, 3rd Hawaii, 4th UC Davis, 5th CSUN, 6th CSU Bakersfield, 7th Sacramento State. | |||
date | time | First service on Thursday, April 25th at 9:30am PT | First service on Friday, April 26th at 8:30am PT | |||
position | Long Beach, California — Long Beach City College | |||
tournament central | Bracket | Live Score | Tournament History | |||
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At the UH Big West Championship: UH has an overall record of 18-8 in the tournament, winning tournament honors in its first three years of existence (2016, '17 and '18). Since then, UC has won three straight championships (2019, '21, '22) before Long Beach State won its first-ever title last year (2023)…seven of UH's eight losses. The loss was to Cal Poly…this includes last year when the Mustangs defeated the top-seeded and host Beech Bows in the semifinals…prior to that, UH won each of the first six editions. He had advanced to the tournament finals.
What's going wrong: This year marks the third consecutive year that the tournament winner earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 2023 he will be expanded to 17 teams. This time he will have 9 automatic bids and he will have 8 public bids. This year… Three Big West teams, No. 5 Cal Poly, No. 7 Long Beach State, and No. 11 Hawaii are currently ranked in the AVCA poll… The NCAA Selection Show is Sunday, April 28th 11 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT The 2024 NCAA Championships will be held May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Big West Review: All seven teams from the conference will convene for the Big West Challenge, which will be held March 22-23 on the campuses of Sacramento State University and the University of California, Davis. That weekend, UH went 5-1 and defeated then No. 7 Long Beach State, 3-2, to settle the matter. In the tournament, they lost 5-0 to California Poly, which was ranked 9th at the time.
approaching a milestone: Cary Gragau She ranks third all-time in dual match wins at Cal State with 99…she joins Ali Homayoun (115) and fellow Canadian Emily Maglio (108) with 100 dual match wins in her career. He's just one win away from becoming the third Rainbow Wahine player)…another Canadian, a senior. Jaime SantarWith 21 wins so far this year, he currently ranks seventh on UH's all-time list with 82 total dual meet wins, just five behind. Brooke Van Sickle In 6th place.
'Bowbit: UH used 17 different combinations this year…No. 1 combination Jaime Santar–Alana Embry While being the only players to appear in all 31 games together, Sidney Amitu and Riley Wagoner We've played together in all but one game…anna madement and sidney millerare the winningest pairing in the lineup with a 20-6 overall record (.769), including 16-4 (.800) in the fifth flight.
All-time records in the field: Bowes are 10-0 against CSUN and CSU Bakersfield…Bowes are 6-0 against Sacramento State…UH is 9-1 against UC Davis…UH is 24-9 overall against LBSU Loses…Bows has defeated Beach in 8 of their past 9 and 16 of their past 19 meetings…Beach defeated the University for the first time in history at the Big West Championship in Honolulu last year…UH vs. Cal Poly A total of 14 wins and 12 losses. And they've dropped it in the last two games against the Mustangs.
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