2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record23-7 (5-5 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachMilan Zarkovic (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kupono Fey (2nd season)
  • Chad Giesseman (1st season)
Home stadiumStan Sheriff Center

The 2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team is the varsity intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH). The Rainbow Warriors, led by 15th-year head coach Charlie Wade, played their home matches at the Stan Sheriff Center on the UH campus in the Honolulu neighborhood of Mānoa. The Rainbow Warriors, members of the Big West Conference, were picked near the top of the Big West preseason coaches poll, with Long Beach State favored to win the conference.[1] Hawaiʻi entered the 2024 season as a national contender and recent NCAA champion, having won back-to-back national titles in 2021 and 2022. The Rainbow Warriors concluded the 2024 season with a loss to UC Irvine in the Big West Conference postseason tournament,[2] marking the first time since 2018 that the Bows did not appear in the NCAA Tournament.

2024 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State ‍†‍‡‍y 9 – 1   .900 27 – 3   .900
No. 4 UC Irvine ‍‍‍y 7 – 3   .700 20 – 11   .645
No. 5 Hawaii ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 23 – 7   .767
No. 20 UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 12 – 15   .444
No. 14 Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 13 – 16   .448
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 9 – 18   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Previous season

Last season, the University of Hawaii finished with a 29–3 record, going 9–1 in the Big West, and being named conference champions. They received the Big West's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA men's volleyball tournament, beating UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine to win the 2024 Big West tournament. Hawaii finished the season ranked third in the nation following the NCAA tournament's conclusion, where they fell in the finals to UCLA.

Preseason

Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 21, 2023. Hawaii was picked to finish second in the Big West Conference and had two players make the preseason team.

Big West Coaches' Poll

Coaches' Poll
Pos. Team Points
1 Long Beach State 23 (3)
2 Hawai'i 21 (2)
3 UC Irvine 19 (1)
4 UC Santa Barbara 11
T-5 CSUN 8
UC San Diego

Preseason All-Big West Team

Preseason All-Big West Team
Player No. Position Class
Spyros Chakas 6 Outside/Opp. Hitter Senior
Guilherme Voss 21 Outside/Opp. Hitter Senior

Roster

Source:[3]

2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 5 'Eleu Choy - Junior
  • 11 Ryan Sears - Freshman
  • 15 Kai Taylor - Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 3 Zack Yewchuk - Freshman
  • 8 Kurt Nusterer - Freshman
  • 14 Alaka'i Todd - Junior
  • 19 Alex Parks - Freshman
  • 21 Guilherme Voss - Junior
  • 22 Zachary Thompson - Junior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Chaz Galloway - Junior
  • 4 Cole Ottmar - Sophmore
  • 6 Spyros Chakas - Senior
  • 7 Kai Rodriguez - Freshman
  • 9 Justin Todd - Freshman
  • 15 Kai Taylor - Freshman
  • 20 Keoni Thiim - Senior
  • 23 Louis Sakanoko - Freshman
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 3 Zack Yewchuk - Freshman
  • 6 Spyros Chakas - Junior
  • 12 Austin Buchanan - Junior
  • 14 Alaka'i Todd - Senior.
  • 17 Oguzhan Oguz - Sophmore
  • 23 Louis Sakanoko - Feshman

Setters

  • 12 Austin Buchanan - Sophomore
  • 13 Tread Rosenthal - Freshman
  • 16 Kevin Kauling - Graduate
  

Coaches

2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Coaching Staff
  • Charlie Wade – head coach – 15th year
  • Milan Zarkovic – associate head coach – 11th year
  • Kupono Fey - assistant coach - 2nd year
  • Chad Giesseman – assistant coach – 1st year

Schedule

Source:[4]

Date
Time 		TV/Radio Opponent Rank Stadium Score Sets Attendance Overall BWC
Jan. 3

7 p.m.

SPEC Loyola Chicago #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3–0
[5] 		25–23

25–19 25–20

5,461 1-0 —
Jan. 5

7 p.m.

SPEC Loyola Chicago #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 L, 2–3
[6] 		25–18

22–25 25–18 23–25 13-15

5,868 1-1 —
Jan. 10

7 p.m.

SPEC Emmanuel #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3–0
[7] 		25–10

25–19 25–16

4,862 2-1 —
Jan. 12

7 p.m.

SPEC Emmanuel #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3–0 [8] 25–7

25–8 25–18

5,903 3-1 —
Jan. 25

2 p.m.

ESPN Honolulu (Radio) @ Purdue Fort Wayne #4 Gates Sports Center

Fort Wayne, IN

W, 3-1 [9] 22–25

25–13 25–21 25–14

897 4-1 —
Jan. 26
2 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ Purdue Fort Wayne #4 Gates Sports Center

Fort Wayne, IN

W, 3-0 [10] 25–19

25–19 25–12

1385 5-1 —
Jan. 28
2:00 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ Ball State #4 Worthen Arena

Muncie, IN

W, 3-1 [11] 25–23

23–25 25–21 25–19

2526 6-1 —
Feb. 2
7 p.m. 		SPEC Tusculum #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [12] 25–11

25–16 25–17

5417 7-1 —
Feb. 4
5 p.m. 		SPEC Tusculum #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [13] 25–15

25–11 25–7

4874 8-1 —
Feb. 7
7 p.m. 		SPEC Stanford #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [14] 21–25

25–15 25–22 25–12

6125 9-1 —
Feb. 9
7 p.m. 		SPEC Stanford #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [15] 27–25

25–7 25–20

9226 10-1 —
Feb. 22
7 p.m. 		SPEC Missouri S&T #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [16] 25–12

25–12 25–20

4922 11-1 —
Feb. 23
7 p.m. 		SPEC Missouri S&T #3 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		W, 3-0 [17] 25–14

25–18 25–17

5345 12-1 —
Mar. 1
7 p.m. 		SPEC Sacred Heart #3 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		W, 3-0 [18] 25–17

25–13 25–17

5160 13-1 —
Mar. 3
5 p.m. 		SPEC Sacred Heart #3 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		W, 3-0 [19] 25–17

25–16 25–20

4851 14-1 —
OUTRIGGER Volleyball Invitational
Mar. 7
7 p.m. 		SPEC Lewis #3 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		W, 3-0 [20] 25–9

25–18 25–21

4908 15-1 —
Mar. 8
7 p.m. 		SPEC Grand Canyon #3 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		W, 3-0 [21] 25–17

25–20 25–20

8422 16-1 —
Mar. 10
5 p.m. 		SPEC UC Irvine #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-2 [22] 23–25

25–19 25–22 17–25 15–13

7558 17-1 —
Big West Conference Play
3/17
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ Long Beach State* #1 LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

Long Beach, CA

L, 0-3 [23] 22-25

20-25 28-30

4012 17-2 0-1
3/18
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ Long Beach State* #1 LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

Long Beach, CA

L, 2-3 [24] 20-25

25-20 23-25 26-24 13-15

4062 17-3 0-2
3/24
4 p.m. 		SPEC CSUN* #2 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [25] 25-15

19-25 27-25 25-17

6858 18-3 1-2
3/25
4 p.m. 		SPEC CSUN* #2 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

L, 1-3 [26] 23-25

16-25 25-22 21-25

6839 18-4 1-3
3/31
4 p.m. 		SPEC UC Santa Barbara* #5 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [27] 25-23

25-21 26-24

7490 19-4 2-3
4/01
4 p.m. 		SPEC UC Santa Barbara* #5 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-2 [28] 25-21

26-24 23-25 21-25 15-12

9654 20-4 3-3
4/07
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ UC Irvine* #4 Bren Events Center

Irvine, CA

L, 0-3 [29] 20-25

19-25 21-25

2058 20-5 3-4
4/08
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ UC Irvine* #4 Bren Event Center

Irvine, CA

W, 3-1 [30] 22-25

27-25 25-18 25-18

2600 21-5 4-4
4/14
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ UC San Diego* #5 LionTree Arena

La Jolla, CA

W, 3-1 [31] 25-20

25-16 12-25 25-20

1470 22-5 5-4
4/15
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu @ UC San Diego* #5 LionTree Arena

La Jolla, CA

L, 0-3 [32] 25-27

21-25 20-25

1921 22-6 5-5
OUTRIGGER Big West Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands
4/18
7 p.m. 		SPEC UC Santa Barbara #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [33] 23-25

25-20 25-17 25-23

6087 23-6 —
4/19
7 p.m. 		SPEC UC Irvine #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

L, 0-3 [34] 24-26

34-36 15-25

6400 23-7 —

Rankings

Source:[35]

Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
AVCA 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 5 4 5 5 5

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