2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball
NCAA Tournament, Semi Finals
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record27-6 (7-3 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachMilan Zarkovic (12th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kupono Fey (3rd season)
  • Chad Giesseman (2nd season)
Home stadiumStan Sheriff Center

The 2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team is the varsity intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH). The Rainbow Warriors, led by 16th-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 third in the Big West preseason coaches poll, with Long Beach State selected first and UC Irvine second.[1] Hawaiʻi entered the 2025 season looking to return to national prominence following their absence from the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The team ultimately won the Big West Conference Championship to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Rainbow Warriors advanced to the national semifinals before falling to the UCLA Bruins, concluding their season.[2][3]

2025 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍y 8 – 2   .800 30 – 3   .909
No. 3 Hawaii ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 3   .700 27 – 6   .818
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 21 – 7   .750
No. 10 UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 18 – 12   .600
No. 17 UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 12 – 16   .429
No. 9 Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 18 – 11   .621
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Previous season

Last season, the University of Hawaii finished wit a 23–7 record, going 5–5 in the Big West. The Warriors ended the season with a loss to UC Irvine in the Big West Championship Finals.[4]

Preseason

Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 19, 2024. Hawaii was picked to finish third in the Big West Conference and had one player make preseason team.[5]

Big West Coaches' Poll

Coaches' Poll
Pos. Team Points
1 Long Beach State 24 (4)
3 UC Irvine 21 (2)
2 Hawai'i 18
4 UC Santa Barbara 12
5 CSUN 8
6 UC San Diego 7

Preseason All-Big West Team

Preseason All-Big West Team
Player No. Position Class
Tread Rosenthal 13 Setter Sophomore

Roster

Source:[6]

2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 5 'Eleu Choy - Senior
  • 6 Matthew Wheels - Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 8 Kurt Nusterer - Junior
  • 9 Justin Todd - Freshman
  • 14 Presley Longfellow - Junior
  • 16 Ofeck Hazan - Freshman
  • 19 Alex Parks - Sophmore
  • 22 Zachary Thompson - Senior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 7 Adrien Roure - Freshman
  • 9 Justin Todd - Freshman
  • 11 Finn Kearney - Freshman (also listed as an opposite hitter)
  • 15 Kai Taylor - Freshman (also listed as a libero)
  • 20 Kawai Hong - Senior
  • 23 Louis Sakanoko - Sophmore (also listed as an opposite hitter)
  • 24 Clay Wieter - Senior
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 4 Kainoa Wade - Freshman
  • 10 Kristian Titriyski - Freshman

Setters

  • 1 Victor Lowe - Freshman
  • 3 Vladimir Kubr - Junior
  • 13 Tread Rosenthal - Sophmore
  

Coaches

2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Coaching Staff
  • Charlie Wade – head coach – 16th year
  • Milan Zarkovic – associate head coach – 12th year
  • Kupono Fey - assistant coach - 3rd year
  • Chad Giesseman – assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule

Source:[7]

Date
Time 		TV/Radio Opponent Rank Stadium Score Sets Attendance Overall BWC
Preseason Exhibition Match
Dec. 30

6 p.m.

Not Broadcast British Columbia #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3–0
[8] 		25–18

25–14 25–19

— 0-0 —
Regular Season Matches
Jan. 3

7 p.m.

SPEC McKendree #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3–1
[9] 		25-20

20–25 25–22 25–22

5371 1-0 —
Jan. 5

5 p.m.

ESPN Honolulu McKendree #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

 W, 3-0 [10] 25-20

25–19 25–16

5187 2-0 —
Jan. 8

7 p.m.

SPEC Harvard #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [11] 25-18

25–17 25–20

5035 3-0 —
Jan. 10

2 p.m.

ESPN Honolulu Harvard #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-2 [12] 25-17

25–27 25–15 21–25 16–14

5676 4-0 —
Jan. 15
7 p.m. 		SPEC Princeton #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [13] 25-20

25–18 20–25 25–17

5775 5-0 —
Jan. 17
7 p.m. 		ESPN Honolulu Princeton #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [14] 25-17

25–17 25–23

7152 6-0 —
Jan. 31
4 p.m. 		BYUtv @ BYU #4 Smith Fieldhouse

Provo, UT

W, 3-2 [15] 20-25

25–22 23–25 25–16 22–20

5019 7-0 —
Feb. 1
4 p.m. 		BYUtv @ BYU #4 Smith Fieldhouse

Provo, UT

W, 3-1 [16] 25-18

25–22 22–25 25–22

5387 8-0 —
Feb. 5
7 p.m. 		SPEC Stanford #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-2 [17] 23-25

25–20 25–19 20–25 16–14

6832 9-0 —
Feb. 7
7 p.m. 		SPEC Stanford #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

L, 1-3 [18] 25-19

24–26 23–25 24–26

8559 9-1 —
Feb. 20
2 p.m. 		ESPN+ @ Belmont Abbey #4 Wheeler Center Belmont Abbey

Belmont, NC

W, 3-0 [19] 25-15

25–15 25–23

1145 10-1 —
Feb. 21
1 p.m. 		ESPN+ @ Queens (N.C.) #4 Curry Arena

Charlotte, NC

W, 3-0 [20] 25-19

25–21 25–16

917 11-1 —
Feb. 22
6 a.m. 		ESPN+ @ Catawba College #4 Goodman Arena

Salisbury, NC

W, 3-1 [21] 25-19

25–11 25–27 25–19

780 12-1 —
Feb. 22
1 p.m. 		ESPN+ @ Queens (N.C.) #4 Curry Arena

Charlotte, NC

W, 3-1 [21] 25-20

25–20 22–25 25–20

753 13-1 —
Feb. 28
7 p.m. 		SPEC UC Irvine (Big West Conference Play) #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [22] 25-21

26–24 25–22

7849 14-1 1-0
Mar. 2
5 p.m. 		SPEC UC Irvine (Big West Conference Play) #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [23] 25-22

25–19 25–20

8087 15-1 2-0
Mar. 5
7 p.m. 		SPEC Lindenwood #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [24] 25-13

25–20 27–25

5382 16-1 2-0
Mar. 7

7 p.m.

CBS Sports Radio Hawai'i Lindenwood #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [25] 25-16

23–25 27–25 25–23

5953 17-1 2-0
OUTRIGGER Invitational
Mar. 13

7 p.m.

SPEC Ball State #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [26] 25-19

25–13 29–27

5690 18-1 2-0
Mar. 14

7 p.m.

SPEC Penn State #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [27] 25-13

25–23 25–12

6692 19-1 2-0
Mar. 15

7 p.m.

SPEC USC #3 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

L, 1-3 [28] 21-25

20–25 28–26 21–25

8599 19-2 2-0
Big West Conference Play
Mar. 28

7 p.m.

SPEC UC San Diego #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-0 [29] 25-21

25–21 25–18

6801 20-2 3-0
Mar. 29

7 p.m.

SPEC UC San Diego #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [30] 27-25

25–23 17–25 25–18

7481 21-2 4-0
Apr. 4

3 p.m.

ESPN+ @ CSUN #5 Premier America Credit Union Arena

Northridge, CA

L, 0-3 [31] 17-25

20–25 20–25

700 21-3 4-1
Apr. 5 3 p.m. ESPN+ @ CSUN #5 Premier America Credit Union Arena

Northridge, CA

W, 3-0 [32] 25-18

25–21 29–27

1059 22-3 5-1
Apr. 11

7 p.m.

SPEC Long Beach State #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

L, 1-3 [33] 21-25

18–25 25–18 21–25

10300 22-4 5-2
Apr. 12

7 p.m.

SPEC Long Beach State #4 Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-2 [34] 21-25

25–20 18–25 25–19 15–13

10300 23-4 6-2
Apr. 18

4 p.m.

ESPN+ @ UC Santa Barbara #3 Thunderdome

Santa Barbara, CA

W, 3-1 [35] 25-22

19–25 25–22 25–20

727 24-4 7-2
Apr. 19

4 p.m.

ESPN+ @ UC Santa Barbara #3 Thunderdome

Santa Barbara, CA

L, 0-3 [36] 22-25

22–25 25–27

713 24-5 7-3
OUTRIGGER Big West Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands
Apr. 25

7 p.m.

SPEC UC Irvine (Semifinals) — Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [37] 25-21

15–25 25–21 25–23

7209 25-5
Apr. 26

7 p.m.

SPEC Long Beach State (Championship) — Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu, HI

W, 3-1 [38] 25-21

25–22 21–25 25–22

8576 26-5
NCAA Championship
May 8

7:30 a.m.

ESPN+ Penn State (Quarterfinals) — Covelli Center

Columbus, OH

W, 3-1 [39] 25-19

21–25 25–23 25–23

— 27-5 —
May 10

2 p.m.

ESPN+ UCLA (Semifinals) — Coveli Center

Columbus, OH

L, 0-3 [40] 14-25

23–25 23–25

3342 27-6 —

Rankings

Source:[41]

Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final
AVCA 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 3

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