# 2023 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

The 2023 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 14th-year head coach Charlie Wade, played home games at Stan Sheriff Center on the UH campus in the Honolulu neighborhood of Mānoa. The Rainbow Warriors, members of the Big West Conference, were picked by Big West coaches to win the conference in its preseason poll with Long Beach State. The Rainbow Warriors enter the season as the two-time defending national champions after defeating Long Beach State in the 2022 national championship game. The national championship was Hawai'i's second men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.

## Season highlights

* Will be filled in as the season progresses.

## Preseason
### Coaches poll

The preseason poll was released on December 21, 2022. Hawaiʻi was picked to finish first in the Big West Conference standings.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 25 (5) |
| 2 | Long Beach State | 19 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 17 (1) |
| 4 | UC Santa Barbara | 13 |
| 5 | CSUN | 10 |
| 6 | UC San Diego | 6 |

## Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:
    All home games will be televised on Spectrum Sports. All conference road games will be streamed on ESPN+ or the respective schools streaming service.
| Date Time | Opponent | Rank $^{(TournamentSeed)}$ | Arena City (Tournament) | Television | Score | Attendance | Record (Big West Record) |
| 1/12 7 p.m. | #6 Ball State | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Challenge) | SPEC | W 3–1 (25–16, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17) | 5,581 | 1-0 |
| 1/13 7 p.m. | #6 Ball State | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Challenge) | SPEC | W 3–1 (23-25, 25–23, 25-18, 25–18) | 6,646 | 2-0 |
| 1/18 7 p.m. | St. Francis | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3–0 (25-16, 25–18, 25-23) | 4,514 | 3-0 |
| 1/20 7 p.m. | St. Francis | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3–0 (25-21, 25–20, 25-20) | 5,427 | 4-0 |
| 1/25 2 p.m. | @ Queens | #1 | Curry Arena at the Levine Center Charlotte, NC | YouTube | W 3–0 (25-20, 25–21, 25-17) | 455 | 5-0 |
| 1/26 2 p.m. | @ Belmont Abbey | #1 | Wheeler Center Belmont, NC | Conference Carolinas DN | W 3–0 (25-18, 25–18, 25-21) | 1,154 | 6-0 |
| 1/28 2:30 p.m. | @ Barton | #1 | Wilson Gymnasium Wilson, NC | Conference Carolinas DN | W 3–0 (25-11, 25–19, 25-14) | 795 | 7-0 |
| 2/10 5 p.m. | @ #8 Stanford | #1 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–0 (25-22, 25-19, 26-24) | 1,703 | 8-0 |
| 2/11 4 p.m. | @ #8 Stanford | #1 | Burnham Pavilion & Ford Center Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | W 3–0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-19) | 1,336 | 9-0 |
| 2/16 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3–1 (25-14, 22-25, 25-15, 25-23) | 4,920 | 10-0 |
| 2/17 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) | 5,381 | 11-0 |
| 2/22 7 p.m. | LIU | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-18) | 4,371 | 12-0 |
| 2/24 7 p.m. | LIU | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-16) | 5,245 | 13-0 |
| 3/01 7 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-1 (25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21) | 5,059 | 14-0 |
| 3/03 7 p.m. | #7 Pepperdine | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-21) | 7,452 | 15-0 |
| 3/09 7 p.m. | Purdue Fort Wayne | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) | SPEC | W 3-0 (27-25, 25-13, 25-20) | 4,696 | 16-0 |
| 3/10 7 p.m. | #3 Penn State | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) | SPEC | L 1-3 (25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 23-25) | 6,557 | 16-1 |
| 3/11 7 p.m. | #2 UCLA | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Volleyball Invitational) | SPEC | W 3-1 (29-27, 21-25, 25-22, 28-26) | 10,300 | 17-1 |
| 3/17 7 p.m. | #4 Long Beach State* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | L 0-3 (20-25, 27-29, 22-25) | 7,527 | 17-2 (0-1) |
| 3/18 7 p.m. | #4 Long Beach State* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-23) | 9,579 | 18-2 (1-1) |
| 3/24 4 p.m. | @ #14 CSUN* | #2 | Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-18) | 513 | 19-2 (2-1) |
| 3/25 4 p.m. | @ #14 CSUN* | #2 | Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-15) | 522 | 20-2 (3-1) |
| 3/31 4 p.m. | @ UC Santa Barbara* | #1 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 29-27) | 542 | 21-2 (4-1) |
| 4/01 4 p.m. | @ UC Santa Barbara* | #1 | Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 29-27) | 634 | 22-2 (5-1) |
| 4/07 7 p.m. | #5 UC Irvine* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-1 (25-16, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22) | 7,399 | 23-2 (6-1) |
| 4/08 7 p.m. | #5 UC Irvine* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-19) | 8,409 | 24-2 (7-1) |
| 4/14 7 p.m. | UC San Diego* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-1 (28-26, 25-17, 19-25, 25-14) | 7,022 | 25-2 (8-1) |
| 4/15 7 p.m. | UC San Diego* | #1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | SPEC | W 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-21) | 10,300 | 26-2 (9-1) |
| 4/21 2 p.m. | UC Santa Barbara $^{(4)}$ | #1 $^{(1)}$ | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA (Big West Semifinal) | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18) | 1 | 27-2 |
| 4/22 4 p.m. | @ #5 UC Irvine $^{(3)}$ | #1 $^{(1)}$ | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA (Big West Championship) | ESPNU | W 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-13, 25-22) | 4,064 | 28-2 |
| 5/4 1:30 p.m. | #3 Penn State | #1 $^{(2)}$ | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA (NCAA Semifinal) | NCAA.com | W 3–2 (25–20, 25-23, 16-25, 23-25, 15-10) | 3,782 | 29-2 |
| 5/6 11 a.m. | #2 UCLA $^{(1)}$ | #1 $^{(2)}$ | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA (NCAA Championship) | ESPN2 | L 1-3 (26-28, 33-31, 21-25, 21-25) | 6,942 | 29-3 |
    *-Indicates conference match.
    Times listed are Hawaii Time Zone.

## Announcers for televised games

* Ball State: Kanoa Leahey, Chris McLachlin, & Ryan Tsuji
* Ball State: Kanoa Leahey, Chris McLachlin, & Ryan Tsuji
* St. Francis: Kanoa Leahey, Chris McLachlin, & Ryan Tsuji
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AVCA Coaches | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Off the Block Media | Not released | Not released | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.