2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

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2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball
Hawaii Warriors logo.svg
Big West Regular Season Champions
ConferenceBig West Conference
2021 record17-1 (10-0 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Milan Zarkovic (8th season)
  • Josh Walker (6th season)
Home stadiumStan Sheriff Center
Seasons
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2022 →

The 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 12th-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.[1] After a late start was announced, Hawaii went undefeated in conference play.[2] The Rainbow Warriors suffered their first and only setback in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament, forcing them to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.[3] Despite the setback, Hawai'i received the #1 seed in the national tournament and went on to win the National Championship with straight set wins over UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals[4] and BYU in the national championship.[5] The national championship is Hawai'i's first men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.


2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Hawaii ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0   1.000 17 – 1   .944
No. 3 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 3   .700 16 – 5   .762
No. 7 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 7 – 5   .583
No. 14 UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 5 – 13   .278
CSUN  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 2 – 9   .182
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 2 – 14   .125
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 Big West Tournament champion

Season highlights[]

  • Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster[]

2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster[6]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Logan Sharp - Freshman
  • 4 Brett Sheward - Redshirt Freshman
  • 5 'Eleu Choy - Freshman
  • 6 Gage Worsley - Junior
  • 9 Devon Johnson - Redshirt Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 7 Cole Hogland - Redshirt Freshman
  • 13 Max Rosenfeld - Sophomore
  • 14 Alka'i Todd - Redshirt Freshman
  • 15 Patrick Gasman - Senior
  • 21 Guilherme Voss - Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Chaz Galloway - Freshman
  • 8 Makua Marumoto - Freshman
  • 9 Devon Johnson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 16 Filip Humler - Sophomore
  • 23 Spyros Chakas - Freshman
  • 24 Colton Cowell - Senior
  • 25 Kana'i Akana - Sophomore
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 11 Dimitrios Mouchlias - Freshman
  • 14 Alka'i Todd - Redshirt Freshman
  • 15 Patrick Gasman - Senior
  • 19 Rado Parapunov - Senior

Setters

  • 2 Jack Walmer - Freshman
  • 4 Brett Sheward - Redshirt Freshman
  • 10 Jakob Thelle - Sophomore
  • 12 Austin Buchanan - Freshman
  • 20 Jackson Van Eekeren - Junior
  

Schedule[]

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games were televised on Spectrum Sports. All road games were also streamed on ESPN3 or Big West TV. The NCAA Tournament was streamed on B1G+ (opening round, quarterfinals), NCAA.com (semifinals), and the Championship was televised nationally on ESPNU.
Date
Time 		Opponent Rank
(Tournament Seed) 		Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(Big West Record)
2/21
2 p.m. 		@ #8 UC Irvine* #2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN3 W 3–1
(22–25, 25–16, 25–13, 25–17) 		1 1–0
(1–0)
2/22
5 p.m. 		@ #8 UC Irvine* #2 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA 		ESPN3 W 3–0
(25–14, 25–13, 28–26) 		1 2–0
(2–0)
2/24
5 p.m. 		@ #9 UC San Diego* #2 RIMAC
San Diego, CA 		ESPN3 W 3–0
(25–20, 25–23, 25–18) 		75 3–0
(3–0)
2/25
7 p.m. 		@ #9 UC San Diego* #2 RIMAC
San Diego, CA 		ESPN3 W 3–0
(25–20, 25–19, 25–23) 		75 4–0
(4–0)
3/11
2 p.m. 		@ #3 UC Santa Barbara* #1 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		Big West TV W 3–1
(16–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–20) 		1 5–0
(5–0)
3/12
2 p.m. 		@ #3 UC Santa Barbara* #1 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		Big West TV W 3–0
(25–18, 25–21, 25–20) 		1 6–0
(6–0)
3/13
2 p.m. 		@ #3 UC Santa Barbara #1 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA 		Big West TV W 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 26–24) 		1 7–0
3/26
7 p.m. 		#12 UC San Diego #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–1
(25–21, 23–25, 25–21, 25–15) 		0 8–0
3/27
7 p.m. 		#12 UC San Diego #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–0
(25–15, 25–19, 25–21) 		0 9–0
4/2
7 p.m. 		#7 Long Beach State* #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–1
(23–25, 25–14, 25–13, 26–24) 		0 10–0
(7–0)
4/3
7 p.m. 		#7 Long Beach State* #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–2
(24–26, 32–30, 25–17, 20–25, 15–8) 		0 11–0
(8–0)
4/9
1 p.m. 		@ CSUN* #1 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Big West TV W 3–1
(25–17, 25–20, 23–25, 25–19) 		0 12–0
(9–0)
4/10
1 p.m. 		@ CSUN* #1 Matadome
Northridge, CA 		Big West TV W 3–0
(25–20, 25–20, 25–21)[7] 		0 13–0
(10–0)
4/16
7 p.m. 		UC Irvine #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–2
(25–22, 25–23, 23–25, 24–26, 15–13) 		0 14–0
4/17
7 p.m. 		UC Irvine #1 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC W 3–0
(25–17, 25–18, 25–13) 		0 15–0
4/23
7 p.m. 		#14 (4) UC San Diego #1 (1) Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Big West Semifinal) 		SPEC L 2–3
(25–22, 23–25, 25–16, 23–25, 16–18)[8] 		0 15–1
5/6
11 a.m. 		#3 UC Santa Barbara #1 (1) Covelli Center
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Semifinal) 		NCAA.com W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–23) 		223 16–1
5/8
2 p.m. 		#2 (2) BYU #1 (1) Covelli Center
Columbus, OH
(NCAA Championship) 		ESPNU W 3–0
(25–21, 25–19, 25–16) 		345 17–1
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Hawaii Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games[]

  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
  • UC San Diego: Miles Himmel & Ricci Luyties
  • UC San Diego: Miles Himmel & Ricci Luyties
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • UC Santa Barbara: No commentary
  • UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • Long Beach State: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • Long Beach State: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • CSUN: Darren Preston
  • CSUN: Darren Preston
  • UC Irvine: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • UC Irvine: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • UC San Diego: Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand
  • UC Santa Barbara: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
  • BYU: Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AVCA Coaches 2[9] 2[10] 2[11] 2[12] 2[13] 2[14] 1[15] 1[16] 1[17] 1[18] 1[19] 1[20] 1[21] 1[22] 1[23]  
Off the Block Media 2^ 2[24] 2[25] 1[26] 1т[27] 1[28] 1[29] 1[30] 1[31] 1[32] 1[33] 1[34] 1[35] 1^ 1^

^The Media did not release a Pre-season, Week 13, or Week 14 poll.

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 2/1 Hawai'i is the coaches pick to win Big West in 2021". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ "Big West green lights 2021 men's volleyball season". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. ^ "UC San Diego upsets top-ranked Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball semifinals". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "#1 UH men's volleyball National Championship bound, semifinal sweep of UCSB". KITV. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps BYU to capture NCAA championship". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Hawaii Athletics". Hawaiiathletics.com.
  7. ^ "No. 1 UH men's volleyball clinches Big West regular season title with CSUN sweep". KHON. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "UC San Diego upsets top-ranked Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball semifinals". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
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  10. ^ "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  11. ^ "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  12. ^ "AVCA Week 3 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  13. ^ "AVCA Week 4 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  14. ^ "AVCA Week 5 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  15. ^ "AVCA Week 6 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  16. ^ "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  17. ^ "AVCA Week 8 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  18. ^ "AVCA Week 9 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  19. ^ "AVCA Week 10 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  20. ^ "AVCA Week 11 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  21. ^ "AVCA Week 12 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  22. ^ "AVCA Week 13 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  23. ^ "AVCA Week 14 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  24. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  25. ^ "Loyola is back in the Off the Block National Media Poll". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  26. ^ "There is a new No. 1 in college men's volleyball". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  27. ^ "In what is likely to be a prelude for the rest of the regular season, we have a split decision on who reigns supreme in the land of men's volleyball". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  28. ^ "Two matches in the books and Hawai'i is already back in sole possession of the No. 1 ranking". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  29. ^ "McKendree is undefeated and now in the National Media Poll for the first time in its program history". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  30. ^ "The upcoming three-match series between Hawai'i and UC Santa Barbara will now officially be a showdown of No. 1 versus No. 2 in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  31. ^ "Lewis is back in the top five of the National Media Poll". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  32. ^ "Loyola is back in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  33. ^ "Long Beach State continues its climb in the national rankings". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  34. ^ "Fresh off a pair of victories over Saint Francis on the road, No. 10 NJIT is back in the national media poll released on Tuesday morning". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  35. ^ "UCLA is moving up in the national rankings following its upset win". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
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