2022 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

The 2022 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by 13th-year head coach Charlie Wade, play 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 share the conference in its preseason poll with Long Beach State.^[1] The Rainbow Warriors enter the season the defending national champions after defeating BYU in the 2021 national championship.^[2] The national championship was Hawai'i's first men's volleyball national championship after they had to vacate the 2002 national championship.

2022 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball
Big West Tournament Champions
NCAA Champions
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	27–5 (7–3 Big West)
Head coach	Charlie Wade (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Milan Zarkovic (9th season) Josh Walker (7th season)
Home stadium	Stan Sheriff Center
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	2		.800			21	–	6		.778
No. 1 Hawai'i  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	3		.700			27	–	5		.844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	6	–	4		.600			19	–	9		.679
No. 10 UC San Diego  ‍‍‍	5	–	5		.500			13	–	11		.542
No. 13 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	3	–	7		.300			10	–	15		.400
CSUN  ‍‍‍	1	–	9		.100			6	–	15		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Big West Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of April 9, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

• Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2022 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors roster^[3]
	Defensive Specialist/Libero 3 Logan Sharp -   Freshman 4 Brett Sheward - Sophomore 5 'Eleu Choy -   Freshman 15 Avery Enriques - Senior 22 Reyn Miyazawa - Freshman Middle blockers 7 Cole Hogland - Sophomore 8 Kyler Presho - Senior 9 Kurt Nusterer - Freshman 13 Max Rosenfeld - Junior 14 Alka'i Todd - Sophomore 21 Guilherme Voss - Sophomore		Outside hitters 1 Chaz Galloway - Sophomore 6 Makua Marumoto -   Freshman 16 Filip Humler - Junior 17 Trevalyan Kelly - Freshman 18 Cole Ottmar - Freshman 20 Keoni Thiim - Sophomore 23 Spyros Chakas - Sophomore 25 Kana'i Akana - Junior		Opposite hitters 7 Cole Hogland - Sophomore 11 Dimitrios Mouchlias - Sophomore 14 Alka'i Todd - Sophomore 16 Filip Humler - Junior 17 Trevalyan Kelly - Freshman 23 Spyros Chakas - Sophomore Setters 2 Jack Walmer -   Freshman 4 Brett Sheward - Sophomore 10 Jakob Thelle - Junior 12 Austin Buchanan -   Freshman

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 ^(Tournament Seed)	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (Big West Record)
1/05 7 p.m.	#7 Loyola Chicago	#1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Challenge)	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–14, 25–23, 25–18)^[4]	3,449	1–0
1/07 7 p.m.	#7 Loyola Chicago	#1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Outrigger Challenge)	SPEC	W 3–1 (25–19, 25–16, 18–25, 25–14)^[5]	3,355	2–0
1/14 7 p.m.	Edward Waters	#1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–7, 25–10)^[6]	3,199	3–0
1/16 5 p.m.	Edward Waters	#1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–10, 25–7, 25–12)^[7]	3,020	4–0
1/29 2 p.m.	@ #15 Ball State	#1	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 0–3 (20–25, 18–25, 19–25)^[8]	2,003	4–1
1/31 2 p.m.	@ #10 Ball State	#1	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 2–3 (18–25, 25–22, 25–27, 25–22, 11–15)^[9]	1,541	4–2
2/04 7:30 a.m.	vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	#1	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–10, 25–14, 25–15)^[10]	363	5–2
2/04 3 p.m.	vs. Queens	#1	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–10, 25–11, 25–8)^[10]	297	6–2
2/05 2 p.m.	vs. #14 Stanford	#1	Austin Convention Center Austin, TX (First Point Men's Volleyball Collegiate Challenge)	SPEC	W 3–1 (19–25, 25–13, 25–19, 25–20)	1,875	7–2
2/08 7 p.m.	LIU	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (26–24, 25–11, 25–15)	2,892	8–2
2/09 7 p.m.	LIU	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–9, 25–13, 25–17)	3,280	9–2
2/11 7 p.m.	LIU	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–1 (25–18, 22–25, 25–15, 25–9)	3,159	10–2
2/18 7 p.m.	#15 Lincoln Memorial	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI		W 3–0 (25–21, 25–21, 25–21)	3,415	11–2
2/19 7 p.m.	#15 Lincoln Memorial	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–16, 25–17)	3,284	12–2
2/20 5 p.m.	#15 Lincoln Memorial	#3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–1 (25–14, 22–25, 25–13, 25–23)	3,288	13–2
3/02 5 p.m.	@ #10 UC San Diego*	#3	RIMAC La Jolla, CA	ESPN+	L 2–3 (22–25, 23–25, 27–25, 25–18, 9–15)	751	13–3 (0–1)
3/04 5 p.m.	@ #10 UC San Diego*	#3	RIMAC La Jolla, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–22, 25–20, 25–19)	957	14–3 (1–1)
3/10 7 p.m.	#12 Lewis	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–21, 25–19)	3,869	15–3
3/12 7 p.m.	#12 Lewis	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–1 (25–18, 27–29, 25–19, 26–24)	4,362	16–3
3/25 7 p.m.	CSUN*	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–1 (25–20, 25–20, 23–25, 25–19)	4,407	17–3 (2–1)
3/26 7 p.m.	CSUN*	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–17, 26–24)	4,344	18–3 (3–1)
4/01 4 p.m.	@ #2 Long Beach State*	#4	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPN+	L 1–3 (25–22, 23–25, 24–26, 25–27)	2,607	18–4 (3–2)
4/02 4:30 p.m.	@ #2 Long Beach State*	#4	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA	ESPNU	L 1–3 (23–25, 20–25, 25–21, 19–25)	3,014	18–5 (3–3)
4/08 7 p.m.	#5 UC Santa Barbara*	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–16, 25–23, 28–26)	4,960	19–5 (4–3)
4/09 7 p.m.	#5 UC Santa Barbara*	#4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI	SPEC	W 3–2 (19–25, 25–20, 24–26, 25–18, 15–10)	6,744	20–5 (5–3)
4/15 4 p.m.	@ #14 UC Irvine*	#4	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–18, 25–22)	952	21–5 (6–3)
4/16 4 p.m.	@ #14 UC Irvine*	#4	Bren Events Center Irvine, CA	ESPN+	W 3–2 (21–25, 25–18, 25–27, 25–20, 15–11)	1,031	22–5 (7–3)
4/22 7 p.m.	#6 UC Santa Barbara ^(3)	#4 ^(2)	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Big West Semifinal)	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–18, 26–24, 25–14)	5,238	23–5
4/23 7:30 p.m.	#3 Long Beach State ^(1)	#4 ^(2)	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Big West Championship)	SPEC	W 3–0 (27–25, 28–26, 25–23)	6,636	24–5
5/3 4:30 p.m.	North Greenville	#1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Opening Round)	SPEC	W 3–0 (25–15, 25–17, 25–16)	1,814	25-5
5/5 4:30 p.m.	#4 Ball State^(2)	#1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Semifinals)	NCAA.com	W 3–2 (28-26, 19-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-11)	4,430	26-5
5/7 2 p.m.	#2 Long Beach State^(1)	#1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA (NCAA Championship)	ESPN2	W 3–0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20)	5,784	27-5

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Hawaii Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• Loyola-Chicago: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Loyola-Chicago: Kanoa Leahey & James Anastassiades
• Edward Waters: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Edward Waters: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Ball State: Joel Godett & Amber Seaman
• Ball State: Joel Godett & Kevin Owens
• Fairleigh Dickinson: Kanoa Leahey & Bill Walton
• Queens: Kanoa Leahey & Bill Walton
• Stanford: Kanoa Leahey & Bill Walton
• LIU: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• LIU: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• LIU: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Lincoln Memorial: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Lincoln Memorial: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
• UC San Diego: Bryan Fenley & Ricci Luyties
• Lewis: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• Lewis: Kanoa Leahey & Ryan Tsuji
• CSUN: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
• CSUN: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
• Long Beach State: Matt Brown & Matt Prosser
• Long Beach State: Bryan Fenley & Mike Sealy
• UC Santa Barbara: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
• UC Santa Barbara: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
• UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
• UC Irvine: Rob Espero & Charlie Brande
• Big West Tournament- UC Irvine: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
• Big West Championship- Long Beach State: Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	1^[11]	1^[12]	1 ^[13]	1	1	3	3	3^[14]	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1
Off the Block Media	Not released	1^[15]	1^[16]	1	1	3	2^[17]	3^[18]	3	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	4

^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.

References

1. "Long Beach, Hawai'i tie for first place in Big West preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
2. "Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps BYU to capture NCAA championship". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
3. "2022 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Hawaii Athletics". Hawaiiathletics.com.
4. "No. 1 Hawaii men's volleyball begins title defense with sweep over No. 7 Loyola Chicago". KHON. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
5. "Top-ranked Hawaii men's volleyball team beats Loyola Chicago". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
6. "Men's Volleyball: Hawaii 3, Edward Waters 0". KKEA. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
7. "No. 1 Hawaii men's overwhelms Edward Waters for Second Consecutive Sweep". KHON. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
8. "Shorthanded Hawaii men's volleyball team takes first loss of season at Ball State". Spectrum News. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
9. "Ball State beat No. 1 Hawaii 3-2, won second straight against Rainbow Warriors". Spectrum News. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
10. "No. 1 Hawaii men's volleyball sweeps Fairleigh Dickinson, Queens to end 2-match skid". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
11. "AVCA Preseason Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
12. "AVCA Week 1 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
13. "AVCA Week 2 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
14. "AVCA Week 7 Rankings". AVCA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
15. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
16. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
17. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
18. "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll". Off the Block. Retrieved February 22, 2022.