2026 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team
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- Charlie Wade (17th season)
| 2026 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball | |
|---|---|
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| Record | 27–5 (9–1 Big West) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Kupono Fey (4th season) |
| Assistant coaches |
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| Home stadium | Stan Sheriff Center |
The 2026 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's volleyball team is the varsity intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa (UH). The Rainbow Warriors, led by head coach Charile Wade, play their home games in the Stan Sheriff Center located on campus in Honolulu, Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Mānoa has been a member of the Big West Conference since the 2017–18 season, when the league began sponsoring the sport.[1] Hawaii began the season ranked second in the nation.[2] This year is also the first year that twelve teams will have a chance to play in the NCAA men's volleyball tournament, as the NCAA expanded the tournament to accommodate the sport's growth.[3]
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Hawaii †y | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 27 | – | 5 | .844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Long Beach State ‡y | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 24 | – | 4 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 UC Irvine y | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 UC Santa Barbara | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 UC San Diego | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Cal State Northridge | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Big West tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 25, 2026 Rankings from AVCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last season, the University of Hawaii finished with a 27–6 record, going 7–3 in the Big West, and finished second in the conference. They received the Big West's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA men's volleyball tournament, beating UC Irvine and Long Beach State to win the 2025 Big West tournament.[4] Hawaii finished the season ranked third in the nation following the NCAA tournament's conclusion, where they fell in the semifinals to UCLA.[5][6]
Preseason
Source:[7]
Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 29, 2025. Hawaii was picked to finish second, and had three players make the preseason team.
Big West Coaches' Poll
| Pos. | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State | 24 (4) |
| 2 | Hawai'i | 22 (2) |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 17 |
| T-4 | CSUN | 9 |
| UC San Diego | ||
| UC Santa Barbara |
| Preseason All-Big West Team | |||
| Player | No. | Position | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread Rosenthal | 13 | Setter | Junior |
| Adrien Roure | 7 | Opposite Hitter | Sophomore |
| Kristian Titriyski | 10 | Opposite Hitter | Junior |
Roster
Source:[8]
| No. | Name | Position | Height | Year | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Lowe | S | 6'6" | So. | Santa Monica, Calif. |
| 2 | Roman Payne | MB | 7'0" | Fr. | Carlsbad, Calif |
| 3 | Vladimir Kubr | S | 6'3" | Sr. | Torrance, Calif. |
| 4 | Kainoa Wade | OPP | 6'10" | So. | Kailua, O'ahu |
| 6 | Matthew Wheels | L/DS | 5'10" | R-Fr. | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| 7 | Adrien Roure | OH | 6'5" | So. | Lyon, France |
| 8 | Magnus Hettervik | S | 6'7" | Fr. | Stavanger, Norway |
| 9 | Justin Todd | OH/MB | 6'8" | R-So. | Houston, Texas |
| 10 | Kristian Titriyski | OPP | 6'8" | So. | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 11 | Finn Kearney | OH/OPP | 6'5" | So. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| 12 | Mitchell Croft | OH/OPP | 6'9" | So. | Melbourne, Australia |
| 13 | Tread Rosenthal | S | 6'11" | Jr. | Austin, Texas |
| 15 | Kai Taylor | OH/L | 6'2" | R-Jr. | Costa Mesa, Calif. |
| 16 | Ofeck Hazan | MB | 6'6" | So. | Zikhron-Ya'akov, Israel |
| 17 | Thatcher Fahlbusch | OH | 6'6" | Fr. | Manhattan Beach, Calif. |
| 19 | Alex Parks | MB | 6'7" | R-Jr. | Honolulu, Oahu |
| 20 | Trevell Jordan | MB | 6'10" | So. | Mesa, Ariz. |
| 22 | Quintin Greenidge | L | 5'8" | Jr. | Cambridge, Ont. Can. |
| 23 | Louis Sakanoko | OH/OPP | 6'5" | Jr. | Paris, France |
Coaches
| Position | Name | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Head Coach | Charlie Wade | 4th |
| Associate Head Coach | Kupono Fey | 4th |
| Assistant coach 1 | Donan Cruz | 1st |
| Assistant coach 2 | Chad Giesseman | 3rd |
Schedule
Source:[9]
| Date Time |
TV Radio |
Opponents | Rank | Stadiums | Scores | Sets | Attendance | Overall | Big West |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2
7:00 pm |
SPEC | NJIT | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-11
25–16 25–14 |
6721 | 1-0 | — |
| Jan. 4
5:00 pm |
SPEC | NJIT | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-17
25–16 25–17 |
5952 | 2-0 | — |
| Jan. 8
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 7 Loyola Chicago | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-18
25–19 25–15 |
5804 | 3-0 | — |
| Jan. 9
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 7 Loyola Chicago | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
L, 1-3 | 23-25
22–25 26–24 27–29 |
6671 | 3-1 | — |
| Jan. 14
11:00 am |
ESPN Honolulu | Roberts Wesleyan | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-21
25–17 25–16 |
5523 | 4-1 | — |
| Jan. 14
7:00 pm |
SPEC | Rockhurst | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 25-21
25–19 23–25 25–13 |
5523 | 5-1 | — |
| Jan. 16
11:00 am |
ESPN Honolulu | Rockhurst | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-19
25–9 25–15 |
— | 6-1 | — |
| Jan. 16
7:00 pm |
SPEC | Roberts Wesleyan | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-22
25–22 25–20 |
6962 | 7-1 | — |
| Jan. 28
2:00 pm |
NEC Sports Network | @ Saint Francis (PA) | No. 3 | DeGol Arena
Loretto, PA |
W, 3-0 | 25-23
25–14 25–10 |
528 | 8-1 | — |
| Jan. 30
1:00 pm |
B1G+ | @ No. 14 Penn State | No. 3 | Rec Hall
State College, PA |
W, 3-0 | 25-22
25–23 25–15 |
825 | 9-1 | — |
| Jan. 31
12:00 pm |
B1G+ | @ No. 14 Penn State | No. 3 | Rec Hall
State College, PA |
W, 3-1 | 25-27
25–10 25–15 38–36 |
792 | 10-1 | — |
| Feb. 13
4:00 pm |
B1G+ | @ No. 18 Stanford | No. 3 | Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA |
W, 3-0 | 25-16
25–15 25–17 |
1355 | 11-1 | — |
| Feb. 14
4:00 pm |
B1G+ | @ No. 18 Stanford | No. 3 | Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA |
W, 3-0 | 25-17
25–16 25–13 |
1560 | 12-1 | — |
| UH BYU Rivalry presented by OUTRIGGER | |||||||||
| Feb. 25
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 6 BYU | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 27-25
23–25 25–17 25–18 |
5568 | 13-1 | — |
| Feb. 27
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 6 BYU | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-18
25–21 25–16 |
6989 | 14-1 | — |
| Mar. 4
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 7 Pepperdine | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
L, 1-3 | 26-28
22-25 25-15 28-30 |
6790 | 14-2 | — |
| Mar. 6
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 7 Pepperdine | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 25-22
21-25 25-15 36-34 |
8440 | 15-2 | — |
| OUTRIGGER Invitational | |||||||||
| Mar. 12
7:00 pm |
SPEC | Mount Olive | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-18
25-19 25-17 |
5897 | 16-2 | — |
| Mar. 14
7:00 pm |
SPEC | No. 1 UCLA | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
L, 0-3 | 18-25
20-25 28-30 |
10300 | 16-3 | — |
| Mar. 15
5:00 pm (Rescheduled) |
SPEC | No. 14 Lewis | No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 21-25
25-22 25-20 25-21 |
6101 | 17-3 | — |
| Big West Conference Matches | |||||||||
| Mar. 20
4:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 2Long Beach State | No. 3 | Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA |
W, 3-2 | 26-24
23-25 25-19 20-25 15-12 |
3680 | 18-3 | 1-0 |
| Mar. 21
4:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 2 Long Beach State | No. 3 | Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA |
W, 3-0 | 25-18
25-22 25-20 |
3723 | 19-3 | 2-0 |
| Mar. 27
7:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | No. 8 UC Santa Barbara | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 25-23
25-18 19-25 25-22 |
8258 | 20-3 | 3-0 |
| Mar. 28
7:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | No. 8 UC Santa Barbara | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-16
25-22 25-13 |
8220 | 21-3 | 4-0 |
| Apr. 3
3:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 5 UC Irvine | No. 2 | Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA |
W, 3-2 | 25-22
19-25 23-25 25-23 18-16 |
2397 | 22-3 | 5-0 |
| Apr. 4
3:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 5 UC Irvine | No. 2 | Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA |
W, 3-0 | 25-22
25-22 25-22 |
3067 | 23-3 | 6-0 |
| Apr. 10
4:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 13 UC San Diego | No. 2 | LionTree Arena
La Jolla, CA |
W, 3-0 | 25-21
25-18 25-21 |
1172 | 24-3 | 7-0 |
| Apr. 11
4:00 pm |
ESPN+ | @ No. 13 UC San Diego | No. 2 | LionTree Arens
La Jolla, CA |
L, 1-3 | 21-25
25-16 20-25 18-25 |
1753 | 24-4 | 7-1 |
| Apr. 17
7:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | No. 18 CSUN | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-0 | 25-20
25-16 25-16 |
8069 | 25-4 | 8-1 |
| Apr.18
7:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | No. 18 CSUN | No. 2 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
W, 3-1 | 25-15
21-25 25-14 25-16 |
9360 | 26-4 | 9-1 |
| OUTRIGGER Big West Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands | |||||||||
| Apr. 24
2:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | (5) No. 9 UC San Diego
(Semifinals) |
No. 2
(1) |
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA |
W, 3-1 | 25-19
19-25 25-20 25-13 |
2369 | 27-4 | — |
| Apr. 25
2:00 pm |
SPEC/ESPN+ | (2) No. 3 Long Beach State
(Finals) |
No. 2
(1) |
Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA |
L, 2-3 | 25-20
25-27 25-22 28-30 11-15 |
3501 | 27-5 | — |
| NCAA Championship | |||||||||
| May 2
4:00 pm |
ESPN+ | TBD
(Hawaii Regional) |
No. 3 | Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI |
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