HONOLULU The University of Hawaii mens volleyball team earned the top seed in the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association mens volleyball championship, which begins Thursday, with the semifinals set for May 2 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team earned the top seed in the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s volleyball championship, which begins Thursday, with the semifinals set for May 2 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.
The Rainbow Warriors will make their sixth NCAA appearance and third under head coach Charlie Wade, who also took UH to the national tournament in 2015 and 2017. Hawaii have never earned the top seed until this year.
UH will face the winner of fourth-seeded USC of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and fifth-seeded Lewis of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in Thursday’s semifinals. USC and Lewis will meet in one of two opening round matches on Tuesday, April 30.
USC received one of the two at-large berths along with Big West runner-up Long Beach State, who is the No. 2 seed. The 49ers will face the winner of third-seeded Pepperdine, champion of the MPSF and either sixth-seeded Barton, Conference Carolinas champion, or seventh-seeded Princeton, champions of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. The Barton-Princeton opening round match is set for Thursday at Barton College.
The finals are scheduled for Saturday, May 4.
UH earned the top seed after capturing the Big West Tournament title with a five-set win over LBSU on Saturday in front of a sold-out Stan Sheriff Center. The Warriors (27-2) avenged two losses to the Beach last week in Long Beach to close out the regular season.
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Information courtesy of UH Athletics.
