{"id":152319,"date":"2021-11-29T08:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=152319"},"modified":"2021-11-29T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:57:47","slug":"wahine-volleyball-clinches-big-west-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/29\/wahine-volleyball-clinches-big-west-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahine volleyball team clinches Big West title, heads to NCAA<\/abbr> first round"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s volleyball team<\/a> went 1-1 over Thanksgiving weekend, falling in five sets to the University of California, Santa Barbara on senior night, after capturing the Big West title outright with a four-set win over California State University, Northridge (CSUN<\/abbr>) on November 26. With the win, the Rainbow Wahine punched its ticket into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA<\/abbr>) tournament.<\/p>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> overcame a slow start and then rolled past CSUN<\/abbr> to extend its win-streak to 10 and its home conference win streak to 16. The Rainbow Wahine were powered by Amber Igiede\u2019s<\/strong> match-high 16 kills while Brooke Van Sickle<\/strong>, Riley Wagoner<\/strong> and Kate Lang<\/strong> all recorded double-doubles. Learn more about the game.<\/a><\/p>\n

The team will be heading to Seattle, Wash. for the 2021 NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament\u2019s first and second rounds. The Rainbow Wahine will open play against No. 24 Mississippi State on Friday, December 3 at Washington\u2019s Alaska Airlines Arena. First serve is set for 2:30 p.m. HST<\/abbr>. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n

This marks the team\u2019s 10th Big West title and sixth since rejoining the conference in 2012. It is UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 25th overall conference title (15 Western Athletic Conference regular season titles) and the second conference crown for fourth year head coach, Robyn Ah Mow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The team will be heading to Seattle, Wash. for the 2021 NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament\u2019s first and second rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,911,660,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-152319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-program-recognition","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t