{"id":171131,"date":"2023-01-03T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171131"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:12:15","slug":"rainbow-warrior-volleyball-ranked-first-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/03\/rainbow-warrior-volleyball-ranked-first-preseason\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warrior volleyball ranked No. 1 to open 2023 season"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Volleyball<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year and third time in four years, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men’s volleyball<\/a> team will open its season ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Preseason Coaches Poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball Head Coach Charlie Wade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two-time defending national champion Rainbow Warriors earned the top spot in 21 out of 22 ballots. UH<\/abbr> totaled 328 points, followed by University of California, Los Angeles (295), Long Beach State University (284), Penn State University (254) and Pepperdine University (216).<\/p>\n

Four Big West Conference teams are ranked in the preseason top 10—UH<\/abbr> (No. 1), Long Beach State (No. 3), UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara (No. 7) and UC<\/abbr> Irvine (No. 8).<\/p>\n

Last season, UH<\/abbr> captured its second consecutive national title with a straight set win over Long Beach State in the championship match<\/a>. UH<\/abbr> returns all seven starters from that team, which finished 27-5.<\/p>\n

Recently, the Rainbow Warriors were also picked No. 1 in the Big West Preseason Poll<\/a> with setter Jakob Thelle<\/strong>, outside hitter Spyros Chakas<\/strong> and opposite Dimitrios Mouchlias<\/strong> earning spots on the preseason all-conference team.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> will play 19 home matches at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, opening with Ball State University, January 12\u201313 in a rematch of last year’s national semifinals.<\/p>\n

For more, visit hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The defending champion UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball team will open its season with matches against Ball State University, January 12–13.<\/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":[58,911,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-171131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-program-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